© by Kristine Zeronda

Part one: JIM MORRISON & PATRICIA KENNEALY-MORRISON IN NEW YORK CITY 1969 - 1970
The White Horse Tavern - is on Hudson Street in the West Village. It is a beautiful old tavern that is very popular with writers and artists. Dylan Thomas drank there often, and it was from there that he was taken to St. Vincent's hospital where he died. Jim and Patricia went there in 1970.
Piraeus My Love Restaurant - on W. 57th Street. Wine & Apples is downstairs in the same building. Upstairs you may eat Greek food (they have kebabs & pastitsio - a sort of macaroni dish - and some grilled fish); "Wine & Apples" is a casual restaurant with wood booths. They serve Hungarian goulash & noodles. Old people remembered the restaurant, but no soul was able to tell us where the exact location was (closed).
The Ginger Man Restaurant - on W. 64th Street near Central Park West. This is a theatre hangout. Jim and Patricia ate there twice - the first time was in May 1970 and they ate outside. Jim had steak tartare and Patricia had a Gruyere-cheese and ham omelet. After lunch they went walking in Central Park, where Jim proposed. They then went over to the Lexington Hotel to buy Irish wedding bands. They ate there again in June 1970. Today it is called O'Neals.
Trader Vic's was a restaurant in the Plaza Hotel with a separate entrance on the right of the side door on 59th Street next to the sprinkler (see photo). It was a Polynesian-themed restaurant, famous for their Fog Cutter rum drink, which Jim had two of. They had dinner with Pauline Rivelli and Janice Coughlan from Jazz & Pop Magazine; then they went uptown to the New Yorker cinema to see a Godard film, "Two or Three Things I Know About Her". Jim feel asleep during the movie!!! They then went home and then over to the Fillmore East to see Jefferson Airplane (when some guy bellowed drunkenly, Grace sneered, "I see Jim Morrison's here tonight" - not very nice since she invited herself to his hotel room on the 1968 European Tour and was never invited back). After Jim & Patricia went home to her apartment; he complained about being starving so Patricia cooked a duck for him. This was the night of the day Jim proposed to Patricia and they were both hungry from happiness so they ate like pigs. Two nights later Jim gave Patricia her engagement ring, a huge solitaire emerald. (closed)
Lanza Restaurant - on 1st Avenue & 10th Street. This has recently been restored and is quite lovely. It is a lovely turn-of-the-century, tiled-floor Italian restaurant. It is very reasonably priced and has very good food. Not posh! (open)
Luchow's Restaurant - was on E. 14th Street near Irving Place. It is now closed. Luchow's was a famous German restaurant; Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell and many other turn-of-the-century people use to hang out there. They had a spectacular Christmas tree and decorations every year and had excellent food including Schnitzel. Jim and Patricia ate there in January of 1970. Today it is called 'University Cafe' and has a new front (closed).
Il Faro Restaurant - (now Manila Garden Restaurant) on E. 14th Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues: Jim, Pam Courson, David Walley, Patricia Morrison, Leon Barnard (Doors press agent), and photographer Raeanne Rubinstein had all been at Raeanne's apartment on Third Avenue and while there they looked at the photo contact sheets Raeanne had shot at Themis Boutique. Then they all went out to dinner in the middle of a raging snowstorm. It was a very strange evening with Jim and Patricia playing footsie under the table and everyone except Pam discussing literature. This was in January of 1970 about a week after the Felt Forum shows. Jim stayed on in New York for another week or two and spent most of his nights with Patricia.
Sign of the Dove Bar & Restaurant - on 3rd Avenue & 66th Street. This was popular for press parties; Jim and Patricia ate there several times in 1969 and l970. It was a very beautiful restaurant with a garden courtyard type of interior. Half of the block got knocked down, unfortunately therefore the restaurant does not exist anymore (closed).
Sukiyaki was a Japanese restaurant on the second floor in the Gorham Hotel (or possibly next door inside the Ristorante Italiano & Bar), W. 55th Street, right across from City Center Auditorium. Jim had beef sukiyaki and Patricia had chicken teriyaki. Jim had eaten here before and liked the privacy. (closed)
Festival Movie Theater - on W. 57th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues (knocked down; today there's just a gap between two old buildings, which are going to be torn down as well soon). Here Jim and Patricia saw a preview of Mick Jagger's movie "Ned Kelly" (Jim sang the theme song all the way home in the cab) and also Ingmar Bergman's "The Passion of Anna."
Strand Book Store - on Broadway & 12th Street. It still is the largest used-book store in the world (8 miles of shelves, 4 million books). Jim and Patricia bought a ton of books here on several occasions; one of Jim's favorite stores in NYC - he bought Yeats, Robert Graves, "The Golden Bough"; they also shopped at Brentano's Book Store on 57th Street, across from Carnegie Hall. (open)
Ratner's Deli - This restaurant was formerly next door to the Fillmore East at 111 Second Avenue. Today it is the 'School Of The Arts'. Jim loved the Strawberry shortcake and Patricia liked the chocolate crème pie. It is now located at 138 Delancey Street.
The Second Avenue Deli, on 2nd Avenue & 10th Street. Jim went for the pastrami and Patricia preferred the corned beef. It is a famous and popular deli. (open)
Navarro Hotel, at 112 Central Park South. Jim and Patricia stayed there for several nights on two occasions in a room on the 25th floor. The Navarro was an elegant but not posh small hotel that used to be a venue for high-stakes gambling and illegal drinking in the 20's and 30's; Jimi Hendrix used to stay there also. Very low-key and not rock'n'roll-ish; stars were not bothered by fans here. The Doors stayed there for their Felt Forum concerts. (closed)

© 2000,2001 Kristine Zeronda, additional information by Rainer Moddemann, The Doors Quarterly Magazine.
All photos © Jochen Maaßen.
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