Esquire Restaurant For Men, Penn-Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, PA 1930s American Bar Matt Weinstock: "The protective sidewalk

Matt Weinstock: "The protective sidewalk scaffolding is up and work-men are in the preliminary phase of dismantling the old building housing the Pioneer Dairy Lunch

was the refined and elegant atmosphere created by general manager Cesar Ritz and French chef Auguste Escoffier

In the background are two galleons

This marvellous etching dated around the 1890s to early 1900s is entitled The Original Menu of Banquet Dunlop and is set in a French bar

This 1926 menu for a goodbye dinner aboard the SS America is certainly impressive – note that the officers could finish off their meals “in the smoking room or the library

Esquire Restaurant For Men, Penn-Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, PA 1930s American Bar Matt Weinstock: "The protective sidewalkIt seems a laughably outdated idea now, but restaurateurs and bar owners experimented with men only establishments in the 1930s as a way of picking up business after Prohibition ended. The Esquire Grill in the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was one of the best known of these all male establishments. In the early part of the 20th century, women did not patronize restaurants on a daily basis and so the food on offer in restaurants and