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class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Childs Company</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_Restaurants_Logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Childs_Restaurants_Logo.jpg/220px-Childs_Restaurants_Logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Childs_Restaurants_Logo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="199" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Childs' logo of 1907</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><a href="/wiki/File:Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg/220px-Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg/330px-Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg/440px-Postcard_from_Childs_Philadelphia_1908.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1609" data-file-height="974" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Childs Restaurant, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1908</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Restaurant" title="Restaurant">Restaurant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, New York City, United States (1889 (1889))</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Samuel Childs, William Childs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1967; 57 years ago (1967)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">None in operation since late 1960s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">107 locations in 29 cities in 1925</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and other northeastern U.S. cities</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pancakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pancakes">Pancakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_cuisine" title="American cuisine">American cuisine</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Childs Restaurants was one of the first national <a href="/wiki/Restaurant_chain" class="mw-redirect" title="Restaurant chain">dining chains</a> in the United States and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, having peaked in the 1920s and 1930s with about 125 locations in dozens of markets, serving over 50,000,000 meals a year, with over $37 million in assets at the time. Childs was a pioneer in a number of areas, including design, service, sanitation, and labor relations. It was a contemporary of food service companies such as <a href="/wiki/Horn_%26_Hardart" title="Horn & Hardart">Horn & Hardart</a>, and a predecessor of companies such as <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NYPL_-_473934_-_Childs_Menu_Obverse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NYPL_-_473934_-_Childs_Menu_Obverse.jpg/220px-NYPL_-_473934_-_Childs_Menu_Obverse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="463" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NYPL_-_473934_-_Childs_Menu_Obverse.jpg/330px-NYPL_-_473934_-_Childs_Menu_Obverse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/NYPL_-_473934_-_Childs_Menu_Obverse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="760" /></a><figcaption>A Childs menu, c. 1907</figcaption></figure> The first Childs Restaurant was launched in 1889 by brothers <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_S._Childs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel S. Childs (page does not exist)">Samuel S. Childs</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Childs_(restaurateur)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Childs (restaurateur) (page does not exist)">William Childs</a>, on the ground level of the Merchants Hotel (current site of <a href="/wiki/One_Liberty_Plaza" title="One Liberty Plaza">One Liberty Plaza</a>, also previously the <a href="/wiki/Singer_Building" title="Singer Building">Singer Building</a>), at 41 <a href="/wiki/Cortlandt_Street_(Manhattan)" title="Cortlandt Street (Manhattan)">Cortlandt Street</a> (between Broadway and Church Street), in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Financial_District,_Manhattan" title="Financial District, Manhattan">Financial District</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1943-08-29-1">[1]</a> The brothers' concept for the establishment was to provide economical meals to the <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working class</a>, quickly, and with an unusually high emphasis – for the period – on cleanliness and hygiene. Their novel design format included white tiles, white uniforms, and waitresses instead of the then-common waiters.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> In addition to these signature characteristics, Childs locations also featured their pancake griddles in the front window. Within five years, Childs had grown to five profitable locations.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1925-03-18-3">[3]</a> They also are credited as inventors of the "tray line" self-service <a href="/wiki/Cafeteria" title="Cafeteria">cafeteria</a> format, which they introduced in 1898 at their 130 Broadway location.<a href="#cite_note-NRN-1996-02-4">[4]</a> In 1898, the brothers, confident and ready for more aggressive expansion, combined with several investors to legally incorporate the Childs Unique Dairy Company, with capitalization of $1,000,000, and the stated intent to "establish and operate restaurants in New York City and elsewhere".<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1898-11-27-5">[5]</a> It was widely speculated, and finally confirmed in 1912, that several officers of the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Oil_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Oil Company">Standard Oil Company</a> were investors in the restaurant chain, including <a href="/wiki/Henry_Morgan_Tilford" title="Henry Morgan Tilford">Henry Morgan Tilford</a> and Charles Sweeney.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1912-06-06-6">[6]</a> In 1899, F.O. Hendrick, a nephew of Samuel and William Childs, launched a casual luncheon restaurant at 142 Fulton Street, practically across the street from his uncles' first location on Cortlandt Street, which was by then 10 years old and highly successful.