Lately, I've been hearing from a lot of people about the various Dubrow's foods they miss. It's all about the food, which makes sense, since first and foremost, Dubrow's was a restaurant. But if there's one thing we've learned in the past three and a half years I've been keeping this blog, it's that it's so much more.
Danny Karron writes:
"Our (my brother Abe and I) dad Edward Karron was (best?) friends with Irwin Dubrow. My brother and I were ruminating if we could id Irwin from a bunch of wedding pictures Abe had scanned. I found you from the Dubrows Cafeteria wiki entry which pointed to your web site. I'm getting hungry just thinking about the place. I think I still remember the stuffed cabbage or the Blintzes. I'm getting indigestion thinking of them at the same time."
GK commented on an old post:
"My favorite was the cheese blintzes with sour cream. I have never had better. My sister would always get the cottage cheese and sour cream with vegetables. I also loved making lemon soda with the seltzer water dispenser and free lemons from the fish counter."
3 comments:
So glad to see this blog.
My quick memory: when I moved back to NYC after a long absence, occasionally I would go to the Dubrow's on Seventh and a cafeteria that used to be at 23rd and Sixth. Does anyone remember that?
Dubrow's, I remember, used to have great veal breast. Sort of bony but good. The ambience alone was worth the trip.
I remember well when Dubrow's shut in 1985. Not sure about the one on 23rd. I guess it was around that time.
In the Bronx, where I grew up, we used to have cafterias on Fordham, Jerome near Burnshide, 161st Street, and of course 167th Street. I believe the owner of the last one was robbed and shot shortly before it closed. The one on 161st was around quite a while, perhaps into the early Nineties.
Well welcome! I'm glad you stopped by.
I do not recall ever hearing about a cafeteria on the 23rd and Sixth, but I will check around. I just received a wealth of information from a relative that I will be posting here soon.
I also don't think Dubrow's had any cafeterias in the Bronx, but I know at the height of Dubrow's success there were a few other cafeteria chains which may have been similar.
Hi all,
The cafeteria on the corner of 23rd and 6th was called the Paradise Cafeteria (I'm not kidding). It was L-shaped with a bar on the 23rd street side and a cafeteria on the 6th Avenue side. I photographed there quite a bit.
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