Photos: A true hole in the wall
The Belmont Club in Fall River, established in 1933, is located in an old house down a side street. No one is a stranger there, since strangers wouldn't just walk into some random house.
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Only recently was a sign added outside.
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A photo of Azarius Plourde, who made Jack and Jackie Kennedy's wedding cake, and his signature in the the Belmont Club's book.
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Over time, the owner knocked down walls to transform the space from just a bar.
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Priscilla Brennan, the owner, and her son John "Jack" Heller.
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A painting with the original owner, Jack Brennan, at the bar. Priscila Brennan inherited the bar from her father.
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Heller mans the 90-degree bar, where it's commonplace for patrons to buy rounds for each other all night.
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At the Belmont Club, people of all backgrounds mingle.
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