Dating back to 1860 & once on the on the National Register of Historic Places, Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company known as EBT, closed in 1968 and was torn down in 1971." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery,_Bird,_Thayer_Dry_Goods_Company
Opening in 1979, EBT Restaurant then used salvage décor from the historic, downtown, Kansas City department store.

Today, there are two dining nooks in matching, original elevators from the historic department store. This is one of them.
These elevator nooks are so popular with diners that they are booked up to 6 months in advance.