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195045901n.p. 1950. 1st Printing. Self wrappers black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy corners and edges a bit rubbed light soiling to wrappers mostly due to food spills one pencil marking changing the price of a menu item faint scuffing to lower wrapper overall bright and legible. 4 pp. unnumbered. Pictorial upper wrapper a few small illustrations inside as well as decorative borders. 10-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>This restaurant eventually moved to Lafayette circa 1950s/1960s and the property was sold to Temple Isaiah. unknown books
188342370Saratoga Springs N. Y.: Daily "Saratogian" Print 1883. 1st printing. Self-wrappers with the front cover having a drawing of a schooner sailing in a bay. Modest wear & light age-toning to extremities. Faint staining to rear cover margins adhesive. Very Good. Unpaginated though 4 pages. P. 2 with the day's menu start with the 'Green Turtle' soup & p. 3 with the priced wine menu G. H. Mumm & Co's Extra Dry Champagne. $3.50 Qt. 7-1/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> Daily "Saratogian" Print unknown books
192346699San Francisco 1923. 1st Printing. White card stock color illustration of three child at tail two ballerinas and one bay in a suit and one child dressed as a chef at the head blue lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Edges and corners are bit rubbed some age toning light soiling overall bright and legible. Broadside. Color illustration of children. Approx. 7" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>Camille's Rotisserie opened April 14 1923 by Evarist Camille Mailhebuau died December 3 1924; This menu is from about a month after opening. The restaurant went on years after his death. Mailhebuau is probably most famous for Frank's Rotisserie and Old Poodle Dog restaurants in San Francisco. Adolph Bernard Spreckles 1857-1924 "was a California businessman who ran Spreckels Sugar Company and who donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor art museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924. His wife Alma was called the "great grandmother of San Francisco". His 55-room mansion built in 1913 in Pacific Heights is the current home of novelist Danielle Steel." wiki. John McLaren 1846-1943 "served as superintendent of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco CA for 53 years.He was friends with John Muir and dedicated his life to vigorous advocacy and development of the 1017-acre 4.12 km2 Golden Gate Park one of the largest public parks in the world using considerable political skill in addition to his remarkable gardening skill. Appointed Park Superintendent in 1887 he requested thirty thousand dollars a year for park building." wiki unknown books
195145478.1San Francisco: Allied Printing 1951. 1st printing. Pictorial tan wrappers. Red and blue lettering. Stapled. A VG/NF copy light soiling and age toning to edges of wrappers corners a bit rubbed internally clean and bright. 8 pp. Profusely illustrated by Mladen Mileff. 4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>A BBQ restaurant located at 162 Turk Street in San Francisco. Set up like a book with a introduction titled "On Dining" a "Table of Contents" page numbers and on the lower wrapper a place for notes. This menu also includes a wine and champagne list as well as cocktails and beer. Old Dixie Bar-B-Q restaurant can be found in the 1951 San Francisco City Directory. However there is no directory for the years 1950 or 1952. Old Dixie is not listed in the 1948-49 or the 1953 directory. A rare piece of BBQ history in the Bay Area. Allied Printing unknown books
196045868n.p. 1960. 1st Printing. Brown card stock self wrappers black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy edges rubbed light soiling to wrappers internally clean and bright. Tri-fold. A few small vignettes. 11-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Named one of the three best Creole restaurants in New Orleans. Chez Helene opened in 1964 and closed in 1995. The chef Austin Leslie has been cooking since he was child. He was very well known in the New Orleans culinary scene. Austin died in Hurricane Katrina in 2005. unknown books
193645872n.p. 1936. 1st Printing. Full color paper wrappers dark blue printed lettering blue typed lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG/VG copy slight rubbing to edges and corners ink marking that reads "1936" sticker on lower wrapper internally clean and bright. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 7-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/>Sticker reads "San Francisco's GREATEST NEED - $2029809. - Community Chest Nov. 9-Dec. 2" unknown books
