Enjoying a great lunch and remembering good times!

In my travels today walking around and stopping table to table I bumped into a former employee of the Publick House. I was so excited to chat with Donna Pluta-Marchant and ask lots of questions. She grew up in the Sturbridge area and now resides in the Gloucester area. Donna worked here at the Publick House roughly from 1964 to 1970 back at a time when Treadway Inn was on the property, Saturday dinner was served in our Barn (now where we traditionally do most of our cocktail and hors d’oeuvres hours for our weddings), the Deck was open all summer for dining (where we hold all our large corporate, social gatherings and weddings), there could be up to a 4 hour wait to get in when the Harvard/Yale game was going on!

Some other family events that went on were “Yule Log” and “Boars Head Ceremony.” As a server she worked with many students going to various schools in the area, which all had parents that had worked here in the past. She mentioned how fun of a place it was to work and how beneficial of a role it played in helping her make her way through school. The food continues to keep her coming back to visit and said that this establishment has set the standard for food and service.

It was a pleasure to meet a past employee that shared her experiences and times held here at the Publick House.

James Kluge
Director of Food and Beverage