My heart is breaking:Peter Christian's Tavern suddenly closed its doors last week after nearly 35 years as a staple of New London's Main Street.
The bar and restaurant didn't open for business Friday, residents said. "Peter Christian's Tavern is closed to further notice," read a sign on the door greeting would-be diners yesterday.
Going to Peter Christian's is one of my earliest memories of New Hampshire. And since moving to the New London area, I've been there fairly often - just last week, in fact.
We even have at home a much beloved and used, dog-eared copy of a PC's recipe book from back in the '70s or '80s.
(iirc, weren't there were other PC's once upon a time in the Keene area and Hanover?)
My favorite part about PC's is (was? alack!) the decor. The round wood cubbies and house plants were very 1970's-ish, and always brought back memories to me of an earlier time.
Great beef stew, the famous mustard, trivial pursuit, friendly staff, not overpriced.
I'm pretty much happy to be at home most of the time. After five years of living in Manhattan, I don't really get excited much in the way of wining and dining locally.
But this was a cruel blow.
Here's hoping there is some way that PC's can rise from the ashes.
UPDATE: And now there is a Facebook group to mourn the loss. |
