Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)

64 aH<i a ^^UhA . . . ings are taken over by those men who find it hard to break away during the week. The Bowl Restaurant offers a fine bill of fare, and you'll enjoy the small cocktail lounge, which is especially busy around dinner time, just before the Kansans go home! Sam and Ned Eddy are the dapper gentlemen who keep this one of the Plaza's better draws. • PLAZA ROY ALE — 6J 4 West ■48th. The south side sister of the Town Royale. managed by Homer Demming. who is around mo?t of the time, and Harry Newstreet. They used to run the Bit and Spur Club at the horse shows, remember, out in the American Royal Building. The decor of ihe Plata Royale is modern, the clientele smart. This is one of the first of the spots to open after Prohibition, and it's still going strong. A lot of the original help are around. There's food, run up by Eddie Parker from noon cm through mid'cvcning; and music bv Zola Palmer at the Hammond organ. PRICE'S RESTAURANT AND BAR— J 0th and Walnut. Here's a haven for the tired business man. doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief; for his secretary, and for the little' woman who meets him after five. New decor comes from Janet Waldron, who has done some of the better spots about town. On the walls of the downstairs grill you'll find clever sketches of the business and professional man. Upstairs and on the balcony, as well as downstairs, new touches of green, yellow, and white put more light into the place, and bring up-to-date one of the more popular downtown stops. Take a look at the map above the fountain when it's finished. We think you'll find it interesting. A Price trademark is the big hot cinnamon rolls thev always sorve with meals. And of course, their candies arc pretty sweet, too. Mr. Prater is the bu(y gentleman who helps you find a table. • PUSATERIS COCKTAIL LOUNGE AND KFSTAURANT — Hyde Hotel, ,'6fh nnd wtn^ January, J 945 I PORTS OF CALL Broadway. What used to be the Empire Room (and before that, the Hyde Park Tea Room) reopens in January under the expert management of Gut and Jimmy Pusatcri. If you know the quality of their downtown dinners, you'll know what to expect by way of excellence in ft)od out here. There's entertainment at dinner and supper. The room is not ujH'n at noon. PUSATERI S NEW YORKER— 1104 Baltimore. Here's a chummy little room just off the sidewalk, where you'll find a lot of the better people most of the time. Gladys Bagwsll plays a nice piano* and Gus Pusateri is quite likely to drop around to your booth or table and make with the friendly feeling. With steaks such as the New Yorker selves, you don't need atmosphere — and the salad is truly out of this world! Jim Pusateri runs a mighty fine kitchen. Luncheon begins at 11:30 a. m. Dinner ends at ten. And let there be no moaning at the bar: Bartender AI'tHrrt Caruso is a budding Runyon; he writes little sketches about the people he meets! • RENDEZVOUS — Hotel Miiehle bach — 12th and Baltimore. A large, noisy room, paneled in red. and pleasantly gloomy after the manner of an EngTish manor. A good place to talk over your drinks, since there's no music and your ovn convcrs.ition is confined to your table, in the general din. As for drinks, expect anything vou order: the Miichlebach cellar is one of the most varied in the middlewest. You mav rccognite Gus Fitch in the Rendezvous; he's been around a number of year.--. Luncheon and dinner, ih.inlts to Henri Ehster. served from 12 to 3; (• to 8:30. SAVOY GRILL— 9th and Central. Restaurants come and go. but the Savoy stays. It's an institution, complete wilh venerable atmosphere, marks of past splendor, and the mellowness of graceful old age. WTiich is not to say there's anything decrepit about the place. Where Chauncry Olcott. Eddie Foy. Sarah Bernhardt. William Jennin'.'S Bry.in. Will Rotcrs, Marie Dressier, and Theodore Roosevelt once went for steaks and sea food, today's celebs and other folk still flock. W. C. Gentry is having the kitchen remodeled, but the quality of the food needs no improvement. They still serve up a filet mignon or one-, two-, and three-pound lobsters in the same style. George Stevenson. John Wilson, and J. D. Brown will see to that. They've been with the Savoy 44, 41, and 52 years respectively. The murals, dating from away back, and painted by Edward Holstag, picture the Santa Fe Trail from old Westport to New Mexico. • TOWN ROYAL— 1119 Baltimore. On the site of the grandeur that was the old Hotel Baltimore stands this casually comfortable cocktail lounge, housing a number of familiar figures: Whitey. the perennial waiter; Frank Jones, head barman; and Harry Newstreet. who manages the place. Harry attended the famous hotel school at Aix la Chapelle. long before it was Aachen and taken. Manuel Cervantes produces good food horc. including a chicken sandwich au gratin that justifies interrupting your d r i n k i n ' . Zena Schenk and Mary Dale alternate at organ and piano. Brocade* and a couple of big unobtrusive mirrors give the place a faintlv boudoirish air. We said f.iintly. WESTK^RT ROOM— U>iioii Station. Union Stations are fun. anyway, and that makes the station bar more fun than ever. You don't have to be taking a train or meeting someone to enjoy this one — if you can squeeze in! It's that popular. Genial Joe M.iciel wiH seat you some place, thouch; or maybe it will be Jimmy King who greets /ou. You are assured of a full ounce and a half of what-it-takes to each drink. But before they get you ga-ga. do lake a quick glance at the walls. We think the pioneer figures painted by Hildred Meire of New York are rather droll. Famous Fred Harvey management makes for iust about the finest food in town, in the lovely restaurant 1 yond the bar.