Cafe Society, New York 1943 24 Hour The historic town of Bougival

The historic town of Bougival and the beautiful surrounding countryside attracted many Impressionist painters including Renoir

And if you were a lady it was safe to sit at the soda fountain and drink gin from a tea cup

who obviously appreciate good food

These tests were successful enough for Lyons to take over catering at Olympia

Cafe Society, New York 1943 24 Hour The historic town of BougivalRestaurateur Barney Josephson already owned the trailblazing Cafe Society in Greenwich Village the interracial nightclub where black and white musicians performed for mixed audiences in the 1930s and 40s. The nightclub was also the scene of Billie Holidays first public performance of Strange Fruit, the haunting protest song about black lynchings in the South. Politically astute and an ardent supporter of civil rights, Josephson instructed the great