Ode To A Gilford Restaurant

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by nj2nh

My only complaint is with regard to reservations and it is not even a complaint. Just something unusual. We arrived - without a reservation - and was told we would have to eat fast as there was a reservation in 90 minutes. Now, the place was empty. Totally empty. It was early afternoon. After lunch. Way before dinner. I have heard this about them before. It was no problem as we would never take 90 minutes to eat, but it seemed a little weird.


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We were there a few weeks ago with a noon reservation. When I called to make the reservation I was informed that at 1:30 they had to start setting up for a special function. The Den is often reserved for a function. In this case it was for a memorial service for a recently departed island resident.

[Wifi-1]

I remember it from back in the 50's, when my parents brought us kids there for a treat. My foggy memory tells me it was Dorothy's back then. AAAhhh, the good old days

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by Wifi-1

I remember it from back in the 50's, when my parents brought us kids there for a treat. My foggy memory tells me it was Dorothy's back then. AAAhhh, the good old days

Yes it was Dorothy's. We had a trailer in the park across the street. We'd go across the street for an ice cream and sometimes ate a meal. She also ran the little grocery shop underneath. Popsicles for a nickle, or was it a dime.

We may have passed one another back in the day. We had the trailer from the mid to late 50's to around 1970.

Dave

[Descant]

As a teen, I worked at Dorothy's. She told me that originally, it was Peterson's General Store. I don't know if she was the one that turned it into a restaurant. I appreciate that Lyons Den does a good job of table turnover. You can't be a successful restaurant without it and that makes it better for all of us. Doing functions and catering are also great services for us all.