Tim Tower
Jun 104 min read
Fond Memories - The Birthday Anniversaries of Former President George H.W. and Barbara Bush
On June 8th this year, former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush would have turned 99 years old. George Herbert Walker Bush, our 41st President,
Tim Tower
May 23 min read
Etc. Opens Today, Welcome Back!
Today Barnacle Billy's, Etc opens at 5pm for the 2024 season. The staff and I have been getting Etc ready since we opened Barnacle Billy's
Tim Tower
Apr 235 min read
Catching Up, Winter Storms & 2024 Season Welcome
So here we are, open for the season again, daily, until 8 PM on October 27th. Barnacle Billy's, Etc. will be opening, daily again on May 2,
Tim Tower
May 17, 20232 min read
Etc. Opens at Noon & the Locust
On May 20, 2023, we will be opening Barnacle Billy’s, Etc. at noon. From that date on, daily, until November 5, 2023, we will be open at...
Tim Tower
May 4, 20235 min read
Etc. Opening Day
Starting last fall, I enlisted Jennifer Marble’s help in building a new website to better represent the two restaurants here. I found...
Tim Tower
May 26, 20222 min read
Billy's Journal
Here we are again, the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, our first big challenge of the season. I say this only because Mother’s Day,...
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May 10, 20221 min read
Billy's Journal
Early this morning we had two more employees call out sick. Our instructions were to stay home, get tested for Covid and call us back. ...
Tim Tower
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Billy's Journal
Today we open Barnacle Billy’s, Etc. at 5:00 PM EDT. As is normal procedure, Barnacle Billy’s (Original) will close at 5:00 PM. This has...
Tim Tower
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Billy's Journal
With the exception of Tuesday morning, April 19th, when the wind blew out of the southeast at fifty miles per hour and it was pouring...
Tim Tower
Apr 10, 20222 min read
Billy's Journal
We had a very good opening weekend. The weather wasn’t the best but it wasn’t bad either. Sunday was the best day of the weekend with a...
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Apr 10, 20223 min read
Billy's Journal
We decided to close Barnacle Billy’s, Etc. for the day. Normally, we would open at 5:00 PM EDT today. Instead, we are closed because we...
Tim Tower
Apr 6, 20222 min read
Billy's Journal
Another year is upon us and I can’t wait to get into it. We open tomorrow, Friday, at 11:00 AM. The National Weather Service is calling...
Tim Tower
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Billy's Journal
Well, it has been a while since I have written in this Journal. Jules & Sue Epstein, two of our good customers, often tell me that I...
Tim Tower
Jul 2, 20212 min read
Billy's Journal
We will be open at Barnacle Billy’s, Etc. on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. This means we will be open six days a week with Tuesday being the...
Tim Tower
May 22, 20212 min read
Billy's Journal
Tomorrow, Monday, May 24, 2021, we have been given the green light to go to 100% dining both inside and out at both restaurants. Tables...
Tim Tower
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Billy's Journal
We had a managers meeting yesterday at Barnacle Billy's, Etc. The subject matter discussed was the opening of said restaurant and the...
Tim Tower
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Billy's Journal
On this coming Thursday, April 29, 2021, Barnacle Billy’s, Etc., our full service restaurant, will be open for the first time in two...
Tim Tower
Apr 2, 20213 min read
Billy's Journal
This winter was probably the longest toughest winter we have ever experienced before a restaurant season. Covid cases rose sharply in the...
Tim Tower
Nov 3, 20204 min read
Billy's Journal
We closed our Barnacle Billy's “restaurant system” on Sunday, November 1 at 8:00 PM. The “system” as I called it, utilized the kitchens...
Tim Tower
Sep 24, 20203 min read
Billy's Journal
Since my last Journal entry, we have been busy with the same menu, system of service, management, procedures, open/closing times and...