Mortar & Pestle
Staples Trail
Longbella Drug
421 2ndAve. NE Staples MN 56479
Mortar & Pestle was chosen to represent Longbella Drug which had been in the Longbella family since 1960. Longbella Drug closed Jan. 1, 2024. The barn quilt is still hanging in the window but the new pharmacy is now located on highway 10 in Lakewood Plaza.
Dick Longbella purchased the building and business from Sam Skaife when it was called Skaife Drug. The building originally was the home to a pharmacy on one side, a men’s clothing store on the other (Ahlness Men’s Store), and a meat market owned by LeRoy Jenkins in the back!