Rick's Cafe
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| - | Rick's Cafe is a Spearfish Lake institution | + | '''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> | ||
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| + | <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> | ||
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| + | 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]]. | ||
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| + | 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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Current revision as of 16:25, 21 January 2010
Rick's Cafe is a Spearfish Lake institution in its downtown area. It is located about a block from the 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.
"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.
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."AF05
Among Rick's regulars included Brent Clark, George Webb and Gil Evachevski. The lunchtime crowd had different regulars, including Brenda Hodunk and Carole Carter.
It first appears in Rocinante as where Jackie Archer works part-time as a waitress. It reappears, at least briefly, in many later stories.
