Café Society Uptown, New York 1940s 1920s the country’s largest immigration receiving

the country’s largest immigration receiving station

Milton Berle and Lilian Roth were among its patrons

and a German pilot dropped two bombs that crashed through the roof of the building

the entire menu is superbly illustrated

the Optimist's Creed

Café Society Uptown, New York 1940s 1920s the country’s largest immigration receivingCaf Society was a New York City nightclub open from 1938 to 1948 at Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and managed by Barney Josephson. Josephson created the club to showcase African American talent and to be an American version of the political cabarets he had seen in Europe earlier. As well as running the first racially integrated night club in the United States, Josephson also intended the club to defy the pretensions of the rich; he chose the