Al Schacht's

AL SCHACHT'S Top View - MAIN DINING ROOM Bottom View EXECUTIVES' DINING ROOM no beer green 102 EAST 52nd STREET OFF PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY Telephone Plaza 9-8570 Pub. by Henry S. Fullerton, Westfield, N. J. 19748-B Genuine Natural Color Made By DEXTER PRESS, Inc., West Nyack, N. ORK MAR19'64 U.S. POSTAG 04 N. Y P.B.METER 205077 Miss Eliz. H, ис Сиб 509 Hupside AVE Hartford, Conn. THE STORY OF A HUNDRED DOLLAR BET Have often been asked, "How come that one so long identified with baseball, coach, and then named 'Clown Prince of Baseball,' became a restaurant owner?" as a pitcher, Well, soon after the start of the 2nd World War, Tom Farley, brother of James Farley, asked me what I would do since the restrictions on gasoline, tires, etc. would make it practically impossible to meet the entertaining engagements at the far-flung baseball parks, especially since the automo- bile is my sole mode of travel. I answered, "Well, since I love people and love to meet them, I'll open a restaurant." He laughed and bet me a hundred dollars I would not. Then when I returned in 1942 for the All-Star Game, Art Flynn and I dropped into a small restaurant, where I overheard the owner say he would like to sell because of a draft-call. Here was my chance to win my bet and I took it. I asked my brother, a designer and a sceptic, to redesign the place with a baseball atmosphere. He did, but like many others, stayed a sceptic for some time. However, I knew that good food served to good judges would not let my reputation as a clown prevent success. I won that bet too. Proof was that growing success unmade my brother as a sceptic and he then designed the present place I am so proud of, in the buildings I then bought for the purpose. And that is why I say, "When It Comes To Food I Am Not Clowning"