Before marrying Donald Hyatt and becoming a mom, Alice Spivak was a lounge singer in Newark, New Jersey. After her husband died in a trucking accident, she loaded up her station wagon and set her ...

Decades before Hulu’s ‘The Bear,’ the diner-set comedy showed the chaotic and comedic goings on behind the scenes of a restaurant. By Hilton Dresden Associate Awards Editor The series was based on the ...

"Alice," the Arizona-set sitcom that immortalized Mel's Diner on Grand Avenue, may feature the familiar eatery in a proposed reboot. Though it's yet another reboot of a once-popular show, this comedy ...

(CBS/AP) The sale of a northwest Ohio diner includes its iconic sign, which would look familiar to fans of the TV sitcom "Alice," which aired in the 1970s and '80s. The sign outside Lester's Diner in ...

For me, the restaurant I always wanted to go to was the one where Alice, Vera, and Flo — played by Polly Holliday who died September 11, 2025 at the age of 88 — slung the hash of Mel Sharples in his ...

PHOENIX - Mel's Diner was once a star, appearing weekly on network television with its sign featuring a tipped coffee cup and an arrow of spilled coffee that pointed to sitcom hilarity. Now, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Cast photo of the waitresses at Mel’s Diner ...

PHOENIX - Reader's Digest has named a Phoenix diner as the most iconic diner in Arizona. Mel's Diner, located at 17th Avenue and Grand, is known for their famous exterior from the TV series "Alice." ...

The Alice TV series is a beloved sitcom that originally aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. It gained popularity for its portrayal of working-class life in Phoenix, Arizona. The ...

Linda Lavin arrives at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards on March 19, 2022, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, ...

Beth Howland, who played accident-prone waitress Vera Louise Gorman in the 1970s and '80s sitcom Alice, died on December 31, 2015. What to Read Next Her husband, Charles Kimbrough, confirmed the news ...