A couple of weeks ago when I was on the plane going to Utah, I was reading the Southwest Magazine and there was an article about a couple who travel the country visiting non-historical, historical places. One of the places they mentioned was Alice's Restaurant in Stockbridge, MA (from the Alice's Restaurant Song on one of Dad's records.)
I was so bummed to find out that we had gone all the way to Stockbridge (to visit the Norman Rockewell Museum and the famous Main Street from his Christmas picture) and didn't even know the restaurant, of Alice's Restaurant fame, was also in Stockbridge. I was even more bummed today when I did a little investigating. Turns out the restaurant is "around the back" of one of the buildings on Main Street. Here is one of our pictures of Main Street.
We walked in the general store (the white building on the right) that the restaurant sits behind. We even walked past the entrance to the alley (between the two white buildings). If we would have walked West, instead of East as we did, we might have even seen the sign on the side of the General Store, indicating that what used to be Alice's Restaurant was just around the back.
And then, we could have taken a quick 12 minute drive to Great Barrington to visit the "used to be Church" (Now the Guthrie Center) that Alice and her husband used to live in and was the scene of the famous Thanksgiving Dinner that started the whole story/song.
Oh well. If we are ever in Stockbridge again, we will be sure to visit Alice's Restaurant.
3 comments:
Sorry to say that you aren't the only ones that find out about something after you have left. Bummer!
This is why you should always research before going.
We did do some research but I guess just not enough.
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