Restaurants Collection

Horn & Hardart Automat, New York City, USA
Horn & Hardart Automat, 57th Street and 6th Avenue, New York City, USA, one of a large chain of cafes and restaurants serving over half a million people per day. Date: circa 1930

Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho
Chez Auguste at 38 Old Compton Street, Soho, London; next to Coiffure Internationale, the international shaving saloon and hairdressers; on the end is F Gennari Ltd, wines and provisions. 1947

Lyons Corner House, 1931
LYONS CORNER HOUSE, OXFORD STREET Opened in 1923, the Oxford Street restaurant was one of a chain owned by J Lyons and Co Ltd

The Gentleman Who Asked the Carver - H. M. Bateman
The Gentleman who asked the carver at Simpson s-in-the-Strand whether the meat was English or foreign. A curious and innocent question from a diner at the famous English restaurant causing more than

A L Ecu de France, Jermyn Street, London
A L Ecu de France restaurant on the corner of Jermyn Street and Babmaes Street, Mayfair, London, 1947 Date: 1947

Peppino Leoni - owner of Quo Vadis restaurant
Peppino Leoni, a native of Cannero, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, seen here in his restaurant, Quo Vadis on Dean Street, Soho, London

Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant, 1947
Peppino Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant on Dean Street, Soho, London in 1947. It is next door to Leon Jaeggi, kitchen equipment, tinner and coppersmith, and Townsends. 1947

Jack Dempseys Restaurant, New York
Jack Dempseys Restaurant, at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, America

Judging a Restaurant by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a couple waiting with increasing frustration to be noticed by the maitre d in a restaurant

Claridges Hotel Menu
A dinner menu from the Claridges Hotel, London

Welcome at the White Tower, the restaurant in Percy Street in Bloomsbury, London established by John and Eileen Stais in 1939. It specialised in Greek and Macedonian dishes Date: 1966

Advertisement for Verreys restaurant on Regent Street, a popular West End haunt since it opened in 1825 - sadly no more. Date: 1952

Ley-Ons Chop Suey Restaurant, Soho
Ley-Ons Chop Suey Restaurant in Soho, London, 1947 Date: 1947

Hungaria Restaurant, Regent Street, London
Exterior of the Hungaria Restaurant, Regent Street, London, 1947. A prominent sign next door advertises the Womans Fair and Exhibition. Date: 1947

London Restaurant
Well-to-do customers dining on the street outside Antoines Restaurant, 40 Charlotte Street, Soho, London. Date: early 1930s

Booths Gin advertisement - the Blue Train restaurant
Advertisement for Booths gin advertisement featuring John, the cocktail barman of the Blue Train restaurant in Stratton Street, London

Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms advertisement, 1916
Advertisement for the Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms - the most charming place in London for luncheons, teas and dinners. Illustration shows a lady having tea with an officer in uniform while a waitress in

Rue des Ouleds-Naדּand Moorish cafes, Biskra
The busy street of Ouleds-Naדּ, Biskra, lined with several Moorish cafes. Date: circa 1910s

Gerardmer, Vosges, France - on the Col de la Schlucht mountain pass in the Vosges Mountains. Date: circa 1907

Firefighters working at scene of restaurant fire, Biggin Hill, SE London

G Kempinski restaurant, Veeraswamy restaurant
The G Kempinski tavern and restaurant, and Veeraswamys India Restaurant off Regent Street, London. Date: 1947

Howard Johnsons Restaurant, Saratoga Springs, New York on route 9, America

Blackpool Restaurant 38
The Renaissance restaurant in Blackpool teems with dapper gentlemen and delightful ladies

LUNCH AT CLARIDGES 1914
Lunch at Claridges Hotel, London Date: 1914

Berkleley Hotel Dinner
Dinner at the Berkeley Hotel, London, on a Sunday evening Date: 1914

Baby Grand Cafe, Harlem, New York City, America

Refreshment Rooms opposite Victoria Station
Small Refreshment Rooms (J.P. Restaurants Ltd.) opposite Victoria Station, Pimlico, London. Freshly made tea was their speciality!

Dinner at Simpsons C1905
Dining at fashionable Simpsons restaurant in the Strand : the Gentlemens Dining Room

The Chinese restaurant in the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

The Ivy, 1946
Illustration of the interior of the original Ivy restaurant in West Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden. Famously frequented by the great and the good

Menu, Simpsons Grand Divan Tavern, Strand, London
Wartime menu (Bill of Fare), Simpsons Grand Divan Tavern, Strand, London -- including a Ministry of Food Control Order relating to the need for rationing. (1 of 2) 1917

Menu for Kettners restaurant
The 8s. 6d. Theatre Supper served at Kettners restaurant in 1930. Gourmet delights on offer include Saumon Fume, Filet de Sole Marguery and Glace a l Orange. Date: 1930

Zagreb, Croatia - Ulica Ivana Tkalcica (Tkalciceva Street) Date: circa 1900s

Interior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant, Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal

Exterior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant in Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal

Mural decorations in the Stoke-on-Trent British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of 1851 and All That and carried out by Arthur Berry

Terrace Restaurant, Savoy Hotel, London
The Terrace Restaurant overlooking the Embankment, The Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911

North American-Rockwell Sabre 60A N988R (msn 306-17), of Dennys Restaurants Date: circa 1968

Hanging a painting of a romantic landscape in the new Churchill British Restaurant in Ilford, Essex. The painting has been lent from Buckingham Palace, by H.M. The King. Date: 1943

View of The Chop Room fireplace inside the atmospheric Old Cheshire Cheese pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884

A cosy corner in the Old Cheshire Cheese, the famous old pub off Fleet Street in London. Date: 1884

The staircase inside the famous Old Cheshire Cheese pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884

The Chop Room inside the Old Cheshire Cheese pub off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884

Entrance of the Old Cheshire Cheese, the famous old pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884

Entrance to the historic pub, the Old Cheshire Cheese in Wine Office Court, just off Fleet Street. Date: 1884

Some famous hoteliers of today
Page from The Bystander featuring photographs of well-known hoteliers and restaurant managers or owners. Clockwise from top

Interior view of the Dutch Kitchen Restaurant in Cardiff, with its heavy 17th century style panelling and furniture. Date: 1909

Suggested decor and layout for a high-class luncheon and dining room of the 1900s. With the painted green panelled walls and elegant furniture

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