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According to the good book, the fishermen
of Galilee provided the fish that fed the multitudes upon which the
foundation of faith was built. In Galilee Rhode Island, that duty falls on
George's Restaurant, which has faithfully fed the multitudes Clam Cakes,
Chowder, and Fish & Chips since 1948. Over 60 years ago, Norman Durfee, a
bakery truck driver, and his wife Edna, bought the tiny "George's Lunch"
(Four tables and a Lilliputian counter seating six) from guess who? George
of course! (Last name unknown), and soon settled into, shall we say,
slinging pancakes and clam cakes. Lunch was soon dropped from the name,
in part because George's became the gathering spot for Galilee's over 200
working fishermen at 5 am before facing a day or week at sea. In 1969
illness forced Norman to hand the restaurant over to his son, Richard. He
soon doubled the size, expanded the menu, and added new decks and function
rooms. It soon dominated the landscape by the port of Galilee channel. Today, George's is the largest waterfront restaurant in Rhode
Island, seating almost 500 people and is considered a landmark in Rhode
Island.
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