A nice article that brought back many memories. As a Dartmouth student in the early 1960s I paid many visits to the Four Aces and the Polka Dot. Good food at a reasonable price was always a factor for students on a budget. Two other restaurants on the New Hampshire side of the river that are now long gone were the Riverside (where you could get a liver and onions dinner for less than two dollars) and the NuBridge. Hal's in Hanover was on the list as well. Harry and Ginny Nostrant who lived in Hartford, Vermont, ran a very nice restaurant just a few miles north of the current KAF location. It was on Route 5 (there was no Interstate then) right along the Connecticut River. The name of the restaurant is escaping my aging memory. I hope someone reading this can remind me of the name. And the best restaurant of all of them for quality of food and value was Landers Restaurant that was run by the Alafat family in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Long live the memories.

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