On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:02:02 GMT, Margaret Suran
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>Andy wrote:
>> Gregory Morrow said...
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>> When we were kids, on vacation in NYC in the early '60s, we went to a
>> fish restaurant called "Sweets." My parents ordered for me, the baked
>> halibut. ICK! I only ate bread and butter. It came served on a silver
>> platter drowning in butter. It was DELICIOUS!!!
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>> Thanks for bringing back a long lost, fond memory!
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>> Andy
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>You also had to walk up a flight of stairs to get to Sweets, if I
>remember correctly. It was a great place for fish and with very
>reasonable prices and wasn't it right next to the Fulton Fish Market?

Yes, Sweets was terrific. And if you wanted "character" when you ate
down there, you went to Sloppy Louie's
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>Here are more NYC restaurants from the 1930's. Make sure to look at
>the prices for dinner.
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>http://www.nyc-architecture.com/ARCH...estaurants.htm


I am amazed at how many were gone by the time I got to NYC in 1972.
Still, I managed to hit a good number of them, and very glad I did.

Boron