Alice Brock
Alice Brock | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alice May Pelkey February 28, 1941 |
| Died | November 21, 2024 (aged 83) |
| Years active | 1964-1991 (cooking career) 1979-2016 (art career) |
| Known for | Alice's Restaurant Massacree |
| Notable work | The Alice's Restaurant Cookbook |
| Movement | 1960s counterculture |
| Spouse |
Ray Brock
(m. 1962; div. 1968) |
Alice May Brock (February 28, 1941 – November 21, 2024) was an American artist, author and restauranteur. A resident of Massachusetts for her entire adult life, Brock owned and operated three restaurants in the Berkshires—The Back Room, Take-Out Alice, and Alice's at Avaloch—in succession between 1965 and 1979. The first of these was the subject of Arlo Guthrie's 1967 song "Alice's Restaurant", which in turn inspired the 1969 film.