Rector's, New York 1913 Lasserre This illustrated version was created

This illustrated version was created by LA based artist Terry Stafford in the mid 1920s

Joaquin released an album "A Night At Joaquin Garay's Copacabana" in the mid-1940s and the sleeve notes read as follows: "Joaquin came to San Francisco from native Mexico at the age of eleven months

Laurence Olivier and Dame Nellie Melba among others

businessman and politicians came to let their hair down

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Rector's, New York 1913 Lasserre This illustrated version was createdThis 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