European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse A reservation although Shes a celebrity Alice Brock right still works in the by Arthur United press International Here have been some changes since Singer Arlo Guthrie told world you can get anything you want at Alices restaurant the restaurant in not around the just half a mile from the Railroad you cannot right most summer it takes b the simple Frame building has been Trade Din on a 20unit Motel cocktail lounge and restaurant Complex atop a Scenic Hill opposite the main Entrance of the Boston sym phony orchestras summer Home in its completely says Alice her Brown eyes sparkling and her Ruddy complexion wrinkling in a smile As she surveys her new the old place was in an Sutof therway spot and did i even have any you had no sense of being any where and 1 kind of liked it was All old Bam the silverware and chairs didst the floor was uneven it was rustic and ii was very but there were a Many restrictions that we do very we seat very Many no Al Cohol could be served unless you were eating a full we serve after 9 and we have any Alice said her continuing dispute about Thoie re frictions with officials finally her running with Stock Bristw was legend in the she still feels were a usurping to put me out at it was very frustrating because i had the support of the but it became a a real i really loved that Little ii was built by friends and there was a real family feeling in terms of people who worked there and people who built but we out grew and i try not o look a Hummingbird flutters of n nearby Rhododendron Alices purple peasant Blouse rustics As she turns to watch theres some nostalgia about the old but i try not to look its just like a you love them at seven years old and then again at you think what a Sweet child but you want them to be a child most people just love but a lot of people Are very shocked and say what do you mean this is Alices res but i just say Ive grown up a Little now there is and roses on the the she Are a tremendous mixture More varied than Ever and i like theres no dress Kuttim actress Pat Quinn right played Alice left in 1969 movie based on the original july 1977 code Here and i dont earn if people come in shorts or v its an elegant building so i make 11 its that in trying to get is just the Way things worked Alice still works in the Kitchen every morning and seems to be perfectly at Case bustling around Tho picking up a urge poached Salmon and seasoning dishes in m an awkward m Al i dont get to get frito the Kitchen As much As id like when i do 1 sometimes get distracted by other business and find myself Rushing Back to keep something from Alice has a year round staff of a summer staff of jail scheduling people is a Fui time but she still manages to think about taking Over As bar tender or Cook or whatever Job needs Shes aware of her celebrity Bui whatever brings the customers Here the first time Doest matter because i know once eaten Hen come she signs a lot o autographs although i dont understand it because Ive sever asked far in but its important for a restaurant to have an some places Are very but theres no real personal its Good to have a person walking around saying How was your dinner and what can 1 do for most evenings that what i but when people say to me Arent you Lucky if it want for youd be that bothers and t say int lie Lucky if h want for maybe hed be there Are still some people who to Alices restaurant at a she put because they believe were All drinking smoking dope Ami eating Brown Rice and the restaurants busiest season is july and Vixien the symphony is in residence at Tanglewood across the but reservations Are needed throughout the of Brock i dont go to Florida Tor the Winter or even stay away in even More involved in this place than i was in the i dont go off grounds very often and theres no boy Friend or anything like my whole life is this Ive Learned a a lot about and Busi High list buying this place was like going to business College for a 1 Learned All the stuff never wanted to but its made me More of a Busi Ness i just Donl know if that Good 1 think Ive aged five years in that and Ive cried and screamed More than any other period of my its been very no matter How you Cut i live in As much As i Hale it i love it either among the most popular dishes papa Joei Cucumber itt one of Hose thl Ngi everyone seems to like so 1 spend my summer Illing about he is an investor in the restaurant and still stops in whenever Hes in but Hes one of those people who forgets How Large we Are now and drops in with 12 people on saturday night without a Reserva Alice has also written two Cook is planning a television cooking show and says More writing May also be inthe the Nice thine about that is when you finish they dont cat its Stilt something the stars and stripes Page 9
