Ah, the Mill Pond Inn (currently the Mill Pond House) on Route 25A in Centerport.
Suzanne & Brian Asher were so lucky to grow up in Centerport and go to Harborfields School District! What a highlight!… Happy days, a new High School of Harborfields, new friends, fun things to do!
Back when my parents first moved to Centerport in 1955, they discovered the Mill Pond Inn. My Dad and Mother went to the Mill Pond Inn at least 2 times a week for dinner, and of course, “dragged” me along. When my Dad would return from a trip (was a Pilot for Pan Am) he couldn’t wait to get back home and have a nice steak dinner at the Mill Pond Inn. The owner, Jerry Griffin, and his wife lived in an apartment upstairs. My parents soon became great friends with them, my Dad would always bring him “trinkets” from his overseas travels which he would proudly display in the restaurant. There I would eat dinner with my parents and get driven back home to study (LOL) while they would sit at the Piano Bar and sing the old tunes well into the night …. “Down by the Old Mill Stream”, “If you knew Susie”, stuff like that!
The Mill Pond Inn was our “home away from home”…… The nicotine was thick on the walls and the dark and cozy atmosphere with the piano bar was inviting to the people who wanted a place to hang out!!!
Back in the late 50’s the Mill Dam in Centerport would freeze, allowing a place for us to meet with our friends and drink hot chocolate and skate on the pond. Jerry, the owner of the Mill Pond Inn would shovel a little spot for us and light the skating area. They would build a little fire and provide Hot Chocolate. There we would meet our friends and skate and have a blast!!! Oh what fun it was……. We are so lucky that we grew up here!!! The memories are wonderful!!!
This is a photo taken from the back of the parking lot of the Mill Pond House in Centerport in the fall of 2010……… Looking over the beautiful Mill Dam and off in the distance you see Centerport Harbor, Sand City, and over the sound to Connecticut on a clear day!!! We are so lucky to live here!!!
Comments(2)