Schrafft's, New York 1920 1957 It became a hotel again

It became a hotel again in 1994 with 178 rooms and after further redevelopment the Hotel New Yorker now has over 900 guest bedrooms

London's fabled Trocadero Restaurant opened in 1896 and closed February 1965

who died 2 days after the original Poodle Dog moved from the original location to Bush Street in 1868

The cover of the Stork Club Bar Book

At Frenchy’s Black Cat Cafe the local newspaper reported that the choice of starter on the fixed lunch menu was "cocktail or soup” which makes us laugh

Schrafft's, New York 1920 1957 It became a hotel againSchraffts began life as a candy manufacturer in Boston and in 1898 one its salesmen, a visionary man called Frank G Shattuck, opened the first store in New York. His sister Jane introduced the concept of light lunches and Schraffts developed into a chain of restaurants that was particularly popular with women. This 1920s menu cover, showing an elegantly clad waitress, perfectly illustrates the genteel image of the restaurants during the Roaring