Leslie Buck, responsible for the Grecian design on so many New York coffee cups for nearly half a century, died on Monday at 87, the
New York Times reported. The blue-and-white cups, famous for their
"We Are Happy to Serve You" message, can still be found at some diners, delis, and food carts. Buck chose the colors of the Greek flag because so many of the city's diners were owned by Greeks. Though he had no formal art training, they were an instant success.
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Three weeks after the death of
Joe Ades, Manhattan's legendary vegetable peeler peddler, his daughter
Ruth Ades-Laurent has taken over the family business.
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Photograph from juanamarie33 on Flickr A photo within a photo, in this case. A nice memorial to Joe Ades in Union Square, appropriately with a carrot peel wreath, where he might have been peeling this very minute. Previously: Legendary...
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David Sax of the blog Save the Deli just emailed me the sad news that legendary Carnegie Deli founder Milton Parker passed away last Friday. Parker was 90, and I'd like to think that he owed his longevity to eating...
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"... no one believed his answer to the 'So what do you do?' question: 'I sell potato peelers on the street.'" One of Joe Ades' vegetable peelers. Photograph from La Mariposa on Flickr If you live in New York or...
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"Robert was a total mensch, a smiling, gentle presence in a store that often resembles a food shopper's battlefield." I was checking out of the express line at Fairway when I saw a a poster with a big photo of...
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