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1899-08-01-7">[7]</a> After a short period of family competition, Hendrick ultimately brought his restaurant under the Childs umbrella, and remained an operating executive of Childs Restaurants until the family lost control. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg/220px-Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg/330px-Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg/440px-Childs_Company_Stock_Certificate_1908.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3229" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption>Childs Company Stock Certificate – 1908</figcaption></figure> In 1906, fifteen similar restaurants (called "green doors") which were independently owned and operated by Ellsworth Childs (brother of Samuel and William) were consolidated into the company. Thereafter, Ellsworth remained an executive of Childs until his death in 1929, and is cited as a driving force behind the physical expansion during that period.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-04-18-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-07-29-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peak_years">Peak years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Peak years">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg/220px-LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg/330px-LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg/440px-LOC_-_10140v_-_Childs_Restaurant_on_Penna_Av_DC_-_Harris_%2B_Ewing_-_1917.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="758" /></a><figcaption>Exterior of a Childs on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, in 1917</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg/220px-LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg/330px-LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg/440px-LOC_-_29859v_-_Childs_Restaurant_Interior_-_Natl_Photo_Company_-_c1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="826" /></a><figcaption>Interior of a Washington, DC location, c. 1920</figcaption></figure> In September 1919, the company launched an <a href="/wiki/Employee_stock_ownership_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Employee stock ownership plan">employee stock ownership plan</a> for its restaurant managers, and three years later, extended the plan to all employees. Within 10 years, employees would own almost 25% of the company's common stock.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-03-03-10">[10]</a> In November 1920, an article in <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wyckoff" title="Richard Wyckoff">The Magazine of Wall Street</a>, entitled "Where Everybody Eats Now and Then," called Childs "a national institution. Millions of people eat there at least once in a while and some eat much more often. . . . Most of the people who go into Childs' go in for quick lunches but you can get anything there from a doughnut to a steak."<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> By 1925, the chain operated 107 locations in 29 cities, served 50,000,000 meals every year, and was reporting consistent annual profits of $2,000,000. The company also grew to include other real estate interests. In March 1925, company president Samuel S. Childs died, although he had not been personally involved in the business for some time, instead focusing on his political career and many other civic and business activities. Operation of the restaurants had long been delegated to his brother and co-founder William, as vice president and general manager, and other family members.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1925-03-18-3">[3]</a> The late 1920s witnessed a roller-coaster of events for the company. In November 1925, the Childs company became a major partner in the development of the landmark <a href="/wiki/Savoy-Plaza_Hotel" title="Savoy-Plaza Hotel">Savoy-Plaza Hotel</a>, at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.<a href="#cite_note-NYT=1925-11-29-12">[12]</a> Around 1927, William Childs began to impose his <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a> dietary preferences on the chain's menu, which generated significant backlash from customers and his fellow managers and investors.<a href="#cite_note-Time-1928-03-19-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-Time-1929-02-11-14">[14]</a> The company's stock reached a low of $44 in 1928,<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-12-09-15">[15]</a> and during a board meeting on December 12, 1928, William was pressed into resigning as president, but remained chairman of the board. At the following board meeting on January 30, 1929, William attempted to turn the tide by firing several executive officers and company directors, replacing them with family members.<a href="#cite_note-Time-1929-02-11-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-01-31-16">[16]</a> A proxy battle ensued, but on March 7, 1929, William and his supporters lost the fight to retain control of the company he co-founded 40 years before, by then valued around $37,000,000.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-03-08-17">[17]</a> He did retain a modest non-controlling equity position, which he eventually sold and/or bequeathed.<a href="#cite_note-Time-1929-03-18-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1938-07-29-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline_and_rebirth">Decline and rebirth</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Decline and rebirth">edit</a>]</div> In the 1930s, no longer under the direction of the Childs family, the chain returned meat to its menus, introduced alcohol at many locations (after the repeal of <a href="/wiki/Prohibition" title="Prohibition">Prohibition</a>),<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1933-12-05-20">[20]</a> and launched a new subsidiary division called "The Host", meant to be lower-priced than Childs. The company also obtained the hot dog vending license for the <a href="/wiki/1939_World%27s_Fair" class="mw-redirect" title="1939 World's Fair">1939 World's Fair</a> in Flushing Meadows, which turned out to be a financial mistake. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg/220px-Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg/330px-Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg/440px-Childs_Restaurant_menu_cover_c1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2031" data-file-height="2947" /></a><figcaption>Childs WWII era menu cover c. 1943</figcaption></figure> In August 1943, under pressure of significant debt maturity, the company filed for bankruptcy reorganization.