When I first saw this painted sign on Gansevoort between Greenwich and Washington, above the former Florent restaurant, I naturally assumed it said “Burnham’s BEET Wine.” Actually the T is an F. “Beef Wine” was a patent medicine popular in the 1900’s, comprised of port wine fortified with beef extract and iron, not unlike the tonic “Hadacol” […]
from Forgotten New York http://forgotten-ny.com/2017/04/burnhams-beef-wine-meatpacking/
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