Monday, December 18, 2023
Stephen was a real character. His last Sodus Point restaurant, Stephen's Harborside was a pizza and sandwich shop where he made a few bucks in the summer, and kept a pretty lonely vigil in the winter, trying to make enough to pay the utility bills.
He used to make me a modestly priced (it was hard to get him to take my money for this, though he was barely getting by) off-menu dinner, with vegetables and everything, on the one night per week when I'd work late shift. One year, he made a group of us woodchucks (um, locals) Thanksgiving dinner at his place. He was a kind, good-hearted fellow. God bless him.