Rhinebeck Department Store is now Rhinebeck Mercantile
Rhinebeck Mercantile, formerly Rhinebeck Department Store, is now open in Rhinebeck.
The original Hudson Valley Department Store was founded in 1946 and became the Rhinebeck Department Store in 1992, owned and run by Barbara and Dick Schreiber. The store stocks popular brands such as Pendleton, Habitat, Tribal, April Cornell, among many other country classics. They are […]



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