The third in the Wednesday History series is this 1946 photo of Sholl’s Georgian Cafeteria located at 3027 Georgia Ave NW, which is about where the CVS at 14th and Irving is now. I assume this is the same Sholl as owned the much beloved Sholl’s Colonial Cafeteria in the West End (near Foggy Bottom), which closed in 2001.
Quite the reminder of a time past, when cafeterias and automats were common. That said, I’d go to a cafeteria if there were one in the neighborhood and it was half decent — inexpensive food and a wide variety. That’s basically what Soho and those other pay-by-weight lunch places are these days.
The photo is from the Library of Congress and was taken by Theodor Horydczak. Here’s the link to the Shorpy page.
