Here's Mud in Your (Chart House) Pie

Posted by dlauderdale at 4:28 pm, Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
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  • Chart House Reunion: Some follow up to the Chart House Restaurant Reunion held last Friday:
  • Group shot: The group photo above has Gail and Tim Neil and Betty Dirosse and Marcel Martin sitting on the bench, and on Marcel's lap that would be Karen (Strozzo) Fleming ... taken Friday, January 9, 2009. The group met at The Beach Break Grill on Palmetto Bay Road. The Beach Break is owned by former Chart House manager, Tim Neil.

    The photo was sent in by Paula DelVecchio Hunter.

    Who else is in the picture?

    Who else worked there?

    Gail Neil wrote:

    David
    wanted to forward some photos of our very successful Chart House Reunion Friday nite.

  • What a hit, we had over 50 people attend and was a great reconnection of some great times.
  • Thanks for doing the article ... Paola Delvechio has a great group shot she was going to email you as well.

    • thanks
    Gail Neil

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  • The infamous Mud Pie the Chart House was famous for....... Gail Neil sends this photo and Betty Dirosse writes: From left to right: Bebe and Paul Cifaldi, Islanders, Tim Neil our fromer manager (three times) and now of the Beach Break Grill and Marcel Martin of Savannah who was the regional manager for the Chart House for many years.

    Betty said people would come to the restaurant for the Bread and Mud Pie alone.

    Betty Dirosse wrote:
    Paul told me his first "real" job was as a Chart house dishwasher when he was a young teenager. Then he went to college in Charleston and became a waiter in the Charleston Chart and then transferred to here in the summer. He became a head waiter too in which you are first among peers and close the restaurant for the managers. Bebe I think was a hostess but I'm not sure if she also later became a waitress. Too many people too many years!

    Paul Cifaldi is now a Hilton Head Island businessman and his wife, Bebe, is an elementary school teacher.

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    Schmoozing: Is that John McNichol I see in there? And Nancy Cappelman?

    Betty Dirosse wrote:
    David,

    Our reunion was a great success - lots of people showed up, even from Savannah and Beaufort, and best of all everyone had so much fun seeing old friends, co-workers and pics of the past.

    Remember that energy I was wondering about? Where does it go when they tear the building down? Well I think I got my answer - it resides still in the people and jogging the memory with a reunion brings it out.

    So many people made a point to thank me and Gail for doing this and reminding them of good times and good people. It was just a ton of fun and happy faces.

    I heartily recommend you have a Packet Reunion party too.

    Everyone asked us to make it an annual event and telephone calls to distant ex-Charters made it clear they would be happy to fly down for such an event. A great time was had by all and a very upliifting feeling pervaded the night.

  • Monday Night: Someone left a voice message saying:

    Quote:
    In the early to mid-1970s the Chart House had on Monday nights and all-you-can-eat beef rib dinner for $5. It was fabulous. My wife and I went there Monday night after Monday night after Monday night.

    I know it was famous for its Prime Rib.

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