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Old Main Street Station 512-468-4451 Facebook: Old Main Street Station Little Bluebird Boutique 512-295-1507 Facebook: Little Bluebird 122 N. Main St., Buda Hours: Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m., closed Sun. IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO: Little Bluebird Boutique Little Bluebird Boutique just hit its nine-year anniversary at the Old Main Street Station building, selling clothing, jewelry, locally made skin care and more. For her items and apparel, Goebler has been in the business long enough to have contacts at the ready. She added she will often have people walk in trying to partner with her to sell their items at Little Bluebird. Goebler had been in the retail business for more than 30 years and operated a ower shop in Kyle prior to operating her boutique, which she initially was not interested in, she said. Goebler said one of her sons pushed her to open the shop and suggested the name for it. She said the consolidating business model in place works best for the two. “Her taste is di erent than mine. I do the apparel, and she loves her antiques and her unique things. We are a one-stop shop. We just have something for everybody, plus history lessons,” Goebler said.
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Goebler sells jewelry, clothing, shoes, accessories and more through Little Bluebird Boutique.
Margaret Goebler (left) and Sandra Grizzle sell antiques, home decor, clothing and more in Buda. (Photos by Zara Flores/Community Impact)
Grizzle sells home goods such as throw pillows, furniture, kitchenware and more through Old Main Street Station.
Old Main Street Station Handcrafted items, antiques, clothing and more under one roof in Buda L ocated on the corner of Main Street and RM 967 in down- town Buda lies a building look like. “People really are interested in history, and, of course, they love
source their items locally as much as possible, Grizzle said. Some of the items for sale in Old Main Street Station are made by and for senior citizens, which Goebler said are some of Grizzle’s bestsellers. A coaster doubles as a pot holder and pairs with a microwave bowl holder to grab hot items and avoid burns. The two women said their favor- ite part of running their businesses in Buda is the people, which they said are from all over the world and end up in their shop inquiring about the city or the history or are just looking for directions. “[Goebler] has been here a long time now. We have been friends, and we were friends before she moved in,” Grizzle said.
formerly known as the Garrison Filling Station that is almost as old as the city itself. The old gas station site is now called Old Main Street Station and is owned by Sandra Grizzle. It has seen many tenants over the years, she said, including a ower shop, a real estate company and the original location of The Budaful Hiker. “I have always had some kind of a shop in here since 1998,” Grizzle said. “It has been a lot of di erent things; I have had di erent people with me.” The shop walls are adorned with framed photos of what Buda used to
looking at my pictures,” Grizzle said. “It is fun to tell people all about [the city]. I always tell them that when I moved here in 1959, the population of Buda was [less than 500].” Now, more than a century since it was originally built, the two businesses in the building co-exist almost as one. Grizzle owns the building and Old Main Street Station, which sells handcrafted items, home goods, antiques and more. The conjoined business, Little Bluebird Boutique owned by Margaret Goebler, sells apparel, jewelry, shoes and more. Both shop owners try to buy and
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