F. GUSTATORY GUIDE
DINE WITHOUT ORCHESTRAL DIN:
Café Impériale, 322 E. 44th.Dinty Moore's, 216 W. 46th (Famous for steaks, corned beef & cabbage).Toots Shor's, 51 W. 51st.Lindy's, B'way & 50th.Sardi's, 234 W. 44th.Twenty One, 21 W. 52nd (If you can get in).Stork Club Cub Room, 3 E. 53rd (Ditto).Colony, Madison & 61st (Ditto).Cavanagh's, 258 W. 23rd.Reuben's, 6 E. 58th (Where the late crowd goes).Barberry Room, 19 E. 52nd.Al Schacht's, 104 E. 52nd (Owned by the baseball clown).Gallagher's, 228 W. 52nd.Artists & Writers, 213 W. 40th (Grub Street).Blair House, 30 W. 56th.Q Club, 302 E. 58th.Lee Chumley's, 86 Bedford (Village bohemian newspaper hangout).Billy the Oysterman, 10 W. 47th; 7 E. 20th.Charles, 452 Sixth Ave. (Expensive).
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AT DINNER, NO DANCING:
Little Club, 70 E. 55th.Luchow's, 110 E. 14th.El Boraccho, 51 E. 55th.El Morocco Champagne Room, 154 E. 54th.Penthouse, 30 W. 59th.Armando's, 54 E. 55th.
DINING AROUND THE WORLD:
Armenian:Golden Horn, 31 W. 51st.Austrian:Mayerling, 133 E. 54th.Hapsburg House, 313 E. 55th.Gay Vienna, 1611 Second Ave.Grinzing, 323 E. 79th.Balkan:The Balkan, 294 Eighth Ave.Belgian:Brussels, 26 E. 63rd (Beaucoup expensive).Chinese:Lum Fong, 150 W. 52nd.House of Chan, 800 Seventh Ave. (52nd).Yank Sing, 133 W. 51st (Show folk hangout).Canton Village, 163 W. 49th.Ding Ho, 103 W. 49th.Hoy Yuen, 117 W. 48th.Tung Sai, Mulberry St. (Shavey Lee, Mayor of Chinatown, prop.).China Lane, Mott St.Chinese Rathskeller, Mott St.Ho Ho, Seventh Ave. & 51st.Cuban:Cuban Casino, 45th & Eighth Ave. (Floor show).Czechoslovak:Praha, 1358 First Ave.Dutch:Holland House Taverne, 10 Rockefeller Pl.Egyptian:Port Said, 257 W. 29th.English:Keen's, 72 W. 36th.Drury Lane, 47 E. 49th.French:Lafayette, University Pl. & 9th.Roberto's, 22 E. 46th.Voisin, 375 Park Ave.Marguery, 270 Park Ave.Chambord, Third Ave. & 50th.Larue, 45 E. 58th (Dancing).Charles, 452 Sixth Ave.Coq Rouge, 65 E. 56th (Dancing).Janet of France, 237 W. 52nd (Entertainment).Café Arnold, Columbus Circle.Café Louis XIV, 15 W. 49th.Caviar, 18 E. 49th.Chateaubriand, 148 E. 56th.Divan Parisien, 17 E. 45th.La Cava, 128 W. 52nd.La Salle du Bois, 36 E. 60th.Theodore's, 4 E. 56th.Bal Tabarin, 225 W. 46th (Floor show).Greek:Acropolis, 312 W. 58th.Gypsy:Gypsy Tea Kettle, 50th & Seventh Ave. (Tea leaves read).Romany Marie, 49 Grove (Village).Golden Earring, 54th & Madison Ave.Hawaiian:Hawaiian Room, Lexington Hotel (48th) (With hula girls).Hindu:East India Curry Shop, 52 E. 55th.India Rajah, 235 W. 48th.Famous India Curry Rice, 34 W. 114th.India Prince, W. 47th.Hungarian:Tokay, 1591 Second Ave.Zimmerman's Hungaria, 163 W. 46th (Floor show).Irish:Hogan's, 235 W. 52nd.Italian:Villanova, 106 W. 46th.Cerutti's, 643 Madison Ave.Buscaglia, 33 W. 46th.Leone's, 239 W. 48th.Little Venice, 126 W. 13th.Eddie's Aurora, 144 W. 4th (Ingrid Bergman ate here).Enrico & Paglieri, 64 W. 11th.Japanese:Miyako, 20 W. 56th.Suyehiro, 35 E. 29th.Mexican:Charro El Mexican, 4 Charles (Village).El Nilo, 108 W. 44th.Romanian:Old Romania, Allen St. (Lower East Side. Floor show).Russian:Casino Russe, 157 W. 56th (Entertainment).Russian Tea Room, 150 W. 57th (Hangout for musical long hairs).Russian Kretchma, 244 E. 14th (Floor show).Russian Bear, 645 Lexington (Entertainment).Scandinavian:Iceland, Broadway & 53rd (Floor show).Wivel, 254 W. 54th (Floor show).Stockholm, 27 W. 51st.Kungsholm, 142 E. 55th.Castleholm, 244 W. 57th.Singhalese:Ceylon India Inn, 148 W. 49th.South Seas:Singapore, Broadway & 51st (Also Chinese).Spanish:Havana Madrid, Broadway & 51st (Floor show).Las Americas, 687 Lexington.El Caserio, 145 E. 55th.El Chico, Sheridan Sq. (Floor show).Swiss:Swiss Pavilion, 38 E. 50th.La Petite Suisse, 6 W. 52nd.Syrian:Mecca, 6 E. 30th.Yiddish:Moskowitz & Lupowitz, 40 Second Ave.Lou Siegel, 209 W. 38th.Paramount, 138 W. 43rd.Gluckstern, 209 W. 48th.
SUMMER ONLY:
Al fresco:St. Moritz Hotel, Central Park So.Fifth Avenue Hotel, Fifth & 9th.Chatham Walk, Vanderbilt & 48th.Rockefeller Center Plaza.Central Park Zoo Terrace.Ambassador Garden.Roof Gardens:Waldorf Starlight Roof.Astor.Pennsylvania.Biltmore.City Road Houses:Bill Miller's Riviera (across George Washington Bridge).Tavern-on-the-Green, Central Park.Environs:Ray Dillman's Casino-in-the-Park, Jersey City (Beautiful and swank).Casa Seville, Franklin Sq., L.I. (Fabulous).
FOOTNOTES:[2]Copacabana's backstage phone is connected to the house switchboard and calls normally are not relayed to the girls. Cagey wolves, however, ask for the Wardrobe Mistress, who is tipped liberally by the chorines to act as the go-between. Quite Parisian, no?
FOOTNOTES:
[2]Copacabana's backstage phone is connected to the house switchboard and calls normally are not relayed to the girls. Cagey wolves, however, ask for the Wardrobe Mistress, who is tipped liberally by the chorines to act as the go-between. Quite Parisian, no?
[2]Copacabana's backstage phone is connected to the house switchboard and calls normally are not relayed to the girls. Cagey wolves, however, ask for the Wardrobe Mistress, who is tipped liberally by the chorines to act as the go-between. Quite Parisian, no?