Stardew Valley Cookbook Reveals The Hidden Reason Pierre's Shop Is Closed On Wednesdays

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The obvious choice for most players picking up is to side against the evil JojaMart and shop local, picking up their seeds from Pierre’s General Store. The local shop is closer to the farm, offers bag upgrades – and is also closed on Wednesdays. This is probably the second most inconvenient schedule in the game (behind Marnie’s inconsistent and unpredictable hours at her shop), but it seems there is finally an answer as to why Pierre’s shop takes a mid-week break.

In the, which shares recipes for almost every recipe in the game, a little popup from Caroline shares the reason for the annoying schedule. Reddit user anothertrainreckbard shared a photo from the cookbook in which Caroline explains that her love of fish tacos is the reason for the shop being closed on Wednesdays.

“” her popup reads. It would seem that Wednesday has become the family's designated fish taco day.

Stardew Valley lets players build relationships with a myriad of interesting characters — but there's one who doesn't deserve players' respect.

This tidbit of info poses a series of new questions: What happens to Caroline’s weekly fish tacos once the Community Center is restored? Are players ruining her favorite weekly meal by running Joja Mart out of business? Or does Pierre concede to letting the shop smell a little fishy despite his initial complaints? It's an interesting bit of lore, adding more wrinkles to what is already a complicated in-game relationship.

Of the pre-established relationships in, there are few that are entirely sturdy. Mayor Lewis refuses to publicly acknowledge to the town that he’s dating Marnie, despite it being a well-known secret. Demetrius and Robin have fought in front of the player, and the new 1.6 dialogue only delves into their rift further. Pierre and Caroline are probably the rockiest of the bunch (since Abigail may not even be Pierre’s biological daughter), but players have found plenty of reasons to hate the fictional shopkeeper.

For starters, when a player