Remembering Nick's Seafood Pavilion

Everyone loves the salad, I'm going to give you the ingredients:
*it takes a special shake though.

3 parts oil, 1 part vinegar, salt, pepper and oregano....shake them all up in like the vinegar bottle, poke about 5 holes in the vinegar bottle, shake it up and shake it on the salad...

The River Room .. Nick's menu and chef. Thanks for making history Jimand Ann Krikales JimandAnn Krikales

DUKE OF YORK RESTAURANT in YORKTOWN, VA A video featuring the legendary Duke of York Restaurant at Yorktown Beach in Yorktown, VA. Featuring Chef Jimmy Krikales. The Duke of York offers Breakfast, ...

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And almost 50 years later the bath house is still there.... is that the same one?? God Bless Miss Mary.

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Nick’s Seafood in Yorktown The unsung legacy of Nick and Mary Mathews. × Expand (Collage by Ryan Olbrysh) When Nick and Mary Mathews met for the first time in 1940, they’d both arrived in Brooklyn from Greece—Nick from the island of Karpathos and Mary, a decade later, from Sparta. Marrying soon after, neither of them cou...

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So, I've decided the Nick's reunion will be on Monday, September 18th, 2023... That marks 20 years to the day that Nick's has been closed. I have something reserved for about 40 people... if you think there are gonna be way more, get with me and the county, with any luck they will sponsor it.... it's the least they can do... right?

Thinking of a reunion... and it's for Nick's employees and their families only. Sorry I can't invite everone, we don't have that much room..Thanks miss mary for leaving the beloved restaurant to the county... Enough about that. My grandfather, grandmother, mother, aunts, uncles, cousins were the heart of that restaurant.
Anyone that worked for Nicks ever, comment here. !

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It's been made public. Good luck!

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Hello Nick's loyal patrons.... I understand now, some of you haven't visited Yorktown in a LONG time. Well, I so sorry to deliver such devastating news, Nick's Seafood Pavilion closed down in 2003 after hurricane Isabel struck. Now standing in her place is a parking garage. The restaurant no longer exists in the Duke of York Hotel which has been sold and is now the Yorktown Beach Hotel. There will never be a restaurant inside of the hotel again. If it makes anyone any happier, I found the recipe for Lobster Dien Bien on the web. I'll post it publicly for you fine devoted patrons. I just wanted to throw that out there.... I'm still to this day getting phone calls to reserve a table in the tunnel, and how big are the lobster tails....this is one tradition that I know can never die.

*Posting the menu from 1966

FYI.... for everyone.. please read this first before you message me...
Nick's Seafood Pavilion was left to York county by Miss Mary Mathews. After she passed away in 1998, Jimmy Krikales was left to run the restaurant like he had always done for the past 40 years. They say it's the hurricane Isabelle that shut it down for good... That is so far from the truth. I was there through it all, when they ran my grandfather, Jimmy out of there.... that hurt me so bad.... and seeing my mom quit after 22 years, it hurt me bad. So now from the grace of God I still have my Grandfather and my Grandmother with me... I lost my mother... in 2014.... It's just a sad time for all of us...

Hello, everyone! We all miss Nick's, it has been closed since Isabelle in 2003.. Miss Mary left everything to the county of York. She requested for Nick's to go on, and her house to be a museum. Well, look what York County did to her landmark, the one that she and Mr. Nick made famous just by starting out as a lunch counter in 1953. It's sad, and they will always be greatly missed.

Virginia Sue Keeton Allen
We Survived Nick's Seafood Pavilion!

WELL, I'M GONNA TELL A STORY, HOW IT STARTED OUT IN GLORY, HOW JIM AND ANN WORKED THE RESTAURANT ALL THEIR MARRIED LIFE...THEY TOOK CARE OF MISS MARY AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TARRY, THEY'LL VENTURE OUT ON THEIR OWN AND LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND....THEY TOOK AWAY HIS BABY BUT NOW WE THINK MAYBE THAT THEY WILL BE MUCH BETTER OFF THAN THEY HAVE EVERY BEEN, SO HERE'S THE END OF MY STORY AND I KNOW IT'LL END IN GLORY, WE'LL SAY GOODBYE TO NICKS AND LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND.
WELL, I'VE GOT A BRAND NEW STORY AND IT'S STRARTING OUT AS GLORY, HOW JIM AND ANN WENT TO THE WATERFRONT DOWN AT THE UPPER DECK....IT NEEDED SOME REWIRING BUT IT'S BETTER THAN RETIRING, SO COME ON DOWN AND SEE US, DOWN AT THE UPPER DECK. HE'S GOT A BRAND NEW BABY AND WE DON'T MEAN MAYBE THAT THINGS ARE REALLY LOOKING UP FOR A NICE NEW PLACE TO EAT, SO PEOPLE STOP YOUR PINING, COME BACK TO FINER DINING, COME SEE JIM AND ANN AND THE FAMILY DOWN AT THE UPPER DECK!
WELL, I'VE GOT ANOTHER STORY AND IT'S STARTING OUT AS GLORY, HOW JIM AND ANN ARE BACK IN YORKTOWN, BACK WHERE THEY BELONG. THE NAME IS THE RIVER ROOM, SO COME AND SEE US SOON, COME ON DOWN AND SEE US, DOWN AT THE RIVER ROOM...HE'S GOT ANOTHER BABY AND WE DON'T MEAN MAYBE THAT SHISH KABOB, PLATTER AND DIEN BIEN ARE BACK WHERE THEY BEGAN, SO PEOPLE TAKE YOUR PLACES, COME SEE FAMILIAR FACES, COME SEE JIM AND ANN AND THE FAMILY DOWN AT THE RIVER ROOM....PEOPLE TAKE YOUR PLACES, COME SEE FAMILIAR FACES, COME SEE JIM AND ANN AND THE FAMILY DOWN AT THE RIVER ROOM!!..........
BY: GINNY ALLEN (JIM AND ANN'S DAUGHTER)

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Hello, fans... I know we all miss Nick's, there was and never will be a place like it, Nick's was kind of the meaning of Yorktown, see, Nick and Mary Mathews, natives of Greece who emigrated to the United States and found prospererity there after years of hard work, are symbols of the bond between Greece and the U.S. over the years. They were both Greek and American patriots who donated their hard-earned wealth to the Yorktown Victory Center, and later, the American Revolution Museum at the historic Virginia site.
And they turned the restaurant into a parking garage... They are probably rolling over in their graves... But, she left everything to the county and thats what happens... Well at least you have somewhere to park

The Greek-American Couple Who Made US History | USA.GreekReporter.com Greek emigrants Nick and Mary Mathews prospered at the historic site of Yorktown, catered to the stars and even christened a US Navy ship.

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Nick's Seafood Pavilion updated their business hours.

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Parking Deck, Former Nick's

Nick's crew summer 1981

The River Room will be closing on Wednesdays for the winter beginning Oct. 15. New Hours will be Thursday thru Saturday
4:30 to 9:00, and Sunday 4:30 to 8:30. Hope to see you soon.

Whoever Misses Nicks, should definately come to the River Room located in the Duke of York Hotel.. Jimmy is there cooking!!! Come on down...!! Same food as Nick's!! YUM!!