{"product_id":"luau-400-new-york-1960s","title":"Luau 400, New York 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed as a “Polynesian Paradise,’ Luau 400 was a restaurant and bar on New York’s east side where set designer Watson Barratt of Broadway theatre fame (A Street Car Named Desire and the Ziegfeld Follies are among his many credits) employed his theatrical skills to imagine what the South Seas should be like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were tropical trees, both fake and real, waterfalls, exotic birds, hula dancers and ukulele players. Drinks came with umbrellas and people feasted on PuPu platters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening in 1957 on 57\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e street east of First Avenue, Luau 400 was a favorite with Broadway actors and actresses and theatregoers on their way home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwner Harry Bloomfield was both a restaurateur and a theatre producer. At the 1939 New York World’s Fair, he operated five restaurants and later opened the Old Absinthe House on West 52nd street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first Broadway show he produced was Many Happy Returns in 1945, for which he brought actress Mary Astor back from Hollywood to make her debut on stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also worked with theatrical impresarios Billy Rose and Mike Tood, the third husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Luau 400 menu is from the 1960s and featured a Pan Am ad, reminding New Yorkers that Hawaii was only five hours away by air. It was available to buy for a dollar or more which went to the Damon Runyan Fund, a cancer research fund set up in honor of the iconic American sportswriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe restaurant closed in the early 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491784204454,"sku":"zrx1790052434277","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491784237222,"sku":"ldc1790052434278","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491784269990,"sku":"fwu1790052434279","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491784302758,"sku":"zvx1790052434280","price":37.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491784335526,"sku":"nln1790052434281","price":56.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491784368294,"sku":"nej1790052434282","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/luau-400-new-york-1960s_1.webp?v=1790052438","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/luau-400-new-york-1960s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}