Beebe, Lucius (1902–1966), was a premier historian of America’s railways, a columnist, an editor, and an ostentatious gourmand and bon vivant. Born into a wealthy New England family, Beebe was dismissed from Harvard and Yale, where he kept a roulette wheel and well-stocked bar in his room. He went on to write from 1929 to 1950 for the New York Herald Tribune, where he coined the term “cafe society.” “Luscious Lucius” also contributed tales of gossip, food, and drink to the San Francisco Examiner, the New Yorker, Gourmet, and other publications. His 1946 Stork Club Bar Book remains one of the classic cocktail books.
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“Lucius Beebe Demanded ‘the Best’ as He Saw It.” Kansas City Times, February 25, 1966.
By: Matthew Rowley