Italian Restaurants
Postcard showing main dining room of Cafe Bova, a popular downtown Italian restaurant, 1912. Founded by Calabrian-born Antonio Bova in 1907, this cosmopolitan restaurant featured elegant tables, murals of Neapolitan scenery, and live Italian music. Its eclectic menu offered dishes…
The West End
Corner of Spring and Chambers Streets in Boston's West End, 1910. Courtesy of the Trustees of Boston Public Library.