Monahan - The Tombstone Cookbook: Recipes and Lore From the Town Too Tough to Die

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Some businesses used the same names over the years but were completely different establishments. This list includes entries for the chefs who could be identified; owners names are those who owned the business, not necessarily the land or the building. Businesses often leased space from the owners. This list also includes other food-related business. Some details were easier to locate than others, so some may not have a complete history. This is not an all-inclusive list of all the businesses, only the ones mentioned in this book.

AMERICAN HOUSE HOTEL, 427429 FREMONT STREET

Nellie Cashman and Frances Fannie Cunningham, 1882

BROWNS HOTEL, CORNER 4TH AND ALLEN STREETS (ORIGINALLY MOJAVE)

Charles Brown, 18791882 (lost to fire)

COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL, 407411 ALLEN STREET

Carl Gustav Bilicke and son, Albert Bilicke, 18791882 (lost to fire)

GRAND HOTEL, 424426 ALLEN STREET

John and Lavina Holly, 18801881

Jessie Brown, 18811882

Archie and Fannie McBride, 1882 (lost to fire)

LEVAN HOUSE, 533535 ALLEN STREET

William and Isabelle Belle LeVan, 18821884

MELROSE LODGINGS HOUSE, 617 FREMONT STREET

Mrs. M. L. Woods, 18821884

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, CORNER 4TH AND ALLEN STREETS

Joseph Pascholy and Gottfried Tribolet, 18831884

Joseph Pascholy, 18841888

Joseph Pascholy and Anson P. K. Safford (first floors only after September 14, 1888; fire destroyed the hotel on the second floor), 1888

PALACE LODGING HOUSE, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Miss Lucy Young, 5th Street, near Toughnut, 18821884

Mrs. D. B. Immel, corner 5th and Toughnut Streets, 18841885 (she died)

Mrs. Henriette Bastian (opened Hotel Arlington), 18861894

Mrs. S. Gallen (changed name to Palace Hotel, now on 5th Street), 18941896

AMERICAN RESTAURANT, ALLEN, BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH STREETS

Mrs. S. J. Dill, 18821884

Mrs. Pierce, 1886

ARCADE, 507 ALLEN STREET

Nellie Cashman, October 1880May 1881

Julius Albert Koska, MayJune 1881 (lost to fire)

BAYLEYS RESTAURANT (IN BROWNS HOTEL), 403 ALLEN STREET

George Bayley, 18801881

BON TON RESTAURANT, 321 ALLEN STREET

John Grattan, 1881

Mrs. Florence Hemsath, 1882

BOSS RESTAURANT, 605 ALLEN STREET

Jennie Harden, 1882

BOSTON HOUSE, 4TH STREET

Mrs. Merrill, 1880

BROOKLYN RESTAURANT, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Captain John S. Young, 525 Allen Street, 1881 (lost to fire)

Joseph A. Bright (under LeVan House), 535 Allen Street, 1883

CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

George and Sophie Gregor, 715 Allen Street, 1883

Mrs. Holland, 6th Street, 1885

CAN CAN RESTAURANT, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Andrew David Walsh and William W. Shanahan, 435 Allen Street, 18801881

A. D. Walsh & Co., 429 Allen Street, 18821887

John Watson, 419 Allen Street, 18871889

Andrew Walsh, corner of 4th and Allen Streets, 1889

Nellie Walsh, 1889 to mid-1890s

John Henninger, 18971900 (closed)

John Henninger, 19011906

Grace Lowry, 1906

John Henninger, 19061908 (Can Can merged with American Kitchen in 1908 to become Can Can Caf). Note: Ah Lum and Ah Sing, 19081919 (American Kitchen)

Mrs. A Staninger, 1921

Mrs. Queenie Stumbo, 1922 (leased)

Mrs. E. R. Wagner, 1924

Various businesses in the building at 4th and Allen Streets, 19241929

Mrs. M. A. Fryer and son Kent, 1929

Mr. ? Jacobs, 19331934

CARLETONS COFFEE, OYSTER, AND CHOP HOUSE, 523 ALLEN STREET

Frank Carleton, 1880

COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL DINING ROOM, 407411 ALLEN STREET

