Commodore Hotel, Grand Central New York 1945 Lobster long before the fast food

long before the fast food behemoth McDonalds came on the scene

He established his company in Chicago in 1867

A handsome establishment

Portly men brandish glasses of claret or chomp cigars alongside their pretty wives and we love the solemn waiters in formal dress

and was one of the windy city's best loved restaurants

Commodore Hotel, Grand Central New York 1945 Lobster long before the fast foodNamed after Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, the railroad tycoon and founder of the New York Central Railroad System, the Commodore Hotel was constructed adjacent to Grand Central Station and opened in 1919. The stately building was hailed as Yorks newest and most up to date hotel . . . containing 2,000 rooms with baths and circulating ice water in every room. It also had what was then called the most beautiful lobby in the world, with a waterfall and