There’s a six-page spread in the January 1995 issue of D Magazine that highlights the return of the cigar.
“On a recent fall evening, the banquet room of Morton’s of Chicago steakhouse at 501 Elm vibrates with the laughter and throaty voices of a cadre of well-heeled rebels,” writes William J. Cobb. “The dense blue smoke of 50 odd fine cigars swirls through the air. It’s a sight for sore and perhaps old-fashioned eyes. You sense that somewhere in a cloudy heaven Sigmund Freud and Orson Welles must be happy.”
The story is a fun read. Click the images below and take a step back in Dallas dining history.
