THAT’S WHERE WE FIND TED REINSTEIN.
REPORTER: MEET LOIS AND TONY BARDA LONEY.
YOU WILL RUN INTO THE GETTING THERE STEPS ON THE BEACH.
>> AT LEAST 3:04’S A WEEK.
REPORTER: THAT IS WHY YOU ARE BOTH SO SLIM.
YOU DON’T STOP AT KELLY’S?
>> ONCE IN A WHILE.
REPORTER: MORE ON THE KELLY’S DIET AND A MINUTE, BUT FIRST, A QUICK BEACH HISTORY LESSON DATING BACK NEARLY 125 YEARS >> IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW FOR MEN AND
WOMEN.
THEY HAD TO WEAR TWO-PIECE BATHING SUITS.
THIS IS EXAMPLE OF A BATHING SUIT WORN BY A WOMAN.
YOU COULD RENT A BATHING SUIT LIKE THIS AND A TOWEL.
REPORTER: CHINE -- TIMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE DAYS OF RENTED SWIMSUITS.
WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED HIS THE PRIDE OF LOCALS SHARE FOR THEIR BELOVED BEACH.
SUSAN KABBALAH WOULD NOT THINK OF CALLING ANYWHERE BUT REVERE HOME.
WHAT KEEPS HER HERE?
>> THIS.
LOOK.
THE FREEDOM THE SPEECH GIVES US TO WALK ALL SUMMER LONG, ALL WINTER LONG.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TH SPEECH.
I CAN’T IMAGINE LIVING ANYWHERE AWAY FROM IT EVER.
REPORTER: FOR MOS PEOPLE, THE CITY OF REVERE BRINGS ONE THOUGHT TO MIND.
THE BEACH.
IT IS HISTORIC.
THE FIRST PUBLIC BEACH IN AMERICA.
THE CITY ITSELF REMAINS A COLORFUL MIX OF OLD AND NEW.
WHERE OLD ICONIC LANDMARKS ARE BEING JOINED BY NEW ONES.
THE MOST FAMOUS REVERE BEACH LANDMARK TODAY IS KELLY’S ROAST BEEF.
A FIX HERE SINCE 1951.
A TRIP TO KELLY’S IS A MUST, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE FROM.
>> WE ARE FROM MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE GOT THE CLAM PLATE.
>> NATURALLY.
>> AND A THREE WAY ROAST BEEF.
REPORTER: YOU ARE COVERED.
>> YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO ORDER.
REPORTER DAN STARTED HIS CAREER AT KELLY’S IN 1979 AS A TEENAGER SERVING UP FOOD AT THE BUSY BEACH WINDOWS.
HE IS NOW A VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE RESTAURANT’S FOUR LOCATIONS.
I CALL IT STILL WORKING MY SUMMER JOB.
REPORTER: THE MENU HAS EXPANDED HERE SINCE THE EARLY DAYS.
NOW INCLUDING DISHES LIKE CHEESE FRIES AND CHICKEN FINGERS.
BUT DARTY SAYS THE ROAST BEEF SANDWICH REMAINS THE PERENNIAL BESTSELLER.
THE STORY BEHIND ITS CREATION STILL A BIT OF A MYSTERY.
>> IT HAS IT AS FOLKLORE.
THERE HAPPENED TO BE A WEDDING THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN CANCELED FOR SOME REASON.
ON THE MENU WAS ROAST BEEF.
SO THEY TOOK THE ROAST BEEF OVER, DECIDED TO CUT IT UP, PUT IT ON HAMBURGER ROLLS.
REPORTER: AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> AND HERE WE ARE.
REPORTER: NO MATTER WHAT YOU ORDER, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I OFFER YOU THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WATCH OUT FOR THIS EAGLES.
-- FOR T SEA GULLS.
TH GULLS ARE NOT STUPID HERE.
DID YOU ORDER?
THERE IS A LINE HERE, PAL.
THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY MIGHT INVOLVED LOCATIONS NOT NECESSARILY KNOWN FOR SIEGE FRANCHISES ARE IN THE WORKS.
COULD WE SEE A KELLY’S IN THE MIDWEST?
>> YOU POSSIBLY COULD.
REPORTER: DRIFT IS A NEW DINING DESTINATION ON THE BEACH.
MAKING SOME WAVES OF ITS OWN SINCE OPENING IN NOVEMBER 2019.
>> THEY ARE NOT WHITE GLOVES AND NOT TRYING TO BE TO PRETENTIOUS.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN AND HAVE A GREAT MEAL.
REPORTER: THE GENERAL MANAGER SAYS HE S EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF REVERE WHILE REMAINING APPROACHABLE AND TRUE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY.
>> WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR NAME.
WE WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE AT HOME WHEN YOU COME HERE.
REPORTER: AS FOR TH FOOD, THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR PRETTY MUCH ANY TASTE, FROM BOLOGNESE TO SEAFOOD STANDOUTS.
>> SCALLOPS WITH PARS PUREE, ROASTED BABY CARROTS.
OCTOPUS WITH CHORIZO VINAIGRETTE.
WE HAVE MUSCLES WITH BLUE CHEESE AND BACON.
REPORTER: JACKSON NOT ONLY WORKS IN REVERE, HE RECENTLY MOVED HERE FROM BOSTON WITH NO REGRETS.
>> IF YOU HAD TOLD ME A YEAR AGO THAT I WOULD BE LIVING IN REVERE, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU YOU WERE CRAZY.
BUT I TRULY LOVE LIVING IN REVERE.
WAKING UP EVERY DAY TO THE WATER.
THERE IS A SENSE OF PRIDE HERE THAT YOU JUST DON’T GET IN THE CITY.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 30, 40 YEARS THEY’VE SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION ON THE BEACH.
REPORTER: BACK TO THE BARDA LOME’S, THEY HAVE WATCHED REVERE BEACH CHANGE OVER THE YEARS.
EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE IN NEARBY EAST BOSTON, REVERE BEACH STILL HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THEIR HEARTS.
>> IT’S OPEN.
NICE SIDEWALKS.
YOU DON’T BUMP INTO ANYBODY.
IT’S WONDERFUL.
IT’S A BLESSING.
REPORTER: REVERE NATI SUSAN KABBALAH OFFERS SOME ADVICE FOR NEWCOMERS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY OF JUST OVER 50,000 PEOPLE >> I LOVE REVERE BEACH.
COME DOWN AN VISIT.
JUST TAKE YOUR TRASH WHEN YOU LEAVE.
ANTHONY: BACK TO THE REVERE BEACH BATHING SUIT RENTALS FROM THE EARLY DAYS.
BEACH GOERS WOULD RENT THEIR SUITS, CHANGE IN A BATH HOUSE AND THEN TRAVEL IN AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL TO THE BEACH SO AS NOT TO BE SEEN ON THE BOULEVARD IN SKIMPY GARB.
THE RENTALS WERE BY THE HOUR A TALL BLACK CLOCK ON THE BEACH SERVED IN PART TO REMIND FOLKS TO BRING THEIR SWIMSUITS BACK.
A WORKING REPLICA OF THE CLOCK REMAINS ON THE BEACH TODAY UP NEXT, ONCE FORGOTTEN, NOW MEMORIALIZ