Palm Beach Post, TGIF
by Gary Schwan
October 1997
The following is a portion of a feature article in the TGIF section of the Palm
Beach Post listing the area's ten best bars:
Harry and the Natives
U.S. Highway 1 and Bridge Road, Hobe Sound
What makes it cool? The natives are friendly at this casual, Old Florida
restaurant / bar. And why not? Harry MacArthur (above), whose family has owned
the place since 1952, keeps things homey. The bar itself is a kind of family
photo album - dozens of photos of family and friends pressed under glass, a
40-year chronicle of the laid-back life. Did we mention homey? What else to
call a bar with two cans of Spam in the cigarette rack behind the bar?
Bar Talk: "We have the same people coming here for 30 years,"
said MacArthur. "I'm kind of rednecky, I guess. One day, someone was
kidding me about caviar. I said I'd rather have Spam. So they brought
me the cans as a joke."
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