Chaucer's, 20th & Lombard Sts

[PhilaFoodie]

I just heard that the owner Rick past away. Does anyone know if this is true?

[KatieLoeb]

I just heard that the owner Rick past away. Does anyone know if this is true?

Yes. Couple of weeks ago. Very suddenly from a heart attack.

[PhilaFoodie]

Sorry to hear..

I wonder if they will stay open now or sell.

[KatieLoeb]

Sorry to hear..

I wonder if they will stay open now or sell.

I'd probably wait until the poor man's body is a little less warm before I started lining up to buy the property.

The source I spoke with didn't seem to think anything would change.

[PhilaFoodie]

I guess you did not know Rick? Because if you did you would know that my question was not off base.. Thank you... I did

Edited May 23, 2004 by PhilaFoodie (log)

[RHSQ]

I'd probably wait until the poor man's body is a little less warm before I started lining up to buy the property.

Neil Stein is very much warm and alive yet people lined up to buy Striped Bass when it went belly up. It's just business. No need to get to get uppity. Besides, I'm sure that the staff wants to know what their future holds.

[KatieLoeb]

I'd probably wait until the poor man's body is a little less warm before I started lining up to buy the property.

Neil Stein is very much warm and alive yet people lined up to buy Striped Bass when it went belly up. It's just business. No need to get to get uppity. Besides, I'm sure that the staff wants to know what their future holds.

I think I have a far better view of what happened at Striped Bass than you ever will, nor would be able to glean from the press coverage. I was there. Suffice to say that you are laboring under some gross misconceptions.

As for the staff at Chaucer's, they'll undoubtedly get their answer about their future when probate court is through with Rick's estate. I'm sure their uncertainty is disconcerting, but at least for the moment it seems to be business as usual there. I wish them the best of luck in getting this sorted out.

And yes - I knew Rick well since I've been a regular customer of Chaucer's for over twenty years.

[Rich Pawlak]

As for the staff at Chaucer's, they'll undoubtedly get their answer about their future when probate court is through with Rick's estate.  I'm sure their uncertainty is disconcerting, but at least for the moment it seems to be business as usual there.  I wish them the best of luck in getting this sorted out.

And yes - I knew Rick well since I've been a regular customer of Chaucer's for over twenty years.

God, this is awful news; I started going to Chaucer's while still in college, and Rick was a great publican, and an all around good guy. I never knew his last name. Many a night I spent at Chaucer's with Rick, his fried mushrooms (I must've eaten hundreds and hundreds of those beauties over the years), and musician Kenn Kweder (when he'd get done bartending at Doobies!), trying new beers and lining up bottles of just drunk, swing-top Grolschs (our favorite at the time)....vivid memories for me 25 years later.

Godspeed, Rick.

[herbacidal]

and musician Kenn Kweder (when he'd get done bartending at Doobies!), trying new beers and lining up bottles of just drunk, swing-top Grolschs (our favorite at the time)....vivid memories for me 25 years later.

Off-topic but,

what is Ken Kweder doing nowadays other than singing?

I know he's still singing at various places around the city.

Is he tending bar anyplace?

Used to work with him at Palladium.