Waldorf Astoria (solitary confinement)
The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury New York City hotel. In John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe's Dictionary of Desperation (1976), about prison slang, the "Waldorf Astoria" term applies…
Waldorf Cocktail
The Waldorf cocktail is one of several cocktails from the Waldorf Hotel (later the Waldorf-Astoria). The Waldorf cocktail is cited in print from at least 1914 and contains ingredients such as rye…
Waldorf Hysteria (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel nickname)
New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is infrequently called the "Waldorf Hysteria." When a popular celebrity or political figure stays in the Waldorf, newspaper headlines often describe…
Waldorf of Harlem (Hotel Theresa, now Theresa Towers)
The Hotel Theresa opened in 1913 at Seventh Avenue, between 124th and 125th Streets. The Harlem hotel ended its racial segregation policy in 1940. The Theresa quickly became the most important…
Waldorf of the Catskills (Grossinger’s Hotel nickname)
Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel, near Liberty, New York, was perhaps the grandest of all the resorts in the "Borscht Belt." Many of Grossinger's hotel guests and entertainers…
Waldorf Salad
You're the top! You're a Waldorf salad.You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad.You're a baby grand of a lady and a gent.You're an old dutch master, You're Mrs.…
Waldorf Sandwich
A Waldorf sandwich (named from New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel) is usually a Waldorf salad between two slices of bread. A recipe for "Waldorf Sandwiches" was printed in The…