Mr. Whitney, August 1880

Gustave Bilicke, August 1880

John O. Dunbar, August 1880

Mrs. Merrill, October 1880

J. W. Cameron, NovemberDecember 1880

CRYSTAL PALACE LUNCH PARLORS/CHOP HOUSE, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Paul Neunkirch and Herman Golles, Allen Street, 1883

Fred Parker, 5th Street, 18851886

ELITE RESTAURANT/CHOP HOUSE, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

D. J. Bucksley, 215 Allen Street, 1881

Fred Parker and Mr. Burns, Allen Street, near 5th, 1886

Fred Parker, 1887

A. D. Cooley (owner; skipped town), Harry Wisdom (manager), 1888

Unknown, 1889

FOUNTAIN RESTAURANT/SALOON, ALLEN STREET, UNDER GRAND HOTEL

William B. Alderson and John Grattan, 1882

Harry Wisdom, Allen Street, between 4th and 5th, 18851886

GRAND HOTEL DINING ROOM/RESTAURANT, ALLEN STREET

Hotel owners, 18801881

Henry Holthower, 1881

Pauline Streckenbach, 1883

Nellie Cashman, 1884

GREGORYS RESTAURANT, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Thomas and Carrie Gregory, 410 Fremont Street, 18821886

Thomas Gregory, 316 Allen Street, 18871888

INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT, 430 ALLEN STREET

Pauline Jones, 18821886

Mr. Alexander Rossi and Mr. Joseph Micotti, 18861887/1888

MAISON DOREE (FORMERLY COSMOPOLITAN), ALLEN STREET

George C. Marks, 1881

Louis Riche and Constantine Protopsaltis, 18811882 (destroyed in fire)

MAISON DOREE RESTAURANT, 5TH STREET BETWEEN ALLEN AND FREMONT; LATER 409 ALLEN STREET

Steve DeMartini, 1883

Armand and Amelia Tuquet, 18831891

Mr. Gamba, 1892

Pauline Jones, 1893 (Mr. and Mrs. Miller)

Julius Caesar, 1894

MELROSE RESTAURANT, 426 FREMONT STREET

Mrs. M. L. Woods, 18801881

James Noble, 1881

Edmund Saul, 1881

Jane Harding and Catherine Lang, 18811883

MODINIS, ALLEN STREET, NEAR 6TH

George Modini, 1882

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT & LIQUOR SALOON, 219 4TH, 404 ALLEN, AND 514 ALLEN STREETS

Robert B. and Bridget Campbell, 1881 and 1882

T. A. and Pauline Jones, corner of 1st and Toughnut Streets, 18811883

NEW YORK COFFEE SALOON AND RESTAURANT, 203 4TH STREET

John L. McCullough, 18821884

OCCIDENTAL CHOP HOUSE, 429 ALLEN STREET

Aristotle Petro, 18811882

Peter Claudianos, 1882

OCCIDENTAL RESTAURANT (IN HOTEL), CORNER 4TH AND ALLEN STREETS

Jennie Harden, 1883?

PACIFIC CHOP HOUSE, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

John L. McCullough and Tripp, Allen Street, between 4th and 5th, 18821883

Mr. Freeman and W. D. Coleman, 4th Street, between Allen and Fremont, 18851888

W. A. Anderson, Allen Street, between 3rd and 4th, 1888

ROCKAWAY OYSTER HOUSE/RESTAURANT, 207 5TH STREET

John Bogovich and M. Bruce, 18811882 (lost to fire)

John Bogovich & Co., 1883

RURAL HOUSE, 521 ALLEN STREET

John and Lavina Holly, JanuaryJune 1880

George Rutledge and James Crowley, June 1880July 1880

James Crowley and Carrie Hanson, July 1880October 1880

RUSS HOUSE, CORNER 5TH AND TOUGHNUT STREETS

Sol T. Anderson and Jacob Smith, 1880