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1943-08-29-1">[1]</a> Childs emerged from bankruptcy in 1947,<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1947-12-24-21">[21]</a> and continued to operate through the 1940s and 1950s. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_menu_1946.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Childs_menu_1946.jpg/220px-Childs_menu_1946.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Childs_menu_1946.jpg/330px-Childs_menu_1946.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Childs_menu_1946.jpg/440px-Childs_menu_1946.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="3464" /></a><figcaption>Childs menu from Toronto, Ont.1946</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_menu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Childs_menu.jpg/220px-Childs_menu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Childs_menu.jpg/330px-Childs_menu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Childs_menu.jpg/440px-Childs_menu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2160" data-file-height="3364" /></a><figcaption>Childs menu</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_menu_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Childs_menu_3.jpg/220px-Childs_menu_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Childs_menu_3.jpg/330px-Childs_menu_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Childs_menu_3.jpg/440px-Childs_menu_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2232" data-file-height="3340" /></a><figcaption>Childs menu</figcaption></figure> By 1950, the company had shrunk to only 53 locations, and was losing money. Nonetheless, it managed to acquire the candy and ice cream maker <a href="/wiki/Louis_Sherry_Inc." title="Louis Sherry Inc.">Louis Sherry Inc.</a>, and announced several significant operational changes, including "returning to its old custom of flap-jack making in the windows" and the introduction of prepared meats, to eliminate the need for butchering on-site.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> In 1955, a young hotelier named A.M. "Sonny" Sonnabend assumed the presidency of the Childs company, and pointed the enterprise in a new direction. In a series of coordinated transactions, the company's name was changed to Hotel Corporation of America, it acquired the <a href="/wiki/Plaza_Hotel" title="Plaza Hotel">Plaza Hotel</a> in New York (across the street from the <a href="/wiki/Savoy-Plaza_Hotel" title="Savoy-Plaza Hotel">Savoy-Plaza Hotel</a>, which Childs had developed), and entered into long-term leases for three other hotels in Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1956-02-23-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sonesta-History-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1955-09-28-25">[25]</a> The company was then structured into three divisions: restaurants, manufacturing and distribution of packaged foods (via subsidiaries <a href="/w/index.php?title=Recipe_Foods&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Recipe Foods (page does not exist)">Recipe Foods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Fear_%26_Company" title="Fred Fear & Company">Fred Fear</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Sherry_Inc." title="Louis Sherry Inc.">Louis Sherry</a>), and hotels.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1955-11-18-26">[26]</a> In 1961, substantially all of the remaining Childs restaurant operations, now greatly diminished in number and considered part of the company's past, were sold to the <a href="/wiki/Riese_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Riese Organization">Riese Organization</a> (National Restaurants Management Inc.),<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1990-12-11-27">[27]</a> which as of 2009 operates more than 100 restaurants throughout New York City, including franchised units of <a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title="Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a>, <a href="/wiki/KFC" title="KFC">KFC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pizza_Hut" title="Pizza Hut">Pizza Hut</a>, <a href="/wiki/T.G.I._Friday%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="T.G.I. Friday's">T.G.I. Friday's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houlihan%27s" title="Houlihan's">Houlihan's</a>. A number of the Riese properties are former Childs Restaurants.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In 1970, Hotel Corporation of America (formerly Childs) was again renamed, to <a href="/wiki/Sonesta_International_Hotels" title="Sonesta International Hotels">Sonesta International Hotels</a> Corporation (<a href="/wiki/Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq">Nasdaq</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/snsta">SNSTA</a>).<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> As of 2009, the company operates 25 hotels on three continents, and owns several cruise ships, and is still led by the Sonnabend family.<a href="#cite_note-Sonesta-History-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Architecture">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coney_Island_USA.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Coney_Island_USA.JPG/220px-Coney_Island_USA.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Coney_Island_USA.JPG/330px-Coney_Island_USA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Coney_Island_USA.JPG/440px-Coney_Island_USA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Surf Avenue, Coney Island, completed 1917</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs%27_Restaurant_(84184p).