Café Society Uptown, New York 1940s 1920s Milton Berle and Lilian Roth

Milton Berle and Lilian Roth were among its patrons

the original club was known as Café Society Downtown and the new club—designed for a different audience—as Café Society Uptown

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Café Society Uptown, New York 1940s 1920s Milton Berle and Lilian RothCaf Society was a New York City nightclub open from 1938 to 1948 at Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and managed by Barney Josephson. Josephson created the club to showcase African American talent and to be an American version of the political cabarets he had seen in Europe earlier. As well as running the first racially integrated night club in the United States, Josephson also intended the club to defy the pretensions of the rich; he chose the