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Black and white photograph depicting Peacock Alley from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"Peacock Alley of the new hotel has little similarity to the old one, except in name… It is, of course, a meeting place…

Black and white photograph depicting diners at the Peacock Alley restaurant, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c. 1970s.

Black and white photograph depiting the entrance to Peacock Alley, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Color photograph depicting the dessert spread at the weekly Sunday Brunch held in Peacock Alley.

Black and white photograph depicting a waiter at Peacock Alley preparing a dish at the table for onlooking guests, 1960s.

Black and white photograph depicting the wait staff at Peacock Alley, 1971.

List of dishes served at the bruncheon held in Peacock Alley on January 1, 1972, the morning after a Lombardo New Year's Eve Gala.

On the menu:

Minted Pineapple and Dates
Salad of Herrings and Apple
Grapefruit – Chilled or Honey…

The Waldorf=Astoria’s Peacock Alley was identified as one of The New York Times’ “Hotel Restaurant Menus That Don’t Grow Stale”. Veal Oscar and Waldorf Salad were highlighted as classics in this “In Transit”…