Mon Lay Won Co, New York, 1910 Menu Art Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) rather than for their dancing

rather than for their dancing abilities

Anxious newcomers

set for a feast with his knife and fork at the ready

The restaurant re-opened in 1908 but closed its doors once again during prohibition

with pictures of Chinese pagodas

Mon Lay Won Co, New York, 1910 Menu Art Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) rather than for their dancingMon Lay Won was an upscale Chinese restaurant at 24 Pell Street in New York, popular at the turn of the last century. Its owner, whose name was unpronounceable to most Americans and who was called Jimmy, shrewdly called it The Chinese Delmonico's as part of a marketing strategy to attract non Chinese customers. It must have been an exotic place to visit. The ceilings were adorned with lanterns, there were carved dragons on the walls and people sat on