Dine like it's 1950
Tuesday, July 5th, Marion's Continental Restaurant & Lounge, on the Bowery in New York City, celebrates it's dual anniversary by rolling back the prices on it's menu to 1950. Imagine chicken for $1.75 or steak for $2.25.
(PRWEB) June 17, 2005 -- Last year Marion's began a new tradition by honoring
its anniversary by creating a menu that represents the original menus of the
original marion's that opened in 1950.
The first Marion's was opened 55
years ago on the Bowery in New York City by Marion Nagy. Ms. Nagy was an
Hungarian refugee who arrived in New York via Paris in the late 1940s. Fleeing
communist Hungary after World War II, she became a model in Paris and
subsequently in New York. There she was encouraged to open a supper club which
she did in 1950. She hosted many celebraties during the twenty three years at
Marion's until 1973. When she retired to the Jersey Shore with her husband and
three children.
In 1990, Marion's son Richard Bach and his partner
Michael Howett reopened Marion's in it's original spot on the Bowery. Their aim
was to bring back that era of dining as entertainment.
This year,
Marion's celebrates it's dual anniversary of 55 years of the original and 15
years of the reincarnated restaurant. The food prices and choices match what the
original Marion's was serving in 1950.
Because of the hoopla of last
year, the restaurant is forced to impose some rules. First, they will not be
taking reservations and it will be first come first served. Second, there will
be no doggie bags or take out permitted and the clientele will be limited to
ordering one appetizer, one entree and one dessert per person. The 1950s prices
are for the food portion of the meal and does not include beverages, wine and
their famously fabulous cocktails.
Tuesday, July 5th from 5:30 until
11pm
no reservations taken
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb251678.htm