Twenty-seven years ago, Joe Kaelin, a longtime visitor to the park and owner of other concession stands, got Suffolk County's permission to build a general store at Cedar Point County Park. During the summer, Mr. Kaelin brings his camper down and lives at the campground. His store serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the grill. An addition in 2000 allowed room for a few tables for people to sit and eat their egg sandwiches and burgers. A few video games were also added.
The general store also sells camping supplies like propane, condiments, bug spray, bags of ice, sticks for roasting S'mores, and even metal fire pits. Daily newspapers are delivered each morning. Even Cedar Point's residential neighbors in Northwest Woods visit the store for their morning paper and coffee because it is much closer than the center of East Hampton.
On Saturday nights, the store hosts free family movie nights on the lawn outside the store, near the cliff that overlooks the beach and the Cedar Point Lighthouse. Campers just have to bring blankets and chairs to watch. There is also a volleyball court and basketball court right outside its doors.