Hotel Lexington, New York 1938 Flags A review of the Tricity

A review of the Tricity Restaurant by a critic from The Lady magazine describes the bright lighting as being “like sunshine indoors” and customers were reassured that there was nothing to be worried about because food cooked by electricity tastes “delicious“

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the Russell’s owners agreed to train up Irish talent in exchange for hiring prize-winning French chefs such as Pierre Rolland

asparagus and Escoffier’s famous dessert creation Peach Melba

We've also found these napkins in other San Francisco establishments

Hotel Lexington, New York 1938 Flags A review of the TricityThe Lexington Hotel opened in 1929 as the Hotel Lexington, at the height of the Manhattan midtown hotel boom, 1920s to the 1930s. The hotel opened with a promise by General J. Leslie Kincaid, president of the American Hotel Corporation, to provide a thoroughly modern house of refined atmosphere and exceptional service without the annoyance and confusion that is often experienced in hotels catering to large assemblages. The Hotel Lexington was home to