Pigall's, Paris 1921 1940 This restaurant on London's Oxford

This restaurant on London's Oxford Street was a beautiful and sophisticated venue that was known for its excellent international cuisine

Courtesy University of Nevada Special Collections

dancing and a cabaret

The club was the epitome of the golden age of entertainment

Pigall's, Paris 1921 1940 This restaurant on London's OxfordA gentleman like me or you dines at Pigalls. says this wonderful restaurant advertising card from Paris in 1921. In this post war era France, Britain and Germany had signed an armistice to end the First World War Americans flooded into Paris. Drawn by the falling franc and the free flowing booze Prohibition was in full force in the US the rich and the carefree enjoyed a joyous, Bohemian post war lifestyle. Ernest Hemingway, Man Ray, George Gershwin,