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Located at 42 Central Park South, NYC,
Mickey Mantle's Restaurant opened in
1988. Inside, the decor of sports
memorabilia and art made Mantle's one
of the more popular sports bars in the
city. Burton Silverman was commissioned
by Mantle to create the artwork that
appears on the cover of the menus. The
original painting hung there for many
years as well. Lithographs signed by
both Mickey Mantle and Burton Silverman
were also made available for sale at
the restaurant. As stated on the bottom of
one
menu; "Many of the works of art on
display are available for purchase.
Please ask your waiter or waitress for
further information."
Before checking
into the Betty Ford Clinic in 1994, the
year before the slugger passed away,
Mantle was often spotted schmoozing and
sharing a cocktail with fans inside his
namesake restaurant. The restaurant
grossing $3.9 million its first year,
closed in 2012, due to increasing food
prices, shifting city regulations and
landlord interference.
On the cover below the Burton Silverman artwork is the blue & white Mickey
Mantle's Restaurant logo featuring
Mantle's facsimile autograph below the
Yankee Stadium Facade. Inside the menu features
the usual Appetizers, side dishes, main
courses, a Little League menu (children
portions), Beverages (on the back) and
"Mickey's Specialties." Mantle's
favorite dish on the menu, as befitting
an Oklahoma boy, was chicken-fried
steak.
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