November 12, 2025
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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November 1, 2021 2 Comments
“Well, all I know is what I read in the papers,” said Will Rogers. If you agree with Mr. Rogers and apply it to the reports of the fire that destroyed much of the Belgian Exposition of 1910, you would be more “confused” than “educated.” Thanks to postcards that show the ruins those who collect such cards were better informed than most reporters.