Le Restaurant Francais Wine List, New York World’s Fair 1939 Massachusetts Restaurateur Barney Josephson already owned

Restaurateur 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

Notable Portland social gatherings took place at this establishment according to local newspapers from the era of 1915 - 1923

Garry Cooper

Courtesy Private Collection

Lyons historian Peter Bird: "In 1896 and for several years afterwards

Le Restaurant Francais Wine List, New York World’s Fair 1939 Massachusetts Restaurateur Barney Josephson already ownedCreated by a Syndicat des Restauranteurs which included the Caf de Paris, Drouant, Fouquet's, Hotel Meurice, Pavillon Royal, Armenonville, Pr Catalan, and the French Line, Le Restaurant Franais in the French Pavilion was the most renowned of the 112 restaurants at the 1939 40 World's Fair in New York. The cuisine, service, and dcor in the 350 seat, glass walled dining room, made an astounding impression on the American public. Le Restaurant Francais