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Vintage Menus

Plankinton House, Milwaukee, 1936. I'll have shrimps & crabmeat, choice extra cut sirloin steak with fresh mushrooms, and peach pie for dessert. $3.00 plus tip.

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by Anonymousreply 166April 18, 2021 8:43 AM

Waiter? Can you ask the chef how old the baby halibuts were?

by Anonymousreply 1September 29, 2020 6:41 AM

You can’t go wrong with good old blue ribbon prime rib, am I right?

by Anonymousreply 2September 29, 2020 6:42 AM

I’m pleased to see that Jello is offered as both a salad AND a dessert

by Anonymousreply 3September 29, 2020 6:44 AM

Just must have the little necked clams, pig's feet fried in butter, stuffed tomatoes (broiled!), and coconut custard pie.

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by Anonymousreply 4September 29, 2020 6:47 AM

Say! Bulgarian buttermilk! Now you’re talking. Forget about the prime ribs. I’ll have Bulgarian buttermilk waffles!

by Anonymousreply 5September 29, 2020 6:50 AM

Forty cents for roast beef? These New-Yorkers must be made of money.

by Anonymousreply 6September 29, 2020 6:52 AM

Stuffed mangos? I didn't know mangos were available in 1897.

by Anonymousreply 7September 29, 2020 6:53 AM

Oh! They have a nice Claret! But to start, I will have a double martini for $0.35 > $18.00 in 2020 $$. Just proves this is not my era...

by Anonymousreply 8September 29, 2020 6:54 AM

I can't decide. Should I have sole, sole, sole, sole, sole, sole, or sole?

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by Anonymousreply 9September 29, 2020 6:57 AM

“Boiled turkey with egg sauce”?

How could anyone resist?

by Anonymousreply 10September 29, 2020 6:59 AM

R5 Bulgarian buttermilk means a Bulgarian milked the cow, I guess...haha!

by Anonymousreply 11September 29, 2020 7:00 AM

Philadelphia cream cheese with currant jelly as a dessert? How odd. Maybe it comes with crackers.

by Anonymousreply 12September 29, 2020 7:05 AM

Maxwell’s Plum, 1974. Not only the prices and so many dated dishes (that are totally up my alley) but the menu is HUGE. Only a coffee shop has menus that big today — most fine dining has what, 5-10 entrees at most?

Also, a “hot” restaurant on First Avenue.

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by Anonymousreply 13September 29, 2020 7:07 AM

If you're not in the mood for our 124 soles, perhaps I could interest you in one of our anal lobster preparations?

We split the live lobster in half (it must be live!), then when the live lobster becomes a dead lobster (it must be dead!) we take the meat out of the shell, add this and add that, add more of this, put it back into the shell, take it out again and add something else, put it back into the shell and grill it for 12.5 minutes, remove it, take the meat back out of the shell, rinse the shell in brandy, put the meat back in, cover it with sauce made from cream, butter, the strained shell-rinsing brandy, shallots, and more butter, then we put it back under the grill for 4 minutes, take it out and add a rosette of butter before rushing it to your table.

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by Anonymousreply 14September 29, 2020 7:10 AM

What's the thing with frog legs? Was that a delicacy?

by Anonymousreply 15September 29, 2020 7:28 AM

“Boiled turkey with egg sauce”?

How could anyone resist?"

It was the pumpkin spice of its day.

by Anonymousreply 16September 29, 2020 7:54 AM

R15 both frogs legs and turtle were very popular

by Anonymousreply 17September 29, 2020 8:08 AM

$3 in 1936 = $56 today.

by Anonymousreply 18September 29, 2020 8:24 AM

R7 Stuffed mangoes weren't the tropical fruit, instead they were a fruit or vegetable stuffed with cabbage and seasonings and then pickled in vinegar. They were frequently made with a type of melon similar to a plump cucumber, or a bell pepper. It would then be filled with shredded cabbage and seasoned with mustard seeds. dill, garlic, chili flakes, bay leaves and pickled in a vinegar brine. Why they were called mangoes I have no idea.

by Anonymousreply 19September 29, 2020 9:49 AM

For those enjoying this thread, may I recommend, [italic]Ten Restaurants That Changed America[/italic]. Wonderful book!

