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McSorley's Old Ale House is the oldest Irish saloon in New York City. [1] Opened in the mid-19th century at 15 East 7th Street , in what is now the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan , it was one of the last of the "Men Only" pubs, admitting women only after legally being forced to do so in 1970.
In 1959 Murphy leased a fifth restaurant from the City of Fort Lauderdale, on the site of the municipally-owned Bahia Mar marina, spending $800,000 to renovate and landscape it. The menu was identical to that at her Westchester Candlelight, featuring standard American dishes at moderate prices. [ 28 ]
The restaurant was grossing $90,000 monthly during its first year of operations. [5] By the end of 1978, Victoria Station had 97 restaurants, all company owned. [6] The chain was designed to attract members of the baby boom generation. The theme of the restaurant was loosely based on London's Victoria Station.
Many new restaurants that have opened in South Florida recently feel like real-estate transactions with food on the side: Gleaming new building goes up with obligatory ground-floor retail space ...
Fort Lauderdale (/ ˈ l ɔː d ər d eɪ l / LAW-dər-dayl) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, [7] making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida.
In 1970, Jack Thornton sold his interest in the Mai-Kai to his brother Bob after he was struck ill by an aneurysm. Bob then expanded the restaurant, more than doubling its capacity. Bob died in 1989. [10] As of 2014 the restaurant was run by Bob's stepson David Levy as CEO and his stepdaughter Kulani Thornton Gelardi as CFO. [7]
Chilean Sea Bass cooked "Hong Kong" style from Eddie V's in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The first Eddie V's was opened in Austin, Texas in 2000 by Guy Villavaso and Larry Foles. [2] In 2011, the brand was sold for $59 million cash to Darden Restaurants, and became a part of Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group. [3] Filet Mignon from Eddie V's in Fort ...
Frank and Ivy Stranahan, founding pioneers of Fort Lauderdale and the first residents of Las Olas Boulevard. Their trading post Stranahan House is located between the boulevard and New River. Ivy established the first public school in Ft. Lauderdale and later donated the land which would eventually become Stranahan High School. [7]