A Mackie's moment

All are welcome here
Port Stanley, ON
March 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram

You're looking at a tiny part of Mackie's in Port Stanley, and I unabashedly love this place.

Not simply for the way this iconic restaurant is built right up against the beach so the sand drifts randomly to the property line and well into the parking lot. Not simply for the food - which always seems to match the vibe of a day by the water.

Or the blue-and-orange color scheme, which beyond highlighting its signature orangeade drink also seems strangely comforting in an uncomfortable world.

It's the folks who own and run it. A lovely family whose members and staff always seem to be kind no matter how crazy-busy things can get.

I'm glad they're still open, still anchoring the village as they have since 1911 (!).

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who cherishes the kind of experience only an historic resto like this can offer.

I'm glad our kids have gauzy-happy memories of this place tucked deep inside.

I'm glad we still have institutions like this to come back to.

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