The town of Sandwich has a restaurant inspired by the French Alps and its very own “Great Wall.”
RATHER LARGE ONE. A WINDING ROAD WITH NARY A CAR IN SIGHT LEADS US TO A CURIOSITY IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN OF SANDWICH. HERE WE FIND WHAT LOCALS CALL THE GREAT WALL OF SANDWICH. IMAGINE BEING SO MAD AT YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT YOU BUILD A WALL, A BIG WALL, NOT TO SHUT THEM OUT, BUT TO CONSTANTLY REMIND THEM OF YOUR REVENGE. ISAAC ADAMS, BORN IN 1802, WAS A CABINETMAKER’S APPRENTICE. HE HAD DREAMS BEYOND SANDWICH, BUT WAS LOW ON FUNDS. HE TRIED TO CONVINCE THE NEIGHBORS TO PONY UP THE MONEY FOR THE COACH FARE TO BOSTON. THERE WAS A FLAT NO. AND HE QUITE LITERALLY LEFT TOWN SHAKING HIS FIST, TELLING THE PEOPLE THAT I’LL BE BACK. AND WHEN I COME BACK, I’M GOING TO BUY ALL YOUR HOUSES …