Overview
Parkway Pharmacy sits at 5771 The Square, between Crozet Hardware Co. and the rest of the village's downtown commercial cluster, across the street from Mudhouse Coffee and a few doors from Fardowners. The pharmacy is owned by Paul Plantz, a registered pharmacist, and it operates as an independent community pharmacy in the way that most American small-town pharmacies operated forty years ago and very few do now.
That model, the local pharmacist who knows your medications, who answers a question without rushing you, who can compound or special-order something a chain store can't, who recognizes you and your family by name, has mostly been replaced in American towns by Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, and Walmart. Parkway is what survived.
What it does
The core of the business is prescription dispensing and patient counseling: the standard pharmacist work, done with a level of personal attention that chain pharmacies cannot operationally match. Parkway fills new prescriptions, manages refills, transfers from other pharmacies, and coordinates with local doctors when a question comes up about dosing or interactions.
Beyond the dispensing counter:
- Immunizations: flu, COVID-19, shingles, pneumococcal, and the standard adult vaccine schedule. Walk-ins and appointments both work.
- Over-the-counter medications: the standard pharmacy aisle, organized by category, with the pharmacist available to recommend.
- Vitamins and supplements: a curated selection rather than the wall-of-everything that big-box stores carry. The pharmacist's recommendations carry weight here.
- Medical supplies: durable goods, first-aid, mobility aids, the categories that older customers and post-surgical patients actually need.
The retail floor also carries a small mix of cards, gifts, candy, and miscellany, the impulse-buy inventory that turns a pharmacy into a downtown store rather than a clinical-only space.
Visiting
Address: 5771 The Square, Crozet, VA 22932. Phone: (434) 823-6337. Website: parkwaypharmacyrx.com.
Hours run the standard local-pharmacy schedule: weekdays through the early evening, Saturday mornings, closed Sundays. Confirm by phone or website before driving for a specific visit; pharmacy hours can rotate around holidays.
The store is on The Square, with on-street parking on Crozet Avenue and the small Square lot. The Square is short-term parking; the back lot of Crozet Hardware has a few additional spaces.
Why it matters
Independent pharmacies in towns of 9,000 are mostly gone. The economics that supported the local-pharmacist model (relationships with regional doctors, walk-in counseling, custom dispensing) eroded over decades as insurance reimbursement compressed margins and as chain pharmacies built scale that small operators couldn't match. Most small-town independents closed in the 1990s and 2000s.
Parkway Pharmacy is a local survivor Crozet residents quietly value. The pharmacist knows the regular customers. The wait for a refill is shorter than at the chains. The recommendations on OTC questions are personal and accountable. The store is part of the village's daily-life infrastructure in the way that Crozet Hardware and Mudhouse and Crozet Pizza are: small businesses that have held their spot through the village's growth and that hold the downtown together.
For a Crozet resident, Parkway is the place to fill the prescription, ask the small medical question, get the flu shot, pick up the over-the-counter remedy. For a visitor, it's the pharmacy that locals will direct you to if you need one. The infrastructure is there because someone has spent decades keeping it there. Use it.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Parkway Pharmacy?
Parkway Pharmacy is located at 5771 The Square, Crozet, VA 22932, in Crozet, Virginia.
How do I contact Parkway Pharmacy?
You can call (434) 823-6337 or visit https://parkwaypharmacyrx.com. Hours and current information are most reliable directly from the business.
What kind of business is Parkway Pharmacy?
Parkway Pharmacy is categorized as healthcare in our Crozet directory. See the description and quick facts above for what makes this listing distinctive.
