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Delmonico’s, at 56 Beaver Street, was America’s first fine dining restaurant. The birthplace of the Delmonico Steak, Delmonico Potatoes, Eggs Benedict, Lobster Newburg, and Baked Alaska, the original Delmonico’s offered a new novelty in dining, including the Parisian "bill of fare", or a carte, (which today we call a menu) instead of a price fix meal. The brick, Beaux-Arts structure was built in 1891 by James Brown Lord. The Renaissance-inspired building is faced in orange brick with a brownstone base and terra-cotta trim.
On December 13, 1827, Swiss brothers Giovanni (John) and Pietro (Peter) Del-Monico opened a small pastry shop at 23 William Street called Delmonico and Brother. Business was growing an in 1829, they rented a room in the adjoining building, at 25 William Street and by 1830, they rented the entire building, which served as a restaurant next to the cafe.
In 1834, the brothers used purchased a 220 acre farm on Long Island (incorporated into Brookln in 1855), where they grew vegetables, many that were not otherwise available in America, for the restaurant. In 1834, they purchased a lodging house at 76 Broad Street.
The Fire of 1835 destroyed much of lower New York including the restaurant and cafe and just two months later, the brothers started rebuilding at 2 South William Street. The building was 3 1/2 stories high, and the entrance featured marble pillars imported from Pompeii, that today flank the corner entrance of the Beaver Street location. The first and second floors featured large "saloons" (dining rooms), decorated with inlaid floors and the most expensive decor. The third floor held several private dining rooms, as well as the kitchen. The cellar included wine vaults stocked with 16,000 bottles of French wine. For the first time, the brothers gave it the name Delmonico's Restaurant. But the public soon called it The Citadel.
In 1845, another fire swept through the city destroying the lodging house, but sparing The Citadel. Under Lorenzo, Peter's nephew, the family business leased a parcel of land at Broadway and Morris Street to open the new Delmonico Hotel, which was the first hotel in the United States to operate under the European plan--with rooms and and meals price separately.
In 1848, Peter retired and sold his half interest to Lorenzo, paving the way for a grand era until 1856 when Lorenzo let the lease expire, closing the hotel In 1856, he opened a new restaurant at Broadway and Chambers Street, turning the Citadel into a luncheonette. In 1862, Lorenzo opened a second restaurant uptown at Fifth Avenue and East 14th Street. He followed in 1865 with a new branch at 22 Broad Street. In 1876, he moved his Union Square branch uptown near Madison Square, and his Chambers Street location to 112-114 Pine Street. Lorenzo died in 1881 and chef Charles Ranhofer took over the franhcise until he died in 1884.
Under the guidance of general manager, Young Charly, a new location was opened on July 7, 1891. By 1923, all the Delmonco's restaurants were closed. In 1929, shortly before the Wall Street Crash, Oscar Tucci opened the South William Street building as a restaurant, which he called Delmonico's Restaurant but which the public knew as Oscar's Delmonico's. In July, 1977, the Huber Family acquired the premises and opened a restaurant called Delmonico's Restaurant. It closed in 1992, and the building remained vacant for six years. In 1998, the Bice Group, which operated a chain of restaurants, opened a restaurant on the South William Street property which it called Delmonico's Restaurant. The new owners, Robert Ruggeri and Stefano Frittella, spent $1.5 million to recreate the Old World feel. The new Delmonico's featured executive chef Gian Pietro Branchi, from the Bice Restaurant in New York. In 1999 ownership changed hands again.
The Delmonico's Building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.
Winter blizzard of February 6-7, 1978 in Boro Park Brooklyn under the 55th ST Elevated train line. First dear visitor, may I invite you to see the large photo. Note the bagel nosh number: UL1-5012 as in ULster-One as we would say as a pneumonic device. For the 1st picture before this one, they were behaved then...well boys will be boys. See the snowball on it's way to me with the Coca-Cola sign in the background? It just missed when I move aside. The store was still there up untill 2006. It had hardly changed at all. Minolta SRT-102 w 50 1.7mm Rokkor using Tri-x now scanned with a Konica-Minolta Dimage Elite 5400II See a color picture of it only a few years ago! p.s. These "kids" are now in their mid 30s!
