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!
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.
ReplyDeleteWho owned the restaurant after Gary
ReplyDeleteI used to go to comedy shows there!! some big names EARLY in careers!!! AWESOME Plum tomato ravioli!!!
ReplyDeleteI was co owned by Bobby Orr
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