The Paul Cummins Gay 90s
“A Saloon Created For The Carriage Trade”
- Professors of the Piano and Banjo
- Beauteous Feminine Cupbearers
- Gleaming Fire Pole
- Amazing Oil Paintings
- Luxurious. Salubrious. Pulchritudinous.
- Home of the Biggest Drink in the West
- Greatest Guest Participation Sing Along Nightly
157 North La Cienega, Beverly Hills, California
– from The Jab’s collection
Harold's Silver Dollar Bar, Reno (from my personal collection)
What happened to all the cafeterias? I used to eat at the Biscayne Miracle Mile Cafeteria in Coral Gables on every trip to Florida, but sadly it closed about five years ago. The only one I’m aware of in California is Clifton’s in Los Angeles, which is now closed for refurbishing. In the San Francisco Bay Area there are several old hofbraus, but no cafeterias left (that I know about).
Canlis’ Charcoal Broiler – Portland, Oregon
Via Flickr:
Epicurean dining at one the world’s most beautiful restaurants and lounges…with a sweeping vie of the city from Oregon’s tallest building.
Canlis’…also in Seattle and Honolulu
This Portland location is closed, but the Seattle restaurant is still open! Although remodeled in 1984, 1996, and in 2005, it retains its large picture windows and rock walls. A beautiful and elegant restaurant with excellent food (by all reports – I have yet to dine there).
Canlis
2576 Aurora Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
206.283.3313
Open Mon-Fri 5:30-close, Saturdays 5:00-close, closed Sundays
Attire is dressy. Men should wear a suit or sport coat.
If you are ever in northern Nevada and you want a home-cooked meal at reasonable prices, head to Thurman’s Ranch House in Carson City. Open since 1973 on U.S. 50 (the old Lincoln Highway), just east of the U.S. 395 freeway that loops around Carson City. They are open for lunch on weekdays but at dinnertime they serve family-style dinners in the Western U.S. Basque style. Which means you get plenty to eat. Each dinner comes with homemade soup and salad, three sides of your choice, entrée, bread, dessert, plus all the house red wine you can drink! Solo diners can opt for a smaller dinner.
homemade split pea soup, which came in a large serving bowl (enough for 2-3 refills)
tender succulent rib lamb chops topped (optionally) with sauteed chopped garlic and shallots, along with nicely crispy French fries
The decor is rustic Western style with a nice bar where you can get a Picon Punch, the Basque cocktail of Torani Amer (since Amer Picon is no longer imported into the US from France), grenadine, soda, and a brandy float.
I suggest making this a stop on a U.S. 50 road trip across Nevada. It’s nicknamed “the loneliest road in America”, because there are long stretches with not much to see. But I find it a fascinating journey of ancient petroglyphs, Pony Express stage stops, and tiny towns, with two wonderful wild west railroad towns at either end, Virginia City and Ely.
Thurman’s Ranch House
2943 US Highway 50 E, Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 883-1773
Open: lunch Mon-Fri 11:00a-2:30pm, dinner daily
But call first because some web sites state they are closed on Tuesday.
