THE LOST BAR

Coffee · Chocolate · Tea · 1876–1908 · France · Netherlands · United States

The Coffee House

The other half of the café: the cup before the glass.

Every café poured coffee in the morning and absinthe at five. Cappiello, Steinlen and Neumont drew for roasters and chocolate makers, and the American lithographers sold breakfast coffee by the pound. Almost every name on this wall closed long ago.

79% of every piece now hanging carries a dead mark