Oldest Drugstore

Old city remedies are no longer based here.

Worth a walk inside. A lot of really cool old drugs on show to showcase what people actually used to use. A lot of cure-​alls. Note that this building is shared with the wax museum.

So bummed I’m just now writing my review because this place was so damn cool. Since it’s apparently closed now? All I can say it was worth the price of admission and they had the best burger in old town St. Augustine – hands down.
So long Old Time Café… gonna’ miss that Brother Burger. :(So sad. :(

Used to really be an old drug store. You could browse through and look at at the very old remedies that they had on display. They also had natural soaps, lotions and tea for sale. Now that is all gone and the building is just a wax museum. It has lost all its old world charm. So sad…

This «drug store» was really a 5 minute exhibit of old bottles of elixirs, aspirin bottles, and remedies. It was really fun to look at… But that’s about it. The building is cool and old. There is a shop/​café attached next door… We did not go into there. The man working in this place was very nice and chatty. It’s definitely a place you need to stop into while browsing St. Augustine.

When we decided to go to St Augustine for the long weekend, I found this spot and could not wait to check it out. Loved it. It’s nestled with a large public parking lot next to it where you can park for $ 5 during the week $ 7 on the weekends and your pass is good till the next AM. Totally worth it. They do monitor the comings/​goings and give you a tab to put on your dash so follow the rules, park with ease and check out the oldest drug store ever.
It kind of freaks one out to see how far we’ve come re: medicinal tools so you have to check it out to believe it. The medicine bottles are neat and what they used to do as far as remedies is just crazy.
Go for it. Historians will love it!

Yes, I have done another thing on my «bucket list»! I got to visit the Oldest Drugstore. That’s right! I had such a great time being a tourist in this place. They have so many old medicine bottles and old remedies. The best part about this place are the many many teas they offer! Seriously, they have over 100 types which can be used to help with «gout, blood pressure, pms, sleepiness, cold, flu, and my personal favorite-​the Hangover Tea! So so many to choose from. Rumor has it that these are the same herbs and spices used from back in the day to help cure the sick. I learned so much just listening to the ladies talk with other customers.
The lady who was selling the tea was so knowledgeable as well, before selling some teas she checks to see if the customer is on any medication because some medications can cause a negative reaction to the tea; she made sure to explain that to every patient who asked. There were so many customers and it was really busy, but she was pleasant with everyone and did a good job!
They also have a ton of soaps to choose from with different scents. I smelled all of them!
After touring the tea area, smelling the soaps, and looking at the old medicine bottles my dad decided to buy us an Old Fashioned Banana Split! Yummy! What a great way to start the day… with a banana split!
This is a very cool place to visit if you are in the area.

Yes, I checked– this is the oldest drugstore in St. Augustine, which is the «oldest continuously occupied European-​established city and port in the continental U.S.,» according to Wiki. Nice little shop, whose two walls were lined with cabinets filled with old apothecary bottles for decorative purposes. At the center of the room were two tables, one for demonstration purposes (concentrated black soap and shea butter from Ghana), and the other held the cash register, jars of tea leaves (many varieties), porcelain tea leaf jars, and raw honey from Thomas Honey Company (Lake City, FL). The other two walls had tables displaying soaps and lotions, but none appealed to me– they looked cheesy and struck me as lower-​quality products, IMO. (Certainly not up to par with the quality of French soaps I’d seen two days ago…)
Could’ve been easily 3 stars, perhaps four, if it weren’t for the second-​rate decorated soaps and baubles and fecal stink that lingered around the cash register (sorry– it was hard to ignore). The best items here were the concentrated soap and shea butter!
Note to management: I’d suggest offering samples of Thomas Honey Co. honey sticks. Sales of jars of honey would increase if you let people sample the product! Oh, and you’d still make a profit selling them at 3 for a $ 1.
Note to cashier: You really think I’d balk at spending 33c for a honey stick? I just spent a flocking $ 40 for three jars of black soap and shea butter! It’s the principle, and you just missed an opportunity to sell a large jar of honey. Boo!
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6÷23÷12 UPDATE
Wanted to find info ingredients on black soap from Ghana and found Amazon sells it at $ 11 per pound. It’s the same product, and I thought I’d include it here.

ExCELLENT burger! One of my top five in the US. Forget the fancy french restaurant and come here.

A nice «hole in the wall». Quality inexpensive food and friendly service. A very nice little diner!

Awesome unique tea blends at great prices.

I have been going here for years and I have to say, I still like the place. It is just fascinating to read all the labels on the bottles and try to guess what it was used for. Some tell you, some don’t. It looks like a quick in and out stop from the outside, but the inside is packed with memorabilia. We also like the more modern natural remedies that you read somewhere might help this or that and don’t know where to find them. Here is the place. If you haven’t been in a while it is worth a stop in and definitely go if you have never been. Bring your older kids, You can show them something older that you!

This place is part museum and part old time drug store with a variety of modern elixirs, herbs and natural remedies. The building is much nicer on the inside than the outside looks. They also have a café and cheesy gift shop which you can probably skip, but the drugstore part is at least worth walking through.