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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 ]
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 ...
It was especially popular in Florida, with its high proportion of retirees. At its peak, the company was a symbol of good Southern cooking and operated 151 restaurants under the Morrison's name in 13 states. [citation needed] The company began as a single cafeteria opened in 1920 in Mobile, Alabama by J. A. Morrison. Morrison helped develop the ...
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.
The original brewer of McSorley's Ale was Fidelio Brewery, which was founded in New York in 1852. [166] Fidelio Brewery changed its name to The Greater New York Brewery in 1940. By 1947 McSorley's Ale was being brewed by Rheingold. After Schmidt's acquired Rheingold's labels in 1977, it quickly sold the McSorley's brand to Ortlieb's.
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]
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.