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

From page 37 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

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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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