Margaret Suran wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Gregory Morrow said...
>
>>
>> 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!!!
>>
>>
>> Thanks for bringing back a long lost, fond memory!
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> 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?
>
> Here are more NYC restaurants from the 1930's. Make sure to look at
> the prices for dinner.
>
> http://www.nyc-architecture.com/ARCH...estaurants.htm

This reminds me of a place that used to be in Memphis on Poplar Avenue
called The Knickerbocker. The building was designed to look like an
old-style English cottage with glass lattice-paned windows and lots of heavy
beams inside. It was basically a steak and seafood place. One night my
(then) boyfriend and I went there for dinner; this was around 1985. It was
the (I think) 25th or 30th anniversary of the restaurant opening.

All the prices were set to what they were 25-30 years prior (around 1955 or
1960). What a neat idea! although how they could afford to do it was beyond
me. Or maybe it just proved things didn't have to be as expensive as they
would have us believe!

We each had a slice of rare prime rib with a broiled lobster tail. The food
was delicious; the service was very good. IIRC the meal for the two of us,
which included a baked potato, some steamed mixed vegetables, freshly baked
rolls and a bottle of wine cost about $11.

I suppose this was sort of a last ditch effort to continue to draw in
customers. Co-workers and I often went there for lunch, but sadly, within
months after this anniversary promotion the restaurant closed. A shame,
since it wasn't a "chain" or fast food and the food was really good even at
full price.

Jill