I was on my way somewhere and then there's a blur

[sovay]

I am hoping the evening will improve when I meet rushthatspeaks for The Bigamist (1953) at the Brattle Theatre, but I've had something of a rocky day so far; then I got home and spatch read me the news that 192-year-old Faneuil Hall landmark Durgin-Park is being shuttered by its corporate masters with barely a week's notice. The FilmStruck deal, restaurant-style. He has some choice (and all-caps) words on Twitter. I am just remembering that the first time I ever ate at Durgin-Park, I found a tiny slipper shell in my oyster stew. I still have it. I bet the rich taste really good with a side of baked beans.

[edit] The Bigamist was great. I am so behind on writing about movies. I wish Ida Lupino had directed a lot more.

Comments

[julian]

I've only ever eaten there once, and it was All Butter All The Time, but it's part of Boston, and of Massachusetts, and I heard that on the radio and had to pull over briefly.

Freakin' 192 years, what the hell, people?

[sovay]

Freakin' 192 years, what the hell, people?

Right! What would it have hurt to help it be 193?

[julian]

The thing of it is, is that yes, Random Shiny Seaport District Restaurant #1 is, indeed, currently profitable. It won't be forever.

Durgin-Park would get you steady amount of money for years, because it is both a Bostonite thing and a tourist thing.

It's the steady draft horse vs the racing thoroughbred, or... metaphors like that.

Grar.

[sovay]

Random Shiny Seaport District Restaurant #1 is, indeed, currently profitable. It won't be forever.

It'll be underwater.

Durgin-Park would get you steady amount of money for years, because it is both a Bostonite thing and a tourist thing.

I agree with you. It's a long-term sure bet. If it's gone almost two hundred years, it's not going to roll over and die unless someone kills it. It's stupid.

Grar.

Amen.

[moon_custafer]

Yeah. I’d say they were betting on the hare rather than the tortoise, except that would only affect themselves. Instead they’re calling the race and retiring the tortoise halfway through the event, thus ensuring the tortoise will never have a chance to prove itself.