Everyone — well, nearly everyone — loves Old Mill Grocery & Deli.
Including — perhaps, especially — dogs.
Hanging prominently next to the door of the popular Hillspoint Road institution is a large jar, filled with canine treats.
It’s one more reason that OMG serves everyone (and everything).
And it was last week’s Photo Challenge (click here to see).
Pat Saviano, Gabby Velez, Cat Malkin, Linda Stern, Matt Murray, Jonathan McClure, Micheal Simso, Sal Liccione, Andrew Colabella, Audrey Fox and Lisa Hayes all quickly identified the very easy image. Arf!
This week’s Photo Challenge comes courtesy of Mark Mathias. The other day — just after George Washington’s birthday, and before the snow melted — he snapped this shot:
(Photo/Mark Mathias)
The plaque commemorates one of George Washington’s 2 visits to Westport (then a part of Norwalk), over 250 years ago.
It was dedicated on the 200th anniversary of his birth. (At that point, the original Old Mill Market was already in its second decade.)
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The Church at the corner of Myrtle and Church Lane.
Christ & Holy Trinity Church – site of the Disbrow Tavern.
Myrtle & Church Lane.
Site of the tavern where Christ and Holy Trinity now stands. Fun fact: the same tavern was briefly commandeered by British officers during the Revolutionary War. Somewhere in my stack of stuff I have a great account of that time written by the child who was tasked with looking after the British officers’ quarters. It’s hilarious as she contemplates pocketing some of their money…
Christ & Holy Trinity Church – site of the former Disbrow Tavern
Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane @ Myrtle, site of former Disbrow Tavern
Machamux Park on Greens Farms Road
Wrong plaque
Holy Trinitt Church – corner of Church Lane and Myrtle Avenue
Westporters do know their history. The plaque is indeed at Christ & Holy Trinity Church, on the Myrtle Avenue/Church Lane corner — site of the long-ago Disbrow Tavern where George Washington stopped.
Christ and Holy Trinity
I’m late to the party, corner of Myrtle and Church lane
Myrtle and church lane next door to we’re I live at the intersection
Wow, I had no idea! Fun to learn this history!
Christ and Holy Trinity side yard