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Largest and most modern bowling alleys in Monmouth County. 26 automatic Brunswick pinspotters. Air conditioned, carpeted premenade, sound proof. Char pit luncheonette, meeting room and 6 acres of spacious parking. Owners Bill Junda and Tom Livingston
boston, massachusetts
may 1971
108 essex street
corner of essex and kingston
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SW corner of W.Carll St. and Broadway. These stores were built in early 1950. These stores took the place, from right to left, a private dwelling, the photo studio of Frank Brown, and the dwelling of S Schwartz. As of 1924. The new building was torn down in 1967. To the left was a recessed private house on the north side of Mary's Luncheonette , Photo by Mike Dolan, M3 Leica , 50mm Summicron lens
It was actually a funny story. See, Marty's Uncle John Henry (Ditty's brother) was in a luncheonette with his sheet metal construction crew, which included Marty, his brother David, and a dude named Carl. Uncle John was bragging about having sex with some woman the other day.
Carl, who never got any and wanted to hear about it, said, "Where'd you fuck 'er, John?"
John replied, "Right in the pussy, Carl. Right in the pussy."
Ditty (my mother-in-law) is about to frown bigtime.
(and Eldridge)
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This 1798 view of the Collect Pond is now in the heart of Chinatown. The pond was soon after drained into the Hudson by a canal (i. e. The Canal). Manhattan's rugged topography was completely flattened in the 19th century, except up in Washington Heights/Inwood, where the granite is still unconquerable.
The northern edge of the town across the pond is roughly at Chambers Street.
Canal Street is now an emporium of bargain items. It is one of the very few places in New York where haggling is expected. Today I saw someone negotiate an $80 watch down to $30. The area is also known for counterfeit watches, handbags, etc.
January 2, 2012
Brisket & Eggs Breakfast
($?)
Dove's Luncheonette
Chicago, Illinois
(May 5, 2015)
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Texas A&M Aggie Ring woke me up at around 7:30 this morning which is a bit unusual for Aggie Ring. Aggie Ring needs his “beauty” sleep and usually doesn’t get up until around 11:00.
Aggie Ring gave me a direct order to take him to Carmela’s 19th Hole Luncheonette which is in nearby Neptune City, New Jersey for breakfast. Aggie Ring ordered the Jersey-style Country Omelette which is a standard fluffy, 3-egg omelette stuffed with cheese and corned beef hash and topped with more corned beef hash and sausage gravy along with a side of grits!
Aggie Ring enjoyed his breakfast! As we were finishing up, all of a sudden Aggie Ring said, “Do you remember how bad the omelets were when we were stationed in Georgia before we moved to New Jersey?” I don’t like it when Aggie Ring brings up painful culinary memories, but he was right! We never had a decent omelette in Georgia. They were so backwards down there that they couldn’t figure out that for a 3-egg omelette, you put in a half egg shell of water and really whipped them together so you got a delicious fluffy product! The omelettes in Georgia were flat, usually over cooked and not the least bit interesting.
It’s now around 9:15 and Aggie Ring and I are back home. Aggie Ring just said, “OK, Nap time!!!” I have to agree with Aggie Ring. It's never too early for a nap!
Woolworth's Building, 1400 19th Street, Bakersfield, California. This former F.W. Woolworth's store opened to the public on May 6, 1950. The building was built by the Jackson Brothers of Los Angeles. This Woolworth's closed in January 1994. The building is now home of the Five and Dime Antique Mall. The Woolworth luncheonette counter has been preserved and is still in operation. It seats 22 and is called the Woolworth Diner.
Kind of a family of condiments. I didn't realize formica was so pretty.
I think of this as representing Washington Heights because if you'd been to Angela's on West 187th Street, you'd recognize it. And I was pleased that I set up a "still life" and it works.
Delmonico’s, at 56 Beaver Street, was America’s first fine dining restaurant. The birthplace of the Delmonico Steak, Delmonico Potatoes, Eggs Benedict, Lobster Newburg, and Baked Alaska, the original Delmonico’s offered a new novelty in dining, including the Parisian "bill of fare", or a carte, (which today we call a menu) instead of a price fix meal. The brick, Beaux-Arts structure was built in 1891 by James Brown Lord. The Renaissance-inspired building is faced in orange brick with a brownstone base and terra-cotta trim.
On December 13, 1827, Swiss brothers Giovanni (John) and Pietro (Peter) Del-Monico opened a small pastry shop at 23 William Street called Delmonico and Brother. Business was growing an in 1829, they rented a room in the adjoining building, at 25 William Street and by 1830, they rented the entire building, which served as a restaurant next to the cafe.
In 1834, the brothers used purchased a 220 acre farm on Long Island (incorporated into Brookln in 1855), where they grew vegetables, many that were not otherwise available in America, for the restaurant. In 1834, they purchased a lodging house at 76 Broad Street.
