Looking for a cool place for a classic cocktail, live music and all around hip scene with a vintage vibe? Then look no further than The Blue Comet in Glenside, PA. I’ve already told you how excited we were to find that The Blue Comet had reopened after being closed for 2 years, and I [...]
Elwood Bar & Grill – Michigan’s First Retro Roadmap Reader Recommendation!
September 23, 2010 By 5 Comments
Hooray! We’ve got our first Michigan RetroRoadmap Reader Recommendation from Twitter pal Mark “Insanitiki” Cisney. He heard my lament about his state not being represented on the Retro Roadmap that he leaped (leapt?) to my rescue with this gorgeous Art Deco gem, the Elwood Bar & Grill in Detroit, MI. Oh BOY! Mark, who describes [...]
Musso & Frank Grill, Los Angeles, CA – 90 Years Old and Fabulous!
January 13, 2010 By 3 Comments
This post- on a restaurant I’ve never been to, on the total opposite side of the country- began with a less than satisfying visit to a diner (I won’t get into it but will just say it wasn’t Retro Roadmap-worthy). As I drove away with a weight in my tummy, I began to question myself, [...]
The Waldorf Astoria – A Grand New York City Hotel
January 8, 2010 By 3 Comments
On the way from Mass to Penna over the holidays Retro Roadhusband and I were heading to an off Broadway show until traffic literally put a halt to those plans. We were already practically IN New York City, and couldn’t turn around if we tried, so we decided to make the best of it. After [...]
A Message To You- Rudy’s Bar & Grill, New York City
June 22, 2009 By 2 Comments
From our New York bureau, ace reporter Suzanne Sullivan McGillicuddy has sent us a few of her NY faves. Thanks Suzanne! This is my favorite dive bar in New York – located in Hell’s Kitchen. It opened in 1933 – not long after Prohibition had ended. Don’t let the “grill” in the title fool you…there’s no [...]
Gather ’round the Algonquin Round Table, New York, NY
June 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
From trailer trash to lit’ry class, we bring it all to you here at Retro Roadmap! For a classy and classic place to knock back a cocktail in New York City, you just can’t beat the Algonquin Hotel. Famous as the gathering place of the New Yorker literary set in the 20′s (Hello Dorothy Parker, [...]
Bond 45 – New York City Dining the Old Fashioned Way
May 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As the guide from the Dorothy Parker Walking Tour that I went on recently so aptly put it, “In New York, Real Estate is Everything”. Since the money that can be made from a location, location, location can be astounding, this reality of realty makes it difficult to find places that still exist from the [...]
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