The Plaza Hotel
5th Avenue
New York
The PLAZA
NEW YORK
The PLAZA HOTEL
NY NY
FRANK SINATRA with MIA FARROW
TRUMAN CAPOTE'S "BLACK & WHITE BALL"
POSITANO The AMALFI COAST
COOKBOOK & TRAVEL
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Friday, November 24, 2017
The 21 CLUB
The 21 CLUB
and Its Famous Jockeys
The restaurant and bar are on the first floor, and the two top floors are for private events. When you enter the restaurant you of course encounter the noisy bar, which is an essential part of the visit. The restaurant itself is paneled with reddish wood and has red carpets, red leather seats, dim lights. Even here – it’s very noisy. All around are Christmas wreaths decorated with gold and silver ribbons. On the walls are paintings by Frederic Remington depicting life in the Old American West in the late 19th century.
The male guests, usually aged 40-60, are dressed in good suits, usually with ties, and the women, of a similar age, are also dressed in their finest. There are New York businessmen here as well as wealthy people from all over the U.S. and the rest of the world. Jeans are absolutely taboo. A suit jacket is mandatory.
Famous speakeasy
The 21 Club is famous among other things for its low ceiling, from which toys and souvenirs hang: planes, cars, trucks, football helmets with the manufacturer’s logo. The waiters say that the company executives, athletes and other VIPs bring the toys and autographed memorabilia, as an ego trip.
FRANK SINATRA Arriving at The 21 CLUB
with JACKI "O"
Friend / Bodyguard JILLY RIZZO
and Un-Known Secret Service Agent
Can anyone bring a model or toy that will hang down from the air?
“No,” laughs the waiter, “it’s only if you’ve come here at least 100 times and you really are somebody.” When they take inventory they attest that the late President John F. Kennedy gave the 21 a small torpedo ship, and former President Bill Clinton gave them a model of Air Force One. The tennis rackets of John McEnroe and Chris Evert are here too.
The place opened in 1930 and became known as one of the most famous speakeasies selling liquor during the Prohibition Era, when the sale and consumption of liquor were forbidden. At the time there was a secret wine cellar where the liquor was hidden, and well-connected Americans imbibed the forbidden drinks there. One can find quite a number of such speakeasies all over New York, but 21 Club is one of the most famous.
The police and tax authorities raided the place from time to time, in order to seize the liquor and catch its drinkers in the act, but legend has it that there were hidden doors and hiding places that nobody could discover, through which it was possible to smuggle and hide the liquor.
Over the years the restaurant changed hands several times. Today, 21 Club is owned by Belmont, the boutique hotel chain. The truth is that this fact kills the restaurant’s sex appeal somewhat. Just imagine what would happen if a scion of the Bronfman family, who once had a liquor empire that began during Prohibition, owned the restaurant? But what can you do if they prefer doing something else?
Sunday, October 30, 2016
New York Marathon Pasta Saturday
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SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS For PASTA NIGHT
Try TRATTORIA MONTE'S, GREENWICH VILLAGE .. NEW YORK
or get a Great RECIPE in SUNDAY SAUCE
New York's Biggest Pasta Night of The Year is Here! Tomorrow, Sunday November 3 is Marathon Day in New York 2013 ... There was "No New York City Marathon" Last Year a result of Hurricane Sandy .. After much discussion the New York Marathon 2012 was cancelled. A couple "No Good Bastard Brothers" Bombed The Boston Marathon this past April 15, killing 5 and injuring more than 280 .. This years New York Marathon will Salute the victims of The Boston Marathon Bombing and pay tribute to survivors and victims of Hurricane Sandy. Enough of the sad News, tonight is Pasta Night in New York. It is a annual tradition for people running th marathon to have a nice Italian Pasta Dinner the night before the Marathon, on Saturday evening in order to "Carb Up" for energy to run the grueling 26 mile race. Yes the Pasta and Maccheroni wil be flowing at Italian Restaurants all over New York this evening. Little Italy on Mulberry Street will be all a-buzz with activiy, "Runners Eating Pasta." Some of New York's best Italian Restaurants with great plates of pasta are; Bar Pitti in Greewnich Village, Monte's Trattoria Greenwich Village for those runners staying at Mid-Town Hotels, Elio's on the Upper East Side, and Emilio Balato on East Houston Street .. Marathon Runners we "Salute" and wish "Bon Appetito" ! Mangi Bene! Mangia la Pasta!
LOOKING For GREAT PASTA RECIPES ???
GET SUNDAY SAUCE !!!
ITALIAN-AMERICA'S Best PASTA SAUCE recipes
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Popular ITALIAN PASTA JOINTS Like BAR PITTI
& MONTE'S TRATTORIA
pack them in, Downtown in GREENWICH VILLAGE
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Monte's ... 97 Macdougal Street, Greenwich Village NEW YORK
Chef PIETRO MOSCONI of MONTE'S TRATTORIA
with just Two of His MANY FANS
"MANGIA BENE" !!!
RIGATONI "SATURDAY MARATHON PASTA NIGHT"
NEW ITALIAN COOKBOOK
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
has a New Forthcoming Cookbook
MANGIA ITALIANO
Slated for late 2016 Publication
GREAT PASTA RECIPES "La TAVOLA"
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke .. On AMAZON.com
http://greenwichvillageitalian.com/2013/11/01/sopranos-at-la-tavola/.
Led Zeppelin Kanye West SUCKS
LED ZEPPELIN
is da BOMB !!!
Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant
"RAMBLE ON" !!!
Ramble On, Song of the Week!!! Without-A-Doubt one of Rocks All-Time Rockingest Rock Songs Ever, "Ramble On." This song Rocks like you can't believe! back in the Day when there was an abundance of Great Music being made by Hundreds of Great Artists, The 60's and 70's !!! Can someone tell us why there is "Barely Any Good Music" being made at all these Days!!! Just a bunch of a lot of Crap! Probably because the younger generation has such awful taste? Or is it just an Abundance of Lackluster Performers, or a Combination of both? I doubt seriously if there will be more than a handful of Musical Artist from the last 15 years or so who will Stand The Test of Time and be Loved 40, 50, 60, and 70 years down the road as artist like, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, led Zepplin, Elvis, Dianna Ross, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Stevie Wonder and on and on are doing and will do. The music of this Day and Age is quite literally Crap.
Someone please Kill Hip Hop the way you Killed Disco (which is Superior Music to Hip Hop Rap) so long ago. How much more of this Shit do we have to endure! Are there any Good Musical Artists out there at all? Please step forward and do your thing!!!
Daniel Bellino Zwicke
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Celebrity Coffee Drinkers
John Lennon
Marilyn Monroe
Grace Kelly
Audrey Hephurn
BOGART
Steve McQueen
COFFEE & a DONUT
FRANK SINATRA
The Chairman of The Board
PAUL NEWMAN
ELVIS PRESLEY
SOPHIA LOREN
George Harrison
PAUL McCARTNEY
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
The BEATLES
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
The ROLLING STONES
Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, & Mick Jagger
BOB DYLAN & KITTEN
Pablo Picasso
Andy Warhol
Al Pacino
and
ESPRESSO
Natalie Wood
John Wayne
Hemingway
The DUDE
Jeff Bridges
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Saturday, October 24, 2015
SOPHIA LOREN
SOPHIA
Sophia Loren
Sophia & Marcello Mastrianni
Sophia Plays a Puttana
Sophia Checking Out Jane Manfeild
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