Hotel New Yorker "Arms", New York, 1942 Biff's five years after the hotel

five years after the hotel opened

The Riviera nightclub in Fort Lee

Tortilla Flat was the title of an early John Steinbeck novel

Indian curries were served twice weekly

" maitre d' Jesus Adorno told The London Evening Standard

Hotel New Yorker "Arms", New York, 1942 Biff's five years after the hotelCompleted in 1929, the Hotel New Yorker boasted 2,500 rooms within its 43 stories and was, in that era, the tallest and most mechanized hotel in the world. It also had its own print shop that produced classic menus like this four part series from 1942, the year after the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into the Second World War. In striking colors, these menu covers proudly declared that America "rallies its resources in times of need."