Yardarm Restaurant

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The Yardarm in Orleans on the Lower Cape Every town has one that neighborhood gathering place where friends meet for a drink, some conversation and conviviality, where upon entry you're greeted with a smile and a thanks for coming, and where, when you get hungry, a table is waiting and the food is solid, as is the service. In Orleans, we're that place - The Yardarm. Since 1972, we've been the spot on Outer Cape Cod where friends meet and friends are made. Local color abounds, from fishermen to physicians, tradesmen to tourists, all rubbing elbows at the bar and extending conversation from table to table while the Red Sox or the Patriots appear on our many TVs. A few years ago, a local writer, a world traveler, once described The Yardarm restaurant as The closest thing that Cape Cod has to an authentic European pub. He was right. On any given day, a visitor will find the tables populated with grandmothers taking their granddaughters out for a birthday lunch, sitting next to plumbers and carpenters trying to get some protein and carbohydrates before they return to work, climbing back on a roof, or crawling under a foundation. Local lawyers, during lunch recess from Orleans District Court, often fill up a corner table, continuing discussion of legal issues over their soups and sandwiches. Retired Boston politicians and local selectmen frequent The Yardarm; on a given day, the restaurant probably has the highest percentage of local Cape Cod people than any place on the Lower Cape, and summer visitors and weekenders enjoy mingling with the locals, both at the bar and in the dining room. Up at the bar, the local fishermen stop for a beer after selling their fish at the back door of the Yardarm kitchen. When you see fishermen's trucks parked at the restaurant, that's the most important statement about the freshness of the fish, no matter what the menu says. For years, The Yardarm has also been a gathering place for local writers and journalists. Many publishe...

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