Schrafft's Manhattan Skyline New York Panorama, 1939 Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) The Café De Paris in

The Café De Paris in London opened in 1924 and became England’s smartest and most exclusive establishment where wealthy patrons came to dine

asparagus and Escoffier’s famous dessert creation Peach Melba

wine and even an old bottle of port using a bottle-opener as a walking stick – making their merry way towards a jolly man with a large napkin around his neck and whose knife and fork is held aloft in anticipation

Lester Young

It is from the bar aboard The Queen Elizabeth which

Schrafft's Manhattan Skyline New York Panorama, 1939 Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) The Café De Paris inSchraffts 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. In an interview with the New York Times in 2004, Mr Shattucks great grandson Frank said of the restaurants refined clientele: Everyone wore