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by Anonymousreply 20September 29, 2020 10:23 AM

R12 I bet it was good. Cream cheese with green pepper jelly and crackers is fabulous.

by Anonymousreply 21September 29, 2020 3:07 PM

I LOVE this thread. Thank you!

by Anonymousreply 22September 29, 2020 3:12 PM

I agree, great thread. R14 has me laughing out loud now as I picture an anal chef preparing lobster as in a movie of the times: black and white, with an orchestra playing some type of Laurel&Hardy musical score.

by Anonymousreply 23September 29, 2020 3:23 PM

[quote] $3 in 1936 = $56 today

Is there an online calculator for today’s prices that you’re using?

by Anonymousreply 24September 29, 2020 3:24 PM

Just Google "Inflation Calculator".

by Anonymousreply 25September 29, 2020 3:26 PM

R24 Yep.

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by Anonymousreply 26September 29, 2020 3:28 PM

The 1974 menu of Chez Cary, the fanciest restaurant in Orange County, California during the 1960s and 1970s. Big winged-back chairs, footstools for the ladies, no prices on the ladies' menus, matcbook with your name printed already on the table, but no need for it as they magically appeared with a lighter if you picked up a cigarette, cgars dipped in cognac, strolling musicians (groups of string players), your car was waiting for you without even asking (when you paid the bill they knew to get your car), etc. The whole experience plus gourmet food of the era. I grew up in Orange, California but I never went to it, though my sister's boyfriend splurged and took her there once. The owner's name was Cary Sinclair.

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by Anonymousreply 27September 29, 2020 3:35 PM

My favorite kind of thread. Thanks!

by Anonymousreply 28September 29, 2020 3:53 PM

Why were menus SO much bigger in the 70s and 80s — and they made all those dishes fresh, and always had all those ingredients?

I know we make a lot of fun of Karen’s who special order and all that, but thinking about it now, the rise of all that came with the advent of much smaller, more limited menus with stubborn chefs who won’t deign to prepare things his/her specific (and not always desirable) way. If menus had continued to have just about anything you could possibly want I guarantee that never would have happened.

by Anonymousreply 29September 29, 2020 4:19 PM

Those who like a huge menu that runs the gamut, visit your local Greek "pancake restaurant." You'll be absolutely floored.

by Anonymousreply 30September 29, 2020 4:24 PM

Oh man, I love Lobster Thermador. There's a great restaurant in Atlantic City called the Knife and Fork that still prepares it the traditional way and places it back into the shell. So good.

by Anonymousreply 31September 29, 2020 4:25 PM

Melon Ball Cocktail with Jello. The fruit is fine by itself, no need to add putrid jello.

by Anonymousreply 32September 29, 2020 4:33 PM

[quote] Why they were called mangoes I have no idea.

I'm sure they were NOT called that at the 1897 edition of MichFest.

by Anonymousreply 33September 29, 2020 4:38 PM

Wow even adjusted for inflation that $1 Prix Fixe menu is dirt cheap

by Anonymousreply 34September 29, 2020 4:45 PM

Locke-Ober, the best restaurant in Boston for over 100 years, served Lobster Savannah for $1.60 and filet mignon for $2.00 in 1939.

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by Anonymousreply 35September 29, 2020 4:52 PM

My Dad knew a studio executive at Warner Brothers and we ate there once on a trip to Los Angeles in the early 1960's.

On April 28, 1960, the Connie Stevens Special - a peanut butter and banana sandwich - was 65 cents.

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by Anonymousreply 36September 29, 2020 5:04 PM

The war was over, but Office of Price Administration rules were still in effect in November, 1945 at the Parker House in Boston.

Parker House rolls were on the menu, but at least at lunchtime, Boston Cream Pie was not available where it was invented.

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by Anonymousreply 37September 29, 2020 5:14 PM

From the article linked below:

“ I will always prefer soup dumplings to egg drop soup, but based on fifty decades of menus, the 1950s and '60s seem like the most fun -- imagine back to an era when Chinese restaurants served Polynesian-inspired tiki cocktails and people dressed up in tuxedos and furs for a night out in Chinatown.”

