Unless it was just a dream, I remember my folks taking me to a steak house in, I believe, Epping, N.H., owned by former Boston Bruins defenseman Gary Doak -- you know, the guy that wasn't afraid to block a hockey puck with his head.
Does anyone remember this restaurant? I have faint memories of it having a spacious comfortable, well air-conditioned atmosphere and steak that was tender (or, the opposite of a steak as hard as a hockey puck).
One of the ironies of writing this Old School Boston blog is trying to write from memory at an age where memory decline starts to set in (actually, I believe this starts, on a smaller scale, when you're about 19). If you have any memories of Gary Doak's steak house, please feel free to comment here!
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Yes, I remember it.
ReplyDeleteIt was called Gary Doak's Epicurean Delicatessen.
It was on Portsmouth Ave. In Exeter, NH. It had a large solarium on the right side of the building. It was a happening place. Good Food and Drink.
A Walgreens is there now.
I proposed to my Wife there under the Solarium in 1989, 25 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI was the dishwasher up until it closed.
ReplyDeleteI first met Gary at the Epicurean a long time ago. Gary made sure my friend and I always had a cold one while we sat in the Break Away Lounge. Gary had some nice photos on display. Eventually I presented him with some of his memorabilia.
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