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Childs%27_Restaurant_%2884184p%29.jpg/220px-Childs%27_Restaurant_%2884184p%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Childs%27_Restaurant_%2884184p%29.jpg/330px-Childs%27_Restaurant_%2884184p%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Childs%27_Restaurant_%2884184p%29.jpg/440px-Childs%27_Restaurant_%2884184p%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6853" data-file-height="4482" /></a><figcaption>Boardwalk, Coney Island, completed 1923</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg/220px-2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg/330px-2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg/440px-2_Mass_Ave_Washington_-_LOC_-_Carol_Highsmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="832" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Washington, DC, completed 1925</figcaption></figure> Despite their market position, Childs Restaurants were distinguished for their architectural quality, and former locations continue to be appreciated by historic preservationists.<a href="#cite_note-NYC-LPC-Report-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1988-11-06-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2008-03-20-34">[34]</a> In his design and construction efforts, William Childs and his internal architect of 30 years, John Corley Westervelt,<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1934-04-09-35">[35]</a> consulted and engaged respected architects including <a href="/wiki/William_Van_Alen" title="William Van Alen">William Van Alen</a> (modernist designer of the <a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Building" title="Chrysler Building">Chrysler Building</a>), <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Charles_Hirons" title="Frederic Charles Hirons">Hirons & Dennison</a>, Pruitt & Brown, and <a href="/wiki/McKim,_Mead,_and_White" class="mw-redirect" title="McKim, Mead, and White">McKim, Mead, and White</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1988-11-06-31">[31]</a> One design critique from 1924 declared that Childs "stands as a milestone marking an enormous advance in the taste of what we are pleased to describe as the 'common people' of America".<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In more recent years, celebrated architect <a href="/wiki/Robert_A.M._Stern" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert A.M. Stern">Robert A.M. Stern</a> described the Childs design as "austerely-elegant", and recognized their savvy in tailoring design to environment, such as in midtown Manhattan, where Childs was the first to make "dramatic use of large sheets of curved glass for corner windows", now a common technique.<a href="#cite_note-NYC-LPC-Report-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-Stern-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_locations">Notable locations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable locations">edit</a>]</div> The table that follows is an incomplete list of locations that were built for Childs and reflect the company's style. Note that references often have pictures and more detailed histories, and links in the Address column, where provided, link to individual Wikipedia articles about the buildings listed: <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Address</th> <th>Completed</th> <th>Notes and 2014 Status</th> <th>References </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Village" title="Greenwich Village">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>815 Broadway</td> <td>1897</td> <td>By John C. Westervelt. In use as a small commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-CastIron-38">[38]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>36 West 34th Street</td> <td>1904</td> <td>By John C. Westervelt (alteration of 1885 building). In use as a commercial building. Westervelt's office was here until his death in 1934.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-36W34Daytonian-39">[39]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>194 Broadway</td> <td>1911</td> <td>By John C. Westervelt. Demolished in 2007 to build the <a href="/wiki/Fulton_Center" title="Fulton Center">Fulton Center</a> at the existing <a href="/wiki/Fulton_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulton Street (New York City Subway)">Fulton Street station</a>.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NYT194Bway-40">[40]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coney_Island,_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Coney Island, Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Childs_Restaurants_(Surf_Avenue_location)" class="mw-redirect" title="Childs Restaurants (Surf Avenue location)">1208 Surf Avenue</a></td> <td>1917</td> <td>By John C. Westervelt. Closed 1943. Designated New York City landmark, home of <a href="/wiki/Coney_Island_USA" title="Coney Island USA">Coney Island USA</a> arts organization.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-LPC1208Surf-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Toronto" title="Downtown Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">ON</a></td> <td>279 Yonge Street</td> <td>1918</td> <td>By John C. Westervelt. Closed by 1963. In use as a <a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Cafe" title="Hard Rock Cafe">Hard Rock Cafe</a> until c. 2015. Currently a <a href="/wiki/Shoppers_Drug_Mart" title="Shoppers Drug Mart">Shoppers Drug Mart</a>.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-LostToronto-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-Natalie-44">[44]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Brooklyn" title="Downtown Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>530 Fulton Street</td> <td>1919</td> <td>By John C. Westervelt. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-530FultonCofO-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-BrooklynTelephone-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-530FultonStreetView-47">[47]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>377 Fifth Avenue</td> <td>1921</td> <td>By <a href="/wiki/H._Craig_Severance" title="H. Craig Severance">Severance</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Van_Alen" title="William Van Alen">Van Alen</a>. