Mayflower Shop

awesome little shop, its a connivence store yet more personal and warming

+5 stars for keeping me steadily employed from ages 14 – 17.
–1 star for no longer selling Swedish Fish penny candy. Those were a signature part of any visit to the Mayflower Shop — as well as a major food group for anyone who ever worked there (and most Chatham kids have definitely worked there at some point in their lives).
In all honesty though, I love this store. I spent an obscene number of hours working here during my teenage years, especially during the crazy summer months when the store was jam-​packed with tourists and there were always 100 things that needed to be done. After all that, you’d think I might never want to go there again! But walking in the door just feels like coming home to me. I’m still a complete sucker for their Yankee Candle display, all the cute Christmas decorations and gift wrap, and tons of office supplies and pens that I didn’t know I needed until I saw them in the store. And now that I’m «kind of» a tourist myself, I even find myself looking at all the cheesy Chatham coffee mugs and cranberry candy and other stuff I never thought I’d find myself buying someday (as presents for friends on the west coast, I swear!).
I guess what I’m trying to say is the Mayflower Shop has done a really good job of making a shopping trip in there an integral part of the «visit to Chatham» experience, and I’m more than okay with that.