Alice Brock, inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s song Alice’s Restaurant and the film adaptation

Alice Brock, who has died aged 83, was the owner of a restaurant immortalised by Arlo Guthrie in his 1967 mock-heroic ballad ...
Yahoo

Almost 60 years later, Alice's Restaurant Massacree is still an FM Rock radio tradition

“It’s become a Thanksgiving ballad, more than an anti-war this, or a pro-that, or whatever it was. And I think it could only happen (in America)” - Arlo Guthrie (2005) How did an 18-minute long song ...
Gothamist

Popular Park Slope restaurant faces $3 million tab in unpaid wages case

The owner of a popular Indian restaurant in Park Slope has been ordered to pay $3 million in restitution, fines and penalties for failing to properly pay employees over the course of several years, ...
AllHipHop

‘He didn’t get very far’: Houston man tries to walk his tab. Then the bartender catches him—she’s seen this trick before

A Houston man finds himself publicly embarrassed after he walked a restaurant tab and then headed next door to the poker room for some light gambling. Here’s why the scheme didn’t turn out like he ...
WCBD

Restaurant surcharges are hitting credit card rewards

(NerdWallet) – A few weeks ago, I was about to pay the HVAC technician who had repaired my home’s heat pump. Out of habit, I pulled a credit card from my wallet — I figured I’d earn rewards on this ...
The Gazette

Dorothy Alice (Hartman) Hoffmann

Dorothy Alice (Hartman) Hoffmann, 99, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2025, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, November 12, ...