A large selection of cocktails and spirits were on offer with a Champagne Cocktail for two costing $1
These restaurants had a clubby atmosphere and men could smoke and drink as much as they wanted
reckoned by some historians to be the first nightclub in the United States
restaurant and after-theatre supper club in Tin Pan Alley
and that wry satirical note was carried through in murals
Fergus' The Ark, Wilmington, North Carolina 1961 Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) A large selection of cocktailsThis gorgeous menu, dominated by an extremely dapper fish with its top hat and cane, comes from Fergus Ark, a floating seafood restaurant which was docked on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Ark was built in Wilmington in 1922 and was a gambling boat, a troop transporter and a coastguard quarter boat until Eldridge Fergus, a local businessman, bought it and converted it into the restaurant. This menu art is from 1961 and we dont