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[[File:Blue%20Gentian%201935.jpg|right|thumb||Chance's Restaurant, 1935, later the site of the [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Blue_Gentian|Blue Gentian]]|.<br>''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Adirondack_Daily_Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]''|, October 20, 2001 ]]Over the years, Saranac Lake had an amazing assortment of dining and drinking establishments, and during [[Prohibition|Prohibition]], it had "at least a dozen speakeasies, which operated more or less within the knowledge of the police." <sup>1</sup> [[File:Restaurants%201955.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]''|, July 22, 1955 ]]
* [[Adirondack%20Restaurant|Adirondack Restaurant]]
* [[Alpine%20Tavern|Alpine Tavern]]
* '''[[Altamont%20Dairy%20Bar|Altamont Dairy Bar]]'''
* '''[[Alta%20Vista%20Lodge|Alta Vista Lodge]]'''
* [[American-Italian%20Garden|American-Italian Garden]]
* [[Ampersand%20Grill|Ampersand Grill]]
* [[The%20Antlers|The Antlers]]
* [[Back%20Door%20Restaurant%20and%20Tavern|Back Door Restaurant and Tavern]]
* [[Bailey%27s%20Delicatessen|Bailey's Delicatessen]]
* '''[[Belvedere|Belvedere]]'''
* '''[[Bernie%20Wilson%27s%20Restaurant|Bernie Wilson's Restaurant]]'''
* '''[[The%20Birches|The Birches]]'''
* '''[[Birk%27s%20Swiss%20Chalet|Birk's Swiss Chalet]]'''
* [[Black%20Cat|Black Cat]]
* [[Blue%20Bird%20Tea%20Room|Blue Bird Tea Room]]
* '''[[Blue%20Gentian|Blue Gentian]]'''
* [[Brick%20Oven%20Restaurant|Brick Oven Restaurant]]
* [[Brown%20Bear%20Restaurant|Brown Bear Restaurant]]
* [[Casablanca|Casablanca]]
* [[Cedar%20Post%20Restaurant|Cedar Post Restaurant]]
* [[Chance%27s|Chance's]] Restaurant
* [[Coach%20and%20Four|Coach and Four]]
* [[Jack%20Phillips|Colby Lake Lodge]]
* [[Colonial%20Inn|Colonial Inn]]
* [[Coogan's%20Restaurant|Coogan's Restaurant]]
* [[Crescent%20Moon%20Restaurant|Crescent Moon Restaurant]]
* '''[[Dew%20Drop%20Inn|Dew Drop Inn]]'''
* [[Dickies|Dickies]] (comprising the One Minute Lunch and the City Restaurant)
* [[DJ's%20Rustic%20Restaurant|DJ's Rustic Restaurant]]
* [[Dr.%20Y's%20Tavern|Dr. Y's Tavern]]
* '''[[Downing%20and%20Cane%27s|Downing and Cane's]]'''
* '''[[Durgan%27s%20Grill|Durgan's Grill]]'''
* [[Earl's%20Village%20Tavern|Earl's Village Tavern]]
* [[Elks%20Club|Elks Club]]
* [[Glade%20Room|Glade Room]]
* [[Hennessey%27s%20Bar%20and%20Grill|Hennessey's Bar and Grill]]
* [[Hesseltine%27s|Hesseltine's]]
* [[Hob%20Nob|Hob Nob]]
* [[Hotel%20Saranac|Hotel Saranac]]
* [[Journey%27s%20End|Journey's End]]
* [[Lakeview%20Grill|Lakeview Grill]]
* [[Lamp%20Post%20Tavern|Lamp Post Tavern]]
* [[La%20Petite%20Restaurant|La Petite Restaurant]]
* [[Larry%27s%20Lunch|Larry's Lunch]]
* [[Laura's%20Diner|Laura's Diner]]
* [[Leaning%20Pine|Leaning Pine]]
* [[Lone%20Star%20Inn|Lone Star Inn]]
* [[Mack%27s%20Restaurant|Mack's Restaurant]]
* [[Major%27s%20Inn|Major's Inn]]
* [[Mark%27s%20Restaurant%20Bar%20and%20Grill|Mark's Restaurant Bar and Grill]]
* [[McVeety%27s%20diner|McVeety's diner]]
* [[Minute%20Lunch|Minute Lunch]]
* [[Melody%20Bar%20and%20Grill|Melody Bar and Grill]]
* [[Miss%20Saranac%20Diner|Miss Saranac Diner]]
* [[Morgans%2011|Morgans 11]]
* [[Mr.%20Quigley%27s|Mr. Quigley's]]
* [[Mt.%20Baker%20Club|Mt. Baker Club]]
* [[New%20York%20Restaurant|New York Restaurant]]
* [[Northbrook%20Lodge|Northbrook Lodge]]
* [[Overlook|Overlook]]
* [[Pine%20Grove%20Restaurant|Pine Grove Restaurant]]
* [[The%20Pines|The Pines]]
* [[Pleasant%20View%20Restaurant|Pleasant View Restaurant]]
* [[Blue%20Gentian|Pontiac Club]]
* [[The%20Porch|The Porch]]
* [[Rainbow%20Bar%20and%20Grill|Rainbow Bar and Grill]]
* [[Ray%20Brook%20Inn|Ray Brook Inn]]
* [[The%20Red%20Mill|The Red Mill]]
* [[The%20Ritz|The Ritz]]
* [[Riverside%20Bar%20and%20Grill|Riverside Bar and Grill]]
* [[Sagendorf%20Restaurant|Sagendorf Restaurant]]
* [[Shamrock%20Bar%20and%20Grill|Shamrock Bar and Grill]]
* '''[[Schroeter%27s%20Restaurant|Schroeter's Restaurant]]'''
* [[The%20Silhouette|The Silhouette]]
* [[The%2064%20Restaurant|The 64 Restaurant]]
* [[The%20Store|The Store]]
* '''[[Swinging%20Tiger|Swinging Tiger]]'''
* [[Tally%20Ho|Tally Ho]]
* [[The%20Tavern|The Tavern]]
* [[Top%20Hat%20Restaurant|Top Hat Restaurant]]
* [[Town%20Tavern|Town Tavern]]
* [[Walseman%27s%20Restaurant|Walseman's Restaurant]]
* [[Wayside%20Tavern|Wayside Tavern]]

'''See also''' [[1937%20Saranac%20Lake%20Veterans%20of%20Foreign%20Wars%20Encampment%20Program|1937 Saranac Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Encampment Program]]

[[File:Where%20to%20eat%201948.jpg|left|thumb||Where to Eat, 1948. From a program of the [[Rebekah%20Lodge|Rebekah Lodge]]| for the 1948 Rebekah Assembly. ]]

 

 

[[File:14133-2.jpg|left|thumb||Chamber of Commerce, Where to Stay and Dine in Saranac Lake, N.Y. : The little city in the Adirondacks, undated, but between 1948 and the late 1950s.<br>|Courtesy of the [[http://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/library/500A8EC9-8F26-4AF1-8FF8-136615237022|Adirondack Experience]]]]<br> 

## Footnotes

1. Mooney, Elizabeth, ''In the shadow of the White Plague : a memoir'', New York : Crowell, 1979, p.90