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malthaussen

(17,174 posts) Wed Sep 15, 2021, 10:39 AM Sep 2021

Man, the Gaslight was a real clip joint!

I'm reading Suze Rotolo's autobiography, and there are illustrations of a menu from the Gaslight Cafe in the Village. No date on the menu, but from context it must be from around 1961 or 2.

60 cents for a cup of coffee or a Coke. A buck and a quarter for a cheeseburger. AND there was a cover charge.

I wonder if anybody but tourists ever went there? Those prices are at least 4 times what they'd be in a joint just a few doors away.

-- Mal

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Man, the Gaslight was a real clip joint! (Original Post) malthaussen Sep 2021 OP

This is a wonderful book. madaboutharry Sep 2021 #1

Yes, I'm finding it so. malthaussen Sep 2021 #2

madaboutharry

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1. This is a wonderful book.

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Wed Sep 15, 2021, 10:43 AM

Sep 2021

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It was beautifully written. It was sad that she passed away only in her 60’s.

malthaussen

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2. Yes, I'm finding it so.

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 11:44 AM

Sep 2021

Suze is careful not to trash anybody, but from a comparison with Dylan's Chronicles it appears he was as careless with the truth with her as with everybody else.

-- Mal

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