September 17, 2024
Tag: New York CIty
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They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too
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Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson were champion boxers — Dempsey as a heavyweight and Robinson as a middleweight and welterweight. While they fought in different eras of “the sweet science,” their post-fighting paths led them to New York City and the restaurant business.
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Sammy’s Bowery Follies
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Sammy’s Bowery Follies was not the first “dive bar” nor did they invent the idea of “slumming” but for a stretch of time through the 1940s to the 1960s, Sammy’s was New York’s best example of both.
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January 2, 2024 2 Comments
The adage goes: Love conquers all. Then, at times, life gets in the way of having fun. This story is as old as time – boy meets girl, they fall in love, boy marries girl, girl is unhappy. Fast forward one-hundred years: when she, the girl, the wife, the lady, or mama ain’t happy, there ain’t nobody happy.