Dairy Barn
Dairy Barn was a chain of regional convenience stores located on Long Island, New York, with headquarters in Elwood, New York. The stores were distinguished by their drive-through feature and their red barn appearance with little red silo.
The peak number of operating Dairy Barn stores was approximately 70. Although as of 2020 the corporate website is extant and lists five remaining store locations, the last Dairy Barn closed in 2014.History
In 1939 Edgar Cosman, a Swiss textile manufacturer with business interests in the United States, purchased a dairy farm on Long Island. In 1961 Cosman's son, Dieter Cosman, expanded the dairy's wholesale milk business into a chain of retail, drive-through convenience stores named "Dairy Barn."
