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Martini Parade, Manson's Chicago 1945Probably the most iconic cocktail in the world, the martini is celebrated in this witty image from Manson's restaurant in Chicago in 1945. Manson's billed itself as Your Downtown Dining Room. They also had an intriguingly named Aviary Cocktail Lounge. A humorous take on street parades popular in America during the summer months, the martini is awarded First Prize in the Cocktail Parade and is carried atop a flower strewn vehicle like a beauty queen.

The wine list itself features amazing vintages and even features absinthe

The hotel is now the Le Meridien Piccadilly

Chet Baker

where we lived

thus The Esquire wrote on its menus:

others triumphantly haul off a chicken or grab wine and cheese

it opened on 6 August 1889

originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am

Heartthrob singer Rudy Vallee also appeared here in cabaret with his own revue

Domestic use of electricity was still limited at this time – only the wealthy had electricity in their homes

The grand 24 roomed hotel played host to banquets for William "Buffalo Bill" Cody as well as President Grover Cleveland in 1888

where the music-publishing industry was centered on Tin Pan Alley