Ta-boo Restaurant Worth Avenue Palm Beach Postcard Private clubs who carried a 10-goal handicap

who carried a 10-goal handicap — the highest ranking in polo — from 1922 to 1940 and was on the 1928 Cup of the Americas winning team

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Janet Zapata is a historian and curator of decorative arts and jewelry and the author of numerous books and articles

As featured in BB Christmas 1959 catalog (pg

Ta-boo Restaurant Worth Avenue Palm Beach Postcard Private clubs who carried a 10-goal handicapSz: 3 1 2" x 5 1 2" Ta boo was opened in 1941 by Ted Stone shortly before the U. S. entered World War II. Stone owned the restaurant for 14 years before selling it to Jim Peterson in 1955. Peterson held on to Ta boo until 1975, after which it underwent several ownership changes until Franklyn deMarco and Nancy Sharigan reopened the doors in October of 1990. From the beginning, Ta boo quickly became a haven for its wealthy and well known patrons.