Schrafft's, New York 1920 1957 Hires Root Beer was created

Hires Root Beer was created by pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires

The cover of the Stork Club Bar Book

outdoor exercise and sun-bathing was the key to health and happiness

This 1973 menu

everyone was happy to be able to drink booze openly and this wine and liquor list ran to many pages

Schrafft's, New York 1920 1957 Hires Root Beer was createdSchraffts began life as a candy manufacturer in Boston and in 1898 one its salesmen, a visionary man called Frank G Shattuck, opened the first store in New York. His sister Jane introduced the concept of light lunches and Schraffts developed into a chain of restaurants that was particularly popular with women. This 1920s menu cover, showing an elegantly clad waitress, perfectly illustrates the genteel image of the restaurants during the Roaring