The Hurricane Nightclub, New York, 1940s Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) An extensive menu of meat

An extensive menu of meat and seafood featuring lobster brought in from Maine kept customers well-fed

we think this image also celebrates Manhattan itself

The St Catherine Hotel in Avalon dates from 1918

But if Hemingway could wait until closing time

The cheapest item on the menu was 25 cent sandwiches and no alcohol was served

The Hurricane Nightclub, New York, 1940s Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) An extensive menu of meatWhat's a naked lady, her modesty covered by only a few palm fronds, doing in New York in the early 1940s? She's gracing the front cover of the menu of the legendary restaurant and nightclub The Hurricane. This nightspot in the Brill Building evoked the atmosphere of the South Pacific, with a dcor of palm trees and tropical flora and fauna. Big band leader Duke Ellington played here and it was one of the first nightclubs to have an integrated