One of the first phenomena that separated dale's Cellar from other restaurants was the fact that patrons could see food being prepared before their eyes. This originated one evening when a friend of Jake's, as a joke, demanded to have his meal prepared "... right here, right now, at this table!" Jake then wheeled out a small hibachi grill and cooked the gentleman's steak at his table. Word of this cooking style soon circulated and evolved into dale's signature feature - having a chef prepare meals in full view of all patrons. Pictured above is Clyde Adams, head chef at dale's Cellar in 1949, preparing a steak on the restaurant's main grill behind a glass wall. Additionally, dale's Cellar was one of the first restaurants to grill all types of food indoors, a basic feature of nearly all of today's restaurants.