For many decades, the urbana site was known as the peter pan inn or the cracked claw. A small area between ijamsville and the northern margin of the watershed is served by the ballenger wwtp. The complete liquidation at auction of the cracked claw at the peter pan inn near frederick, maryland. Ap the site of a former frederick county landmark with 19thcentury roots is being redeveloped into a complex that will be home to a burger king and other businesses. Order food online at peter pan diner, oakland park with tripadvisor.
Above and below are views of the peter pan in its final life as the cracked claw. Much of what was the cracked claw and the peter pan inn before that is in the process of being demolished by developer urbana lot 1 llc to be a. The peter pan inn closed its doors without notice in 1986, ending a 60year era. Once it was peter pan inn photograph by debra lynch. Get the best deals on peter pan inn glass when you shop the largest online selection at. Much of what was the cracked claw and the peter pan inn before that is in the process of being demolished by developer urbana lot 1 llc to be a multibusiness site to include a dashin fuel station with convenience store, burger king, and advance auto parts. Over the years, it became another site, famous for its food and ambiance.
Development coming to home of old cracked claw wtop. The dixon house has been important to the urbana community as a tavern and inn since early in the 1800 1 s. In 1988, after selling his gaithersburg cracked claw seafood restaurant, he purchased the thenvacant urbana peter pan inn. The garden room seven miles south of frederick, md. Racetrack operators have oral agreements on financial arrangements with johnny poole, owner of the cracked claw, which was formerly known as the peter pan inn. Baby boomers in the baltimorewashington area probably recognize the name of the peter pan inn. A few years later, the cracked claw and otb took up residence. Much of what was the cracked claw and the peter pan inn before that is in the process of being demolished by developer urbana lot 1 llc to be a multibusiness site to include a dashin fuel. The cracked claw menu frederick md 21704 301 8311200.
Former cracked claw site to include dashin, auto parts. The area will once again serve travelers and the community, but in a different way. Restaurant menu, map for the cracked claw located in 21704, frederick md, 3363 urbana pike. Peter pan inn urbana md peter pan, old pictures, vintage restaurant.
Fingerboard road md80 on the site of the former peter pan. The cracked claw, as it appears today, is on the site of the former peter pan inn, which was a popular dining destination in the area. This was a seafood restaurant owned by the poole family. Some of the old fixtures and furniture remain, but a lot was sold off and for years could be found floating around the flea markets and antique shops of nearby frederick. In its last years as the cracked claw this is a picture from neal j. All of the opposition sounded preposterous to john pappy poole, proprietor of the cracked claw restaurant, formerly known as the peter pan inn.
Frederick at long shots is located in the clarion inn frederick event. Conways dining guide of the past, web pages about some closed and old restaurants in washington, dc, baltimore and thereabouts. A few years after the original peter pan inn closed its doors in 1986, a new business named the cracked claw appeared in 1989 at the location. Under new ownership, the place was reopened as the cracked claw at peter pan inn and much of the dining space is given over to offtrack betting.
The 10 best restaurants in frederick updated april 2020. This months its one of my favorite classic disney films peter pan. It was one of my fonder memories as a young teen growing up in washington in the 1950s getting in the car and making the 50mile trip to the peter pan inn in urbana. Urbana tries to beat otb to finish line parlor foes fear. A few years later, the cracked claw and otb took up residence at the old peter pan inn and operated up until october 2011, when once again, the doors are slated to close only this time for good. The peter pan inn was like a step out of time and into neverland, itself. Cracked claw frederick, maryland seafood restaurant. In the 1950s, 60s and 70s, a visit to the frederick county familystyle restaurant, with its. Its a sunday afternoon in 2010 and most of the tables are empty. Then it became the cracked claw and now its been turn down.
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