197046249New Orleans 1970. 1st Printing. Brown card stock self wrappers printed in black black lettering with prices written in blue ink. One slip is white tissue paper with black type. The second slip is white paper with black type. Both stapled at head of menu. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy some staple holes to head of menu corners a bit rubbed some light soiling and age toning to inner wrappers two blue ink markings price adjustments to the slips otherwise internally clean and bright. Printed bifolium with two slips. Illustrated upper and lower wrappers. 12" x 9" <br/><br/>The Vaucresson family started in the food business in 1899 as butchers. In 1965 generations later the family opened Vaucresson Cafe Creole on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. This place lasted about 10 years. Vince Vaucresson said in an interview in 2017 that it was the "first African-American owned business on Bourbon Street since Reconstruction." Vince and his family now run the Vaucresson Sausage Co. selling Creole styled links. unknown books
187144760New Haven: Published under the Auspices of the Yale Tract Association and Printed and Sold for the Authors by a Party called Chatfield C. C. 1871. 1st printing thus. Original publisher's buff paper wrappers printed in red & black. Sewn. Age-toning to wrappers. Chipping to rear wrapper fore-edge. Call nos to front wrapper upper left ex-lib. A VG item. 32 pp. Adverts at rear. Illustrated with drawings & cuts. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Of particular note with respect this publication is page 29 which sports a half-page advert for the Elm City Oyster & Dining Rooms which provides a priced Bill of Fare listing 47 separate items ranging from Soup for 10¢ to Porter-House Steak for 40¢. Coffee 10¢; Tea 5¢. The Almanac itself is well-represented institutionally though now uncommon in commerce. Published under the Auspices of the Yale Tract Association, and Printed and Sold for the Authors by a Party called Chatfield C. unknown books
191148948Shanghai 1911. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Minor extremity wear. Fold-lines. Very Good. Single sheet printed recto only with the menu in French and English in two side-by-side columns. Typographical border. 11-3/8" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>"In 1846 Peter Felix Richards opened one of the first western restaurants in Shanghai and the first western hotel in China south of the Yangkingpang Yangjingbang creek on the river front on The Bund facing the Huangpu River near Jinling Road East in the Huangpu District of Shanghai in what became in 1849 the French Concession. Named after its founder Richards' Hotel and Restaurant "Licha"; Lee-zo was 'a single and ordinary building' in the Baroque style that targeted initially the seafaring clientele that made up the bulk of travelers to 19th century Shanghai. . By 1859 the hotel was renamed in English the Astor House Hotel while retaining the original Chinese name until 1959. According to actress Grace Hawthorne who stayed at the Astor House in 1894: 'The man who named it some thirty years ago or so had been to New-York and found in the Astor House a model of elegance and hotel excellence. He returned to Shanghai and forthwith named his hotel the Astor House.'" Famous Hotels Website. unknown books
190345820Cincinnati 1903. 1st Printing. Single sheet printed on recto only black lettering red ink embossed seal at head now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG/NF copy very slight rubbing to corners faint soiling to verso overall clean and bright. Broadside. 7" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>The Gibson House opened in 1849 by J.K. and D.V. Bennett and financed by Scottish immigrant Peter Gibson. The hotel was torn down in 1873 and a larger one was built in its place. This menu is from the days of the second building. A fire destroyed this building in 1912. It was built again and then sold to the Sheraton in 1950s and ultimately closed its doors and was demolished in the 1970s. unknown books
195046998London 1950. 1st Printing. Gray card stock green and red lettering. Light yellow slip also with green and red lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Light pencil markings to menu items otherwise clean and bright. Printed bifolium with slip tipped in. Small vignette to upper wrapper. 11" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
191045365San Francisco 1910. 1st Printing. Self wrappers card stock now housed in a mylar sleeve. A G/VG copy edges and corners rubbed age toning slight tear at head of crease light soiling. 4 pp. unnumbered red and black lettering. Small vignette on upper wrapper. 7-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The New Tivoli restaurant is still located today at 1434 Grant Avenue though has been renamed Savoy Tivoli. The restaurant opened in 1907 - 110 years ago according to the Savoy Tivoli's Facebook page. This menu is quite limited could be one of the first menus offered. Dinner specials are 75 cents and includes an appetizer salad and soup entree and dessert with coffee. unknown books
