one-o'clock-closing

Updated: May 8, 2025

War has laid its talons and scratched slightly beneath the surface of Sixth Avenue. Hufnagel's Delicatessen, the briny hoar of twenty years upon it, went suddenly into decline and the hands of a receiver. Recruiting stations have flung out imperious banners. Keeley's Chop-House Open All Night reluctantly swings its too hospitable doors to the one-o'clock-closing mandate.

Fannie Hurst - Gaslight Sonatas