Dick's Variety - part of the wonderful old but now slowly fading, frayed-around-the edges PI character and soul - was just across the street from Surfland Bait and Tackle. You could get most anything from potato peelers through instant mashed potatoes, beer, wine, Spam, canned chili, Wonderbread, and The New York Sunday Times. A small deli where you could get sandwiches and things like macaroni salad or a lime or two.

Currently closed and under renovation to fit a new owner and a new business plan. Roast-beef place is rumored. Time brings changes and time will tell; we'll try to update as details emerge.

978-465-0324 (?)

Click here for a Google satellite image of downtown (!) Plum Island with the location highlighted.

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