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Wheeler's The Ivy, London, 1950sThe Ivy, one of London's most celebrated restaurants, began life in 1916 as an unlicensed caf selling food but soon got a dash of glamour when owner Abel Glandellini joined forces with maitre d'Hotel Mario Gallati. It quickly became a favorite of the theatre crowd, attracting Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier and Dame Nellie Melba among others. The Ivy's fortunes waxed and waned but its boom years came around again in the 1990s when Hollywood stars

Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra were among the list of stars that performed here

This 1936 menu from the famous Willard Hotel in Washington shows the fine selection of wines and spirits available to politicians and lobbyists who made the luxurious hotel

a migratory songbird

His feet are tiny

the era of ' peace and love' promoting anti-war activism

70 Beach Street in Boston has long been home to Chinese restaurants like the current Hot Pot Buffet

Created by a Syndicat des Restauranteurs which included the Café de Paris

from an unrecorded banquet at Delmonico's

this cheerful egg seems to say

diners were seated on balconies or around the dance floor

Attendees were offered five different roasts

Charles Chaplin and Marlene Dietrich

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