Today, a mammoth Barnes & Noble bookstore occupies the space where the restaurant once stood. The tavern inside the main inn, which dates from 1716, was used as a storehouse for arms and provisions on the morning of the battle at the Old North Bridge. How about ye old Wilton Diner, Wilton NH The Pewter Pot chowder was excellent. Why? The most elegant, continental style, second Prime Rib if you finished the first- The Brook Manor Super special dining for special occasions! There was a Yokens in Danvers , Mass in the early 70s . In a 2013 essay in The New Yorker, Poehler described the scene: Chadwicks was one of those fake old-timey restaurants. Why? Pictured is a 1980 newspaper advertisement. In the agitations preceding the Revolution, Cambridge, in spite of these same numerous and influential loyalists, ardently espoused the popular cause. editor Jeffrey L. Zvengrowski examines how one mans exaggerated description of his ro twitter.com/i/web/status/14882, What does the work of transcription look like? The long-time Moynihan family friend has been an employee at the pub for 23 years and was a patron for around 15 years prior. They also all had their own theories as to why their bar should be considered the oldest. My family would dine there occasionally and it was always a special treat. Visit for dining, accommodations, weddings, and everything in-between. As far as now defunct chain restaurants that were always very good, Victorias Station ( all of their restaurants were built from converted Train Cars. Then on to the next one. In fact, the Sons of Liberty met here so often that the Green Dragon came to be called the Headquarters of the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party was planned within it. Today, its a fine dining destination on the South Shore with a traditional New England dining room and the more casual Elis Pub, a private nook tucked into the restaurant. We went there a couple of times. It was an occasional outing from our family home in Burlington . Drink and be Driven along the Ultimate Rural Pub Crawl September 6, 2019; Sunshine and Sours at Bristol Craft Beer Festival 2019 June 9, 2019; Heavy Industry: Exploring Sheffield's Heritage Pubs and Craft Beer Bars April 28, 2019; Special Delivery: Best Brews for the Bank Holiday Weekend April 18, 2019; Out with the Old, in with the Medieval at the new Bull Baiters Inn April 7 . Two more owners saw the restaurant through its next 60 years, until it was finally sold in 2007 to Ark Restaurants, whose other holdings include Bryant Park Grill in New York City and Sequoia in Washington, D.C. During its long run, Durgin-Park flirted with expansion, operating satellite locations at Copley Place and Logan Airport for a time. Old Court Irish Restaurants Bars American Restaurants (86) 8.3 Website 21 YEARS IN BUSINESS Amenities: (978) 452-0100 29 Central St Lowell, MA 01852 $$ OPEN NOW 3. Anyway, it was just outstanding. Too far from my home in Wakefield. Its too easy to overlook the modern estate pubs. And Dinis on Boston Common! Many of my favorites already mentioned but have to add Buttricks Ice Cream, Cottage Crest in Reading,the old Carrolls Diner in Medford, Arnies Fireside in Dedham & Beef N Ale Boston next to the Music Hall/Wang Theatre. My family loved Hills Restaurant in Hyannis, MA. Kens was THE place to go in the 60s/70s for late night fare as Boston students of that era will attest to. 45 Union St, (617) 227-2098, www.viewmenu.com UNION OYSTER HOUSE INN, Boston The Osyter House claims to be the oldest restaurant in Boston and the oldest restaurant in the United States in continuous service since the 1740s. Expensive but great for special occasions. Now with this pandemic so many more good places have closed. How they used to flock to Anthonys and stand in line waiting for an hour or more! In Chinatown Yee Hong Guey. At the time of its closing, it was the second-oldest restaurant in Boston (behind Union Oyster House, 1826) and the fifth . The Toll House in Whitman Ma home of the Toll House cookie was our place of family gatherings until it burned down in 1984. Experience New England at its very best, from business meetings to a memorable "I Do". Going to the Pewter Pot in Brookline before my shift at the hospital. Elishas and also the White Horse Tavern, both were in Milford NH. Because its Kevins birthday today! (LogOut/ I think they are still at Faneuil Hall. I miss their cold garlic broccoli salad and chilled red wine in pitchers. After a six-year run, Pupek retired on Christmas Eve of 2004. . Great memories of that places. Areas of the building date back to the 1700s, The Modern Hotel and restaurant Nashua NH, Oh their onion rings! Id like to add the Wursthaus in Harvard Square in Cambridge run by the Cardullo family. It's lots of fun, quite eccentric and there's an outdoor seating area. In the mid-1990s, amid flagging sales, Jordan Marsh closed its doors for good, with the remaining stores being rebranded as Macys. Kon Tiki was also great! His favorite booth, The Kennedy Booth, has since been dedicated in his memory. What was it about the Bell that made it so popular? My go to place for Jimmies and a Lime Rickey. The building itself dates to 1714, predating both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, yet it wasn't placed on the Historic Register until 2003. We were stationed at Hanscom Field in the late 1960s & would drive to the Willow Pond Kitchen just for the fried clams. There were any weekend mornings having breakfast there and the muffins and coffee were great. The