Dining-Drinking
November, 1961
Jilly's (256 West 52nd, New York), an average-sized boite (capacity: downward of 200 people, wall to wall), is intro'd by a huge, police-precinctlike white globe (appended high over a step-down, double-door entry) on which the establishment's moniker is etched in black. The globe decor carries over into the bar, with pawn shop clusters of three illuming the mahogany-stained paneled walls. The early bright we sailed into the place (named after owner Jilly Rizzo), we were quickly taken in tow by m...
