Cattleman Restaurant
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Re: Cattleman Restaurant February 25, 2012 12:16AM |
Re: Cattleman Restaurant March 19, 2012 06:06PM |
Very good Jerry on remembering that Larry and Lynne lived in the Rhinelander Mansion at 865 Madison Avenue! They leased the 4th floor from Denvia Realty Co. of which Edgar de Evia was the Presdent. De Evia made his home on the fourth and fifth floors for over 15 years. In 1956 his partner Robert Denning and he took a net lease on the building and became the "landlord" to the Rhinelander Florist, the Pharmacy on the corner and offices on the second floor. He made the third floor into his photographic studios. When Denning and he broke up in the early 1960s, he reduced his residence to the fifth floor and rented the fourth floor to Larry until the end of the 10 year net lease in 1966.
Today the entire building is rented by Ralph Lauren as their flagship store.
Today the entire building is rented by Ralph Lauren as their flagship store.
Re: Cattleman Restaurant March 19, 2012 08:35PM |
SDB Wrote:
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> The Cattleman Restaurant was actually located in
> the Fred F. French Building (located at the
> northeast corner of 5th Avenue and 45th Street)
> with the entrance to the restaurant just EAST of
> 5th Avenue on 45th Street.
Actually I've found three locations for the Cattleman, so far... There was this location, but even before there was a location on Lexington Avenue in 1961 and Cattleman West on West 45th Street.
So, did more than one of these locations operate at the same time? Which and in what years, from some of you that worked there?
From what I've seen in NY Times articles it would appear that the Lexington Avenue location was first - by the way I've started an article on Wikipedia on the Cattleman - I'm also on facebook so please contact me with any information you may have! Anyone have Larry Ellman's birthday? I plan to also start an article on him on Wikipedia as well...
One article said that he planned to open a Cattleman in White Plains, NY - Did that ever happen?
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> The Cattleman Restaurant was actually located in
> the Fred F. French Building (located at the
> northeast corner of 5th Avenue and 45th Street)
> with the entrance to the restaurant just EAST of
> 5th Avenue on 45th Street.
Actually I've found three locations for the Cattleman, so far... There was this location, but even before there was a location on Lexington Avenue in 1961 and Cattleman West on West 45th Street.
So, did more than one of these locations operate at the same time? Which and in what years, from some of you that worked there?
From what I've seen in NY Times articles it would appear that the Lexington Avenue location was first - by the way I've started an article on Wikipedia on the Cattleman - I'm also on facebook so please contact me with any information you may have! Anyone have Larry Ellman's birthday? I plan to also start an article on him on Wikipedia as well...
One article said that he planned to open a Cattleman in White Plains, NY - Did that ever happen?
Re: Cattleman Restaurant April 11, 2012 06:16AM |
Re: Cattleman Restaurant September 18, 2012 01:10AM |
Re: Cattleman Restaurant September 25, 2012 09:09PM |
I worked as a Restaurant then regional Manager for Larry Elleman when he added the Steak & Brew Restaurants on Long Island to his empire. I remember going to the Cattleman when there there two of them and the Stagecoach would ferry customers back and forth between them nightly.
Wasn't there a scene in a movie that filmed a fist fight onboard that stage coach?
FYI: Larry invented the Salad Bar. First to serve free wine, beer and Sangria with dinner. Owned the two Cattlemans, the Riverboat in the Empire State Bldg. (featured Louis Armstrong) and the Steak and Brew chain on Long Island and New Jersey. A brilliant restauranteur.
Wasn't there a scene in a movie that filmed a fist fight onboard that stage coach?
FYI: Larry invented the Salad Bar. First to serve free wine, beer and Sangria with dinner. Owned the two Cattlemans, the Riverboat in the Empire State Bldg. (featured Louis Armstrong) and the Steak and Brew chain on Long Island and New Jersey. A brilliant restauranteur.
Re: Cattleman Restaurant September 29, 2012 02:57PM |
Re: Cattleman Restaurant October 24, 2012 02:10PM |
Richard Paul
Steve paulNovember 03, 2012 12:58PM |
My brother worked for Larry back in the 60's and then opened The Scene
He died Oct,21
[memorialwebsites.legacy.com]
He died Oct,21
[memorialwebsites.legacy.com]
Re: Cattleman Restaurant February 09, 2013 04:14PM |
When I was in (all all-girls) college in the mid-60s, we were only permitted to stay at the Waldorf or the St. Pierre. Mr roommate and I were at the Waldorf before our prom at the St. Regis, and she had been out shopping, and realized she was running out of time and would be late for her hair appointment. I was on my way into the Waldorf when all of a sudden this stagecoach pulls up, and out jumps my roomie, who had somehow persuaded the driver to give her a lift! She always was a classy woman. More great memories!
Joan
Joan
Re: Cattleman Restaurant March 03, 2013 05:02PM |
Re: Cattleman Restaurant June 19, 2013 02:06AM |
So many memories...my dad Alan Lewis worked with Larry in the early 70s readapting the Longchamps estate into the Autopub and rolling out Steak & Brews...The Cattleman was it in its time...glamour excess and fun
Trolling through the Village Voice archives you spot some old ads with the tag line at the bottom A world of food mood and music Larry Ellman President, Alan Lewis Vice-President...not afraid to sign off on themselves
Trolling through the Village Voice archives you spot some old ads with the tag line at the bottom A world of food mood and music Larry Ellman President, Alan Lewis Vice-President...not afraid to sign off on themselves
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