Deb K.
Get the corned beef hash. They chop it by hand and it's crisp all the way through. My coffee cup never made it to empty once.
Our story
Ellis opened the doors in 1971. Theo runs the griddle now.
Ellis Fernwood opened this diner in 1971, in a narrow brick storefront on Maple Street. He ran it the way you'd run a diner then — griddle going by five, coffee that never stopped, and a stack of buttermilk pancakes that cost a dollar seventy-one.
His daughter, Nora Hartley, took over the counter and ran it for the better part of thirty years. In 2024 she decided it was time to hand it down.
So it went to Theo Hartley — Ellis's grandson, Nora's son, twenty-two years old and already the fastest hand on the flat-top. Third generation, same corner, same griddle.
Ellis still stops in most mornings, for coffee and to make sure the pancakes are tall enough.
1971
Ellis Fernwood
Founder. Still stops in.
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Nora Hartley
Ellis's daughter. Retired 2024.
2024
Theo Hartley
Grandson. Head cook. Owner.