The inside of N.B. "Bonie" Pierce's Reservoir Inn did not have any fancy appointments. Simple aluminum frame tables and chairs filled most of the open space. Along one wall, in the background above, Bonie built plywood booths.
In the above photo, Beatrice Valara Pierce (1921-1993) sits with her hand resting against her face. She is wearing an apron because she did most of the work tending customers. The Reservoir Inn did not serve prepared food, but it had all sorts of convenience foods and served beer and soft drinks.
Bonie is in the background walking toward the old-fashioned wooden phone booth. Barely visible behind him in the window is Bonie's wife Julia, looking in on who is in the store. Behind the window wall was Bonie and Julia's home.
The names of the three customers at the table are not known, but they were regular visitors to the Reservoir Inn. This photo was probably taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
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