Pepper Pot, New York 1920s Centralia Bill Darden

Bill Darden

opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland

The main dining room was the Grand Salon where lunch and dinner was served by waiters in formal dress

and Paul Poiret were among his subjects

Keep your Eye upon the Doughnut And not upon the Hole

Pepper Pot, New York 1920s Centralia Bill DardenIn 1920s New York, The Pepper Pot restaurant in Greenwich Village was the place to be seen and was rather grandly advertised as A Meeting Place for Interesting and Interested People. It was established by Doc Carlyle Sherlock and his wife Viola when they retired from the silent movie industry in Hollywood. A bohemian space waitresses wore artists smocks and the dcor included Chinese lanterns and bouquets of red peppers strung from a labyrinth of pipes