tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post8118818788611270126..comments2024-03-02T14:57:20.015-05:00Comments on Dubrow's Cafeteria: Dubrow's as cultural milepostEvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695149244974199579noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-45978973750766216332006-12-26T21:35:00.000-05:002006-12-26T21:35:00.000-05:00Welcome Jeff and Howard!
Jeff, it is so neat to ...Welcome Jeff and Howard! <br /><br />Jeff, it is so neat to me how people who I am related to through distant connections come out of the woodwork through this blog. I have no contact info for Paul Tobin, though my cousin Joanne Gruber probably does. If you do, send him this way and tell him I'd love to publish his stories about Dubrows...<br /><br />Howard, I'm so glad you decided to google Dubrow's on a lark...I think many people discover this blog that way. And that's why it's here.Supergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780963537531159466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-31735417031804027212006-12-23T21:38:00.000-05:002006-12-23T21:38:00.000-05:00Hi Eve. For some reason, this evening I had an urg...Hi Eve. For some reason, this evening I had an urge to search for Dubrow's cafeteria-- and up popped your blog. Delighted!<br /><br />My parents were very fond of the Dubrow's on Kings Highway and 16th St, and took my brother and there regularly in the 60s and 70s. Natch, it became a favorite haunt of my wife and I. (BTW, I have a matchbook which reveals only the intersection and its proximity to the B.M.T. No street address!)<br /><br />One Sunday, who knows the year, my parents and brother were stranded in the restaurant during a torrential downpour which flooded Kings Highway-- at least at the corner, and water cascaded through the revolving door every time a bus or car went by. I remember thinking how cool it was to be stuck in there with all the danish. <br /><br />I distinctly remember the shooting of "Boardwalk" because my father was friends with Joe Silver, one of the actors in the film.<br /><br />(Why does everyone suddenly sound like Larry King when they write these fragmented memoirs?)<br /><br />Here's what I recall of the food: sides of apple sauce (great, if not a little watery), meatloaf, roast chicken and stuffing (like I needed those carbs even then) coffee cake, and really excellent coffee. My wife reminds me the iced coffee was always good.<br /><br />And, although I could never figure out the mysteries of the punch card, I'm pretty sure the food was reasonably priced for its day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-73631115995439548972006-12-23T13:31:00.000-05:002006-12-23T13:31:00.000-05:00my name is jeff and my mother was a tachnick whose...my name is jeff and my mother was a tachnick whose uncle married into the dubrows family...they changed their name to tobin and i worked as a young boy at the dubrows on kingshighway for many years for paul tobin max's son...i cleaned tables, dishes etc. was a great time to grow up inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-13808698522168863192006-12-12T20:50:00.000-05:002006-12-12T20:50:00.000-05:00Welcome! Glad you stopped by.Welcome! Glad you stopped by.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695149244974199579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-69937633257010623612006-12-12T13:25:00.000-05:002006-12-12T13:25:00.000-05:00I just discovered your blog. Very cool. I, too, li...I just discovered your blog. Very cool. I, too, live in Boston and am very interested in historic things of this nature. I am going to go back in your archive and see what I missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-11890818046788406592006-12-08T09:49:00.000-05:002006-12-08T09:49:00.000-05:00Wonderful! I haven't heard much about Dubrow's per...Wonderful! I haven't heard much about Dubrow's perogis. Glad to know they were a hit, too. <br /><br />Incidentally, Danceteria also has a website...have you seen it?Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695149244974199579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10507655.post-86917705535262098772006-12-08T00:26:00.000-05:002006-12-08T00:26:00.000-05:00I used to go to Dubrow's for the huge perogis. I w...I used to go to Dubrow's for the huge perogis. I was in the band Pulsallama, and we rehearsed at the "music building" on 8th ave and 38th. After my garmento job in the Empire State building, I would get a snack at Dubrow's and go rehearse.<br /><br />The interior was rivaled only by the exterior. It was the most dazzling diary cafeteria on the planet. Pulsallama often played at Danceteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com