Dubrow's Cafeteria

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Dubrow's Cafeteria was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. They were started by Russian immigrant Benjamin Dubrow in 1929 and lasted until the Manhattan Dubrow's closed in 1985. The Manhattan Dubrow's became popular and successful as an important part of the New York City garment district in the mid-twentieth century. The demise of the garment industry in New York, along with the rising cost of New York real estate, were the reasons for the eventual closing of Dubrow's.

The Manhattan Dubrow's was the site of the American Playhouse production "The Cafeteria", based on the short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, which was featured on PBS.

Many of Benjamin's descendants worked at and managed the various restaurants, including George Dubrow, his son, Irwin Dubrow, his grandson, Paul Tobin, his grandson whose mother was Minnie Dubrow Tobin, and Irving Kaplan, his son-in-law.

Benjamin Dubrow's great granddaughter, Eve Lyons, a writer extraordinaire, is currently compiling stories, memories, photographs, and paintings of Dubrow's in a blog: http://www.dubrows.blogspot.com.