The Fire of 1835 destroyed much of lower New York including the restaurant and cafe and just two months later, the brothers started rebuilding at 2 South William Street. The building was 3 1/2 stories high, and the entrance featured marble pillars imported from Pompeii, that today flank the corner entrance of the Beaver Street location. The first and second floors featured large "saloons" (dining rooms), decorated with inlaid floors and the most expensive decor. The third floor held several private dining rooms, as well as the kitchen. The cellar included wine vaults stocked with 16,000 bottles of French wine. For the first time, the brothers gave it the name Delmonico's Restaurant. But the public soon called it The Citadel.
In 1845, another fire swept through the city destroying the lodging house, but sparing The Citadel. Under Lorenzo, Peter's nephew, the family business leased a parcel of land at Broadway and Morris Street to open the new Delmonico Hotel, which was the first hotel in the United States to operate under the European plan--with rooms and and meals price separately.
In 1848, Peter retired and sold his half interest to Lorenzo, paving the way for a grand era until 1856 when Lorenzo let the lease expire, closing the hotel In 1856, he opened a new restaurant at Broadway and Chambers Street, turning the Citadel into a luncheonette. In 1862, Lorenzo opened a second restaurant uptown at Fifth Avenue and East 14th Street. He followed in 1865 with a new branch at 22 Broad Street. In 1876, he moved his Union Square branch uptown near Madison Square, and his Chambers Street location to 112-114 Pine Street. Lorenzo died in 1881 and chef Charles Ranhofer took over the franhcise until he died in 1884.
Under the guidance of general manager, Young Charly, a new location was opened on July 7, 1891. By 1923, all the Delmonco's restaurants were closed. In 1929, shortly before the Wall Street Crash, Oscar Tucci opened the South William Street building as a restaurant, which he called Delmonico's Restaurant but which the public knew as Oscar's Delmonico's. In July, 1977, the Huber Family acquired the premises and opened a restaurant called Delmonico's Restaurant. It closed in 1992, and the building remained vacant for six years. In 1998, the Bice Group, which operated a chain of restaurants, opened a restaurant on the South William Street property which it called Delmonico's Restaurant. The new owners, Robert Ruggeri and Stefano Frittella, spent $1.5 million to recreate the Old World feel. The new Delmonico's featured executive chef Gian Pietro Branchi, from the Bice Restaurant in New York. In 1999 ownership changed hands again.
The Delmonico's Building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.
following Sandy the docks at the Cape are deserted . . . not much time for photography lately but I took this moment of shadow and slid it for Sunday. hss
Two days after the marathon, we took a walk through Williamsburg, a part of Brooklyn that is inhabited by tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews.
Many ethnic groups have enclaves within Williamsburg, including Germans, Hasidic Jews, Italians, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans. The neighborhood is also a magnet for young people moving to the city. It is also an influential hub for indie rock, hipster culture, and the local art community, all of which are associated with one of its main thoroughfares, Bedford Avenue. The neighborhood is being redefined by a growing population and the rapid development of housing and retail space.
Source: Wikipedia
The shabby charm of this storefront caught my eye.
Framework for future Olga's Diner in Marlton NJ, viewed from Route 73 and Baker Boulevard.
For many years Mary's Luncheonette was at this corner.
Ossining, New York - My Hometown - Center of Town.
Right down the hill from my home(Ossining is one big hill, starting at the river and straight up to Campwoods). We should all have developed muscular legs walking those hills.
Here was located Cartoons Furniture Store and next to it Trinity Episcopal Church..My Pop was an altar boy there(hard to believe, but not known to many he was a religious man). There weren't enough Swedes or I guess enough money for them to have their own church. So when one of them, a Mr Johnson, got the job as sextant at Trinity, all the Swedes joined that church. Father Lloyd was the pastor there during the years I was growing up. I left there as prevailed upon my Mom to let me go to the Methodist Church where my Aunt taught Sunday School and played the piano. Father Lloyd agreed that it would be okay. I loved going to that little church and knowing all the fine people.
