Show THE SHIP TAVERN TAVERNOle Otto One Ole of ot I t litter Mile lairs Inns IUIS Closed Clo d F Feb Fb b 1 Tho Ship Tavern acl one of the tine most nitrous famous of riverside Inns located ll d In tn II Greenwich has closed Its Us doors fibers after aCer nn err n I existence exl extending hack back to the tho days nt of the great grent English I statesman Pitt Pit who vito denounced the limO war against u the Amer Amor American ican Jen und and attar whom was waa M al Fort Pitt Pi r city of takes Ho its name It J was at atthe atte tine the te Tavern that Pitt Pt instituted the famous ministerial whito bait dinners his hits tune of 16 years as arm a n mem ber of ot of the ministry In tine tho days 1 when Greenwich was a I fashionable riverside resort tho the Ship Tavern became known all al over the world H It I was while whilo William VIlliam Pitt was leader bailer of tine the ministry years ago that he Introduced the time custom of tine the yearly gathering together at tire tho close of tho the parliamentary session of tine the 1 cab cah cabinet inet ministers the time Judges of o the high higher er or o courts anti tine the members of the tire guy gov gO to partake of ot a I banquet at It the tine Ship Tavern Greenwich known a M as the tho ministerial white bait dinner Its Ia fea fen feature lure ture was tho the white halt a small smal fish not much more than timan an on Inch mci In length for far which Greenwich is famous and winch which Is iii considered a l great delicacy It I Is 1 eaten enlen with pepper lemon lomon juice and nd brown bread bead and butter huter The Tho custom of the time ministerial white bait butt dinner dimmer at Il time the Iw Ship Tavern ct was wal continued regularly limit from the time time linac It Il was Instituted by hy Pitt until 1680 ISSO 1 50 After Atler that time tinne tin tim custom was tras WIH not nol observed entire regularly disuse and ond 10 years rears ugo ago It tell fell tel Into |