199048639n.p. 1990. 1st Printing. Plasticized card stock full color illustrated wrappers held together by a blue cord tie. White thick paper leaves printed in black. Wine list is coated in black ink to the outer wrappers printed in a silvery-gray with illustration of a falcon to upper wrapper. Internally the wine list is printed in black ink. Both pieces of ephemera are loose leaves one folded to make a 4 pp. bifolum paper printed in black. One is white on is a light tan. Overall a VG copy. Some rubbing to the edges corners lightly bumped. The cord tie is a bit frayed. Some foxing to head and tail of the menu small inscription to head of the first page of the menu otherwise bright and clean. Wine list with faint soiling and age toning. Ephemera items with some age toning more so to the tan sheet. Nonetheless a nice copy of this little menu collection. Bifolium housed in larger wrappers. Small bifolium inside wine list and two other pieces of ephemera related to the novel "The Maltese Falcon". Menu wrappers with full page/full color illustration by San Francisco artist Dennis Ziemienski. Some smaller illustrations throughout. Menu: 16" x 9" <br/><br/>This menu is inscribed by Elisha Cook Jr. 1903 - 1995 who played Wilmer in the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon. The inscription reads "Sally & Joe - Best - Elisha Cook". "John's Grill is a historic restaurant in San Francisco California at 63 Ellis Street. The restaurant is famous in part thanks to the novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. On the climactic final night of the novel's plot detective Sam Spade dines on chops potatoes and tomato at John's Grill after coming into possession of the falcon." wiki unknown books
188245818n.p. 1882. 1st Printing. Single sheet recto illustrated menu on verso black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy slight curl edges faintly rubbed soiling to verso illustration clean and bright. Single sheet. Full color illustration of a woman on recto. 4-7/8" x 2-2/3" <br/><br/>This small menu is assumed to be from the Wilson House located in Wilson NY. The restaurant and inn was built in 1844 and still is open today. Menu items include oysters from the Providence River "Pickled Lambs' Tongues" and "Lobster a la Commodore". On the recto reads " If love is a nettle that makes you smart Then why do you wear it next to your heart - PATIENCE". A well maintained item from the time. unknown books
192047839n.p. 1920. 1st Printing. White card stock wrappers printed in dark green with a red rule around each page. All menu items have been hand written in black ink. Stitched together with white string. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Some soiling and age toning to leaves corners lightly bumped. Overall a bright legible VG copy of this extensive wine list. 24 pp unnumbered. Approx. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>About 500 wines are listed throughout this little booklet. Categorized with 10 pages of "Vins Rouges" 2 pages of "Vins Rouges Demi-Bouteilles 2 pages of "Vins Rouges Magnums 3 pages of "Vins Blancs" 2 pages of "Bourgognes" 1 page "Champagnes" 1 page "Champagnes Demi-bouteilles and ending with 2 pages of "Liqueurs". Le Chapon Fin still exists today as does the incredible wine cellar which they do tours of! We found a little blurb about the restaurants history on the website: "Immediately after the French Revolution part of the central area of Bordeaux was rebuilt. New streets radiated out from a market square. In 1825 Messrs Chantal and Despirou opened a restaurant and wine merchant's shop at 7 Rue Montesquieu next to the Théâtre Français. "Le Chapon Fin" quickly became a popular address. . Chapon Fin was frequented by a succession of kings: Alfonso XIII of Spain one of the restaurant's most faithful customers who had his own wine cellar Manuel II of Portugal the Sultan of Morocco Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar and the Prince of Wales later Edward VII. The Chapon Fin was also a favorite with artists such as Sarah Bernhardt Yvette Guilbert and Toulouse Lautrec and politicians such as Aristide Briand who adored the lamprey in red wine and George Clemenceau." Chapon-Fin website unknown books
191245287San Francisco 1912. 2nd generation photograph . Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some fading to left side of image. Mount with some minor edgewear. Overall Very Good. Photograph: 6-5/8" x 8-5/8". Mount: 9" x 10-7/8" <br/><br/>A rare item of San Francisco local history this photograph documents a short-lived restaurant operated by Joseph S. Lincecum located at 694 McAllister Street. Mount verso with prior owner pencil annotations naming the 5 individuals behind the counter including Lincecum's wife Adell as well as dating the image Jan 5 - 12. An examination of period San Francisco business directories shows Lincecum's restaurant first appearing in 1910 albeit at another location 459 Franklin no entry in 1911 at this location in 1912 and absent once again from the 1914 as well as 1916 editions. A search of Ancestry shows a Joseph S. Lincecum born in New Brownsville TX in 1866 dying in Deming NM in 1919 who we believe may be this individual though we are unable to independently confirm that supposition. unknown books
