Peter Underhill was many things to many people: a boss, a father, a friend, a partner. But friends, family members and former employees remember him as a uniquely kind, laid-back, fun-loving soul who embodied the “funkiness” of Boulder.
A soft-spoken man with a youthful face and an uncanny resemblance to John Denver, Underhill was best known among locals as the owner of down-home eatery Dot’s Diner. His family moved around when he was young to several different states, including New York and Kentucky, but they settled in Boulder when he and his sister were in elementary school, and he lived the rest of his life in Boulder, until his unexpected death early this month.
Underhill’s diner was, and is, a vestige of the quirky, countercultural Boulder of days past. Brian Peterson, who worked at Dot’s from 1996 to 2004, spoke of the diner’s laid-back, bohemian vibe. From the surly, punk-rock dishwashers and cooks in the back to the “Naropa-type, esoteric” servers who took orders and turned tables, Peterson said, the characters at Dot’s created a distinctive scene, and Underhill was the stage manager who made the whole show run smoothly.
Peterson told the Daily Camera that Underhill had been a drama geek while in school at Boulder High, and he had loved doing set production . The “stage manager” persona seemed to stick with Underhill over the years as he ran his diner and managed his eclectic crew. “Whatever we wanted, like, he made sure he made it happen,” Melissa Underhill said. “If it was something that we really wanted … he’d do whatever he could to make it happen.”
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