Across the street were the principal stores starting with Hubbel Hardware, Sarnoff's Pharmacy and Drug Store(all the drug Stores had soda fountains in those days), Woolworths 5 and 10, Newbury's 5 and 10, Phillipson's Children's Clothing(Fanny, my Aunt Mae's sister worked here), Then there was the opening where the Croton Aqueduct came out to Main St.(Santa Claus was always stationed at this site and I enjoyed getting my bag of candy). Hilliker's department Store(last job my Grandpa had - polishing up the brass on the front of the store), Falk's department Store ( owned and operated by Peter Falk's (Colombo) parents (Mike Falk) (they lived in Fuller Gardens where my Pop was superintendent), Raybins Shoe Shop(We got all our shoes here - They had a big box that you could stand in front of, put your feet in the hole at the bottom, the salesman, you and one other could look through the view finders and see your skeletal feet to see how well they fit into the shoes) (evrytime I was downtown, I would run in there to look at my feet in the x-ray machine - no wonder they hurt so much now), Kipps Drug store and luncheonette(always a big hang-out for the high school kids), a jewlery store, another stationery store, the pool hall. Across the street was the recreation center where I played Basketball, the Victoria Movie Theater where we went to Saturday matinees to see the Three Stooges, etc.( I stopped going there for about 3 years when I was a teenager as got mad at the manager because he wouldn't let me in to see Olivia deHaviland starring in the Snake Pit - thank goodness the drive-in movies came along so I wasn't entirely deprived of that entertainment), Pilat's Flower Shop and an appliance store we used to stand in front of and look at the miracle of television (The owner invited me upstairs to watch the world series game with the other big wigs in Ossining - I was thrilled- I was out of school for six weeks with a broken collarbone) and on the corner, Ankerson's Drug Store (later became a men's store run by Tommy Mercer (Tony Masulo) after his career as a big band singer with Dorsey Brothers, Ray Anthony, and others. There were others, but think I hit on most of the main ones.
Title
Corner of Dover Street, Dover Spa Luncheonette
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 67.45
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_001532
DSpace_Handle
The original Savory Luncheonette was at the South-side of Escolta at the foot of the Jones Bridge. This was the place where my high school classmate invited me to a lunch - must have been the early 50's. It was at this location not at the other location where La Estrella del Norte was before which is on the otherside of Escolta. This is at the North East side of the foot of Jones Bridge. (See Jones Bridge at the left-side of the photo)
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Our new YouTube Episode 3: Lower East Side - Then and Now is live on our James and Karla YouTube channel. In our latest episode, we visit independently-owned shops including the newly opened Two Bridge’s Diner on Canal Street by Eldridge. Two Bridge’s Diner was founded by the former co-owner of the beloved Cup & Saucer Diner, John Vasilopoulos and his brother Teddy. Cup & Saucer was forced to close in 2017 after their rent was greatly increased from $8,200 a month to $15,800 a month and their real estate taxes were also increased. We were so saddened by the news, that we decided to include our near life-size photo of the Cup & Saucer Luncheonette in our @momandpopsles art installation inside Seward Park, which you can see until the end of June 2019. •
We were so happy to see that John and Teddy were able to reopen their new diner right next door to where Cup & Saucer used to be.
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We had a cheeseburger 🍔 deluxe with fries 🍟 and a grilled cheese sandwich to celebrate the opening and our rescue dog 🐕 @hudsonpittienyc had his own hamburger 🍔 thanks to Teddy!
Walgreens Store at Route 73 north of Brick Road Marlton NJ and the building it replaced, which originally opened in the 1950s as Polly's Lunch and became Delcrest Medical Products and Services in the 1970s. The wooden building sat vacant many years until being demolished in the mid 2000s to make way for Walgreens. I never got around to getting a photo of it so I made this sketch. Polly's boasted of serving everything from a steak to a shake and being the only luncheonette in town with a patio dining area, which Delcrest used for oxygen storage - partially hidden behind the ambulance in my drawing.
Delmonico’s, at 56 Beaver Street, was America’s first fine dining restaurant. The birthplace of the Delmonico Steak, Delmonico Potatoes, Eggs Benedict, Lobster Newburg, and Baked Alaska, the original Delmonico’s offered a new novelty in dining, including the Parisian "bill of fare", or a carte, (which today we call a menu) instead of a price fix meal. The brick, Beaux-Arts structure was built in 1891 by James Brown Lord. The Renaissance-inspired building is faced in orange brick with a brownstone base and terra-cotta trim.
On December 13, 1827, Swiss brothers Giovanni (John) and Pietro (Peter) Del-Monico opened a small pastry shop at 23 William Street called Delmonico and Brother. Business was growing an in 1829, they rented a room in the adjoining building, at 25 William Street and by 1830, they rented the entire building, which served as a restaurant next to the cafe.
