Clermont Taverns

Three taverns, Grandview Inn, Edies, and Mountain Inn, have been located in Clermont since the 1940's. 

In 1947 Frank and Catherine Spachtholz and Frank Grandinetti opened a tavern in the same location where Peterson's Store stood. At first there was no name attached to the business so one day some of the local men including John Grillo, Ralph Aloi, Harold Hagman, Roger Manning, and Dominic Alfieri tried to suggest a name. Finally it was decided to suggest the name "Grand View Inn". The owners liked the name and the tavern became known by that name. It became a very successful business. Dances were held usually two nights per week and spaghetti dinners were featured on Thursday nights. Mrs. Mary Alfieri was the cook for the dinners. Many men from Kaul Clay factory stopped after work to drink and socialize.

On February 26, 1956 a huge explosion rocked the tavern. This headline appeared in an article in the Bradford Era.

The explosion practically leveled the cement block building. There were eight people in the building at the time but they only suffered minor injuries. Don Simonds, chief of the Clermont Volunteer Fire Department, reported that the explosion which knocked out two walls of the building was immediately followed by a fire . The fire destroyed the rest of the building and its contents. Mr. Spachtholz estimated the loss at $30,000. It was determined later that the explosion was caused by a natural gas leak at the rear of the building.  The building was insured but it was never rebuilt.  The Spactholz family and Mr. Grandinetti moved to Arizona .

Joe and Marian Ravetti purchased the liiquor license next and they opened in the house that used to be the Shawmut Railroad Station Agent's house. Bob Perry lived there as station agent. After passenger service was ended John Palumbo and his family lived there during the 1940's until the railroad ceased to operate. Rich and Melanie McDowell ran the inn for a while also.

In 1965 Edith Fowler bought the business and named it Edies Inn and the old railroad station became the location of the inn.

Finally Edies Inn was taken over by Don Winters and named it "Mountain Inn". So Mountain Inn became the newest so called beer joint in Clermont and is shown here.