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-MetroHistoryDotCom-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-377FifthCofO-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT1919-50">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Brooklyn" title="Williamsburg, Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>219 South 4th Street</td> <td>1922</td> <td>Has plaque with what looks like a Childs logo and year built, but Brooklyn phone books of the period indicate it was occupied by a ladies tailor business called "Childs Bros." that despite its similar name had no known connection to the restaurant chain. Presently a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-BkCityMap-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-BkGoogleMaps-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-JoelKimmel-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-BklynPhoneBook-54">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coney_Island,_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Coney Island, Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Childs_Restaurants_(Coney_Island_Boardwalk_location)" class="mw-redirect" title="Childs Restaurants (Coney Island Boardwalk location)">2102 Boardwalk</a></td> <td>1923</td> <td>By <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Charles_Hirons" title="Frederic Charles Hirons">Dennison & Hirons</a>. Closed 1952. Designated New York City landmark, now part of <a href="/wiki/Ford_Amphitheater_at_Coney_Island" title="Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island">Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island</a>. Prototype for later nautical themed buildings.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-LPC2102Boardwalk-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYTRedev-56">[56]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>604 Fifth Avenue</td> <td>1925</td> <td>By <a href="/wiki/William_Van_Alen" title="William Van Alen">William Van Alen</a>. Altered, in use as a <a href="/wiki/T.G.I._Friday%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="T.G.I. Friday's">T.G.I. Friday's</a> until 2015.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NYT5Av-57">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodside,_Queens" title="Woodside, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>63-19 Roosevelt Avenue</td> <td>1925</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-FNYWoodside-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-CityMapWoodside1-59">[59]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>421 Seventh Avenue</td> <td>1926</td> <td>By <a href="/wiki/William_Van_Alen" title="William Van Alen">William Van Alen</a>. 14 story building housed a restaurant on ground floor and some corporate functions above. By 1940 restaurant had moved next door to 425 Seventh Ave. Altered, in use as an office building with ground floor retail.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-421SeventhCofO-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-421SeventhCityMap-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-421SeventhMCNY-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-ManhattanPhone-63">[63]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></td> <td>2 Massachusetts Avenue NW</td> <td>1926</td> <td>By <a href="/wiki/William_Van_Alen" title="William Van Alen">William Van Alen</a>. Closed 1955. In use as a bank.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-StreetsofWashington-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">NJ</a></td> <td>Boardwalk at South Carolina Avenue</td> <td>1927</td> <td>Nautical theme. Attributed to George P. Post. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-ACPhoto01-66">[66]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Astoria,_Queens" title="Astoria, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>36-01 Broadway</td> <td>1928</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Borough:Queens:Block:649Lot:5-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-FNYBwayQns-68">[68]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">NJ</a></td> <td>12-14 East State Street</td> <td>1928</td> <td>Modernist, designer not known. Closed by 1950s. Demolished in 1987.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-HABS-69">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>811 6th Avenue</td> <td>1930</td> <td>Nautical theme. Altered, in use as a <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-ENY-70">[70]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_Queens" title="Ridgewood, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>67-09 Fresh Pond Road</td> <td>1930 est.</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a bank and small office building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Borough:Queens:Block:3620:Lot:7-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-FNYRidgewood-72">[72]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prospect_Lefferts_Gardens,_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>534 Flatbush Avenue</td> <td>1931</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-534Flatbush-73">[73]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodside,_Queens" title="Woodside, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>59-37 Queens Boulevard</td> <td>1931</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Brownstoner-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-CityMap2-75">[75]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunnyside,_Queens" title="Sunnyside, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>45-02 43rd Avenue</td> <td>1931</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-CityMap3-77">[77]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bensonhurst,_Brooklyn" title="Bensonhurst, Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>6620 18th Avenue</td> <td>1931</td> <td>Nautical theme. Demolished c. 2007.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Borough:BROOKLYN:Block:5560Lot:52-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-FNYBensonhurst-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_Point,_Queens" title="College Point, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>15-02 College Point Blvd.</td> <td>1931 est.</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-ColegePointStreetView-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-CollegePointCityMap-82">[82]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midwood,_Brooklyn" title="Midwood, Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>1801 Avenue M</td> <td>1931 est.</td> <td>Nautical theme.In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Borough:Brooklyn:Block:6738Lot:49-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-FNYMidwood-84">[84]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bellerose,_Queens" title="Bellerose, Queens">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></td> <td>245-01 Jamaica Avenue</td> <td>1932</td> <td>Nautical theme. In use as a commercial building.