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by Anonymousreply 38September 29, 2020 5:19 PM

In 1949, you could still get a horse steak on the menu at the Harvard Faculty Club for ninety-five cents and a full dinner for $1.25 or $1.55 but mayonnaise or Russian dressing was ten cents extra.

Horse steak went on the menu during WWII because of beef shortages. Somebody must have liked it, because it was still on the menu until 1985.

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by Anonymousreply 39September 29, 2020 5:22 PM

The Garden Court in San Francisco's Palace Hotel has long been one of the city's most spectacular restaurants.

Expensive, though: a sirloin steak, a la carte, was $2.70 in 1945. On the other hand, sand dabs must have been plentiful: only $1.20.

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by Anonymousreply 40September 29, 2020 5:29 PM

This has definitely been posted on DL before.

by Anonymousreply 41September 29, 2020 5:31 PM

I love how so many of these places had egg dishes for dinner!

My family went to Locke-Ober’s sometime visiting Boston in the 80s. Legal Seafood was so much better then, too.

Those prices look very expensive for 1936, actually.

by Anonymousreply 42September 29, 2020 5:34 PM

R42, 1939, actually, but it was always the best place in town and the best costs a bit more, no?

by Anonymousreply 43September 29, 2020 5:40 PM

And you could smoke between courses. Martinis and coffee to quaff alongside the food.

by Anonymousreply 44September 29, 2020 5:43 PM

Wow, r20. I’ve eaten at nine of those. All except Mandarin.

Well, maybe 8. When I was a child my grandfather took me to Le Pavillon for lunch and told me I could have “whatever I wanted.” So I asked for spaghetti and meatballs. The waiter demurred. Disappointed, I asked for a frank and beans. No, no, no. We left and ate at the Automat.

by Anonymousreply 45September 29, 2020 5:44 PM

I'm jealous, R45. I'd love to have dined at Le Pavillon or an automat.

by Anonymousreply 46September 29, 2020 6:16 PM

Well, Delmonico’s wasn’t really Delmonico’s anymore when I went, though still the original location.

by Anonymousreply 47September 29, 2020 6:23 PM

Luchow's, NYC, 1936 menu with the Wurzburger Hofbrau attachment printed in (Nazi) Germany.

Thirty cents for a Horse's Neck back then.

The site is now NYU's University Hall.

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by Anonymousreply 48September 29, 2020 6:46 PM

No schnitzel?

by Anonymousreply 49September 29, 2020 6:53 PM

Four kinds of schnitzel, R49 (paprika, weiner, natur, and Luchow.)

It's the "incubator chicken" that makes me nervous.

by Anonymousreply 50September 29, 2020 7:11 PM

Why is there ALWAYS some mouthy prick that has to ruin a good thread with their nasty judgements. Shut the fuck up and just beat your cat already.

by Anonymousreply 51September 29, 2020 7:28 PM

Perino's is MINE!

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by Anonymousreply 52September 29, 2020 7:30 PM

Order the Blind Smash, the Hen Fruit Cobler, or even the Cardigan Punch (unless you're allergic to lanolin) but whatever you do, do not order the Young Canadian Punch. I've seen how it's made.

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by Anonymousreply 53September 29, 2020 7:32 PM

R52 - So the 2 NY sirloins (for herself and Christine) would have set Mrs. Alfred Steele back $10.50. No limestone salads on the menu. Wonder what the cocktail prices were like?

by Anonymousreply 54September 29, 2020 8:38 PM

This was our favorite restaurant (The Lion’s Rock) and I can’t believe I actually found something. This is from well before we ever went there (70s Vs 80s) judging from the prices, and I don’t see the pecan chicken with fettuccine and purée of carrots (it’s a lunch menu) but here you go.

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by Anonymousreply 55September 29, 2020 9:22 PM

Here's something a bit less upscale. (Not sure what year it's from.)

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by Anonymousreply 56September 29, 2020 10:47 PM

The Velvet Turtle was a chain of upscale eateries that was big in California from the '60s through the '80s.

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by Anonymousreply 57September 29, 2020 10:49 PM

Don't cook tonight ...

