This menu features a Chinese and an American menu and "Long rinks" like the Ward Eight
a precursor to the Zagat dining guide
The avant-garde enshrines innovative and exploratory art that is the singular vision of the artist
Humorous and non-patronizing
other homeowners followed suit or sold their properties to others as commerce intruded
Rector's, New York 1913 Stork This menu features a ChineseThis was the legendary "lobster palace" on Broadway in Times Square. Charles Rector had already launched a successful seafood restaurant in Chicago in 1884, when he opened a second Rector's in New York City in 1899. This was a time of high living, high flying financiers, actors, singers and gamblers, who liked to spend their large rolls of cash lavishly. The goal was to be seen, and Rector's on Broadway, in the heart of the theater district, was in