</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-FNYBellerose-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-CitymapBellerose-86">[86]</a> [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. This source comes from a blog which provides no verifiable/historical sources for this conclusion. It is only theory. (October 2020)">unreliable source?</a>] </td></tr></tbody></table> Closing dates, where known, are indicated in the above table. None of the nautical themed restaurants built in the early 1930s appear in 1940 telephone directories, indicating that Childs' had vacated those structures by that date. The earlier locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn do appear in those directories, except for the very early location at 815 Broadway and the South 4th Street location, which is not known to have been a restaurant.<a href="#cite_note-BrooklynTelephone-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-ManhattanPhone-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-QueensTelephone-87">[87]</a> The following locations were not necessarily built by the Childs Company, but are notable for other reasons: <ul><li>New York <ul><li>41 Cortlandt Street, New York, NY (first location)</li> <li>42 East 14th Street, New York, NY (longtime corporate headquarters, also housed a restaurant)<a href="#cite_note-1907Menu-88">[88]</a></li> <li>200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (corporate headquarters in later years)<a href="#cite_note-ManhattanPhone-63">[63]</a></li> <li>3 Beaver Street, New York, NY (Demolished in 1928 to build part of <a href="/wiki/26_Broadway" title="26 Broadway">26 Broadway</a>, also known as the Standard Oil Building)<a href="#cite_note-Standard-Oil-Bldg-89">[89]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1501_Broadway" title="1501 Broadway">1501 Broadway</a> (at 43rd Street), New York, NY (below the <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Theater_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Theater (New York City)">Paramount Theater</a>)<a href="#cite_note-NewYorker-1928-06-09-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1936-08-18-91">[91]</a></li> <li>1551–1553 Broadway (at 46th St NW corner), New York, NY<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1920-06-23-92">[92]</a></li> <li>1546 Broadway (between 45th & 46th Streets), New York, NY<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1936-08-18-91">[91]</a></li> <li>2276 Broadway (at 82nd Street), New York, NY<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></li> <li>300–304 W 59th St (SW Corner Columbus Circle), New York, NY<a href="#cite_note-NYT-11-Dec-1953-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1910-12-23-96">[96]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_New_York_World%27s_Fair" title="1939 New York World's Fair">1939 New York World's Fair</a>: this temporary location, in the Fair's Railroad Building, seated 1000 patrons, and featured elaborate murals.<a href="#cite_note-WorldsFair-97">[97]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Washington, D.C. <ul><li>1423 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, DC<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a></li></ul></li> <li>New Jersey <ul><li>Tennessee Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ, replaced in 1927 by a company-built location one block away at South Carolina Avenue<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1906-03-04-100">[100]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Missouri <ul><li>218-220 North Seventh St & 614-616 Olive St, St. Louis. The North Seventh location was leased in 1903 in expectation of the crowds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> In 1912 Child's leased 614–616 Olive St, which abutted the back of their N. Seventh St. location, allowing for entrance to the expanded restaurant from both streets.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Childs added a second story to the building in 1915 by which point they were the stated owners of the property.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Both locations would become referenced in advertising from 1915 until 1935, when the location closed.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li>804 Washington St, St. Louis.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></li> <li>1121 Walnut St, Kansas City.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Maryland <ul><li>18 North Charles St, Baltimore. 1906-1953<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rhode Island <ul><li>142 Westminster St., Providence. 1910-1974<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a></li></ul></li> <li>Georgia <ul><li>10 Marietta St., Atlanta.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_businesses">Related businesses</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Related businesses">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grain_House_Restaurant,_Franklin_Corners,_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Grain_House_Restaurant%2C_Franklin_Corners%2C_NJ.jpg/220px-Grain_House_Restaurant%2C_Franklin_Corners%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Grain_House_Restaurant%2C_Franklin_Corners%2C_NJ.jpg/330px-Grain_House_Restaurant%2C_Franklin_Corners%2C_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Grain_House_Restaurant%2C_Franklin_Corners%2C_NJ.jpg/440px-Grain_House_Restaurant%2C_Franklin_Corners%2C_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2739" data-file-height="1541" /></a><figcaption>Grain House Restaurant in Franklin Corners</figcaption></figure> Although legally separate from the core Childs Restaurants chain, the founders and various family members operated a number of other businesses throughout the 20th century. Below are brief summaries of those operations. In 1929, William Childs purchased a historic property near his home in <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Corners,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Corners, New Jersey">Franklin Corners, New Jersey</a> and converted it – without making any structural modifications – to an inn and restaurant. The Olde Mill Inn and The Grain House Restaurant. This upscale operation was distinctly different from the traditional Childs Restaurants, yet it also met with great success. The family continued to operate it for some time,<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1952-02-20-111">[111]</a> but The Olde Mill Inn and Grain House Restaurant was eventually acquired by The Bocina Group, which continues to operate it as of 2009. In December 1929, after being ousted from the core company, William Childs announced that the family had taken over the Archambault Restaurant at 2678 Broadway, and would relaunch it as "Old Algiers" – the first in a series of "old-world" themed restaurants. In this business, he partnered primarily with three nephews, Ellsworth E. Childs, William S. Childs, and Wallace A. Childs.