Palm Springs Town & Country Restaurant, California, 1950s Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) The owner was kitchenware distributor

The owner was kitchenware distributor and restaurant designer I Arthur Ganger who operated another whimsical New York restaurant the "Bird in Hand" which specialized in fried chicken

But even that location proved too small

The hotel's most famous guest – the billionaire businessman Howard Hughes – came to stay in 1966

Sillery is a celebrated area of Champagne and used to produce its own branded still and sparking "Sillery" Champagne

Nice night on the town

Palm Springs Town & Country Restaurant, California, 1950s Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) The owner was kitchenware distributorAccording to the Palm Springs Modern Committee the Palm Springs Town & Country Center, built between 1946 and 1955 "was once a glamorous retail, restaurant, and residential mixed use project designed over the years by a number of important visiting and local architects including A. Quincy Jones, Paul R. Williams, Albert Frey, John Porter Clark, Donald Wexler and Richard Harrison." The restaurant opened in 1948 and according to the Desert Sun it was