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by Anonymousreply 58September 29, 2020 10:52 PM

This was the menu at the original Chili's in Dallas back when I was in high school. It was so much better back then when the menu was simple.

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by Anonymousreply 59September 29, 2020 11:10 PM

I'll have the "mixed fruit omelet with cinnamon toast" just to see what it is, especially because it's oddly listed under "waffle special."

by Anonymousreply 60September 29, 2020 11:10 PM

The Queen's Grill, RMS Queen Mary 2

And you've already paid for everything on the menu.

Not shown, but the shirred eggs with beluga caviar for breakfast was a treat.

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by Anonymousreply 61September 30, 2020 12:30 AM

Sardi's

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by Anonymousreply 62September 30, 2020 12:31 AM

R36, By 1967, The Connie Stevens Special was surprise anal.

by Anonymousreply 63September 30, 2020 12:47 AM

"...No ch-chi, life is peachy

Chicago... We'll meet at the Pump Room, Ambassador East,

To say the least

On shish-kebob and breast of squab we will feast and get fleeced..."

1962

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by Anonymousreply 64September 30, 2020 12:59 AM

From 1940 - An Old Fashioned New England Thanksgiving Dinner @ Howard Johnson's

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by Anonymousreply 65September 30, 2020 1:03 AM

Delmonico's

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by Anonymousreply 66September 30, 2020 1:04 AM

Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, CA, November 1954

Not sure what "colored poultry" meant, though.

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by Anonymousreply 67September 30, 2020 2:11 AM

Interesting that the HoJo's Thanksgiving menu used "squash pie." Was that a common term in those days for pumpkin pie?

by Anonymousreply 68September 30, 2020 2:31 AM

I remember a few years ago, the New York Public Library had a site where you could read menus and type in what they said. I guess they were doing it so that they could be easily searched. It was great fun. There were menus from all over the world. I remember doing one for the RMS Mauretania, and many other cruise ships. They had in flight menus and train menus, in addition to restaurants. I just checked. There are no menus to review at the moment.

by Anonymousreply 69September 30, 2020 4:23 AM

My squirrel's surprise is extra anchovy sauce. Shhh, don't tell!

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by Anonymousreply 70September 30, 2020 4:47 AM

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by Anonymousreply 71September 30, 2020 5:04 AM

r69 The LA Public Library has a similar site.

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by Anonymousreply 72September 30, 2020 5:36 AM

From that site, here's the Brown Derby from 1947. (This is just one page; each page is at a different link.)

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by Anonymousreply 73September 30, 2020 5:37 AM

I’ve gotta know that story behind the Connie Stevens special from the Warner Bros. menu.

by Anonymousreply 74September 30, 2020 6:15 AM

R73, Ethel and I both had the spaghetti and meatballs.

by Anonymousreply 75September 30, 2020 6:17 AM

'Meals for servants and children'

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by Anonymousreply 76September 30, 2020 6:18 AM

SO many cream and butter sauces and yet people were so much thinner.

by Anonymousreply 77September 30, 2020 7:21 AM

New York Athletic Club, Nov. 2,1969

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by Anonymousreply 78September 30, 2020 7:26 AM

R77 there was not HFCS and GMO corn.

by Anonymousreply 79September 30, 2020 8:15 AM

R74 She was filming "Hawaiian Eye" at Warner's then with Robert Conrad and Poncie Ponce. There was a special on the menu every day named after an actor or actress working on the lot.

Peanut butter and banana (on white bread) was not an unknown sandwich combination back then. Didn't Elvis love them with bacon added?

Connie's version of Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" here isn't the strongest rendition, but as she says, it's "the ginchiest." Maybe the sandwich was, too.

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by Anonymousreply 80September 30, 2020 1:52 PM

Bal Tabarin (supper club), Columbus Avenue at Chestnut, San Francisco 1939

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by Anonymousreply 81October 1, 2020 1:58 AM

I'll have lamb chops with asparagus and au gratin potatoes. Baked Alaska for dessert. So what if rent is a little late this month?

by Anonymousreply 82October 1, 2020 2:09 AM

Here is the1931 New Year's Eve menu from the infamous Cocoanut Gove nightclub in Boston. On November 28, 1942 nearly 500 people would die there in what remains the worst night club fire in US history.

