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'''Rick's Cafe''' is a [[Spearfish Lake]] institution in its downtown area. It is located about a block from the [[C&SL Railroad Station|C&SL Depot/Office]], the [[Spearfish Lake Record-Herald]] and Spearfish Applicance. 

Rick's opens at 5:00am, although the first hour is usually dead with the cook doubling as a waitress. It has a typical Breakfast/Lunch diner of a type found in many rural communities and was one of two in town, the other being the [[Spearfish Lake Cafe]]. Residents would usually prefer one over the other. 
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<p>''"The big table, covered with oil cloth, was back in the back of the room. It could seat sixteen, and from about six-thirty until ten on weekday mornings, all seats were usually filled, and the waitresses could set their watches by the changing of the occupants of the chairs.''</p>

<p>''The character of the table changed as the morning went on, however. Early on, it was loggers and factory workers, but by 7:30, it was teachers and factory managers. Starting from around 8, retailers began to filter in; but those left by 9:30 were retirees. Yet, the table was highly democratic; who got there first not social status, ruled who got seats at the table, and a factory worker could sit elbow-to-elbow with the factory owner or bank president, discussing politics, movies, women, or the latest Marlin game."''<sup>[[Absent Friend Chapter 5|AF05]]</sup></p></blockquote>

Among Rick's regulars included [[Clark, Brent|Brent Clark]], [[Webb, George|George Webb]] and [[Evachevski, Gil|Gil Evachevski]]. The lunchtime crowd had different regulars, including [[Hodunk, Brenda|Brenda Hodunk]] and [[Carter, Carole|Carole Carter]].

It first appears in [[Rocinante]] as where [[Gravengood, Jackie|Jackie Archer]] works part-time as a waitress. It reappears, at least briefly, in many later stories. 


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