Really appreciate this. I love the old pics but can’t imagine just how fucking hot in was in that kitchen.
TheInfernalSpark99
More of this content please. Food and restaurant history is fascinating.
garaks_tailor
B I G O V E N
Tricky-Spread189
Just a chicken chillin out in room temp
Usual_Office_1740
I take it the broom had not yet been invented? So we just put new slabs of wood down to raise you up out of the filth. Good idea!
camelamp
Gives strong vibes of George Orwell’s ‘down and out in Paris and London’ — if you haven’t read it, the first section is an amazing insight into the absolute hellish nature of early 20th century kitchens
rumbletown
Wonder what the dish pit looks like? 🙂
Yochefdom
I recall Jacque Pepin saying when he was coming up they still had to use coal/wood fired ovens. Love stuff like this
Unfair_Holiday_3549
That’s when sm9king a cigarette in the kitchen was okay.
Kn16hT
I worked with a guy who told me he would shake his shit down his pants and stomp it down th drain.. this is what I imagined his kitchen looked like
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Really appreciate this. I love the old pics but can’t imagine just how fucking hot in was in that kitchen.
More of this content please. Food and restaurant history is fascinating.
B I G O V E N
Just a chicken chillin out in room temp
I take it the broom had not yet been invented? So we just put new slabs of wood down to raise you up out of the filth. Good idea!
Gives strong vibes of George Orwell’s ‘down and out in Paris and London’ — if you haven’t read it, the first section is an amazing insight into the absolute hellish nature of early 20th century kitchens
Wonder what the dish pit looks like? 🙂
I recall Jacque Pepin saying when he was coming up they still had to use coal/wood fired ovens. Love stuff like this
That’s when sm9king a cigarette in the kitchen was okay.
I worked with a guy who told me he would shake his shit down his pants and stomp it down th drain.. this is what I imagined his kitchen looked like