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Back in May, our resident hotel archivist one way car rental companies JetSetCD posted scans of the very 1960s-looking Hotel Americana , which these days we all know as the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers . And while plenty about the hotel has changed over the years, one thing that's remained constant is a particular server that's worked for the hotel since it opened in 1962.
Tilla Soeder came to the US from Germany in 1959 when she was 21 years old, and, on the advice from her aunt and uncle's neighbor, she applied for a job as a server at the soon-to-open Americana Hotel . The rest, as they say, is history...
Tilla : When I came, we had the Colombian Coffee House downstairs. That was such a popular restaurant, we seated 350 people each day. People would be waiting on the stairs when we opened one way car rental companies in the morning: the line never stopped!
Tilla : Business men would come and have breakfast one way car rental companies down there because we had a public announcement system. They'd show up, put their name down, and every other second you would hear, for example, "Mr. Goldstein, would you come to the desk, please?" They just wanted to get their name called out in public�the business men loved it!
Tilla : We also introduced the first coffee mug in New York City. You know, big coffee mugs, like you see everywhere nowadays. It used to be just a cup an saucer. one way car rental companies We were the first restaurant that had a mug. It was a beautiful white porcelain mug with a gold 'A' on it�'A' for Americana Hotel. We used to sell three or four hundred mugs a day. $2 apiece!
Tilla : We had a famous nightclub one way car rental companies called the Royal Box on the second floor, very classy, expensive drinks. We had every star come and perform in that nightclub. Frank Sinatra, one way car rental companies Sammy Davis Jr. They would rehearse in the afternoon, so we'd get to watch them.