Elmer Lesure on his first day of business in 1937!
It’s been here since 1835, originally a General Merchandise store called Josephus Crafts. Elmer Lesure bought it in 1937 and changed the name to Elmer’s. By that time I believe the call leaned a little heavier into groceries, but I understand he still sold a fair amount of General Merchandise. When I bought it in 2005 I knew enough to leave the name the same, but wasn’t exactly sure what it should be. There are two other very good restaurants in town; Country Pie Pizza and The Lakehouse. What the town didn’t have was a breakfast restaurant, so we became that.
Yankee Magazine said we have the best pancakes in New England. (They said that, not me–I’m just reporting it.)
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