193945364San Francisco 1939. 1st Printing. Self wrappers printed/painted card stock now housed in mylar sleeve. A G/VG copy soiling foxing and scuffing to wrappers corners and edges rubbed small tear on left side of newspaper clipping pencil markings at head of upper wrapper some rust marks to head of menu and slips due to paperclips internally the menu and slip are clean and bright text legedable. Printed bifolium black lettering two slips with purple ink typed on light yellow paper. Spray painted upper wrapper in red green orange and black paint small newspaper clipping advertising Milligan's is glued to the tail of the upper wrapper. Folio 13-3/4" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>According to San Francisco City Directories Milligan's operated at two locations from 1922 - 1939. From 1922 - 1930 it was located at 395 Geary Blvd. Geary and 4th Ave. There is no listing in the City Directory for the year 1931 as they changed locations. In 1932 they reopened at 3701 Geary Blvd. Geary and Arguello and they closed their doors in 1939. This menu is from the second location at Geary and Arguello a.k.a. First Ave. The top of the menu reads: "In the preparation of these Mexican and Spanish Dishes mild sweet pepper flavors are carefully blended with the several pugent spices commonly used in Mexico. These dishes are not hot with peppers and to please those who desire strong pepper flavors we have prepared our 'Old Mexico pepper Sauce' which will be served with your order. Being proud of San Francisco and its history we pay homage to the romance of its early days by selecting only the finest recipes from Mexico's most famous haciendas. SOME MEXICAN AND SPANISH DISHES EXPLAINED Note: The pronounciation of the Spanish names of dishes is placed in brackets immediately following the name of each dish." unknown books
190048513n.p. 1900. 1st Printing. Off white piece of silk printed to verso in red and blue. Text in red illustration in blue. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Very light fraying otherwise clean and bright. Loose leaf silk. Illustrated. 10" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>Menu items in French. Printed silk a very uncommon mediun for menus. unknown books
195145398San Francisco 1951. 1st Printing. Red card stock wrappers with red cord tie. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A NF/VG copy very slight rubbing to corners cord tie is frayed and faded internally clean and bright. Four signatures from people in government who attended the event. 4 pp. unnumbered housed in larger wrappers. Two full page illustrations on upper and lower wrappers 8 smaller vignette illustrations throughout. 9" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>Duke Ormsby worked for the San Francisco Municipal Railway from 1914 - 1951. Signatures are on the first page. Four signatures from Elmer E. Robinson 1894 - 1982 - 33rd Mayor of San Francisco Duke C. Ormsby - General Superintendent of Transportation who is being honored Chas. D. Miller - Operating Manager Municipal Railway and George W. Evington - Committee. The illustrations on the wrappers depict assumed to be Duke C. Ormsby working and dreaming of fishing by a creek on the upper wrapper and fishing and thinking about work on the lower wrapper. These were done by another member of the committee Chas. L. Reed. One could also say he did the smaller illustrations as well base of style similarities. Dishes served at the event had silly names realting to transportation such as "Crab Salad a la Muni Railway" "Cable Car Poullet" and to drink "High Octane Wine"! Progam started with an introduction from Donald Mazzoni the Master of Ceremonies from Wm. H. Scott a presentation from J. H. Turner Manager of Utilities and ending with a response from D. C. Ormsby himself. No OCLC listing. unknown books
197645453San Francisco 1976. 1st Printing. Menu: Black plasticized card stock with gold lettering black cord tie. Wine list: Blue self wrappers. Slips: One folded card stock slip five single printed sheets and two stapled packets. A VG/VG copy menu has some age toning and soiling edges rubbed wrapper is torn at the spine from tail to first hole punch internally clean and bright. Slips are in NF condition. Bifolium housed in larger card stock wrappers wine list - 4 pp. unnnumbered plus eight slips. Illustrated throughout. Folio 16" x 9" <br/><br/>The first page of the menu has a piece titled "Stalking Sam Spade" by Fritz Leiber 1910 - 1992. Originally published in "California Living The San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle - January 13 1974". The brief description that introduces this Lieber article is by Herb Caen 1916 - 1997 a beloved journalist of the San Franciscco Chronicle. The menu is signed by three people William Nolan author "Dashiell Hammett A Casebook" and Jack Kaplan Pinkerton's Inc. - both spoke at the beginning of the event. The third signature is by Edward Shea who was listed no where on the program. On the lower wrapper of the wine list has a brief history of Dashiell Hammett mentioning his service in WWI and WWII as well as his writing. There two copies of a slip titled "Pinkerton's Inc". This describes the founding and early history of Pinkerton's a detective agency that Mr. Hammett worked for in the 1920s. As noted in the history Pinkerton's hired the first female detective in the nation - Mrs. Kate Warne. A hand typed letter from