38 ~ Sunday, September 25, 1988 - North Shore News

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and marking the historic buildings
with plaques containing a brief
history of each.

They have also issued a free
brochure outlining a walking tour
of the area for history buffs.

I picked mine up at Village
Books, and there’s a small kiosk in
the 1200 block, 12th St. where an
assortment of material is available.

We've tried two restaurants in
Fairhaven — one for lunch (the
Fairhaven Restaurant) — I think
you would call the decor art-deco
—— the food is quite good and fairly
reasonably priced.

The other, Dirty Dan Harris’, is
well-recommended by the locals,
but we were too early for dinner so
settled for a couple of inexpensive
drinks. The place is large, deco-
rated English pub style and the
service is excellent.

We had a long chat with the
bartender who swore, ‘‘You’ve
never tasted prime rib as good as
here!’? Unfortunately, I couldn’t
talk Brian into an hour’s wait.

After hearing about the new
ferry terminal, we decided to take
a run over to Fairhaven on the
Sunday following the surprise
Wednesday announcement. I was
curious about the local attitude
towards this shot-in-the-arm for
the economy.

We drove into the town center
and the streets were all blocked
off. Thousands of people were
swarming around, bands were
playing — Carnival time! I’d ex-
pected them to be pleased but
wasn’t this taking things a little
far?

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timed our visit on the day of the
Annual Village Fair and it was in
full swing. Worth a visit next year,
but you'll have to check on the

date — late August or early
September, but it hasn't been
chosen yet.

i asked the friendly bartender at
Dirty Dan’s if there had been any
objections to the terminal, par-
ticularly if any historical buildings
might have to be bulldozed.

“Everyone is delighted! The on-
ly buildings at the docksite are old
tin shacks that should have gone
long ago.”

Since the ferry idea is so new I
speculated that rumors must be
flying as to new development in
the area.

“Only about 100,000 — not bad
for four days,”’ was the reply. One
prominent rumor concerns the
value of two pieces of property,
said to have doubled in value in
one day.

Another concerns the construc-
tion of a giant hotel and conven-
tion center. Here again, it’s too
soan to tell. One thing certain, it
wen't do Fairhaven any harm.

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if you're looking for an interest-
ing weekend drive, Fairhaven is a
good choice — and a nice contrast
to a couple of hours at Bellis Fair
Mall. It will be interesting to watch
the changes that take place over
the next year so get dowr soon and
see the ‘‘before’’ stage.

If you've got camping gear and
want to spend your 48 hours in the
U.S. for shopping purposes you
might try Larrabee State Park,
right on the beach, just 7% miles
south of Fairhaven.

Fairhaven has a wonderful, if
pricey, food market — Thriftways
— just off Harris Avenue in the
town centre. It has everything.
Great for two people, but if you’ve
got a camper-load of kids, better
stock up at Cost-Cutter, on Meri-
dian, just north of 1-5,

Fairhaven has no hotels but a
few B & B’s are available.

For information, the Fairhaven
Merchant’s Association is handled
by Steve Gallagher at (206) 676-
8990. Try well in advance because
he’s a hard man to track down.

There are two movie theatres
right in downtown.

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