Tim Tower
- May 17
- 2 min
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
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Tim Tower
- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min
Billy's Journal
We initiated dine-in service since the last time I edited this Journal. It has been going well. Because we have been doing this since the...
Tim Tower
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
Billy's Journal
Last time I wrote in this Journal was over two weeks ago. At that time we were getting ready for outside dining for the first time. We...
Tim Tower
- May 31, 2020
- 3 min
Billy's Journal
On Thursday, June 4th, Barnacle Billy's will be open for outside seating on our property. We were hoping to also include inside seating...