Hotel Coronado, St Louis 1920s Drive-in Escoffier began his career in

Escoffier began his career in France and then moved to London to run the kitchens at The Savoy Hotel

then a 'bohemian' area full of artists who wanted to turn it into San Francisco's version of Paris's Montmartre

Scores of celebrities patronised the Biltmore and in 1927 the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences decided after a meeting in the hotel’s Crystal Ballroom to launch an awards ceremony called The Oscars

The hotel was damaged by German bombs in 1940 and eventually demolished in 1957/8

” During Prohibition

Hotel Coronado, St Louis 1920s Drive-in Escoffier began his career inThe Hotel Coronado, an ornate and historic building designed by St Louis architect Preston J. Bradshaw, opened in 1923. It was named after the Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado who led an expedition into the American southwest in 1540 41. He had heard rumors of seven fabled cities where the houses were made of gold. They did not exist, of course, but one of his scouting parties discovered the Grand Canyon. During Prohibition, the hotel