Note the price at the bottom. $10 in 1931 would be $171 today (for a chicken dinner). At the height of the depression. And prohibition was still in effect, so no alcohol.

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by Anonymousreply 83October 1, 2020 2:39 AM

I was curious about the Rio Rita Cake from R73's menu and I found the recipe in this old newspaper about what the stars eat at the Brown Derby.

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by Anonymousreply 84October 1, 2020 3:01 AM

They were going crazy with low-fat and fat-free on this Bread Market (NYC) menu from 1999.

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by Anonymousreply 85October 1, 2020 3:04 AM

The Cobb salad was invented at the Brown Derby.

by Anonymousreply 86October 1, 2020 3:04 AM

That 1865 menu at R76 is the oldest I’ve ever seen, fascinating stuff.

by Anonymousreply 87October 1, 2020 3:13 AM

Menu for a dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth in honor of President Kennedy

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by Anonymousreply 88October 1, 2020 3:28 AM

Menu for a vegetarian restaurant in London,1889

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by Anonymousreply 89October 1, 2020 3:30 AM

Huge deli menu circa 1950s

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by Anonymousreply 90October 1, 2020 3:31 AM

Better link

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by Anonymousreply 91October 1, 2020 3:33 AM

1960s menu from the Tahitian Terrace, Disneyland

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by Anonymousreply 92October 1, 2020 3:38 AM

Schrafft's, 1955.

Apparently one of the first restaurants to allow "unescorted women."

And happy to suggest Bacardi cocktails for 70 cents.

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by Anonymousreply 93October 1, 2020 3:46 AM

R87, here's one from 1851.

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by Anonymousreply 94October 1, 2020 3:48 AM

Can someone explain the obsession with tongue. Tongue sandwiches. Fried tongue. Boiled tongue. Baked tongue. Grilled tongue. Ewww...

by Anonymousreply 95October 1, 2020 3:58 AM

The Waldorf-Astoria, 1915.

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by Anonymousreply 96October 1, 2020 6:38 AM

Lutece, 1980.

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by Anonymousreply 97October 1, 2020 6:46 AM

R97 basically my dream menu. First (and only time) my parents took us there was well last it’s prime (and they had “modernized” the menu) and it closed pretty soon after, I think.

I’d love to know what the prices were. That was probably a women’s menu.

by Anonymousreply 98October 1, 2020 7:08 AM

Do you remember what you ate, R98?

When I moved to NYC, I was too broke to afford it, and then it closed.

by Anonymousreply 99October 1, 2020 7:12 AM

I loved when this exhibit opened in LA five years ago. 200 restaurants and 165 years of menu history.

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by Anonymousreply 100October 1, 2020 7:27 AM

R99 I actually don’t exactly. I’m pretty sure it was veal but not the classic veal with morels in a cream sauce because they had gotten rid of most of those type dishes by then (I want to say around 1990). It was disappointing that’s really what I remember.

They actually had veal with morels at La Cote Basque where we went idk maybe a handful of times? They stayed classic French pretty much until the end and I remember liking it a lot better.

What I DO remember is mixing red and white wine and then throwing up not long after we got home. That no doubt affected my impression of the evening, too.

by Anonymousreply 101October 1, 2020 7:31 AM

“Perino’s is my place!”

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by Anonymousreply 102October 1, 2020 7:53 AM

B&O Railroad 1957

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by Anonymousreply 103October 1, 2020 8:45 AM

Woolworths.

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by Anonymousreply 104October 1, 2020 8:47 AM

This is the original Popeyes. Living in New Orleans back then it was the best!

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by Anonymousreply 105October 1, 2020 8:49 AM

From the '70s sensation The Magic Pan:

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by Anonymousreply 106October 1, 2020 6:51 PM

Longchamps, NYC, 1950s:

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by Anonymousreply 107October 1, 2020 6:57 PM

Sorry, R107 is 1938.

by Anonymousreply 108October 1, 2020 6:58 PM

What kind of martini ? Cheap shit or top shelf?

by Anonymousreply 109October 1, 2020 6:59 PM

Anybody post the Brown Derby yet?

