The Cedar Tavern (pictured: The Golden Spur book jacket)

As the Café Lafayette was about to be demolished, Dawn Powell began to frequent The Cedar on Eighth Street. In a diary entry of December 10, 1958, she wrote, "Dinner at Cedar. Decided Village is my creative oxygen." When beginning her novel The Golden Spur, Powell called it her "Cedar novel."

For a period view of the Cedar Bar captured by photographer Fred McDarrah, click here.