Appreciate the real local view. Your local papers are ...difficult to take. See "Havana" had a Sea Scallop special last night.
What's the story behind the owners of this joint? Odd logo for an ice cream parlor:
Appreciate the real local view. Your local papers are ...difficult to take. See "Havana" had a Sea Scallop special last night.
What's the story behind the owners of this joint? Odd logo for an ice cream parlor:
The best local paper is “The Ellsworth American”....a weekly newspaper published in Ellsworth, the county seat, about 15 - 20 miles from Bar Harbor.
“The Bar Harbor Times” is the local weekly in that community, and the paper has a bit of a leftward bent.
“Mount Desert Islander” is another local newspaper. The Bangor Daily News is the largest paper in northern Maine....I no longer read it; the editorial pages are decidely liberal.
When I heard Obama was coming to the area, I figured he would visit what I call the “old time” ice cream shop in Bar Harbor, on Main Street. I saw an image here on Free Republic on Friday of Obama standing inside this shop, with it’s vintage fixtures, tiles, etc.; it looks like a 1920’s or earlier old fashioned ice cream store.
The shop with the fist and the spoon....I think this may be a different ice cream shop on a side street....not Main Street. I don’t recall trees that large on Main Street.
I think Obama visited more than one ice cream store!
I’ve never been to any of the ice cream shops in Bar Harbor. I try to avoid the commercial areas of town in the summer, because it’s crowded and very difficult to find a place to park. Whenever I walk by the old fashioned ice cream shop on Main Street, it’s usually in the Spring or Fall, and a bit to chilly for ice cream....more like hot soup weather.
There are a number of liberal business owners in the area....that clenched fist motif looks like a “power to the people” emblem....probably middle-aged hippee owners. LOL!
As for Sea Scallops, they are harvested locally.
In the Spring, and especially in the Fall, many cruise ships visit Bar Harbor, including the Queen Elizabeth II. The passengers and crew are brought to the town pier by a small shuttle boat. Even more cruise ships would visit if it were possible for ships to dock, but in order to do that, Frenchman’s Bay, adjacent to Bar Harbor, would have to be dredged, but the lobstermen and scallop fishermen would never allow it. The Fall visitors come during the Fall foliage period; the leaves reach their peak in early October. The people are called “leaf peepers.”