Winnipesaukee Restaurant Nostalgia

biggestblu · 10-10-2014, 01:19 PM

Still haven't gotten over the closing of "The Hickory Stick Farm" restaurant. Occasionally order duck at other restaurants ... none are even close. I won't even get into the duck pate'. All good things come to an end ... wasn't close to getting my fill.

Dad sold the C * C · 10-10-2014, 01:29 PM

Jumping Jacks on Winnisquam
As a Kid I remember the food being OK, but the ICE CREAM

I remember that my Dad loved the fried clams at the Double Decker.

BroadHopper · 10-10-2014, 02:44 PM

My favorite when I eat out as a kid was beans and hot dogs. Not many places served them except for Winnisquam House and Double Decker.

Double Decker was THE PLACE for fried clams, Boulevard Drive In was THE PLACE for onion rings. For ice cream, Weeks Diary hands down!

Top of the Town was the place for prime ribs and still is!

mcdude · 10-10-2014, 03:42 PM

.....and before it was the Victorian House it was known as Stoddard's Lodge and maybe a few other things in between!

and perhaps even the Hampshire House? looks kinda like it but not sure

click here for a larger view of this image
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...php?photo=8841

Here are some more oldies....

Barney Bear · 10-10-2014, 05:03 PM

The roast duck was served with orange sauce. Our favorite deserts included Grand Marnier blueberries, and the hickory stick log.

glennsteely · 10-10-2014, 06:01 PM

Please, can someone tell me what resturaunt, i want to say in was in holderness, they used to put these huge chunks of white chocolate on the table for you to "chunk off" and eat after your meal.....boy was that good!!

barefootbay · 10-10-2014, 06:05 PM

The Common Man .

webmaster · 10-11-2014, 09:51 AM

Destroyed by fire in 1996.

webmaster · 10-11-2014, 09:58 AM

Destroyed by fire in 2013.

webmaster · 10-11-2014, 10:24 AM

Canoe is now at this location.

Sal · 10-11-2014, 11:02 PM

This is such a wonderful thread that it belongs in the "General Discussion"
channel. Threads are generally moved away from General Discussion to sub-categories, but in my (limited) experience, none are move TO it.

This thread is memory provoking and a wonderful read.

Strikes me that more of our brethren would see it and enjoy it if it were moved to the BIG show.

rgilfert · 10-12-2014, 07:12 AM

Awesome menus, webmaster! They generated many fond/treasured memories! Thank you!

rgilfert · 10-12-2014, 08:28 AM

While reading the new posts on this thread this morning, I got thinking about when the Wolfe's Tavern opened? I have memories of having an occasional dinner (hosted by my grandfather) at the Wolfeboro Inn (restaurant) back in the late 1950's & throughout the 60's but I have no recollection of the Wolfe's Tavern being there back then. This could very well be because my sister and I were too young to be taken into the bar....but I simply have no memory of it even being there. Since becoming an adult I have become a member of the tavern's "mug club" which I didn't complete until 2008 and by virtue of the fact that my mug is #2081 (and it took me 11 years to complete the challenge) it indicates that the tavern must have been there for many years before that. Was the Tavern always there and perhaps served as the bar supporting the restaurant all the way back into the 1950's or was it opened at some point in time after that? Looking at the drawing of the inn on the placemat back in my original post .. There is no mention of the Wolfe's tavern on the sign. There also doesn't appear to be a break in the picket fence that would lead up to the tavern's front door .... But that may just have been a case of "poetic license" taken by the artist. Does anyone know something about the history of Wolfe's Tavern?

tis · 10-12-2014, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rgilfert

While reading the new posts on this thread this morning, I got thinking about when the Wolfe's Tavern opened? I have memories of having an occasional dinner (hosted by my grandfather) at the Wolfeboro Inn (restaurant) back in the late 1950's & throughout the 60's but I have no recollection of the Wolfe's Tavern being there back then. This could very well be because my sister and I were too young to be taken into the bar....but I simply have no memory of it even being there. Since becoming an adult I have become a member of the tavern's "mug club" which I didn't complete until 2008 and by virtue of the fact that my mug is #2081 (and it took me 11 years to complete the challenge) it indicates that the tavern must have been there for many years before that. Was the Tavern always there and perhaps served as the bar supporting the restaurant all the way back into the 1950's or was it opened at some point in time after that? Looking at the drawing of the inn on the placemat back in my original post .. There is no mention of the Wolfe's tavern on the sign. There also doesn't appear to be a break in the picket fence that would lead up to the tavern's front door .... But that may just have been a case of "poetic license" taken by the artist. Does anyone know something about the history of Wolfe's Tavern?

According to the History of Wolfeboro (Bowers), the Tavern was started in 1988 after a group of investors mostly from Ma. bought the Inn. The manager was a local guy, Leigh Turner. I had to look up the date because I knew it wasn't always there and exactly when it came to be got me curious too!!

