A forgotten relic...
In a dark booth at the Overlook, which resides in a little brick building that has defied demolition below the skyscrapers of East Midtown, two men were having a beer, Alex Vadukul reports on nytmes.com.
"There's Dagwood and Bullwinkle over there," said Steve Gold, 57, pointing out familiar faces. "That's Beatle Bailey and Hagar the Horrible," Vadukul wrote.
For more on New York's Sistine Chapel of comic-strip that was a gathering spot for many well known people over the decades: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/nyregion/the-sistine-chapel-of-comic-strip-art.html
A mural featuring famous comic-strip art in New York's Overlook Bar.
Editor's note: This one especially appealed to me. Beetle Bailey, Dagwood, Peanuts, Shoe, Hagar, Dilbert and more have been regular breakfast companions for years, thanks to
The Stamford Advocate.
The Stamford Advocate.
In a dark booth at the Overlook, which resides in a little brick building that has defied demolition below the skyscrapers of East Midtown, two men were having a beer, Alex Vadukul reports on nytmes.com.
"There's Dagwood and Bullwinkle over there," said Steve Gold, 57, pointing out familiar faces. "That's Beatle Bailey and Hagar the Horrible," Vadukul wrote.
For more on New York's Sistine Chapel of comic-strip that was a gathering spot for many well known people over the decades: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/nyregion/the-sistine-chapel-of-comic-strip-art.html
Artists creating murals in Costello's before it became the Overlook Bar.
Marilyn Monroe beneath the JamesThurber mural at Costello's, 1955.
Photos: nytimes.com.
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