Ingrid Croce (née Jacobson, born April 27, 1947) is an American author, singer-songwriter, and restaurateur.
Ingrid Jacobson was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a Jewish family that consisted of her parents, Shirley and Sidney, and twin sister, Phyllis.
When Ingrid was eight years old, she worked at her grandmother's dress store in South Philadelphia as a helper and seamstress.
[2] By the age of 15, she was employed as the junior art therapist, assisting her father at the University of Pennsylvania, where he did his residency for his psychiatric practice.
When Ingrid was 16 years old, her mother died at the age of 36 due to breast cancer and a weak heart.
She wrote and sang songs, completed two solo albums, and started the publishing company Time in a Bottle.
[10] In 1985, Ingrid opened Croce's, and in 1987, she expanded it to include a jazz bar after obtaining a liquor license.
[8] In 2014, Ingrid moved the restaurant to Bankers Hill, San Diego, and renamed it Croce's Park West.
[14][15] KPBS broadcast the documentary The Legacy of Jim Croce, which featured commentary by Ingrid and A. J., and included segments from the DVD.