Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 05:35:15 :
Independent Journal
Monday, March 18, 1985
Section B, page 4
JOHN H. RICKEY
John H. Rickey of Palo Alto, former owner of Rickey’s Rancho Rafael in Ignacio, now the Alvarado Inn, died Friday after a long illness. Rickey, 88, also founded the Hyatt Rickey’s hotel in Palo Alto and owned several Bay Area restaurants.
He opened Rickey’s Restaurant in Palo Alto in 1945 and expanded it into a garden-style hotel call Rickey’s Studio Inn in 1952. The inn became Hyatt Rickey’s in 1960.
He also owned and operated Dinah’s Shack and Rick’s Swiss Chalet in Palo Alto and the Red Chimney Restaurant in San Francisco.
The Rancho Rafael became the Alvarado Inn about 15 years ago.
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