Noun

1. An eighteen minute, twenty second song, (Arlo Guthrie, 1967) as a satirical protest against the Vietnam War draft; by extension, any hectic place of apparent reprieve.

   1967, Arlo Guthrie, (Lyrics) "Walk right in it's around the back / Just a half a mile from the railroad track / You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant"

   1989, Roger Zelazny, Knight of Shadows p. 246. "Wish I could find my way back to Alice's restaurant. Maybe the Hatter would see something we're missing," he said.