#vintage menus

[stone-cold-groove]

Vintage New Year’s Eve celebration menu cover. The Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California - 1940.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE BIGGEST BITE IN THE MONSTROUS BURGER HISTORY OF CLASSIC, VINTAGE LOS ANGELES.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on “The Burger That Ate L.A," a now legendary and world famous burger joint on Melrose Ave. in the shape of a giant cheeseburger. "This amazing attempt at wackiness was designed by Solberg and Lowe Architects and created by owner David Alderman. "

MINI-OVERVIEW: "We all know that programmatic architecture in Los Angeles was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s, but here’s an example of a programmatic structure, during the 1980s and 1990s… The Burger That Ate L.A. was a latecomer in Los Angeles' venerable pantheon of fantasy architecture. It ranked up there with Randy's Donuts and Tail o' the Pup.

The Burger That Ate L.A. held its own on trendy Melrose Ave. The bun-shaped dome once devoured the corner of Stanley Avenue. The unconventional facade (with sesame seeds) was shaped like a giant cheeseburger had glass bricks forming as ketchup and oozing with onions. The structure also appeared to have a missing bite chomping on City Hall."

-- ALISON MARTINO'S "Vintage Los Angeles," "The Burger That Ate L.A.," published June 15, 2024

Source: http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-burger-that-ate-la.html.

[richieshepard]

some images from buck forty nine, an old nola restaurant.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Pullman Buffet, Menu and Wines, 1901. by Halloween HJB Via Flickr:

[questionableadvice]

The baby shark. The cat fish. This entire menu makes me slightly nauseous. Also, rattle snakes aren't fish.

Menu at the Fish & Chips, Inc., Chicago (c. 1940).

[williammarksommer]

Dairy King

66 series 

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[stick-by-me]

The 80s called, they want their stickers back!

[mudwerks]

circa 1940 menu - El Sombrero restaurant, Memphis, Tennessee

[countesspetofi]

I'm gonna fill up on oyster stew and lobster with mayonnaise and ride up and down the wooden escalators! It'll be just like Coney Island!

1917 Macy's Department Store's Lunch Counter Wheatless Menu, to aid the war effort. From Bill Baczak, FB.

[stone-cold-groove]

Vintage United Air Lines Valentine’s Day menu - 1942.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

GHOSTS OF L.A.'s LANDMARK MID CENTURY EATERIES -- MORE THAN JUST A "COFFEE SHOP."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 828x1241 -- Spotlight on a front cover menu illustration for the Brown Derby coffee shop, formerly on Wilshire Blvd. & Alexandria in Los Angeles, CA, c. 1955.

THE BROWN DERBY:

MINI-OVERVIEW: "This iconic brown hat-shaped restaurant was known as the original Hollywood hot spot where Lucy Ricardo famously had her first meal in L.A., and Clark Gable proposed to Carole Lombard. Opened in 1926 on Wilshire Boulevard, the chain spawned several locations, including the 24-hour Vine Street café, where you’d find transplanted New Yorkers. All of the L.A. venues closed in 1980."

-- THE BOLD ITALIC, "Cool Vintage Menus from Classic LA Restaurants," by Jennifer Chen, c. November 2014

Source: https://thebolditalic.com/cool-vintage-menus-from-classic-la-restaurants-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-27ec9da8d51.

[n64retro]

[countesspetofi]

That boysenberry sherbet sounds awesome.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Restaurante Sans Souci, Havana. by Halloween HJB Via Flickr: Menu for a pre-revolution restaurant.

[adventurelandia]

Disneyland Hotel menu, 1964

[vintagepromotions]

Cover of the menu at the dining car of the famous '400' (c. 1950s).

The '400' was an express train named for its scheduled 400-minute trip between Chicago and the Twin Cities, and was operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) from 1935 to 1963.