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Contains 69 Results:
Stag's Head and Bear Inn, Coventry, United Kingdom, 1998
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: I combine these two since I got them more or less together on our sojourn to England. They are from around Coventy as one says. A friend and his wife took us to that area where we rented a car to go touring. He used to work in the area in automotive sales, but lamented now there were no major English car manufacturers owned by the English. The year was 1998. And the menus were certainly indicative of the forthcoming season. To digress - we stayed...
Dates:
1998
Brennan's, New Orleans, Louisiana
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: Breakfast menu and Dinner menu - both very involved and expensive. Probably in the late eighties when we did a grand tour of the U. S. and spent some time staying with a fraternity brother who was born in New Orleans and is the only person I have even known who has always lived at the same address. He organized a "swamp" tour and it felt like we were in the middle of the Amazon until a plane flew over and someone said we were just pass...
Dates:
1955-2015.
The Mount Washington Hotel and Resort Guest Directory, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: Not a menu as such, but indicates the high level of everything they attempt. Built in 1902 it is the largest timber building in New England. I think I got that right. It was the site of the Bretton Woods Conference in the 1940's where the free world leaders and or finance ministers worked out the monetary system to be adopted after WWII. As the location was so remote I suppose it was selected for security reasons. We read or were told that during...
Dates:
1955-2015.
Le Drugstore, Paris, France, 1977
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: A fun place in busy area of Paris. The English translations seem to be hidden away for only some items, but it doesn't matter in gay Paree.
Dates:
1977
Clyde's, Washington, D.C
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: No menu, but an early postcard of the first, I think, operation in Georgetown. The company now has say ten or more operations covering D. C. and outer areas. The last time we were there we encountered a bomb scare with a package left on the street. The police told everyone to vacate the restaurant via the rear entrance as the fun was over. I asked the waiter if we still had to pay. Unfortunately he said yes. We became a little nervous in the...
Dates:
1955-2015.
Maxwell's Plum, New York, New York, Mid 1970s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: The owner had been in the movie industry mainly in design and it could be seen in his designs. I think he also ran the Tavern on the Green in Central Park. Sorry did not obtain a menu.
Dates:
Mid 1970s
McClures, Melbourne, Australia, 1975
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: A family style restaurant on a busy thoroughfare near downtown Melbourne. From memory, the price changes on the menu were handmade and pretty ordinary, but a new government raised wages overnight by some thirty per cent! I talked to the owners years later and he said they lost half a million dollars in their first year of business because they had no idea of how to run a restaurant They made a fortune selling a large wholesale business and...
Dates:
1975
SS Nautica, 2000s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: Menus from a recent trip taken by my friends, John and Helen Babcock who live in the next town on the map - Flinders. They have sailed on the SS Nautica around the British Isles, Ireland and a touch of Norway. The smaller menus are from different days noted at the top so you can see where they went. The two larger menus are from the specialized dining areas with meals at no extra cost. I think it is important to mention this as most shipping...
Dates:
2000s
Various, Various
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: Lafitte’s Landing – circa 1989. On the Mississippi some 50 miles north of N. O. One of my fraternity brothers is the only person I know who has always lived in the same house except for his university ears. When we were staying with him he suggested this place. A nice short drive, good food and a bit of sightseeing on the way. We stopped at Oak Alley where an automobile commercial was being filmed. We helped ourselves to the refreshing beverages...
Dates:
Various
Kotaraya, 2013
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Notes from the collector: Need an hour to read the menu.
Dates:
2013