Caribbean Room, Pontchartrain Hotel New Orleans 1950s

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Caribbean Room, Pontchartrain Hotel New Orleans 1950sThe Caribbean Room opened in the historic Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans in 1948. An elaborately decorated and formal dining room, it first served classical French cuisine to the hotels wealthy guests. After the restaurant changed to serving local Creole cuisine, it became a treasured destination for locals and tourists alike. For generations, New Orleanians celebrated special occasions there and ordered its signature dessert Mile High Pie. The

which is French for God and My Right

There was an all-you-can-eat lunch for 35c and the most expensive item on the menu was a Porterhouse steak for 90 cents

recently torn down

flying was still a big deal

a rabbit using a fork-violin

on the night of April 21

Blazing windows from a thousand serrated buildings

deer and gray squirrel as well as birds such as starlings and blackbirds

which is dated 1891

A popular destination was the one noted on this 1908 menu –the village of Old Kasaan

Four generations of the Sabella family ran the restaurant in the ensuing decades as well as the Capri Room

000 Seattle residents and their guests