r/VintageMenus

Pete's Market House, Cataract House, Hotel Niagara, Louis Restaurant, Treadway Inn, Crystal Restaurant. To this day an old established restaurant in the Niagara Falls/Buffalo/Western NY area is still a thousand times better than any modern place in terms of food, Chef's Restaurant in Buffalo has a server named Shirley who is in her nineties and has worked there over 50 years. I would also give a kidney to eat at the Press Box again.

English Translation of the Italian parts (with context for clarity):

"DIFFERENTE THINGAMAJIGOS"

(Playful title – roughly "Different Thingamajigs" or "Various Oddities")

PROGRAMMA ...

GUSTAVO HINRICCHI

E GIULIO WEBERINI

PERPETRATORI

(Program ... Gustavo Hinricchi and Giulio Weberini — Perpetrators / Instigators)

ANTIPASTO

Acciughe (Anchovies)

Salame (Salami)

Tonno Olive (Tuna Olives)

Verdura Assortita (Assorted Vegetables)

ZUPPA

Gallina (Chicken soup)

PESCE

Ciuppino all'Italiana (Italian-style Cioppino)

PASTA

Tagliarini all'Napolitana (Neapolitan-style Tagliarini)

Differente Cosa

Poesia e musica di Signor Don Carlos Gurdoni Boccherini

(Different Thing: Poetry and music by Mr. Don Carlos Gurdoni Boccherini)

ENTRATA

Vitella Saltata alla Cacciatora (Veal sautéed Hunter-style)

ARROSTO

Gallina (Roast Chicken)

Sacr-r-r-amento !!!!! ? ? ? ? ?

Insalata Fresca di Stagione (Fresh Seasonal Salad)

DESSERT

Crema Fritta (Fried Cream)

Frutta (Fruit)

Formaggio (Cheese)

Caffè (Coffee)

E por nixo nito e non é vero

Una Mezza Bottiglia Vino Nero

(And for nothing and it's not true — A half bottle of red wine)

"Sensa e Nonsensa"

Discussioni di Signor Carlos Alberto Murdoch

("Sense and Nonsense" — Discussions by Mr. Carlos Alberto Murdoch)

Intermezzo — Beezness — shoria possibile

(Intermezzo — Business — short story possible)

Musical Program (bottom section)

Sinfonia di Ragazzi ... C. von Holten

(Boys' Symphony ... movements: Allegro non troppo, Marcia Funebre, Laendler, Finale Rondo)

Sestetto Rusticano ... W. A. Mozart

(Rustic Sextet ... Allegro, Adagio Cantabile, Menuetto, Presto)

Closing note:

"The club is much indebted to the following guests for their cordial participation in the evening's entertainment: Messrs. C. A. Murdock, John Mundwyler, Sr., John Mundwyler, Jr., Lind Otto Schlott, Sorbier."

Martinelli's

Friday evening, February 26, 1897

San Francisco

Stuart Anderson takeout menu_

Source and more here: 55 Photos Of Alcatraz Prison, America’s Most Notorious Lockup

The Civilian Conservation Corps established
Sebastopol Camp SCS-4 in California during the mid-1930s, and the 733rd Company occupied and developed the camp's soil erosion control projects during this timeframe.

Very early Americana, albeit controversial.

I snapped this about a decade and a half ago. I think this is from the old Wilson Motel & Diner, along the National Road near the Conococheague Creek. It operated in the 40s and 50s so I assume it's from that era. It became a grocery store from the 70s to the 90s, and in the 2000s operated for a while as a sandwich shop, where this was hanging as decor. I went there to get some lunch for my parents, which is when I took this. The sandwich shop moved location later and the building has passed through several hands although the old motel cabins still stand...

Anyway, I love the prices here, and the mystery of the steamed whatever continues to nag at me.