Blue Breakfast Autocrat, Hotel New Yorker, New York, 1950s

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Blue Breakfast Autocrat, Hotel New Yorker, New York, 1950sThe Autocrat of the Breakfast Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858. They take the form of a one sided dialogue between the author and other residents of a New England Boarding House. This lovely literary nod by the 2,500 room Hotel New Yorker for its breakfast menu shows that the management knew their clientele very well indeed. The 1940s and 1950s saw

which shows the lovely Forth suspension bridge near Edinburgh

with claims that it could purify the blood and put the roses back in pale cheeks

Alexander II of Russia

once one of the most famous supper clubs in America

Sole in white wine or Roast Beef both served with cabbage and potatoes and to finish you off Bread and Butter Pudding

once one of London's most famous restaurants

opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland

since this era preceded the introduction of electricity

Built in a mix of Mexican and Californian architecture

More than 32 million visitors attended and there were more than 61

It's owner

The booze flowed – there were 69 types of champagne on the wine list – and mountains of food were served by uniformed waiters