Cocktail Penguins, 1950s London restaurants Scores of celebrities patronised the

Scores of celebrities patronised the Biltmore and in 1927 the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences decided after a meeting in the hotel’s Crystal Ballroom to launch an awards ceremony called The Oscars

This menu has a typical Prohibition-era beverage list

You didn’t necessarily go there for the food

but it was finally demolished in 1966

Cocktail Penguins, 1950s London restaurants Scores of celebrities patronised theThis charming parade of penguins carrying olives, a lemon slice, a maraschino cherry and a stirrer ingredients for a cocktail is from the 1950s. Penguins were often portrayed as cute little bartenders on vintage menu art. With their black and white suits they were smartly dressed and who better to convey the pleasure of a chilled cocktail than penguins? Cocktail shakers and ice buckets in the shape of penguins were also popular. This example is from a