Warren Heritage Society’s latest exhibit, “Restaurants in Our Past” provides visitors with a look back in time

The Warren Heritage Society has recently opened a new exhibit titled “Restaurants in Our Past.” Chief archivist of the Warren Heritage Society, Tony Carter, welcomed the Royal Examiner’s Mike McCool and local artist Tim Tewalt for a tour of the exhibit, which features old postcards and photographs of restaurants that used to be in the area many years ago. Tewalt has taken these old postcards and colorized them to create drawings that bring back fond memories of the town’s past. In fact, some of Tewalt’s drawings of old restaurants from the town have been featured in a calendar produced by National Media Services and the Royal Examiner.

According to Carter, the goal of the exhibit is to highlight local restaurants and provide a glimpse into the past of the town. The Ivy Lodge, formerly the old Samuels Library, also houses displays of old medical offices and a guest speaker room for different topics. The Warren Heritage Society, which manages the Ivy Lodge, also manages several other properties, including the Baltis house and the Bell Boyd cottage. Visitors are encouraged to visit the Ivy Lodge and take a walking tour of the grounds. The operating hours are from 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesday through Saturday.