Wivel, New York 1945 Birds was created during the Prohibition

was created during the Prohibition era by an in-house artist for the Hotel Statler Detroit

as you can tell from its period sparkling card stock cover

"The history of the site was intriguing

eel tartare and truffled guinea fowl

Wivel, New York 1945 Birds was created during the ProhibitionFrom the 1930 edition of Dining in New York" by Rian James: "No epicurean adventure is complete without a one meal stop over at the Wivel. What if the Wivel is off the beaten path? What if you've never heard of it? Travel over to Manhattan's East Forties, stop the first man from Sweden you come to, ask him if he's ever heard of the Wivel, and watch him roll his eyes to heaven, close his lips caressingly, and murmur, as in a dream "Yah, the Wayvil!"