The structure on the corner of Old Trenton Road is older than the state highway it sits on. Older than electricity in West Windsor. Older than 30 of the United States — California, Texas, Florida, Alaska and Hawaii were not yet states when this building opened its doors.
It began life around 1816 as a general store in the small crossroads village of Edinburg — one of the original settlements that would eventually become West Windsor. In an era before refrigeration and supermarkets, a building like this one was the gravitational center of rural life: a place to buy nails, trade news, mail a letter, warm your hands.
It has been doing some version of that job ever since.
The General Store
A wooden trading post opens at the Edinburg crossroads — selling flour, salt, tools and gossip to the surrounding farms.
Gas Pumps Appear
The store adds curbside fuel pumps, becoming a one-stop roadside lifeline for early motorists. Two of those pumps still stand outside today.
Maze's Village Pantry
The old store reinvents itself again — now slicing deli meats, stocking groceries, pouring coffee for commuters.
The Deli Era
The grocery shelves give way to a full sandwich counter. Locals quietly file in for breakfast. Word spreads slowly.
Still Open at 6am
Same building. Same crossroads. New griddle. Now serving NJ pork roll alongside Mexican plates — a deli unlike any other in town.
