Guide to the California Menus Collection M2125
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Commandery (Military Order, Loyal Legion, United States) Year-End Banquet, Hotel St. Francis 1907-12-14
Hotel St. Francis dinner 1930-12-18
Hotel St. Francis Tea Time circa 1930s
The Mural Room, St. Francis Hotel 1951-08-07
Palace Hotel
Banquet Tendered to Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States By The Citizens of San Francisco. Palace Hotel 1891-05-01
Palace Hotel, Christmas [hand painted Chinese-themed cover by LeLong] 1902-12-25
Luncheon Honoring Old-Time Boxers, Palm Court, Palm Court, Palace Hotel 1941-06-21
State Dinner in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Signing of the Charter of the United Nations. Garden Court, Sheraton-Palace Hotel 1955-06-25
Tao Lee Yun [In English & Chinese]
Shanghai Low
Kuo Wah Cafe [In English & Chinese] circa 1952
Blum's Fountain and Ice Cream Suggestions
Bernstein's Fish Grotto
The Manger [menu and postcard]
Occidental Hotel pre-1906
The Roof Garden circa 1930s
San Francisco Dental College Annual Banquet, Cosmos Rotisserie 1902-05-20
The Louvre 1904-01
North Beach Thanksgiving Carnival Banquet, Fior d'Italia 1910-11-27
Banquet to the President of the United States [William Howard Taft]...by the Directors of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition...on the Occasion of the Ground Breaking Ceremonies 1911-10-13
Carnival Night at the Portola-Odeon 1920-01-15
Women's Athletic Club 1931-02-10
Mark Hopkins 1931-02-26
Solari's [two menus] 1931-09-24 ; 1932-05-11
The Front Porch 1932-05-11
Bal Tabarin [three menus] [1932] ; 1933
El Cortez 1933-03-23
The Golden Pheasant 1937-09-03
Exposition Flyer. Western Pacific Special Luncheon ; Western Pacific Special Dinner [two menus] 1943
Omar Khayyam's 1944-08-13
Club Savoy Theatre Restaurant. Welcome United Nations Conference 1945
Touchdown Club 2nd Annual Awards Dinner, Marines Memorial Club 1949-01-11
33rd Annual Conference, National Association of Secretaries of State, Hotel Fairmont 1950-10
Republic Cafe, "finest Chinese cafe on the coast"
Series 2. Bohemian Club menus
Bohemian Club: Breakfast in Bohemia Encampment 1910-08-07
Christmas in Bohemia [Bohemian Club] 1910-12-28
Dinner in honor of His Admiral Tejiro Koroi, Staff and Executive Officers of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Training Squadron, The Bohemian Club [San Francisco Chamber of Commerce embossed stamp on cover] 1914-06-10
Series 3. Northern California menus [Sacramento - Monterey]
Roarin' Camp. Eagle Theatre & Danse [sic] Hall. Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial 1939
Hotel Senator Coffee Shop [Sacramento] 1932-02-17
Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe Souvenir Menu [Elvis Presley image & advertisement] circa 1970-1973
Hotel Carlton, Berkeley [advertising pamphlet]
Woody's Creamery, Berkeley
Food First Restaurant, Oakland [Chinese food] pre-1991 (415 area code)
Dinah's Shack, Palo Alto circa 1931
Bird Cage Cafe, Mountain View
Hotel Saint Claire Luncheon, San Jose 1933-08-16
Touchdown Club of San Jose Testimonial Dinner Honoring University of Santa Clara Football Coaching Staff, Hotel Ste. Claire 1950-04-24
The Trocadero, Hotel Del Rey, Santa Cruz
Welcome to Santa Cruz. Published by Boyden Publishing Co., Stockton. Expires April 28, 1955 [advertising brochure 1954-1955
Barreto's Famous Mexican Restaurant, Mission Inn, Monterey circa 1943
Alpine Tavern, Gonzales
Series 4. California menus [unknown or multiple locations]
Blue Bell Coffee Shops (Salinas, Placerville, Monterey)
Hotel El Camino Real Grill Breakfast
Rockaway Beach Inn, Rockaway Beach, Ca. [advertising placard, Pacifica?]
Saddle & Sirloin (Palm Springs, Bakersfield, Studio City)
Series 5. Los Angeles & Hollywood menus
Mme. Zucca Inn
Bullock's Wilshire Luncheon
Casa La Golondrina
Jonanathan Club Victory Happy New Year 1919
Los Angeles Biltmore [opening] 1923-10-02
Hotel Biltmore 1930-12-26
Katie Kohn's Kosher Restaurant, Real Hungarian 1930-11-09
Pig'N Whistle. 439 Broadway, 1930-10-31 ; 6714 Hollywood Blvd., 1930-11-02 ; 439 Broadway, 1931-06-09 [three menus] 1930-1931
Herbert's [Xth Olympiad] 1932-02-26
Banquet Honoring The Secretary of War and The Visiting Governors of the United States, Ambassador Hotel [annotated] 1933-07-28
Mike Lyman's Grill (Los Angeles/Hollywood) 1942-03-13
The House of Murphy [humorous placemat with anti-Axis image and text] 1942-1945
The Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce Salutes The Natural Gas Industry of Southern California [program with menu] 1957-12-03
Roosevelt Hollywood, Dinner 1930-11-05
Blossom Room, Roosevelt Hotel. Christmas 1930-12-25
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Dinner 1933-11-08
Hollywood Barn pre-1933
Gotham Delicatessen Shop, Hollywood
Assistance League Tea Room, Hollywood
Musso & Franks Grill, Hollywood 1941-11-18
Yee Hung Guey, Chop Suey and Noodles, Los Angeles
Series 6. Southern California menus [San Luis Obispo - San Diego]
Motel Inn Coffee Shoppe, San Luis Obispo
Rancho Bakersfield
Occidental Hotel, Santa Barbara [handwritten dinner] 1873-02-28
Hotel Potter, Santa Barbara [11 menus] 1909-1910
Sky Room, Union Air Terminal, Burbank. Wines & Liquors
Walt Disney Studio Restaurant, Burbank
The Coral Room, Bullock's Pasadena 1949-09-27
73rd Annual Tournament of Roses Participants Dinner, Huntington-Sheridan Hotel, Viennese Room [Pasadena] 1961-12-07
Las Flores Inn, Las Flores Canyon [Malibu]
The Ship Cage, Venice
Sally's, Inglewood
Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club, Culver City
McDonnell's Plantation, Southgate 1950-06-13
Mission Cafeteria, Long Beach 1931-12
Solomon's, Palm Springs
Bradley's Malt Shop, Santa Ana
Mission Cafe, San Juan Capistrano
Panama-Pacific Exposition Official Banquet, Cafe Cristobal, San Diego 1915-01-01
Grand Banquet Given By Al Malaikah Temple, AAONMS [Shriners], Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado 1889-08-10
Series 7. Non-California menus
Owl Drug Company [California, Oregon, Washington, Utah] after 1930
Pantheon Saloon, Portland [Oregon] 1887-12-25
Wigwam Inn, Indian River Park Souvenir Menu (Harbour Navigation Company, Vancouver, B.C.) 1930-07-01
Schlesinger and Mayer: A New French Cafe, Chicago 1898-01-13
Chesapeake and Ohio, United Forces Menu
Anglo-American Telegraph Company, Law Association Rooms. Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Dinner for The Layers of The Atlantic Cable [S.S. Great Eastern] 1866-10-01
Luncheon In Honor of...The Kyoto Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations by Viscount Eiichi Shibusawa at the Tokyo Kaikan 1929-11-12
Bombay Restaurant, Kowloon [inscribed] 1968