Waas Drug StoreFernandina Beach · Est. 1893
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Hours · Mon – Fri, 9am – 6pm · Closed Saturday & Sunday
Your hometown pharmacy since 1893

The pharmacy that knows your name.

Since 1893, Fernandina Beach has filled its prescriptions at Waas. No ticket numbers, no endless hold music — just a pharmacist who takes the time to answer your question, and a gift shop out front worth browsing while you wait.

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4.9 out of 5 · 49 Google reviews
Est. 1893Locally owned
Mon – Fri9am – 6pm
S 14th StreetFernandina Beach
Waas Drug Store and Gifts, serving Fernandina Beach for over a century
The pharmacy

Everything the big chain does — without the wait

We fill prescriptions, answer questions, and stock what you actually need to take care of somebody at home.

Prescriptions & transfers

New scripts, refills, and transfers from any pharmacy. Give us a call and we'll handle the paperwork with your old store for you.

Call to transfer

One-on-one counseling

Side effects, interactions, how and when to take it. Our pharmacist will walk you through your medication in plain English, every time.

No appointment

Diabetic supplies

Test strips, meters, lancets, and the everyday supplies that keep management simple. If we don't have it, we'll order it. See what we carry.

In stock

Baby & nursing needs

Nursing supplies, infant care essentials, and the small things new parents don't think of until 8pm on a Tuesday.

For new parents and gifts

Home medical & mobility

Canes, walkers, braces, nebulizers, ostomy and incontinence supplies to help you or someone you love stay steady and independent at home. Medical supplies.

Ask us

LabCorp draw site

A LabCorp patient service location shares our building at 1551 S 14th Street, so lab work and your prescription are one stop.

Same building
Katie Kotopka, Pharm.D., the pharmacist at Waas Drug Store, behind the pharmacy counter
Meet the pharmacist behind the magic

You'll be talking to Katie

Katie Kotopka, Pharm.D.

At most drugstores you never actually meet the pharmacist. Here, she's the one at the counter — the same person who fills your prescription, checks it against everything else you take, and answers the question you were nervous to ask.

No ticket number, no callback queue, no being handed off. Ask her anything about your medication and you'll get a straight answer in plain English, from somebody who'll remember you next time.

“A great old fashioned drug store. The owner is the pharmacist and is always there to help.”
Google review
Ask Katie a question
Off the clock

The same family you see around town

Katie and her husband Ryan are raising their family here, and you'll run into them well outside the pharmacy — on Sunday mornings, in the bleachers, and on a ball field somewhere in Nassau County most weekends.

First Baptist ChurchActive members with their family
The Gnats Baseball OrganizationInvolved with the local travel program
Yulee Middle SchoolRyan is the head baseball coach

That's the part a chain can't copy. When you hand your prescription to Katie, you're handing it to a neighbor who is going to see you again on Sunday.

Katie and Ryan Kotopka with their two children outside their church Katie and Ryan Kotopka
Why Waas

A hometown pharmacy, not a chain drugstore

The difference isn't the medicine. It's everything around it.

At Waas Drug Store

  • You talk to the same pharmacist who filled it
  • Someone picks up the phone when you call
  • Owned by your neighbors, here since 1893
  • We know your family and what you take
  • A gift shop worth browsing while you wait
  • Your money stays on Amelia Island

At the big chain

  • A different face at the counter each visit
  • Automated menus and long hold times
  • Decisions made at a corporate headquarters
  • You're an account number in a system
  • Aisles of the same thing as every other store
  • Profits leave town
What neighbors say
4.9

Out of 5, across 49 Google reviews

“A great old fashioned drug store. The owner is the pharmacist and is always there to help.”
Google review
“Great people, great service! NEVER have had to wait for refills! This pharmacy is top notch!”
Google review
“Best pharmacy! Very kind and easy to work with. They helped me navigate a problem with my insurance.”
Google review
“I moved my prescription here because I got tired of the hurry up and wait hassles at the chain alternatives. Personal service is more important than apps and web pages.”
Ernie DavisRecommended on Facebook
“Waas Drugs is fantastic for all your pharmacy needs! It’s a true neighborhood pharmacy with high-quality & knowledgeable staff. Customer service is superior!”
Lisa Ann Ragle MurrayRecommended on Facebook

Read all 49 reviews on Google Recommendations on Facebook

…and gifts!

The gift shop locals shop first

Hand-painted, embroidered, and locally themed — including A·I·F·B, the Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach monogram we designed ourselves and sell nowhere else.

A wall of hand-painted wooden door hangers at Waas Drug Store, including game-day, Christmas and Thanksgiving designs
Painted by hand

Wooden door hangers

Cut and painted by hand, one at a time. Game day for your team, Christmas, Thanksgiving, spring and summer, welcome signs, nurseries and beach houses. The wall changes with the season, so there's always something new.

Ask us about a custom hanger — names, dates, colors, your team.

Game dayChristmasThanksgiving Welcome signsCustom orders
New designs all season

Tea towels & kitchen linens

Soft cotton flour-sack towels with designs you won't see in a big-box store — patriotic and seasonal prints, coastal and fishing motifs, ginger jars and topiaries, gator and game-day designs, and faith-and-family sayings.

