Schrafft's, New York 1920 1920s New York restaurants like The

New York restaurants like The Music Bar were lively spots in the 1940s

transients

in deep colors of mauve and gold

a showman at his roots

Schrafft's, New York 1920 1920s New York restaurants like TheSchraffts began life as a candy manufacturer in Boston and in 1898 one its salesmen, a visionary man called Frank G Shattuck, opened the first store in New York. His sister Jane introduced the concept of light lunches and Schraffts developed into a chain of restaurants that was particularly popular with women. This 1920s menu cover, showing an elegantly clad waitress, perfectly illustrates the genteel image of the restaurants during the Roaring