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1929-12-09-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1930-04-30-112">[112]</a> The new company was soon organized under the corporate name <a href="/wiki/Old_London_Inc." title="Old London Inc.">Old London Inc.</a>, which was also the theme of their second 1,000-seat location, launched in 1931 at 130 West 42nd Street.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> This enterprise did not expand much further, likely due to William's advancing age. He died in 1938, and is buried behind the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brpc.org">Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church</a> near his <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> estate, with a large number of other Childs family members.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1938-05-23-114">[114]</a> As of 2009, the original F.O. Hendrick location is still an operating diner, now called the Anytime Cafe. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_executives">Key executives</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Key executives">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family-controlled_period">Family-controlled period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Family-controlled period">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Samuel S. Childs, co-founder and president (1889–1925)</li> <li>William Childs, co-founder, vice president and general manager (1889–1925), chairman and president (1925–1929/30)</li> <li>Luther Childs, director (? – 1929)</li> <li>Ellsworth Childs, director (1906–1929), treasurer (1929)</li> <li>William S. Childs, director (? – 1929)</li> <li>F.O. Hendrick, general manager (? – 1929)</li> <li>William A. Barber, general counsel<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1950-02-09-115">[115]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_period">Later period</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Later period">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>S. Willard Smith, president (1929–1931)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1949-07-09-116">[116]</a></li> <li>William P. Allen, president (c. 1932)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1933-03-31-117">[117]</a></li> <li>George D. Strohmeyer, president (1933–1941)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1933-03-31-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1965-02-11-118">[118]</a></li> <li>Edward C. Field, president (1941–1948)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1941-06-27-119">[119]</a></li> <li>John F.X. Finn, court-appointed trustee (1943–1947)</li> <li>John L. Hennessey, president (1948–1949) (former president of Statler Co., Inc.)<a href="#cite_note-Time-1948-12-13-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1948-11-30-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1949-08-27-122">[122]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Bergen" title="John J. Bergen">John J. Bergen</a>, chairman (c. 1950)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1958-07-27-123">[123]</a></li> <li>N. Clarkson Earl Jr., president (1950–1951) (former executive at <a href="/wiki/Howard_Johnson%27s" title="Howard Johnson's">Howard Johnson's</a> Restaurants)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1969-02-19-124">[124]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Crouch" title="Charles Crouch">Charles Crouch</a>, executive vice president (c. 1950)</li> <li>Abraham M. Sonnabend, president (1954–1963) (Converted Childs into Hotel Corporation of America, later Sonesta International Hotels Corporation)<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1955-09-28-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1964-02-12-125">[125]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In popular culture">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_music">In music</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In music">edit</a>]</div> The song "<a href="/wiki/By_the_Beautiful_Sea_(song)" title="By the Beautiful Sea (song)">By the Beautiful Sea</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carroll" title="Harry Carroll">Harry Carroll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_R._Atteridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold R. Atteridge">Harold R. Atteridge</a> in 1914, includes the lines: <blockquote><div class="poem"> Joe was quite a sport on a Sunday, Though he would eat at Childs on a Monday<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> </div></blockquote> The song "<a href="/wiki/Manhattan_(song)" title="Manhattan (song)">Manhattan</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hart" title="Rodgers and Hart">Rodgers and Hart</a> in 1925 for the musical revue <a href="/wiki/Garrick_Gaieties" class="mw-redirect" title="Garrick Gaieties">Garrick Gaieties</a>, and famously recorded by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> and others, includes the lines: <blockquote><div class="poem"> We'll go to Yonkers – where true love conquers – in the wilds, And starve together dear – in Childs </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_print">In print</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In print">edit</a>]</div> The 1920 novel <a href="/wiki/Main_Street_(novel)" title="Main Street (novel)">Main Street</a>, written by <a href="/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis" title="Sinclair Lewis">Sinclair Lewis</a>, talks of the main characters eating at a Childs restaurant to economize while traveling to Minneapolis. The poem "Spain in Fifty-Ninth Street", written by <a href="/wiki/E.B._White" class="mw-redirect" title="E.B. White">E.B. White</a> and originally published in <a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a> in 1935, tells the story of a brief but emotional interaction between a Childs hostess and a random customer (described as a "man of affairs") at the "Spanish Childs" location, presumably on 59th Street.