Eating In Translation

Carvel

Surviving signage, 2472 Webster Ave. (at East 189th St.), Fordham Heights, Bronx
Also shown below in January 2009; this location closed sometime after the summer of 2014
www.Carvel.com

Breyer's Ice Cream, luncheon

Surviving privilege signage outside Baonanas
181 Monticello Ave. (Belmont-Jewett Aves.), Jersey City

Waldorf Cafeteria

The first Waldorf restaurant opened in Massachusetts around 1904, according to Brownstoner; this Brooklyn location debuted about a quarter-century later. A New York City tax photo, c. 1940, shows that the cafeteria had two entrances connecting what might have been an L-shaped dining area. In those days, the Waldorf wrapped around Bond Clothes, famous for its two-trouser suits; today, the corner tenant is an Ann Taylor factory store.

H/T the Ghost Signs group on Facebook

Waldorf Cafeteria
Surviving signage, 449 Fulton St. (at Jay St.), Downtown Brooklyn

Paramount Fish Market

Signage apparently uncovered last year and preserved, appropriately enough, outside collectibles and thrift store The Second Time Around
300 Knickerbocker Ave. (Hart-Suydam Sts.), Bushwick, Brooklyn
347-512-2545

Wholesale grocers

Surviving signage, 55 Ludlow St. (Grand-Hester Sts.), Manhattan

Wines & liquors

Surviving signage, 850 East 180th St. (Crotona Pkwy.-Mohegan Ave.), Tremont, Bronx

American Can Company Stopper Factory

The American Stopper Co. moved to this former Chesebrough Manufacturing complex in 1903 and expanded the facility to accommodate its own growing business. The company, which made tin containers for chocolate as well as many personal-care products, was acquired by the American Can Co. in 1915; the precise date of this sign is unknown. In recent years the complex has been occupied by apartments and small businesses.

American Can Company Stopper Factory
Surviving signage, 20 Verona St. (Richards-Dwight Sts.), Red Hook, Brooklyn

Fishcake

Customized social-distancing marker on the sidewalk outside Nishida Sho-ten
302 East 49th St. (First-Second Aves.), Manhattan
212-308-0791
www.NishidaSho-Ten.com

Twin Donut Twins

To the rescue!
196 East 161st St. (at Concourse Village West), Concourse Village, Bronx
718-993-7050
(One of many locations)

Fair Food Market

Surviving signage with old HIckory 6 telephone exchange
9028 Astoria Blvd. (at 91st St.) East Elmhurst, Queens