Eugene F. Palmer Asst. Vice President Regional Manager and a copy of a newspaper article titled "The Eye: Hammett Room Now Has Falcon" are stapled together. The letter welcomes the Mystery Writers of America and the California Historical Society to a "nostalgic journey to the DASHIELL HAMMETT haunts". The article attached is from the Pinkerton "national company newspaper" that concerns former Detective Hammett. A three page stapled document titled "Excerps from the Introduction by Lillian Hellman 1905 - 1984 to "The Big Knockover" by Dashiell Hammett". Lillian Hellman edited a collection of short stories by Hammett titled "The Big Knockover" published by Random House in 1966. According to Wikipedia: "Her introductory profile of Hammett was her first exercise in memoir writing." This excerpt is both funny sad and tragic. Also included with this menu are two copies of the schedule of events. Sights visitied include but not limited too St. Francis Hotel 20 Monroe Place - Hammett's residence in 1924 Geary Theater Samuels Jewelers Flood Building - 870 Market former Pinkerton's office was in room 414 120 Ellis Hammett's residence in 1921 after his marriage and the famous John's Grill. And finally two small business card size slips. One printed on green paper that statees where to meet and how much tickets are. The other is card stock folded advertising John's Grill and The Maltese Falcon banquet room on the upper and lower wrappers inside is a small map of the area surrounding John's Grill. unknown books
19355862Ybor City Tampa Florida: the restaurant 1935. Small stapled booklet 10 x 6 cm. 30 2 pages. Advertisements. Index. Illustrated. Evident FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A promotional cocktail book with recipes as well from the oldest restaurant in Florida and one of the oldest and largest Spanish/Cuban restaurants in America. A tip of the hat is given to the bartender "Genial" Tony who is indicated as the compiler. A single illustration of a woman raising a glass is signed by the illustrator in the print "Com Cut". The cocktail recipes include a Napoleon "Columbia" Jack Rose Caribe Orange Blossom Conchita "Columbia" Abbey Cocktail Gin Ricky Absinthe Frappe Bull-Dog Daiquiri Cocktail Real Presidente Cocktail Dry Martine Cocktail Oriente Seventh Heaven and others. Culinary recipes include Black Beans Yellow Rice and Chicken and Spanish Bean Soup. Opened in 1903 and owned by the same family since 1905 the Columbia Restaurant is the oldest restaurant in Florida. The original name "Columbia Saloon" was dropped with the onset of Prohibition in favor of the more neutral Columbia Restaurant. After Repeal the Columbia reinvigorated its bar business and added entertainment becoming a regular stop for Latin American entertainers and touring musicians. The archives of the restaurant and of its owners the Gonzmart family are held at Florida State University. The interior and back panels of the wrappers include advertisements for Mr. Old Boston Fine Liquors Tropical Ice Cream and Sherbert Company of Tampa and wines from Spain's Castel del Remey. The front wrapper panel printed in black and blue features a Spanish galleon. Stapled in wrappers with a small smudge to rear panel otherwise near fine. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies; not in Noling Beverage Literature; not referenced in any way online. [the restaurant] unknown books
19206230Bruxelles 1920. Pair of bi-fold menus each 13.5 x 12 cm. Illustrations in color via pochoir. Two menus foran Italian restaurant in Brussels. The dishes on offer are identical on each menu but each of the fine Art Deco illustrations signed in the print "Lyett" features a glamorously dressed woman in repose on a dish one a sleepy langoustine and the other adding champagne to a punch. Fine. unknown books
19933221New York 1993. Wooden guest book in the shape of a door wooden metal hinges 50 leaves sewn with pink cord with seventy-five holograph signatures nearly forty of which we have been able to identify. The Old Denmark was a casual restaurant at 135 East 57th Street and later 113 East 65th Street on New York's Upper East Side. A 1964 review gave the restaurant one star and described it as "first and foremost a purveyor of Scandinavian delicacies for the retail trade but it also boasts one table where customers may dine on Danish salads. There is a seating capacity for eight guests at a time and the table is shared by other customers. The food served consists primarily of salads such as cucumber mushroom crab beet and herring but there is also liver paté and smoked salmon." Identified amongst the signators are: Ingrid Bergman Louise Allbritton Virginia Field Mario Lanza Groucho Marx Marlene Dietrich Carl Brick Helen Traubel Miriam Hopkins Elsie D. Alexander Ruth Bryan Rohde Eleanor Roosevelt Robert St John Edward Arnold Princess Revé de Bourbon Lillian Gish Joel Grey Lillian Hellman Faye Dunaway Bill Murray Sergio Franchi Ron Howard Shirley Hazzard Gary Maddox Garrison Keillor and Camilla Roos. Some light soiling to pages scuffing to the wooden doors lacking the original "doorknob". Generally near very good. unknown books
