![]() Until finally, the Gaslamp came alive and we had foot traffic. So I poured my heart, soul, effort and lots and lots of money into my endeavor. It was an uphill battle for so many years, but I wanted to do it for Jim Croce and his fans. ![]() It took a long time for the Gaslamp Quarter to come of age. So I built Croce’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar, right on the corner of Fifth and F, just where Jim and I had talked about it. Then after 10 years of litigation, I wanted to recreate the warmth and energy of my time with Jim Croce, and those early days of entertaining together. So Jim joked that we should open a restaurant and bar and have our friends like James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Raitt, The Manhattan Transfer and more, come to play at our bar.īut a week later, Jim’s plane crashed and that dream was gone. There were no restaurants or music venues anywhere and we were hungry for both. Sold to Harry’s Bar & American Grill of the UTC area, Ingrid posted the following statement on :ĭo you know the story about when Jim Croce and I first moved to San Diego in 1973? We were so surprised when we went to the Gaslamp and saw our new downtown in such disrepair. Named after late ‘60s/early ‘70s folk singer Jim Croce, his widow Ingrid opened Croce’s Restaurant & Jazz Bar in the Gaslamp as a tribute to her late husband, who died in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1973. #LiveMusic /L6RXz16WXi - Lisa Remillard January 26, 2016 ![]()
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