Dubrow's Cafeteria
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Dubrow's Cafeteria was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. Dubrow's was established in 1929 by an immigrant named Benjamin Dubrow from the country now known as Belarus. Many of Benjamin's descendants worked at and managed the various restaurants, including George Dubrow, his son, Irwin Dubrow, his grandson, Paul Tobin, and his sons-in-law, Irving Kaplan and Max Tobin.
Dubrow's was a New York City landmark for many decades with restaurants in both Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The Manhattan Dubrow's was an important part of New York's Garment district in the mid-twentieth century. It was a hub of activity for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Many famous politicians used both the Brooklyn and the Manhattan locations as a stumping spots on their political campaigns. These included former president John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, and Hugh Carey, governor of New York. According to multiple biographies, the famous baseball player Sandy Koufax announced his decision to sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers in front of Dubrow's Cafeteria on King's Highway in Brooklyn. The children's author Bruce Farrington Coville also wrote about working at Dubrow's for a brief period of time. The Manhattan Dubrow's was the site of the American Playhouse production "The Cafeteria", based on the short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, which was featured on PBS.
Dubrow's lasted until the Manhattan restaurant closed in 1985. The demise of the garment industry in New York, along with the rising cost of New York real estate, were the reasons for the eventual closing of Dubrow's.
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