EXPERIENCE IT IT’S REALLY HARD TO DESCRIBE. BASICALLY, IT’S A POP CULTURE ANTIQUE STORE AND IDEA INCUBATOR TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POP EMPORIUM OF POPULAR CULTURE IN PROVIDENCE HAS TO OFFER. YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. FOLLOW ME. I LOVE HISTORY, ESPECIALLY LOCAL HISTORY. SO IT REALLY TRY TO FOCUS AND TRY TO PRESERVE SOME OF THESE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ITEMS. OWNER AND CURATOR DARREN HILL. I RARELY BUY ANYTHING ONLINE BECAUSE IT’S LIKE SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL. IT’S JUST IT’S JUST NO FUN. I PREFER THE HUNT. THAT’S WHAT GETS MY JUICES FLOWING. SO I AM OUT TO THIS DAY EVERY SUNDAY MORNING I’M UP AT 5:00 A M AND OUT THE DOOR. HILL HAS BEEN COLLECTING SINCE HE WAS A KID, DECADES BEFORE HE OPENED THE STORE IN 2015. EACH ITEM THAT MAKES IT THROUGH THESE DOORS HAS TO PASS. A STRINGENT SCREENING HAS TO HAVE A STORY ATTACHED TO IT, AND AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD START CONVERSATIONS THAT INCLUDES A REPLICA RASCAL OR SIGN AN HOMAGE TO THE ICONIC BOSTON MUSIC VENUE. BUT THAT WAS A EXACT REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL RAT SIGN THAT WE HAD BUILT FOR THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY BOSTON’S HOMETOWN THROWDOWN. ONE YEAR FORMERLY THE BASSIST FOR NEW ORLEANS RED ROCKERS HILL’S FULL TIME GIG IS NOW ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. AT THE END OF THE THREE SHOWS, MY ROAD CREW WAS GETTING READY TO TOSS IT INTO THE HOUSE OF BLUES DUMPSTER. SO I SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO. PUT IT IN THE TRUCK. HIS COLLECTION ALSO INCLUDES SEATS FROM FENWAY PARK NEAR HERE AND A COUPLE OF SOUVENIRS FROM ROCKY POINT PARK IN WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND. THAT WAS THE PLACE TO GO. TREMENDOUS HISTORY IN THAT PLACE. SPREAD OUT OVER 10,000FT. THE ECLECTIC ARRAY OF ITEMS FOR SALE RUNS THE GAMUT FROM THE QUINTESSENTIAL TO THE QUIRKY AND BEYOND. I LIKEN THIS PLACE TO A GIGANTIC ART PROJECT, SO I’M CONSTANTLY REFINING IT. I WANT TO BE MORE OF A LIVING MUSEUM WHERE EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE. I LOVE ALL THIS STUFF AND I WISH I COULD KEEP IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I’VE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH LETTING IT BE PASSED ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO’S GOING TO APPRECIATE IT AS MUCH AS I DO. IN PROVINCETOWN. THE FAMILY THAT’S RUN THE LOBSTER POT RESTAURANT FOR THE PAST FOUR DECADES IS LOOKING TO PASS THE TORCH TO SOMEONE NEW. THEY’RE VERY BUSY. WE WORK VERY HARD. WE HAVE DONE IT OUR WHOLE LIVES DAY AND NIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S TIME TO TO SEE WHAT’S NEXT IN IN LIFE. TIM MCNULTY HAS WORKED AT THIS CAPE COD INSTITUTION SINCE HIS MOTHER BOUGHT THE RESTAURANT IN 1979. WE BASICALLY GREW UP IN THIS BUILDING. YOU KNOW, MY MOM IS MY HERO. SHE’S BEEN MY BEST FRIEND MY WHOLE LIFE. SHE MOVED TO PROVINCETOWN. SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 34, 35, AND FOUR KIDS AND SINGLE MOTHER. SHE’S TAUGHT US HOW TO WORK HARD, HOW TO NOT TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED, HOW TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. THOSE LESSONS FORMED A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR TIM AND HIS SIBLINGS, WHO FOLLOWED IN THEIR MOTHER’S FOOTSTEPS. MY BROTHER SEAN IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. MY SISTER WORKS OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. ME AND MY SON ARE BACK IN THE HOUSE. THIS BUILDING HAS KEPT MY FAMILY VERY CLOSE AND THE BONDS BUILT UNDER THIS ROOF EXTEND BEYOND BLOOD RELATIVES. WE’VE GOT SO MANY EMPLOYEES HERE THAT ARE LIKE FAMILY THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS, 30 PLUS YEARS. THAT FAMILIAL SPIRIT KEEPS THE CUSTOMERS COMING BACK TO YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE HAVE A WAIT IN LINE OUT FRONT THAT AT TIMES GETS TO BE MORE THAN WE CAN SEE IN THIS WHOLE BUILDING. FOOD IS GOOD. OUR SERVICE IS GOOD AND WE LOVE WHAT WE DO. IT’S A SUCCESSFUL RECIPE. THE MCNULTY’S WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT OWNERS CONTINUE TO USE. WE REALLY WANT IT TO STAY THE LOBSTER POT. WE WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY THAT WORKS HERE, THAT WANTS TO WORK HERE CAN STAY AND WORK HERE. WE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS BUSINESS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT STAY FOR THAT REASON, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. FOR CAPE COD, THIS IS ALL THE SORT AREA MCNULTY KNOWS. THAT MEANS HE MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RIGHT BUYER. IT’S NOT REALLY THAT WE’RE IN ANY RUSH TO SELL. I JUST THINK IT’S A BIG BUILDING. IT’S TIME TO GET STARTED ON THIS EXERCISE AND SEE IF IT WILL SELL, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO SELL AND THE TRANSITION. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY’LL CONTINUE TO SAVOR THE LOBSTER POT LIFE. IT’S REALLY BEEN A GOOD, GOOD RIDE. WE LOVE IT. IT’S BEEN GOOD TO US. SO WE’LL MISS IT. GOOD FOR THEM. THE ASKING PRICE FOR THE LOBSTER POT IS $14 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES THE LAND, THE BRAND AND THE RESTAURANT. THEY ARE OPEN FOR THE SEASON AT THIS POINT. NO BUYERS YET. AND BACK TO THE POP EMPORIUM. DARREN HILL SAYS HE HAS HAD PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA VISIT WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY FIND THE OLDER ITEMS THERE, LIKE RECORD PLAYER