The American Menu
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The Gentleman Boss
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The White House, 1885 President Chester A. Arthur was a tall and fashionably-dressed metropolitan who enjoyed the finer things in life. On...
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
The America's Cup
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New York City, 1895 The most entertaining thing for the average person attending an America’s Cup race is perhaps the food and drink. Once i...
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Saturday, December 16, 2023
Schedler’s High Bridge Hotel
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New York City, 1881 Schedler’s High Bridge Hotel was located in Washington Heights, the highest and northernmost part of Manhattan. The ho...
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Saturday, November 18, 2023
The Menu was the Message
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1904-1931 The advent of the postcard provided the hospitality industry with innovative ways to advertise. One of the unique formats that em...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Dining in Prospect Park
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Brooklyn, New York 1897 Brooklyn’s pastoral Prospect Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the landscape architects ...
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Sunday, August 27, 2023
Music on the Menu
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1878-1978 “Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist,” observed English writer G. K. Chesterton. Nevertheless, music...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Where the Immigration Inspectors Dined
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New York City, 1904-1905 The immigration station on Ellis Island reopened in 1900, following a devastating fire three years earlier. In 19...
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