Highly respected restaurateur in Washington, D.C. He was born in Troy, N.Y., and in the restaurant business his whole life, died at 86.
He started out busing tables, became a waiter, had wide experience, and finally had his own place for over 40 years in Washington, DC, at Connecticut and L, a prime downtown location close to the White House and very popular with senators, congressmen, presidents, lobbyists, sports figures, and media personalities.
His son Randy helped with the restaurant in the later days. Duke finally closed his restaurant in 1994 due to poor health, suffering from cancer & heart problems.
In addition to son, Randy, of Potomac, MD, Zeibert is survived by a daughter, Terri Sanker, also of Potomac, MD, by a sister, Mollye, and a brother, Larry, both of New York.
Outstanding obit in the N.Y. Times by R. Drummond Ayers, Jr.
Note from "Alysia:" (Thank you.)
"Duke Zeibert was remembered for his dedication to people, the famous and the not-so-famous alike, at a memorial service at Beth Sholom synagogue in Potomac yesterday (8/17/1997) morning, before his body was interred at King David Memorial Gardens in Falls Church." - S. Dinan, the Washington Times, 8/18/1997
The obituary continued, "Rabbi Joel Tessler gave an hour long eulogy, in which he described David George "Duke" Zeibert the person, and Duke's, the restaurant he ran for more than 40 years beginning in 1949, and explained why the two will always be intertwined.
"When you went to Duke's, you were going to the restaurant - the institution - and the man," he said, contrasting Mr. Zeibert's personal touch with the impersonal corporations behind many of today's big restaurants." ....…
He started out busing tables, became a waiter, had wide experience, and finally had his own place for over 40 years in Washington, DC, at Connecticut and L, a prime downtown location close to the White House and very popular with senators, congressmen, presidents, lobbyists, sports figures, and media personalities.
His son Randy helped with the restaurant in the later days. Duke finally closed his restaurant in 1994 due to poor health, suffering from cancer & heart problems.
In addition to son, Randy, of Potomac, MD, Zeibert is survived by a daughter, Terri Sanker, also of Potomac, MD, by a sister, Mollye, and a brother, Larry, both of New York.
Outstanding obit in the N.Y. Times by R. Drummond Ayers, Jr.
Note from "Alysia:" (Thank you.)
"Duke Zeibert was remembered for his dedication to people, the famous and the not-so-famous alike, at a memorial service at Beth Sholom synagogue in Potomac yesterday (8/17/1997) morning, before his body was interred at King David Memorial Gardens in Falls Church." - S. Dinan, the Washington Times, 8/18/1997
The obituary continued, "Rabbi Joel Tessler gave an hour long eulogy, in which he described David George "Duke" Zeibert the person, and Duke's, the restaurant he ran for more than 40 years beginning in 1949, and explained why the two will always be intertwined.
"When you went to Duke's, you were going to the restaurant - the institution - and the man," he said, contrasting Mr. Zeibert's personal touch with the impersonal corporations behind many of today's big restaurants." ....…
Highly respected restaurateur in Washington, D.C. He was born in Troy, N.Y., and in the restaurant business his whole life, died at 86.
He started out busing tables, became a waiter, had wide experience, and finally had his own place for over 40 years in Washington, DC, at Connecticut and L, a prime downtown location close to the White House and very popular with senators, congressmen, presidents, lobbyists, sports figures, and media personalities.
His son Randy helped with the restaurant in the later days. Duke finally closed his restaurant in 1994 due to poor health, suffering from cancer & heart problems.
In addition to son, Randy, of Potomac, MD, Zeibert is survived by a daughter, Terri Sanker, also of Potomac, MD, by a sister, Mollye, and a brother, Larry, both of New York.
Outstanding obit in the N.Y. Times by R. Drummond Ayers, Jr.
Note from "Alysia:" (Thank you.)
"Duke Zeibert was remembered for his dedication to people, the famous and the not-so-famous alike, at a memorial service at Beth Sholom synagogue in Potomac yesterday (8/17/1997) morning, before his body was interred at King David Memorial Gardens in Falls Church." - S. Dinan, the Washington Times, 8/18/1997
The obituary continued, "Rabbi Joel Tessler gave an hour long eulogy, in which he described David George "Duke" Zeibert the person, and Duke's, the restaurant he ran for more than 40 years beginning in 1949, and explained why the two will always be intertwined.
"When you went to Duke's, you were going to the restaurant - the institution - and the man," he said, contrasting Mr. Zeibert's personal touch with the impersonal corporations behind many of today's big restaurants." ....…
He started out busing tables, became a waiter, had wide experience, and finally had his own place for over 40 years in Washington, DC, at Connecticut and L, a prime downtown location close to the White House and very popular with senators, congressmen, presidents, lobbyists, sports figures, and media personalities.
His son Randy helped with the restaurant in the later days. Duke finally closed his restaurant in 1994 due to poor health, suffering from cancer & heart problems.
In addition to son, Randy, of Potomac, MD, Zeibert is survived by a daughter, Terri Sanker, also of Potomac, MD, by a sister, Mollye, and a brother, Larry, both of New York.
Outstanding obit in the N.Y. Times by R. Drummond Ayers, Jr.
Note from "Alysia:" (Thank you.)
"Duke Zeibert was remembered for his dedication to people, the famous and the not-so-famous alike, at a memorial service at Beth Sholom synagogue in Potomac yesterday (8/17/1997) morning, before his body was interred at King David Memorial Gardens in Falls Church." - S. Dinan, the Washington Times, 8/18/1997
The obituary continued, "Rabbi Joel Tessler gave an hour long eulogy, in which he described David George "Duke" Zeibert the person, and Duke's, the restaurant he ran for more than 40 years beginning in 1949, and explained why the two will always be intertwined.
"When you went to Duke's, you were going to the restaurant - the institution - and the man," he said, contrasting Mr. Zeibert's personal touch with the impersonal corporations behind many of today's big restaurants." ....…
