Number of employees
15-29
Tom Tarby and his wife, Joan, have owned the Colonial Tavern since the summer of 1985. They both grew up in Seymour, CT and have lived in Oxford for seventeen years. Tom attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. After graduation, he worked at the Omni Parker House in Boston, the Curtis House in Woodbury, CT, and the Copper Beach Inn in Ivoryton, CT. Before buying the Colonial Tavern, Tom and Joan owned a catering company, called a Touch of Class. The Colonial Tavern continues to be a family-operated establishment.