Joyce Chen on the Charles River by MIT c. 1968 to 1974 MIT then put buildings there. Freds Turkey house& Hills in Hyannis had garden outside they grew their own veggies & served food family style Sorely missed.Good times! Stebbins, Heman, 1791-1838 Published by C. Harris 1833 1833 1:19 800. Good news or bad, Bostonians heard it from him. I miss them both. I remember Elises went I attended MIT. We always stopped there. When you were a regular to Durgin Park you had your own waitress! When he retired, he decided to open a tavern. We would order big sandwiches and homemade Swedish desserts to bring back to our cottage. Best Japanese restaurant ever! When: 1960s Present. Johnsons is still there in Northwood, NH! And if you want more on Worcester's pubs, check out Bob Blandford's Worcester Pubs Then and Now series. It incorporates part of an original 1634 dwelling, said to be one of the oldest standing houses in the United States. After the bars closed we would go to The Egg and Eye! The ClamBox has taken its place with my family. The restored 1705 farmhouse has been a family-run restaurant since 1961. Despite the restaurants impressive size (at 20,000 square feet, it could accommodate up to 1,400 patrons), the porches were often lined with customers waiting to get in. They serve unique international dishes in a chic spot with a full bar. By 1938, the Kimballs had added turkey sandwiches and ice cream to its offerings, and after those were met with high demand, they opened a restaurant in 1940, serving their own turkeys and other fare. No one has equaled their coffee ice cream. I felt badly when I heard of their fire and subsequent closure. They grew their own vegetables in a garden outside near a shuffleboard court. Self-policing, rough-edged but essentially gentlemanly and sadly missed. Which now-closed New England restaurants do you miss most? Bobby Hackett was a talented man,I remember a radio interview with him,and one of the jobs he had in a long career was setting up the franchises for The Red Coach Grill locations. The Freemasons took the first floor for their meeting rooms. They were also famous for their homemade Hot Fresh Popovers which every table would get a basket of them. 25 bars and nightclubs we wish we had back. Dedicated production facilities were established, and more than 20 new Brighams locations opened in the 1930s and 1940s. Worcester native Jack Morris has been going to Moynaghs for the past five years. When I lived in North Andover and got my first FT job at WT Grants, my mother and I used to go shopping at the Peabody Mall. The old Park Square Deli. I never forgot Anthonys !! The Kowloon was the big attration on Route One, and still is. a whale steak. He was received in no friendly spirit by the Congregational ministers, and in a few years sought a more agreeable field of labor in England. My parents and I came home to visit my grandparents on the Cape in the late 70s. No one mentioned Vinny Ts they had restaurants in Worcester and Lexington. Great seafood and a good variety on the menu so everyone could find something no matter what their tastes. The clams were fantastic Also, their clam chowder was also delicious. I found this Jordan Marsh macaroon recipe online. Just a little back-street boozer with no pretensions to being anything else and where everyone proved a character. Site was a parking lot for the reservation until 1982. It's a really comfortable bar to walk into, very friendly welcoming staff. In the early decades of the car boom, Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, was a bastion of kitschy restaurants, each of which wore its theme proudly and worked to out-do the others. They did quite a function business so had need of live bands. Brighams was great but you didnt give mention to Baileys in Harvard Sq! upto Boston they took me to Pier 4 for my birthday ( Baked Alaska out of this world). I have lovely memories of both of those! Last meal there was with my dad in, I think, 1980 or 1981. Lived in Buxton for years and made the trip to Coles on a weekly basis. Couldnt miss the huge waving chicken sign out front! But its nowhere near 50 feet tall; Id guess 15-20 from driving by there recently. Victory Bar & Cigar 13 reviews Closed Now Bar, Pub "A smoking bar" "Good Time, Friendly Patrons, Classy Place" 3. This was just a funsome pub with consistently good beer, the best down-to-earth company in town, no airs and graces and given over to blokey banter and serious hard boozing. Following the 1877 deaths of Durgin and Park, Chandler and his heirs ran the restaurant until 1945. How about maybe one of the oldest restaurants in MA. The stand was enlarged a couple of times and in 1949 she built a restaurant on the same site which she had bought in 1939. The Rusty Nail in Sunderland was a home to live rock'n'roll shows. He was proud of his former occupation so he called the place Bell-in-Hand to reflect the bell he carried on the job. All rights reserved (About Us). The Pewter Pot was also known for good coffee served in pewter pots and hearty chowders, sandwiches, and breakfast foods. Excellent, my mom and her friend Marge took me there when I was expecting my first baby, a special day! Today, a sign on the front of the building reads Raise A Pint To Our 79th Year.. He repackaged it as the Hearth n Kettle and eventually expanding that brand to five Cape Cod locations. Mitchells Steak And Rib House, Hyannis. Sorry its gone missing! Justwow. Many a last call at the South Pacific in Newton. So, at the sound of the drum, please join me in singing Kevin a very happy birthday!. Plus, being in the theatre district, you might see someone famous. It's been going for over a decade. My father in law would take us to lokobers in Boston and we would get baked Alaska for dessert. Why? We ate there a couple of times . I can still make her salad! Chicken Delight Contact us at (508) 347-3313, or visit us at 277 Main Street (Route 131), Sturbridge, MA 01566-0187. 