Gnelle Israel has worked at the same Asheville coffee shop, in what is now the Rite Aid Pharmacy, since 1972. Now its manager, Israel and a cast of regulars defy the business trend that has closed these original drugstore lunch counters. Even Rite Aid says this Asheville diner may be the last to operate in the national drugstore chain.
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