Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 11: Winter 2012 | Page 64

GRAMMY ’S COUNTRY INN Can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Steve Graham and my other half for over 30 years, Lynn Birdsall, are hands -on owners. We manage, cook, hostess, clean and do it all. What past experience do you have in the restaurant business? NONE! I always said we could do anything we set our minds to. It took two minds, lots of help, hard work and a lifetime of dedication to make a restaurant Can you give us a brief history of your restaurant? business out of basically nothing in the middle of Vallie and Garfield Smith established the restaurant nowhere. in 1948. Route 2A was the interstate north of Bangor, and they were open 24 hours back then. After three What is the theme of your restaurant? owners went out of business, it sat idle for over a We have two “Just good food” and “Where you get year. In the fall of 1989, we opened our doors for more than you expec