Alice Brock, the inspiration for the Arlo Guthrie anti-war song “Alice’s Restaurant” died Thursday at the age of 83, Guthrie announced on his Rising Son Records label Facebook page.

Brock’s Massachusetts-based eatery is the setting for the folksy, rambling 18-minute tune based on his real-life arrest that began at Brock’s restaurant and has become a staple of baby boomers making road trips to family gatherings during Thanksgiving. 

“This coming Thanksgiving will be the first without her,” Guthrie wrote. “Alice and I spoke by phone a couple of weeks ago, and she sounded like her old self. We joked around and had a couple of good laughs even though we knew we’d never have another chance to talk together.”

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