In 1834, the brothers used purchased a 220 acre farm on Long Island (incorporated into Brookln in 1855), where they grew vegetables, many that were not otherwise available in America, for the restaurant. In 1834, they purchased a lodging house at 76 Broad Street.
The Fire of 1835 destroyed much of lower New York including the restaurant and cafe and just two months later, the brothers started rebuilding at 2 South William Street. The building was 3 1/2 stories high, and the entrance featured marble pillars imported from Pompeii, that today flank the corner entrance of the Beaver Street location. The first and second floors featured large "saloons" (dining rooms), decorated with inlaid floors and the most expensive decor. The third floor held several private dining rooms, as well as the kitchen. The cellar included wine vaults stocked with 16,000 bottles of French wine. For the first time, the brothers gave it the name Delmonico's Restaurant. But the public soon called it The Citadel.
In 1845, another fire swept through the city destroying the lodging house, but sparing The Citadel. Under Lorenzo, Peter's nephew, the family business leased a parcel of land at Broadway and Morris Street to open the new Delmonico Hotel, which was the first hotel in the United States to operate under the European plan--with rooms and and meals price separately.
In 1848, Peter retired and sold his half interest to Lorenzo, paving the way for a grand era until 1856 when Lorenzo let the lease expire, closing the hotel In 1856, he opened a new restaurant at Broadway and Chambers Street, turning the Citadel into a luncheonette. In 1862, Lorenzo opened a second restaurant uptown at Fifth Avenue and East 14th Street. He followed in 1865 with a new branch at 22 Broad Street. In 1876, he moved his Union Square branch uptown near Madison Square, and his Chambers Street location to 112-114 Pine Street. Lorenzo died in 1881 and chef Charles Ranhofer took over the franhcise until he died in 1884.
Under the guidance of general manager, Young Charly, a new location was opened on July 7, 1891. By 1923, all the Delmonco's restaurants were closed. In 1929, shortly before the Wall Street Crash, Oscar Tucci opened the South William Street building as a restaurant, which he called Delmonico's Restaurant but which the public knew as Oscar's Delmonico's. In July, 1977, the Huber Family acquired the premises and opened a restaurant called Delmonico's Restaurant. It closed in 1992, and the building remained vacant for six years. In 1998, the Bice Group, which operated a chain of restaurants, opened a restaurant on the South William Street property which it called Delmonico's Restaurant. The new owners, Robert Ruggeri and Stefano Frittella, spent $1.5 million to recreate the Old World feel. The new Delmonico's featured executive chef Gian Pietro Branchi, from the Bice Restaurant in New York. In 1999 ownership changed hands again.
The Delmonico's Building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.
Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring decided we were going to go to a little luncheonette a few miles from us named “The Greek Spot” for lunch.
Aggie Ring likes it because the Greek food there is very reasonably priced and they serve good sized portions. You never leave there hungry.
The Aggie Ring typically gets some sort of beef/lamb/chicken order. Sometimes a gyro or gyro plate or, more often, a Greek salad with gyro or chicken meat on top.
However, during this visit, Aggie Ring noticed the sign that said they had octopus (Greek: ὀκτώπους [octopodes]). It was very reasonably priced and even came on a simple Greek salad with feta cheese and tomato. Now, Aggie Ring typically only finds octopus smoked and in oil in little cans like smoke oysters or clams. Fresh octopus always a treat.
Aggie Ring has always enjoyed eating octopus ever since he was an Army Aggie Ring stationed in Istanbul many, many years ago. He assumes that the reason anyone won’t try octopus is because they’re racist against the Mediterranean peoples and have no souls or just plain ignorant.
We watched the old Greek man grill the octopus over the fire behind the counter. It’s boiled first and the grill finishes it off. He called Aggie Ring over when our order was ready.
“Describe the octopus for my many fans.” Aggie Ring told me. Well, the smell of it was amazing and it was so tender you just almost could have cut it with a fork. There was nothing rubber like or chewy about this delicious octopod!
Aggie Ring quickly consumed his very ample order alternating between the sweet octopus and the Greek salad. He said that this was even better than scallops.
The portion was so large that Aggie Ring didn’t even have room for a Greek dessert.
As we were leaving, Aggie Ring told me, “Well, I guess we’ll be coming back here more often now.”
#AggieRing
Founded in 1925, Lexington Candy Shop is New York City’s only reminder of a bygone era when Soda Fountains and Luncheonettes were fixtures in every neighborhood throughout New York.
The store was last renovated in 1948 to the present day luncheonette and soda fountain.
Lexington Candy Shop
1226 Lexington Avenue
New York
NY 10028