Situated in a basement at 57 West 57th Street, the club was owned and operated by Dario Goldfarb and Jim Vernon.
It was at La Martinique that Mr. & Mrs. Walt Disney would host the after party following the October 23, 1941 premiere of Dumbo at the Broadway theatre.
[1] The club is remembered for launching the careers of many singers of the era, including Dick Haymes, Danny Kaye,[2] Jackie Miles, Sunny Skylar, and Zero Mostel,[3] as well as playing host to more established performers, such as Jo Stafford who had a six-month residency there beginning in February 1945.
An edition of the Sunday Frolics from April 1946 advertised one such evening, with Joey Adams as the host, and Rolly Rolls, the Merry Parisian, as the "honored guest".
[2] The club was closed by the early 1950s, with Josephine Baker opening a new establishment on the original La Martinique site in 1952.