1929 The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas

INTRODUCTION

hotel and restaurant bar was very popular. He also owned another place in Warren Street, a few blocks north of John Street and not far from City Hall, which is still in operation as a restaurant, although the bar has long since vanished. Charley Perkins was the Principal Bartender at the John Street establishment, assisted by Charley Foster, and Gus Yooss, a gifted drink mixer from Philadelphia. It was Stewart's custom to divide among his employees the receipts of both barrooms on Christmas and New Year's Days. Dennis Sullivan's saloon, at Grand and Clinton Streets, numbered among its regular customers many city and court officials, and business men throughout that part of the city. Kirk & Company owned barrooms at No.69 Fulton Street and at No. 709 Broadway, which a reporter of the period described as"synonyms of bibulous respectability." John F.Peterson wasthe Principal Bartender at Kirk's Broadway establishment, and was famous for his bald head,said to be the most highly polished in the city. He possessed a secret preparation with which he rubbed it three times daily, and frequently permitted the gay bloods who thronged the saloon to use it as a mirror. John Bowman operated a noted saloon at No.157 Fulton Street,where the Principal Bartender was Len Stockwell, who varied his labors with occasional stage appearances as a clog and jig dancer. Over on the East Side John Austin was Principal Bar tender at Meagher's Saloon, which in 1879 had been in continuous operation for twenty-five years. Across town, at Broadway and Spring Street, was the Prescott House, then one of the oldest hotels in the city,butlong since demolished. Jack Kelly was Principal'Bartender there for many years. He had also worked at Kitner's Bar in Spring Street, near Broadway,which was one of the most palatial saloons in the city. It was especially famous for its cocktails, which news paper writers described as particularly"smooth and insin uating." xlv