Soup to nuts, it's in abundance at Blue Jay Family Restaurant ALL Edition

The Blue Jay menu also offers some reading material, which explains how the restaurant came to be. The building was once a schoolhouse at Plummer's Corner in Whitinsville. It was moved to its current address and became the Blue Jay Social Club, which opened in the early 1930s and was run by a g...

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Published inTelegram & gazette
Main Author Erickson, Pat
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Worcester, Mass GateHouse Media, Inc 29.07.1993
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Restaurants
SUTTON
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Summary:The Blue Jay menu also offers some reading material, which explains how the restaurant came to be. The building was once a schoolhouse at Plummer's Corner in Whitinsville. It was moved to its current address and became the Blue Jay Social Club, which opened in the early 1930s and was run by a group of area men. The club offered food and dances on Friday and Saturday nights but served no liquor until after Prohibition. The Blue Jay name, incidentally, comes from a wooden bird that one of the club's original owners bought to adorn the front of the building. In the 1950s, the place was sold to the Mosher family. Several generations of Moshers went on to run the restaurant, which they named the Blue Jay Lobster Pond. Our meatloaf and chicken specials came with a choice of potato or rice and a vegetable, the latter including pickled beets, summer squash or green beans. The meals arrived quickly, with the fried chicken, french fries and onion rings served piping hot in a basket. The four pieces of plump chicken, as well as the large rounds of onion, were coated in a light, crispy batter.
ISSN:1050-4184