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by Anonymousreply 110October 1, 2020 7:30 PM

The Red Slipper menu...

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by Anonymousreply 111October 1, 2020 7:33 PM

The Red Slipper...

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by Anonymousreply 112October 1, 2020 7:34 PM

[quote]Anybody post the Brown Derby yet?

Yes. See R73 R75 R86

by Anonymousreply 113October 1, 2020 7:45 PM

R113, Paging Miss Ava Gardner!

by Anonymousreply 114October 1, 2020 7:53 PM

r113 - Oh well, Bill and Eve, how about the Mocambo?

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by Anonymousreply 115October 1, 2020 8:24 PM

And the Copa?

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by Anonymousreply 116October 1, 2020 8:27 PM

And the Stork Club?

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by Anonymousreply 117October 1, 2020 8:30 PM

Speaking of the Stork Club...

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by Anonymousreply 118October 1, 2020 8:30 PM

Toots Shor

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by Anonymousreply 119October 1, 2020 8:38 PM

Bullock's Wilshire's Tea Room (no--not THAT kind, sillies!)

Make sure to scroll down to see the lemon condom.

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by Anonymousreply 120October 1, 2020 10:31 PM

Now I know what allumette potatoes are.

by Anonymousreply 121October 1, 2020 10:40 PM

Jahn's was an old-fashioned ice cream parlor/restaurant with locations NY, NJ & and Miami-Dade County, FL

Here's an old dessert menu - the highlight of which is Suicide a la Mode ("Why not end it all here, it's cheaper")

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by Anonymousreply 122October 2, 2020 1:21 AM

Look, they sell “sherberts” at Jahn’s!

by Anonymousreply 123October 2, 2020 1:28 AM

21

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by Anonymousreply 124October 2, 2020 1:29 AM

[quote]21

We went there four times this week. That's 84!

by Anonymousreply 125October 2, 2020 1:38 AM

Howard Johnson's children's menu . . .

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by Anonymousreply 126October 2, 2020 1:38 AM

Watson's in Ocean City, NJ (in Cape May County)

The menu is from 1971

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by Anonymousreply 127October 2, 2020 1:46 AM

Seems like the older the menu the more acceptable vegetables were.

by Anonymousreply 128October 2, 2020 2:04 AM

Baked minced ham loaf. Oh dear God!

by Anonymousreply 129October 2, 2020 2:10 AM

What is Virginia Dare Sherry?

by Anonymousreply 130October 2, 2020 3:53 AM

....

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by Anonymousreply 131October 2, 2020 3:58 AM

R130 pretty sure she was the first documented (however they did that) non-indigenous person born in America.

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

by Anonymousreply 132October 2, 2020 4:08 AM

R131, was it fortified wine? The kind if drink that hobos prefer?

by Anonymousreply 133October 2, 2020 4:13 AM

Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House, Collins Avenue at 172nd Street, Sunny Isles (Miami Beach), Florida

You never saw so much food in your life

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by Anonymousreply 134October 2, 2020 4:28 AM

Virginia Dare was the name of a winery. Francis Ford Coppola is rebooting it.

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by Anonymousreply 135October 2, 2020 4:51 AM

La Cote Basque, NYC, 1980:

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by Anonymousreply 136October 2, 2020 4:55 AM

R136 lol Sanka!!

by Anonymousreply 137October 2, 2020 6:13 AM

The last night at Les Ambassadeurs, Hotel Crillon, Place de la Concorde, Paris - 8 November, 2011

The prix fixe for the last supper was a bargain: 140 euros before you had a drink or a glass of wine.

The wine list started with a 1946 Chateau Lafite Rothschild priced about the same as a new Hyundai.

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by Anonymousreply 138October 2, 2020 7:09 PM

I've searched and searched but can't find a Mildred's menu.

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by Anonymousreply 139October 2, 2020 7:35 PM

[quote]The last night at Les Ambassadeurs, Hotel Crillon, Place de la Concorde, Paris - 8 November, 2011

I really don't want to think of something from 2011 as "vintage."

by Anonymousreply 140October 2, 2020 7:57 PM

Shoney's!

