When Edward and Elizabeth Buchanan opened the doors of their beer and soda retail store 35 years ago on 17th Avenue, they didn't know it would become a local institution. Sue Day of the Suds 'N Suds staff waits on a thirsty customer.
People still come by and want to copy it.
Buchanan's was and remains a family business, and everyone works part-time shifts, except in the summertime, when the product just jumps off the shelves. In the summertime, though, it gets crazy. People are lined up into the street and that's with two people working non-stop. Sue Day is ringing up a steady stream of customers on the first nippy day of autumn. Her concern was for a regular customer she hadn't seen in weeks.