They make an easy hostess gift, housewarming, or something small to mail to somebody who misses the island.

PatrioticCoastal & fishing Game dayHostess gifts
Cotton tea towels with patriotic, coastal fishing, gator and floral designs, fanned out on a table
Embroidered baby burp cloths with bunny designs and polka dot and gingham ribbon trim
Wrapped & ready

Baby gifts

Embroidered burp cloths, bibs and keepsakes finished right here — bunnies, bows, gingham and polka-dot trim. Add a name or monogram and it becomes the gift they keep.

Shower gifts, new-baby presents, and the easiest stop on your way to the hospital. We also carry the nursing and infant care basics new parents actually run out of.

Burp clothsMonogramming Shower giftsNursing supplies

Custom shirts, made for you

Want something of your own? We take custom t-shirt orders — family reunions, teams, businesses, church groups, beach-week trips. Call or stop in and tell us what you have in mind.

Ask about custom orders

Embroidery & monogramming

We handle embroidery in house — monograms, names, logos and dates on shirts, hats, towels, bags and baby gifts. Bring in your own item or pick something from the shop and we'll finish it for you.

Done in house

Handcrafted Christmas gifts

Locally crafted ornaments, decor, and holiday keepsakes that come out every year — and go fast once our annual Christmas sale opens.

Seasonal
Our own design · Only at Waas

The A·I·F·B collection

We created A·I·F·B, and we license it ourselves. Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach in one clean crossed monogram, so you never have to pick between the two — and the only place on earth you can buy it is this store.

Whether you live here, visit every summer, or just love the island, we drew it for you.

All about A·I·F·B

Available now

  • Tees — pink, mint, blue and charcoal
  • Richardson hats with leather patch

Coming soon

  • Stickers
  • Decals
  • Tote bags
A I F B Florida t-shirts in pink, mint, blue and charcoal, folded and stacked Grey Richardson trucker hats with brown leather A I F B Florida patches

Order your A·I·F·B shirt

Open to choose fit, size and colors

Tell us the fit, size and colors you want and we'll get back to you to confirm availability and pricing. No payment now — this just starts the order.

We'll call or email to confirm before anything is made.
The Waas Drug Store team with Santa at the annual Christmas Open House Christmas Open House · Announcing soon!

The Annual Christmas Open House

The store fills with handcrafted Christmas, the windows get painted by hand, and we put out appetizers, punch and raffles. Free gift wrapping all day.

Open House Info 10am – 4pm · Free to attend · 1551 S 14th Street
Our story

Serving this island since 1893

Waas Drug Store has been filling prescriptions in Fernandina Beach for more than a hundred years — before Florida had paved highways, and long before there was a chain drugstore on every corner. Generations of Fernandina Beach families have had their prescriptions filled here.

We're still locally owned, and we still believe a pharmacy should feel like part of the neighborhood: an old-fashioned pharmacy and a small-town store all in one, where somebody knows your name and your health is genuinely our concern.

1893Year established
3Fernandina addresses
100%Locally owned
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The Waas Drug Store building on South 14th Street in Fernandina Beach, Florida
Visit & contact

Stop by, or just give us a call

We're on South 14th Street with parking right at the door.

Waas Drug Store

Hours Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm
Closed Saturday & Sunday
Hours
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Send us a message

Messages go straight to the pharmacy. Please don't send personal health information through this form — for anything about your prescription, call us at (904) 261-3171.

Common questions

Things people ask us

How do I transfer my prescription to Waas Drug Store?
Call us at (904) 261-3171 with the name of your current pharmacy. We handle the paperwork with them for you, so there is nothing for you to pick up or drop off.
What are your hours?
Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm. We are closed Saturday and Sunday.
Where are you located?
1551 S 14th Street, Suite 1, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034, with parking right at the door. We are on South 14th Street, not downtown on Centre Street.
Is there a lab in the building?
Yes. A LabCorp patient service location shares our building at 1551 S 14th Street, so lab work and your prescription can be one stop.
Do you do custom shirts and embroidery?
Yes, both. We take custom t-shirt orders for teams, reunions, businesses and church groups, and we do embroidery and monogramming in house on shirts, hats, towels, bags and baby gifts. Bring your own item or pick something from the shop.
What is A.I.F.B?
A.I.F.B is the Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach crossed monogram we designed ourselves. We own and license the design, and our store is the only place it is sold. It comes on tees and Richardson hats.
Do you sell gifts as well as filling prescriptions?
Yes. The gift shop is a real part of the store, not an afterthought: hand-painted wooden door hangers, tea towels, embroidered baby gifts, handcrafted Christmas and the A.I.F.B collection, alongside a full pharmacy.
When is the Christmas Open House?
It is one day a year, usually a Saturday in November, 10am to 4pm, with appetizers, punch, raffles and free gift wrapping. We post the confirmed date on Facebook and Instagram.

Ready to switch to a pharmacy that knows you?

Transferring takes one phone call. Tell us where your prescriptions are now and we'll take care of the rest.

Call (904) 261-3171