Bill Miller's Riviera Nightclub, Fort Lee, 1940s Kansas businessmen and lawyers conducted their

businessmen and lawyers conducted their affairs over breakfasts of steak

as most bars were not decorated to appeal to women

" Though the Howard Johnson hotel chain flourishes – now owned by the Wyndham Hotel Group - the last Howard Jonson’s Restaurant finally closed down in January 2017 in Lake George NY

created in honor of the Governor of New York and Presidential candidate Samuel J Tilden

while advising clients who had been starved of “proper beverages” during Prohibition to enjoy fine wines and champagnes with their food

Bill Miller's Riviera Nightclub, Fort Lee, 1940s Kansas businessmen and lawyers conducted theirThe Riviera nightclub in Fort Lee, New Jersey, was built on a cliff top overlooking the Hudson River and within sight of the George Washington Bridge and the bright lights of Manhattan. The club was known as America's Showcase in the 1940s because stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed here. Opened in 1937 as Ben Marden's Riviera Russian born impresario Bill Miller bought the nightclub in the late 1940s. It only operated