223 Route 6A, 508-362-9962, www.oldyarmouthinn.com. It was also one of the first, if not THE first restaurant to ban smoking! He reported on everything from the Boston Tea Party to the birth of the nation. The menu highlighted the restaurants deep roots, serving up traditional New England boiled dinners and pot roast, as well as steamed lobster, chowders, and broiled prime rib. Im sad to see its now a mini-market. I guess being purveyor of chowder to a president doesnt carry the weight of having a former SNL actress serving ice cream. It always was, and still is, a ring-a-ding boozer. I would be bribed to bring back lobsters every trip to the buffet whether I wanted one or not, for my lobster eating competing uncles. The port of Boston was still controlled by the Crown's military forces and many of the educated elite had assembled in Philadelphia to decide whether they should wrest control away from the Crown. It has my favorite fried seafood in the Cape. Before that the land was on the Higginson estate. The Three Judges on the border of New Haven and Woodbridge, CT. Sad to think of these iconic restaurants are no longer around. Bars and nightclubs come and go, but there are those neighborhood pubs, meetings spots, or concert halls we still remember after last call. Not living in Boston, it was a place to go to if at 11 at night one got a hunger attact. Dealer Rebecca Stout, left, scoups up the dice while crapshooters Carl Brown and Sue Aberman place their bets as dealer Santiago Damaris, right, hands out chips at the craps table in Blackjacks Lounge at the Sheraton Springfield in 1996. Im from the Worcester area. Though more than half in this list have long since gone, some in my top ten list are still around today.. On weekends, wed get there a little early so that we could enjoy the live entertainment singing the standards. They too just closed for some reason. I was hoping someone would mention SANDYS at the entrance to Buzzards Bay on Cape Cod. I recall a place called JTs on Route 20 near or in Weston in the 70s and 80s. It had the same owner from 1922 til it closed when the state ended Rt# 128. also Warmuths they had a great B deck saladthere are so many that are gone and I miss them all. Great German style food and huge beer selection. The pub closed around 1970 and remained an eyesore until it was demolished some years later. 5. What about LockeOber in Boston? I seem to remember that, please correct me if I am wrong. Free Play Bar Arcade 23 $$ "One of, if not the best, arcade bars I've ever been to in the East Coast." more Outdoor seating 2. Also the prime rib of course! The Chessmen Lounge on Dwight Street in Springfield. One of the best fast food places near MGH. Also in Franklin, Welicks Restaurant was famous for their Fresh Seafood. I too miss The Town Lyne House. 1217 Main St., 781-749-8200, www.scarletoaktavern.com, OLD YARMOUTH INN, Yarmouthport Cape Cods oldest inn, halfway between Plymouth and Provincetown, first opened its doors to wayfarers in 1696. They call them muisjes. Great Article! The books to date run to nine pages of petty crime and violence here for its 100 years (1820 1920) making Chicagos speakeasies sound like kindergarten play groups. When it was not busy we could just sit up there for hours. What did people search for similar to dive bars in Worcester, MA? Every day was Thanksgiving at Green Ridge Turkey Farm, and the roast turkey with stuffing and potatoes and cranberry sauce is what put it on the map. Customer from the mid 60s for about 20 happy years. They were old fashioned and comforting on a cold day. Soseven New England restaurants, and theyre all in Massachusetts except for one that was literally 2 minutes from Massachusetts. My cousins husband Eric and his brothers Frank and Biddle Thompson owned Snow Inn and Thompson Brothers Clam Bar in Harwich Port. The interior of most locations had an old-Boston feel, with heavy wooden tables and dark-beamed ceilings. The marble counter and heart shaped backs on the chairs, the outstanding hot fudge dripping onto the saucer from the metal ice cream dish. The Best 10 Bars near me in Worcester, Massachusetts. I first visited in 1965 and on many a schoolday lunchtime would go from WRGS to here for two glasses of bottled Guinness and a game of darts. It was the first pub I ever went in to, threw up in and was carried out of at my Christening party here aged three weeks in January 1948. The Layette House on Rte 1 Foxboro. I dont think there is anyone else in the city that can say that, Tim Moynagh said. 1. But on November 27, 1950, just four days after Thanksgiving, a massive fire leveled the restaurant. In the year 1761, at the instance of several wealthy gentlemen, an Episcopal church was established in Cambridge, under the charge of the Rev. Employees at the Citys Planning and Regulatory Services Division said that such evidence would take several days to find in the city archives. The Glovers Arms, Merrivale (Powick Lane), When: About 1900. We were really sad they closed too. Grew up in Stoneham MA now in FL. 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