These Old Photos Show Where New Yorkers Used To Eat
21 photos
<p>"Mott Street, Display window typical Italian restaurant. 1935-1941."</p>
<p>From Police Department Evidence: "Restaurant (?) interior 2 plates (one inscribed "Inside"). 1916-1920."</p>
<p>"Spring Street, Looking northeast from corner of West Street. Savannah Hotel, Lunch & Restaurant. May 3, 1924."</p>
<p>"148 Greenpoint Avenue, March 19, 1959."</p>
<p>"180 West Street, Brooklyn, Corner view of Green Street and restaurant. April 14, 1959."</p>
<p>"Tenth Avenue (markets), Gansevoort and West Washington markets: meat suppliers, restaurant. February 1, 1929."</p>
<p>"2042-86th Street, Brooklyn. Cohn's Restaurant & Dining Room. Crates, barrels, boxes, cans stacked on curb."</p>
<p>Tavern on the Green, November 1934</p>
<p>"Woolworth Building, 133 Broadway. Interior: restaurant with murals on arches and ceilings. 1909-1914."</p>
<p>"Terrace Restaurant of Central Park Zoo Cafeteria, 64th Street near Central Park West. Zoo visitor pause for refreshment beneath sunshades and watch seal tank. 1935-1941."</p>
<p>"Restaurant exterior Morris Belaief Ekaterinoslaver Restaurant #204. 1916-1920."</p>
<p>"Four story saloon and restaurant between Hamilton and Lorraine Street. April 5, 1904."</p>
<p>"New York Boulevard and 146th Road, Meitz Restaurant. November 18, 1941."</p>
<p>"Queens Boulevard North Side, Junction Boulevard, Howard Johnson's Restaurant. September 12, 1940." <a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/04/23/last_nights_trippy_mad_men_from_how.php#photo-1">Just like in Mad Men</a>!</p>
<p>"Sheepshead Bay Restaurant, Emmons Avenue, August 5, 1953"</p>
<p>"German Restaurant, Yorkville, East 86th Street, Maxl's, Bill's Hofbrau etc. A remodeled basement houses this German restaurant. 1935-1941."</p>
"Cavanaugh's Restaurantâ258 West 23rd Street, between 7th and 8th. 1938."
At least half of the site remains today<p>"At the Paradise Restaurant, Times Square. 1935-1941."</p>
<p>"Italian Restaurant, Mulberry Street. The name Gorizia appears on window. 1935-1941."</p>
<p>"Boat House Restaurant, Bronx Zoological Park, New York City. A very gray, neutral-tone of the well known restaurant at Bronx Park, 1935-1941."</p>
<p>"Moneta Restaurant, Mulberry Street, 1935-1941."</p>