Shore Driver · 10-14-2014, 10:30 AM

Hickory Stick! Thanks for posting. They had duck.

Closed in 2000??

guessing

Just Sold · 10-14-2014, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shore Driver

Hickory Stick! Thanks for posting. They had duck.

Closed in 2000??

guessing

I remember the Hickory Stick. We only went one time when I was about 12 and I had Duck too!. I enjoyed the whole dinner.

ishoot308 · 10-15-2014, 01:53 PM

I love seeing pictures of the old "Chanticleer"! What a great place that was! Spent many summers vacationing there when I was very young.

10-10-2014, 01:19 PM	#1
biggestblu Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 7 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Still depressed Still haven't gotten over the closing of "The Hickory Stick Farm" restaurant. Occasionally order duck at other restaurants ... none are even close. I won't even get into the duck pate'. All good things come to an end ... wasn't close to getting my fill.

10-10-2014, 02:44 PM	#3
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,667 Thanks: 3,282 Thanked 1,132 Times in 814 Posts	Favorite as a kid My favorite when I eat out as a kid was beans and hot dogs. Not many places served them except for Winnisquam House and Double Decker. Double Decker was THE PLACE for fried clams, Boulevard Drive In was THE PLACE for onion rings. For ice cream, Weeks Diary hands down! Top of the Town was the place for prime ribs and still is! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

10-10-2014, 03:42 PM	#4
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,343 Thanks: 370 Thanked 1,033 Times in 480 Posts	.....and before it was the Victorian House it was known as Stoddard's Lodge and maybe a few other things in between! and perhaps even the Hampshire House? looks kinda like it but not sure click here for a larger view of this image http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...php?photo=8841 Here are some more oldies.... __________________

10-10-2014, 05:03 PM	#5
Barney Bear Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 961 Thanks: 488 Thanked 274 Times in 175 Posts	Hickor Stick Farm The roast duck was served with orange sauce. Our favorite deserts included Grand Marnier blueberries, and the hickory stick log. Last edited by Barney Bear; 10-10-2014 at 05:07 PM. Reason: misspelling

10-10-2014, 06:01 PM	#6
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	Please...please.... Please, can someone tell me what resturaunt, i want to say in was in holderness, they used to put these huge chunks of white chocolate on the table for you to "chunk off" and eat after your meal.....boy was that good!! __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

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10-10-2014, 01:29 PM	#2
Dad sold the C * C Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 273 Thanks: 119 Thanked 62 Times in 40 Posts	Jumping Jacks on Winnisquam As a Kid I remember the food being OK, but the ICE CREAM I remember that my Dad loved the fried clams at the Double Decker.

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10-11-2014, 11:02 PM	#11
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Mr. Webmaster . . . . . This is such a wonderful thread that it belongs in the "General Discussion" channel. Threads are generally moved away from General Discussion to sub-categories, but in my (limited) experience, none are move TO it. This thread is memory provoking and a wonderful read. Strikes me that more of our brethren would see it and enjoy it if it were moved to the BIG show.

10-12-2014, 07:12 AM	#12
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10-12-2014, 08:28 AM	#13
rgilfert Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Bedford, NH / Rattlesnake Island Posts: 299 Thanks: 152 Thanked 227 Times in 57 Posts	Wolfe's Tavern Question While reading the new posts on this thread this morning, I got thinking about when the Wolfe's Tavern opened? I have memories of having an occasional dinner (hosted by my grandfather) at the Wolfeboro Inn (restaurant) back in the late 1950's & throughout the 60's but I have no recollection of the Wolfe's Tavern being there back then. This could very well be because my sister and I were too young to be taken into the bar....but I simply have no memory of it even being there. Since becoming an adult I have become a member of the tavern's "mug club" which I didn't complete until 2008 and by virtue of the fact that my mug is #2081 (and it took me 11 years to complete the challenge) it indicates that the tavern must have been there for many years before that. Was the Tavern always there and perhaps served as the bar supporting the restaurant all the way back into the 1950's or was it opened at some point in time after that? Looking at the drawing of the inn on the placemat back in my original post .. There is no mention of the Wolfe's tavern on the sign. There also doesn't appear to be a break in the picket fence that would lead up to the tavern's front door .... But that may just have been a case of "poetic license" taken by the artist. Does anyone know something about the history of Wolfe's Tavern?

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10-14-2014, 10:30 AM	#15
Shore Driver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tolland CT Posts: 194 Thanks: 20 Thanked 31 Times in 25 Posts	Hickory Stick! Thanks for posting. They had duck. Closed in 2000?? guessing

10-15-2014, 01:53 PM	#17
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,534 Thanks: 2,455 Thanked 5,468 Times in 2,143 Posts	Great Memories! I love seeing pictures of the old "Chanticleer"! What a great place that was! Spent many summers vacationing there when I was very young. __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

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