<a href="#cite_note-NewYorker-1935-06-15-127">[127]</a> White wrote a number of other short stories and poems that referenced or featured Childs, likely due to the daily presence of the establishments in his life during the late 1920s and 1930s in New York City. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_film">In film</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In film">edit</a>]</div> A Childs restaurant is shown during a montage of the streets of Manhattan being cleared by police during the rampage of the <a href="/wiki/Rhedosaurus" title="Rhedosaurus">Rhedosaurus</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Beast_from_20,000_Fathoms" title="The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms">The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms</a>. The opening montage sequence of <a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Saks" title="Gene Saks">Gene Saks</a>' 1968 film <a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(film)" title="The Odd Couple (film)">The Odd Couple</a> includes a shot of a neon-signed Childs restaurant in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, one of several locations <a href="/wiki/Felix_Ungar" class="mw-redirect" title="Felix Ungar">Felix Ungar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a>) visits before checking into a fleabag hotel to try to commit suicide.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> <a href="/wiki/Taxi_Driver" title="Taxi Driver">Taxi Driver</a> directed by Martin Scorsese 1976. Main character Travis Bickle takes Betsy, played by Cybill Shepard, to Child's restaurant in Columbus Circle on their first date. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_television">In television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In television">edit</a>]</div> Jimmy Darmody suggests to Richard Harrow, "Let's go get a steak" [at Childs] in the season 2 finale of <a href="/wiki/Boardwalk_Empire" title="Boardwalk Empire">Boardwalk Empire</a>, "<a href="/wiki/To_the_Lost" title="To the Lost">To the Lost</a>". <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Onstage">Onstage</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Onstage">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg/220px-Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg/330px-Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg/440px-Childs_Restaurant_Scene_in_The_Governor%E2%80%99s_Lady.jpg 2x" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="429" /></a><figcaption>Childs Restaurant Scene in The Governor's Lady</figcaption></figure> Playwright <a href="/wiki/David_Belasco" title="David Belasco">David Belasco</a> incorporated a complete reproduction of a Childs Restaurant in his 1912 production of Alice Bradley's <a href="/wiki/The_Governor%27s_Lady" title="The Governor's Lady">The Governor's Lady</a>. The 1936 play <a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(play)" title="You Can't Take It with You (play)">You Can't Take It with You</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" title="George S. Kaufman">George S. Kaufman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moss_Hart" title="Moss Hart">Moss Hart</a> features the character The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina, a displaced cousin of the Czar, who works as a waitress at Childs. Composer <a href="/wiki/George_Antheil" title="George Antheil">George Antheil</a>, who spent part of the 1920s in New York City, selected a Childs Restaurant as one of several iconic American locations (along with the <a href="/wiki/Bowery" title="Bowery">Bowery</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge" title="Brooklyn Bridge">Brooklyn Bridge</a>) for the setting of his 1930 <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> <a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_(opera)" title="Transatlantic (opera)">Transatlantic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-1930-02-16-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> In the 1953 musical <a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Town" title="Wonderful Town">Wonderful Town</a>, which depicted life in New York City during the 1930s, the song "What A Waste" (music by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a>; lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a>) in Act I includes the lyrics: <blockquote><div class="poem"> Girl from Mobile, Versatile actress, Tragic or comic, Any old play,   Suffered and starved, Met Stanislavsky. He said the world would Cheer her some day. Came to New York, Repertoire ready, Chekhov's and Shakespeare's and Wilde's. Now, they watch her flipping flapjacks at Childs.   What a waste, What a waste, What a waste of money and time!<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Childs_Restaurants&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NYT-1943-08-29-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT-1943-08-29_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT-1943-08-29_1-1">b</a> Austin, Kenneth L., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1943/08/29/archives/childs-companys-ups-and-downs-touch-eating-and-investing-public.html">"Childs Company Ups and Downs"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, August 29, 1943 </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> Women would work for lower wages than men. </li> <li id="cite_note-NYT-1925-03-18-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT-1925-03-18_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT-1925-03-18_3-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1925/03/18/archives/ghilds-restaijralqt-eodnder-is-dead-samuel-s-childs-succumbs-in-a-s.html">"Childs Restaurant Founder Is Dead: Samuel S. 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