What was the name of Alice's Restaurant?

“Alice’s Restaurant” is (was) not the name of the restaurant. It’s just the name of the song. That’s why Arlo Guthrie called the song “Alice’s Restaurant”.

So what was the name of the restaurant. I vaguely recall reading it in a NYT article this summer, but I can’t for the life of me remember it now, nor can I seem to comb any information about the name from the web – other than the fact that it’s not “Alice’s Restaurant”.

It might be mentioned (or shown) in the movie, but I’m not dropping the $5 to rent it when I have the collected wisdom of the SDMB at my fingertips :D.

It’s Mel’s Diner

Where are you going that charges 5 to rent old movies? I need to know so I can stay far, far away. Most places these days charge .99-$2.50 or free with the rental of a new movie.

As for the restaurant…Alice owned it, but that’s all I know. I’ve never heard it called Mel’s Diner, where did you find that, sj2?

I also think it’s worth mentioning that I met Arlo a few months ago. Hell of a nice guy and a great storyteller.

Mel’s Diner was the name of the restaurant in the TV show “Alice”.

Alice and her husband Ray also owned an old church, which is where they were gonna have Thanksgiving dinner, and Arlo and a friend hauled away a ton of garbage, but the dump was closed, so they ditched it down a hill, and they got arrested for littering, and…after a year, Alice ditched Ray and went to Puerto Rico.

These days it’s known as Theresa’s Stockbridge Cafe.

This from any of a number of newspapers using Lexis-Nexis.

Wrong Alice, that was from Alice doesn’t live here anymore

Right Alice, wrong medium - the show came from the movie.

In any case, I’m thinking it was a joke, son. :smiley:

I know, but I am sworn to Cecil to fight ignorance regardless of the situation. :smiley:

Moved to CS.

-xash
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Perhaps the answer is to be found in the twenty-seven 8x10 color glossy pictures, with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, explaining what each one was.

Wrong Alice, wrong movie.

Or twenty-seven 8×10 black and white glossy pictures, depending on if it’s the song or the movie.

I actually ate there once, in the 70’s if I recall correctly, but only for 20 minutes.

And we were both jumping up and down yelling KILL! KILL! KILL!

From the trivia page:

We’re discussing Alice Brock from Masachusetts, not Alice Hyatt from New Mexico (or New Jersey, for that matter).

I was responding to

She’s still the “wrong Alice” in terms of this thread. :slight_smile:

True. It’s all sj2’s fault for bringing it up. :smiley: