Frank’s Place photo essay: 20th birthday party, tribute to Frank Siegel, the Devil Dog
Better they hang your jersey, rather than you, from the rafters.
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Frank’s Place marked twenty years on Saturday with a tribute to the man, the myth, the legend – founder Frank Siegel (note: he sold his interest in the place in the nineties and now runs the Sequoia Cafe chain). The ceremony included the unfurling, from the “rafters”, of a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey embossed with Siegel’s name (he hails from Pennsylania and is also a Steelers fan). The Frank also led a group dance as Deuces Wild played Johnny Frankie Be Good. And, after tasting a signature drink from the original Frank’s, the Devil Dog – ingredients include tomato juice, tequila, and black pepper – he jumped behind the bar to show the staff how to “make it right“. I enjoyed talking to a half-dozen patrons who had been at the opening of the original Frank’s. Some photos from the night…
Co-owner Roger Dutton and Frank with photos of the original spot.
Frank gets behind the bar to make Devil Dogs.
Devil Dogs for Pat Powers and Dutton.
More Devil Dogs, for Blake Stone-Banks and co-owner Graham Forbes.
Co-owner George Smith provides back-up vocals for Deuces Wild.
The Frank cuts The Frank's Place cake.
Bill Morse and Dutton don Frank's Place formal wear.
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