If you hadn’t heard, there was a bit of a ruckus downtown.  Well, I guess it is my fault.  Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe the influx of tourists visiting during “Castaway Month”.

I had stopped into the Ellenshaw museum to duck from the crowds.  I was back by the television exhibit. After viewing the Davy Crockett material, I ran into Fred Appleton taking in the Zorro offerings.  Fred is still pretty new to town and we started to chat.  We were discussing the many tellings of Zorro.  It got a bit heated as we didn’t agree but then I accidentally hit him on the side of his head with a lobster claw I happened to be carrying.  Appleton turned and hit me in the eye with a corn cobb on purpose.  Who carries a corn cobb?  So we got into a bit of a skirmish.  So, we were both thrown out of the museum.  I decided I needed a drink. The crowds had thinned, so I headed over to the Swiss Family Robinson Brewhouse.  Long story short, when I entered, Appleton was in there as well.. We had a good discussion.  In fact, Appleton said he may talk to us about the Zorro exhibit in the Ellenshaw.  (He often writes under the pseudonym Jeff W)

Anyway, while we were in there I asked the bartender Fritz if he could confirm the rumor that the Robinson Brewhouse was up for sale.  He said “Absolutely not.”  And then he said “your jacket is sitting in fondue.”  So, it is confirmed that the Swiss Family Robinson Brewhouse is here to stay in the foreseeable future.

New to town, Appleton never knew the story behind the Brewhouse.  That one evening during an exciting oyster shuck several folks had a bit too much to drink and threw the Brewhouse up into a tree.  Also that the Robinson’s had a Brewhouse over on the other coast, but it was taken over by someone named Greystoke.  Here’s a picture of the California Brewhouse today.