Nice! Next time you want a really good meal hit up S&P Oyster company in downtown. Sit outside, kids will love to watch the boats go by and the bridge go up. Afterwards you can walk across the bridge and get ice cream
I spent a lot of time in Mystic in the early 50's and loved the drawbridge over 60 years ago. Especially watching the boats going through. I always thought the flagpole in the center of town was the mainsail mast from a old whaling ship..
We use to take my grandmother from Derby to see her brother
He and his wife owned a grocery store on Denison Ave that made the best grinders in the world. He had a barn that included a still were he made Grappa. ( distilled wine or high octane brandy).
It was the old Rte 1 all the way. Before I 95 . The old bridge over the Connecticut River was also a drawbridge. It was a at least a three hour trip and we stayed a couple of nights. We loved going there as he had a small boat he would take us over to a beach area. He also always had fireworks. The quality of food is never to seen again. He was kind of a big kid who would rather go fishing or clamming than work in the store.
I think that suited my aunt as it got him out if her hair.
This was also before supermarkets and watermelon would be sold off the back of trucks from the Carolina's only a few weeks in summer.We always bought a couple to bring.
Sorry when the name Mystic vomes up it's always a great memory
