3/29/2024 0 Comments Marx brothers cafe anchorage![]() The “official story”: “By 1979, Jack Amon, Van Hale, Ken Brown and Bob Schmidt had made quite a name for themselves in Anchorage’s culinary scene – even if that name was a mouthful! Together, they had created the Wednesday Night Gourmet Wine Tasting Society and Volleyball Team Which Now Meets on Sunday - a weekly event of food and wine at the Jade Room. The founding partners reflected afterwards that the evening was like being in a Marx brothers’ movie, so they named the restaurant in their honor. He confirmed that the first night the restaurant opened quite a few years ago was quite chaotic. ![]() Photograph of Groucho and Harpo Marx (the Marx brothers) in the front hall of the eponymous restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, USAĪfter ordering we asked the maitre’d about the restaurant’s name.
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