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Canary Cottage, Lexington KY 1938The Canary Cottage on Main Street was literally the coolest place in town because it was the first establishment to install air conditioning. Popular in the 1930s and 1940s there were Canary Cottages in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Originally established in 1919 Canary Cottage patrons could enjoy "Colonial Dinners" of fried calf brains, creole spaghetti with sliced frankfurters, chicken chow mien, or country styled fried chicken." The Indianapolis

In 1933 the venerable restaurant re-opened at 65 Post Street

no alcohol was on sale and the sweet cider mentioned in the menu was apple juice

The Blue Ribbon 100-minute floor show featured dancers and a big band

The business started with a simple sandwich stand on Western and Pico

established in 1875

Operated by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

it was the city's premier nightspot for two decades

Food was served at Bova’s at any time of the day and a ten-course dinner including wine was 75 cents

customers who had this souvenir menu were urged to “mail one to your Eastern or Foreign friends

by which he became the proprietor of a huge tract of land in what is now Pennsylvania and Delaware

According to Curbed Detroit: "Webster Hall once boasted 800 rooms

with its finger sandwiches