Seven Seas Restaurant Turns 50 Today

Seven Seas Restaurant, a downtown Milford landmark, and wildly popular eatery is celebrating its 50th birthday today, Tuesday, April 7.

Mayor Ben Blake will be at the New Haven Avenue restaurant at 5 p.m. to read an official proclamation and there will be champagne toasts throughout the day. Also cake will be served in the evening, the Milford Mirror reports.

Business has never been better says Owner Richard Smith, according to the Connecticut Post.

Smith recalls one anecdote where a camel got stuck in the doorway to his restaurant. The circus often used to play at Fowler Field.

The restaurant is situated on what was once a former garage space that was converted to a restaurant in the 1940s and Smith’s family purchased the building in 1965, the Post reports.

It was named the Seven Seas because the family included several Navy men.

The decour has changed over the decades as a shuffleboard and jukeboxes have been replaced.

But what hasn’t changed is the famous fish and chips and lobster rolls that keeps people coming back to the Seven Seas. The food receives strong reviews on Yelp.

On the Seven Seas Facebook page, Kelley Mulhall writes, “Best seafood!!! Congrats!”

Marilyn Camacho also writes, “Congratulation!!! Food is excellent and so is your staff.”

Read the full Milford Mirror story here.

Read the full Connecticut Post story here.

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