BRIDGEPORT — The inspiration for the Duck Inn, the new 1960s-style tavern serving gourmet food, isn't necessarily steeped somewhere in the memory of revered chef and neighborhood native Kevin Hickey.
Sure, the name resurrects Hickey's great grandmother's short-lived, Depression-era lunch counter at 35th and Ashland. And of course he remembers the Gem Bar, the long-shuttered corner tavern at 2701 S. Eleanor St. that Hickey and his pals at the Rockit Ranch group have renovated.
In fact, it's just down the street from where he was raised. On today's DNAinfo Radio Extra, Casey Cora previews the opening of Duck Inn:
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