Black Bear Tavern

Black Bear Tavern

In 1998 Jonathan “Smiley” built a large building on Site F of the Fort Properties under the name of Village Center Partnership. It immediately was purchased by Keith Handyside and he opened the Black Bear Tavern and Restaurant in 1999. They not only had a...
Honi-Honi

Honi-Honi

Jim Deligatti’s first interest in commercial property was the Glen Haven Restaurant and Bar. It was originally owned by Glen Lyons who named it Glen Haven and later by John Luke and Joyce Cornish. In 1979 Jim purchased it through McDonald’s Restaurant Management...
Stone Hearth and Fireside Wine Shop

Stone Hearth and Fireside Wine Shop

The Fireside Deli and Wine Shop as we know it today has gone through several names and menus since Ed Browning opened it as a bar in 1982. It then became BJ Whistlers in 1984, then the Gast Haus, a German restaurant in 1992. In 2004, the location reopened as the...
Tasker’s Tavern and Pawn Run Saloon

Tasker’s Tavern and Pawn Run Saloon

At the site of today’s Pawn Run Saloon, in 1958 Albert Tasker and his wife Edna Blanche Tasker purchased the ground from Kenneth A. Layman and his wife Virginia A. Layman. The tavern was already on the property prior to the transfer and was called Tasker’s...