The renovation is complete, and the diner is open for business once again. The official ribbon cutting for O'Rourke's diner was held this morning, to honor the opening, Brian O'Rourke, and all those who worked
to make the revival of the diner possible.
Attorney Jane McMillan, my mother-in-law, who headed the fundraising effort, led the event and spoke admiringly about all those who had pitched in, from the $10 donations from throughout the country, to the single anonymous donor who gave $20,000.
Mayor Sebastian Giuliano and chamber-of-commerce president Larry McHugh both spoke of how happy they were to have O'Rourke's back, how great it is to have the foot traffic on this important corner of the North End, and how amazing the Middletown/Middlesex community is, and has been in its effort to restore the diner.
Wesleyan President Michael Roth said that wherever he's spoken at meetings around the country, Wesleyan grads didn't want to know about the new arts programs, or the new buildings on campus, "they wanted to know when O'Rourke's was going to reopen."
2 comments:
YEAH!!!
now, if ruby's would just reopen, life on main street middletown would be perfect...i still dream about those corn beef sandwiches, salivating during sweet slumber!
Rubys is good, but ORourkes is the best breakfast around. They are open for dinner and that is outstanding as well.
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