Clifton House, Niagara Falls, 1855 Big Bands This historic American restaurant was

This historic American restaurant was opened in 1940 by Warren "Pete" Wurm as a basic six-stool clam and lobster stand at the southern end of Maine's coastal strip

This gorgeous menu

Buffalo Bill and sharpshooter Annie Oakley performed a Wild West Show there and other prominent visitors included European Royalty

There were floor shows nightly

Clifton House, Niagara Falls, 1855 Big Bands This historic American restaurant wasThis 1855 bill of fare is the oldest menu in The Culinary Institute of Americas collection and it is a beauty. Both printed and handwritten, it shows that diners in the Clifton Hotel at Niagara Falls ate and drank very well indeed. The menu is heavy on meat and the wine list is comprehensive for that era. Only rich people could afford to stay or eat here, of course. The Clifton hotel was opened in 1833 by Harmanus Monty Crysler, a New Yorker who moved