Manufacturer: Shenango China
User: Gilmore's Steak House
Date of creamer: 1954

Advertising card courtesy of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library of Columbia University Libraries

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Notes: Gilmore's Steak House, located at 148 East 48^th Street in New York City, was known for the view from its dining room of its glass-enclosed kitchen, at which a scene was filmed for the 1949 movie, Murder at Harvard. Gilmore's was known even better, however, as the restaurant that brought the Caesar salad to the East Coast. In a 1946 article, popular columnist Dorothy Kilgallen wrote:

"The big food rage in Hollywood – the Caesar salad – will be introduced to New Yorkers by Gilmore's Steak House. It's an intricate concoction that takes ages to prepare and contains (zowie) lots of garlic, raw or slightly coddled eggs, croutons, romaine, anchovies, parmeasan [sic] cheese, olive oil, vinegar and plenty of black pepper."

The restaurant was owned by Louis Levin and his wife Lynn Gilmore, who "once modeled girdles for Powers and today is undoubtedly the most beautiful restaurateur … in the world."

It is not known when the restaurant opened or closed, but it was definitely a popular spot in New York at least during the 1940s and 1950s.

The plain white china is topmarked with a line drawing chandelier and miniature red lampshades. The advertising card, above, shows that Gilmore's dining room was filled with the chandeliers that matched the card and matchbook.

Sources:
Seymour B. Durst Old York Library of Columbia University Libraries
Wikipedia – Caesar Salad
The Post-Star, Aug. 14, 1947
The News-Herald, Franklin, Penn., Aug. 2, 1946

Contributors:
Roland Burritt: ID
Jesse James Schroeder: Creamer photos