Jumble Shop East

Jumble Shop East was a Manhattan, New York restaurant which opened on June 15, 1930 at 11 Waverly Place. The twelve story apartment house inside which the eatery was located, opened in the winter of 1929. It was part of the residential development then taking place east of Washington Square. The business was operated by Frances E. Russell and Winifred J. Tucker. Their original eating establishment was Jumble Shop West, located on 28 West Eighth Street. The new restaurant was designed to resemble an old English inn.

In 1947 Simone de Beauvoir visited the Jumble Shop East on an excursion to Greenwich Village with her friends. She described its European appearance with its red tiled floor and serene little tables aligned against the walls. She wrote that a person could eat and drink there all night.

The home occupied by Jumble Shop East was built by a syndicate headed by Louis Jakobson. More than 90% of its 158 apartments were rented through the H.S. Hillyer realty firm.

Jumble Shop West was described as a restaurant and bar, sometimes referred to as a speakeasy. It may have originated as an antique shop which served tea and crumpets on the side.