STOP AT THE RED APPLE STOP AT THE RED APPLE The Restaurant on Route 17 Elaine Freed Lindenblatt Photos “Greyhound Bus Stop” & “ ‘Frankfeuters’ for Sale,” Chap. 3, & “And a Map,” Chap. 33, are from the collection of Gregory W. Buff and his daughter, Laura Buff, and reprinted by permission. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2014 Elaine Freed Lindenblatt All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. Excelsior Editions is an imprint of State University of New York Press For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Jenn Bennett Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lindenblatt, Elaine Freed. Stop at the Red Apple : the restaurant on Route 17 / Elaine Freed Lindenblatt. pages cm. — (Excelsior editions) ISBN 978-1-4384-5368-2 (paperback : alkaline paper) 1. Red Apple Rest (Restaurant : Tuxedo, N.Y.)—History. 2. Lindenblatt, Elaine Freed—Childhood and youth. 3. Lindenblatt, Elaine Freed—Family. 4. Restaurateurs—New York (State)—Tuxedo— Biography. 5. Jews—New York (State)—Tuxedo—Biography. 6. Fathers and daughters—New York (State)—Tuxedo—Biography. 7. Red Apple Rest (Restaurant : Tuxedo, N.Y.)—Employees— History. 8. Tuxedo (N.Y.)—Biography. 9. Tuxedo (N.Y.)—Social life and customs. 10. Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)—Social life and customs. I. Title. TX945.5.R43L56 2014 647.95747'31—dc23 2013049699 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my father, Reuben Freed, a great restaurant man —Herbert Freed Contents Part One: Beginnings Prologue: Sold into Demise 1. A Seed Is Planted 2. In the Middle 3. The Restaurant Man 4. A Good Man 5. Checks and Balances 6. Dropping In 7. The Foster Child 8. From Depression to War 9. The War Ends Part Two: Our Heyday 10. The Core of the Apple 11. The Habit of Eating 12. On a Bus 13. Doing My Job 14. The Calendar Turns
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