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Lutticken’s will be missed
Editor,
A sad and fond farewell to a Menlo Park institution: Lutticken’s on Alameda de Las Pulgas in West Menlo Park (and its other locations). The upcoming closure on Sept. 30, after over 40 years in business, was reported by The Almanac, but its fame was widespread: Even Al Gore and his retinue stopped by when he was running for president. Sen. Josh Becker gave Lutticken’s a Small Business of the Year award. Lutticken’s patrons ranged from construction workers to Sand Hill Road entrepreneurs.
Not only will Lutticken’s Deli and Bar be missed, the “After 5” lively entertainment, which already closed, will be impossible to replace.
Bob Lutticken himself is a great human being who has been involved in multiple civic and charitable organizations. Even his choices of coffee beans are labeled according to local schools! Bob and his very competent manager, Judy, deserve some peace in their senior years. Bob’s regular staff reflect his values and ethics. Maria, Minor and Carlos are friendly, very competent, hard-working and trustworthy. Unfortunately for them, they now need new employment. I hope that in the next few weeks people can stop by, eat their great sandwiches, salads, burritos etc., and leave handsome tips.
Janet Davis, West Menlo Park
A part of Almanac history
Editor,
I have belatedly enjoyed reading the Aug. 7 celebration of 60 years of The Almanac. My late wife Mary, who died in 2014, would have enjoyed it even more, because she had a small part in “the early days.”
Mary, who was a career newspaper reporter, knew Almanac co-founder Hedy Boissevain from when they both worked for the old Palo Alto Times.
From when Mary left the Times for the birth of our first son until she returned to regular work in the mid-1980s, first on the copy desk for the old Redwood City Tribune and then as a reporter for The Peninsula Daily News, she had time on her hands. As a correspondent for UPI and the old San Francisco Examiner, she was called upon only intermittently.
Hedy was friends with Mary and knew she was a solid reporter with make-up experience. Thus, she came to call on Mary from time to time for advice and, in due course, occasionally in getting the paper out when Hedy could not be available.
Those were the days!
Jim Madison, Menlo Park
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