Robert Dowdy

Bob...we knew each other over 50 years...I hadn't seen you since the pandemic and I'm sorry you passed away. You were my friend and mentor. Jim Burch

Today remembering Bob for some reason? I first met him about 1975 I used to skip class when I went to Piedmont community college and go have lunch and a beer or 2 ... this is where I first met Bob and and became fascinated with him and the White Horse, Bob and the restaurant business. Still in the business after 45 years and still think of Bob and what he taught me!! RIP BOB!!!

Dear little Patty, I've hold you in my arms coming back from the hospital toward the cottage on the lake where Bob, Patty and the 2 dogs used to live... We drove the little beaten green/gray compact Honda Civic when you were just born, back in the late 70s early 80s. Bob and I were roomates , met at Cornell university in up state NY , in 1978. A year later we opened up The Derby Brown Restaurant... It was a big successe story. My French half and knowledge of European Cuisine and...

PS: " it was Kaki restaurant " not kali.
The minute we were seated , Bob , Patty and I , we've in the news
that Jonh Lennon was just shot in front of his mansion "Dakota" in NYC.
8 pm on December 8 1980.
You grandma baby seated you that night.
Also, we SIX ; Bob , Patty , myself, you and the 2 Labradors.
we celebrated your First birthday at the house by the lake.
Bob rubbed your tiny feet with melted chocolate and printed them on your
first birthday card...
We had a...

Dear Patty wife and Patty daughter.
My name is Jawad Hamdouch.
Bob and I we met in Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. back in the 70s.
He was my roomate, my classmate, my best friend/ Bro, and partner in the Derby Brown which we turn to Casablanca restaurant in 1980.
I was staying with your dad and your mom in the cottage by the lake with the 2 Labradors. You were just born then...
The last time I saw Bob and Patty was at the Kali restaurant , the night John Lennon...

Patty,
I am thinking of you at this time. Your father was truly a one of a kind and I treasure the times we spent together. I will miss him.
Jim Mahan

I just found out that your dad has passed away.I really enjoyed the lunch that Sandra and I had with you and your dad a couple of years ago. So very sorry. Faye Roberts. (cousins)