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by Anonymousreply 141October 2, 2020 8:13 PM

Don the Beachcomber

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by Anonymousreply 142October 2, 2020 8:20 PM

R142 how old is that? Seems kinda pricey...

by Anonymousreply 143October 2, 2020 8:38 PM

No love for The Latin Quarter?

by Anonymousreply 144October 2, 2020 8:59 PM

One’s wedding breakfast

‘Dessert’ was a pint of gin and Dubonnet.

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by Anonymousreply 145October 2, 2020 9:04 PM

The menu at r38 says "Chinese food" but the writing is prewar Japanese. Actually pre-1949 Chinese is very similar to Japanese so maybe it's Chinese, I don't know for sure. What I DO KNOW is that the writing under "Family Style" says "cuisine geared to white people" (hakujin muki ryouri). LOL They knew exactly who they were serving!

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by Anonymousreply 146October 2, 2020 9:12 PM

"Manshuu" was the Japanese name for Japanese-occupied Manchuria, and the menu items have Japanese glosses. This restaurant is also probably owned by Japanese people.

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by Anonymousreply 147October 2, 2020 9:16 PM

r144 - Here ya go, Baba...

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by Anonymousreply 148October 2, 2020 11:07 PM

Be sure and stay for the floor show!

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by Anonymousreply 149October 2, 2020 11:08 PM

r148 That seems like quite an indulgent menu for wartime. (I assume it's during WWII based on the War Bonds ad.)

by Anonymousreply 150October 3, 2020 12:01 AM

Leave it to Lou, r150!

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by Anonymousreply 151October 3, 2020 12:09 AM

The Super Chief (Santa Fe RR) dinner menu

First eastbound run from Los Angeles to Chicago, May 15, 1936

Ethel Shutta, the original Broadway Baby, was on board.

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by Anonymousreply 152October 4, 2020 12:59 AM

[quote] I'll have shrimps & crabmeat, choice extra cut sirloin steak with fresh mushrooms, and peach pie for dessert. $3.00 plus tip.

Waiter:How lucky can you get? A Rockefeller.

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by Anonymousreply 153October 4, 2020 1:42 AM

r152 Can you imagine asking for Romanoff Fresh Malossol Caviar on Amtrak?

by Anonymousreply 154October 4, 2020 2:03 AM

R154 Better still, can you imagine getting some for $1.75?

OTOH, inflation-adjusted, that's $327 today. It was an expensive train.

by Anonymousreply 155October 4, 2020 2:35 AM

No, dear, $1.75 in 1936 is $32.75 today.

by Anonymousreply 156October 4, 2020 2:48 AM

You are entirely right, R156.

by Anonymousreply 157October 4, 2020 3:00 AM

I love this thread! As a vegetarian with a severe seafood allergy (I can't even go into restaurants that serve shellfish) I think I would have starved outside of the wonderful London vegetarian place.

I love the expectation that everyone could not only read French, but knew what all those dishes were!

by Anonymousreply 158October 4, 2020 4:52 AM

Here's a vegetarian menu from the Battle Creek Sanitarium (of Road to Wellville fame), from 1900.

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by Anonymousreply 159October 4, 2020 7:22 AM
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by Anonymousreply 160October 4, 2020 7:23 AM
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by Anonymousreply 161October 4, 2020 7:23 AM

snowflake toast.

interesting.

what could that be?

by Anonymousreply 162October 4, 2020 7:39 AM

Oddly enough I can answer this, R162. I read a book about Battle Creek not too long ago.

It was basically just toast topped with scrambled egg whites cooked with milk.

by Anonymousreply 163October 4, 2020 8:03 AM

Re tongue: it is so tender and delicious. Boiled tongue is the bomb.

Agree with others: this is a wonderful thread. J.L.Hudson, the department store in Detroit, had wonderful restaurants among other wonderful features. This link is to their old Georgian Room.

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by Anonymousreply 164October 4, 2020 9:14 AM

Alcatraz 1946.

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by Anonymousreply 165April 18, 2021 7:59 AM

Why did all restaurants serve green jelly turtle soup? And why did it go out of style? You can’t find turtle in any restaurants now but there are still frogs.

by Anonymousreply 166April 18, 2021 8:43 AM
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