http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html Good things to eat. Good stuff to make. Good places to explore. Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:35:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html#comment-5219 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:35:11 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/poppys-restaurants/#comment-5219 My mom was hostess at Birch Brook for several years in late 40 s & early 50s . It was a fine restaurant that very prestigious people dined at . I was lucky as a child I got to visit.

]]> http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html#comment-1142 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:41:35 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/poppys-restaurants/#comment-1142 Hi Charlotte,
Thank you for your story!  I wonder if the big red headed boy could have been my Great Uncle Roy? He did have a brother named Dave.  I can only guess that my Grandmothers brothers and sisters spent a lot of time at the restaurant while they were growing up.
Thank you so much for sharing your memories with me.  I love imagining what it must have been like to spend time at these places that shaped our familys history.  

]]> http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html#comment-1141 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:14:18 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/poppys-restaurants/#comment-1141 When I was very small a big boy with red hair plucked me up & sat me on his 2 wheel bike getting a good grip on what I had on in the back to make sure I stayed there. Then he put his other hand on the handle bars & took me for a short ride. While he did so he taught me how to spell my first word IS. After wards I ran back to the sand pile to play with his little brother David. I lived at 45 across the street & ate in the restaurant. The waiters stacked phone books on chairs until the child properly fit when pushed to the table. We did not go to #8 grade school together so I think they went to Iona in New Rochelle. The park we played in had the Bronx River which was diverted to create land for Lawrence Hospital expansion. I am now 80 and a half.

]]> http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html#comment-1140 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:04:03 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/poppys-restaurants/#comment-1140 Dear Mary Helen,
I really like your blog! It is fun to see the pictures of the old restaurant. How are you? It is fun to see the accomplishments of my ancestor.
Bridget Thompson

]]> http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html#comment-1139 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:54:56 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/poppys-restaurants/#comment-1139 hi this is shane, bridget and finn thompson. we love your webbsite, and saw the pictures of the washington arms in mamaronek. and also saw the birch brook in bronxville in n.y.

]]> http://marymakesgood.com/2010/12/poppys-restaurants.html#comment-1138 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:57:27 +0000 http://marymakesgood.wpengine.com/poppys-restaurants/#comment-1138 Yay! I’ve tried searching a little online every now and then, but never came up with anything. 🙂 Keep up the sleuthing!
xo

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