In August 2005 Hiscock’s Drive-In celebrated 45 years of great business in Grand Falls-Windsor. It began initially as a candy store. Wallace and Flo Hiscock first opened it as a small corner store in June of 1960, and then soon after it became a restaurant. At that time there was a store on almost every street in town. Ms. Warr’s parents had one on Elizabeth Street and Edith and Joe Stagg had one on the same street. At the beginning the restaurant served steaks and pork chops throughout the day. Now it is only open from 5:00 p.m. to late at night, and it is famous for its homemade fast food items such as fries, hamburgers, chicken, onion rings, and especially their wedge fries. In case you don’t know, wedge fries are spicy, lightly battered potato wedges.
Hiscock’s Drive-In is located at 80 Main Street. Marilyn Shallow is the daughter of Wallace and Flo Hiscock. She is now the owner and manager of Hiscock’s Drive-In. The store employs up to ten people during busy seasons, especially during the summer. The restaurant is very nice inside. It has diner-style booths, and posters of famous icons like James Dean, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe on the walls. It also has old 45 records decorating the walls. There is a great jukebox in the corner. When my three friends and I visited Hiscock’s Drive-In to get pictures for my report, Mrs. Shallow let us pick out some songs to play on the jukebox. We took our Flat Pen Pals from Tany's Dell School in Harlow, England with us. My flat pen pal, Flat Chloe Emmerman, got to meet Mrs. Shallow.
When our teacher was growing up in Grand Falls-Windsor, Hiscock’s was famous for its good food, especially hamburgers. Today however, Hiscock’s is famous for its wedge fries, and its delicious milkshakes. About 25 years ago Wallace Hiscock bought supplies to make wedge fries from the Mountain Boy company that he came across at a food convention in Toronto. He officially put his own patent on the Wedge Fries name and the wedge fries were an instant hit. Ten years ago Hiscock’s began manufacturing the wholesale and retail packages of wedge fries, which are now sold in grocery and convenience stores and restaurants all across the island. Wedge fries have been sent to some of their customers as far as Edmonton, Ontario, and even Bermuda. After she showed us how they were made, Mrs. Shallow gave my three classmates and me some wedge fries . We ate at one of the diner-style booths surrounded by memories from the 50s. Ms. Warr told us about the other two restaurants on Main Street that she used to eat at when she was young, the Globe and the Cosy Chat. They are long gone. Only Hiscock’s remains. My teacher thinks it’s the oldest restaurant in central Newfoundland. As we ate the famous mouth-watering wedge fries Ms. Warr shared her memories of this hometown restaurant with us. She felt right at home there. The wedge fries were DELICIOUS! Thank you, Mrs. Shallow.
Keisha Hanlon (2005-2006)