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A Garment Worker recalls
Mark Weiss writes to share this recollection of Dubrow's: "I began my career in the garment center in 1980 when I started work at Heath Tex children's wear. On my very first day my new buddies took me...
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Reader John Stanton recollects
It's been a long time since I posted anything here - sorry about that. But a reader wrote me to offer recollections of his parents, who both worked at Dubrow's at met there, so I thought that was a...
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Great article with more photos of Dubrow's
Marcia Bricker Halperin is very familiar to readers of this blog, as several of her photos have been featured here. Well, now you can see more! Over at the blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York she...
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Another Dennis Ziemienski painting
"Dubrow's Cafeteria"Oil on canvas, 36x48This painting looks very similar to the one in this previous post, but the dimensions are different. Also, this one is little lighter, as though it were the...
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Dubrow's on StoryCorps
So, I yesterday I received a call from Michael Garofalo, who was fact-checking a story for StoryCorps. It's a really sweet story that involves Dubrow's Cafeteria: Apparently Van and and Shirley...
View ArticleAnother Dubrow great grandchild blogging
My goodness how time gets away from me. I blame parenthood. It can't be a coincidence that my son was born about a month before my last post here. Still, I couldn't help but share this link to a blog...
View ArticleNew York nostalgia
Check out this great blog post about the demise of a number of familiar New York landscapes, with photos of what's there in their place. Included is the former location of the Eastern Parkway...
View ArticleClarification and family history review
My cousins Joe and Robert Adler wanted me to clarify that they, and their father, Benjamin Adler, also worked at Dubrow's Cafeteria for many years. Benjamin was also an owner and manager for a period...
View ArticleBernie Sanders hailed from Brooklyn in the Dubrow's era
A New York Times article about a contemporary politician gave a shout out to Dubrow's Cafeteria today! Apparently Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hails from Brooklyn and lived close...
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Dubrow's on Miami Beach
My cousin, Joe Adler, sent me this email: "Ray Fisher, a photographer who has documented Miami Beach for the last 70 years, just mailed me the attached picture of DUBROW'S on Lincoln Road. Does it...
View ArticleDubrow's New York Style Deli no relation to Dubrow's Cafeteria
I was so confused when I saw this restaurant, located in Houston, Texas, that I had to email the owner via their website. The owner is even named Ziggy Gruber, and Gruber, is a family name in the...
View ArticleDubrow's reference in The Daily Beast
I periodically Google and see what comes up for "Dubrow's Cafeteria". It never fails to amaze me how it pops up often. It was such an important fixture in New York City for so many decades.This...
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Article 3
Found this photo after searching Google images for Dubrow's cafeteria. It's credited to Elaine Norman, 1985, which is the year the last Dubrow's location (Manhattan) closed.
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Updated photos
It came to my attention a few weeks ago that the Buzznet, where I was previously storing all the Dubrow's photos, just up and disappeared from the internet. So I've now re-uploaded all the photos, and...
View ArticleMiami Beach Dubrow's reference
I found some writing about the Miami Beach Dubrow's Cafeteria, which was located on Lincoln Road."From the late ’40s through the ’50s and ’60s, the Collins area between 20th and 25th streets was one of...
View ArticleJames Madison High
In this old post, I shared a photo Marcia Bricker Halperin sent me from James Madison High School. Today I found in the depths of my computer files an article I never blogged that made reference to a...
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Long lost cousin
I received an email from a long lost cousin by marriage today:Hi Eve,I’m Michael Schwartz, and we are “kin” through the marriage of Max Tobin to Minnie Dubrow Tobin...You turn out to be my “father’s...
View ArticleA question from a reader
I received the following email and thought I'd post it here to see if anyone can answer his question:I am Bill Siroty, grandson of Gussie (Schwartz) Siroty, and great-grandson of Riva and Menachim...
View ArticleA question from a reader
I received this query from a reader a few days ago:Dear Eve,From 1966 to 1972, my father owned Dave's Luncheonette on 1673 East 13th Street, just off the corner from Kings Highway. Do you remember...
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