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Give My Regards to Broadway.

In the heart of New York's Theater District, Sardi's has been the toast of Broadway for 82 years, a pre- and post-theater hang-out, as well as a location for opening night parties. Vincent Sardi, a theater lover, kept the restaurant open much later than others in the area to accommodate the schedules of Broadway performers.

Considered a Broadway institution, Mr. Sardi hired a Russian refugee named Alex Gard to do caricatures of Broadway celebrities to decorate walls of the restaurant. Sardi and Gard drew up a contract which stated that Gard would make the drawings in exchange for one meal per day at the restaurant. Currently, there are more than 1,300 celebrity caricatures on display at Sardi's.

During a typical dinner at Sardi's you might have enjoyed canapes with Marlene Dietrich, soup with Ethel Merman, your entree served next to Rex Harrison, and salad elbow-rubbed by Marilyn Monroe.

Story of a Famous Restaurant.
Meet Vincent Sardi, the Italian emigrant who, as he understood and sympathized with theatrical people and their eccentricities, endeared himself to them and everyone who loves the theater. This autobiography is warm, humorous, and romantic. It reveals monumental practical jokes and stunts, some embarrassing incidents, and stories of how plays have been conceived, financed, and cast at Sardi's tables. Includes 30 recipes of famous Sardi dishes. Previously-owned 1953 First Edition.

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Secrets of the Sardi's Menu.
If you have eaten at Sardi's, these gastronomic delights are something to remember. If you haven't, you have something to anticipate. Here are almost three hundred recipes for the most popular and famed dishes and cocktails served at Sardi's, including After-Theatre or Television Supper Dishes. Select one of your favorites in this book and enjoy the Sardi experience in your own home. Foreword by Victor Borge. Previously-owned 1957 First Edition.

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