Guide to the Jewish food ephemera collection M2666
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2023
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Jewish food ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: M2666
Physical Description:
1.72 Linear Feet
(4 flat boxes and 3 half boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1917-2016
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of restaurant menus, recipes, matchbook covers, event programs and menus, postcards, and other ephemera
related to Jewish food. The restaurant menus are arranged geographically and are listed in order of quantity. The recipes
consist of handwritten recipes, recipes from magazines and newspapers, online recipes, product recipes, and other sources.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Jewish food ephemera collection (M2666). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection is a combination of purchases, donations, and materials collected directly by the curator.
Purchased. 2020-2023. Accessions 2020-337, 2022-280, 2022-305, 2022-325, 2022-342, 2022-367, 2023-253, 2023-255, and 2023-256.
Gift of Eitan Lev Kensky. 2022-2023. Accessions 2022-302 and 2023-254.
Gift of Arleen Eidelman, 2023; Accession 2023-259.
Gift of Matt Levine, 2024; Accession 2024-005.
Gift of Spencer Gondorf, 2024; Accession 2024-006.
Transfer. 2023. 2023-257 and 2023-258.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Menus
Dinners and dining
Jewish cooking
Kosher restaurants
Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs
Formulas, recipes, etc.
New York menus
Language of Material: English.
Upstate New York
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Blanche's Knish-Nash (Loch Sheldrake, New York)
circa 1940s
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Grossinger's Luncheon (Liberty, New York)
1966
Language of Material: English.
New York City
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Borenstein Caterers (179-29 150th Road, Jamaica, New York)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Reuben's Restaurant
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Leo Fuld's Sahbra
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Russ & Daughters - menus and postcard (179 East Houston St.)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
The Flame (97-04 Queens Blvd., Rego Park)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Levine's Restaurant (2144 White Plains Road, Bronx)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Baba Cafe of Israel (91-33 63rd Drive, Rego Park)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
The Baba - menu and postcard (91-33 63rd Drive, Rego Park)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Stage Delicatessen and Restaurant - Al Hirshfeld illustrated menu (834 Seventh Avenue)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Stage Delicatessen and Restaurant - postcard
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Stage Deli of New York - Dong Kingman illustrated menu (834 Seventh Avenue)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Carnegie Delicatessen and Restaurant (854 Seventh Avenue)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Original Carnegie Delicatessen and Restaurant (854 Seventh Avenue)
Language of Material: English.
Southern California menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Carnegie Deli of New York - two menus (300 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Nate 'n Al Delicatessen Restaurant (414 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Catch 21 (17301 Ventura Blvd., Encino)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Tempo Restaurant (16610 Ventura Blvd., Encino)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Bernstein's of Long Beach
1937
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Canter's Fairfax (419 N. Fairfax, Los Angeles)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Magic Carpet Restaurant (8566 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Stage Deli of New York (10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Canter's Deli (419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Sherman's Deli and Bakery (401 Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Barry's Deli (31 Washington St., Venice)
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Jerry's Famous Deli - 3 menus (multiple Southern California locations)
Language of Material: English.
Northern California menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Levine's Strictly כשר Restaurant (1233 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
National Hungarian Kosher Restaurant (1234 Fillmore Street, San Francisco)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Hungarian Kosher Restaurant (117 Taylor Street, San Francisco)
1925
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Prizer's Hungarian Restaurant (89 Turk Street, San Francisco)
1940
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
The Deli Restaurant and Delicatessen (1980 Union Street, San Francisco)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Bon Vivant Kosher Avec Schmaltz Delicatessen (San Francisco)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Saul's (1475 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley)
Language of Material: English.
Illinois menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 2
Mrs. Levy's Delicatessen - two menus (233 S. Wacker Dr., Sears Tower, Chicago)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 2
D.B. Kaplan's Delicatessen (835 North Michigan Ave., Chicago)
Language of Material: English.
Florida menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3
Rascal House - poster (172nd St. and Collins Ave., Miami Beach)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3
Al's Delicatessen (238 23rd St., Miami Beach)
Language of Material: English.
New Jersey menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 4
Milt & Sonny's (Atlantic City)
Language of Material: English.
Texas menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2
Katz's Deli & Bar (618 West 6th, Austin)
Language of Material: English.
Canada menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6
My Marvin's Kosher Style Deli & Bar (Calgary)
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6
Tzigane Room of the Bucharest (Montreal)
Language of Material: English.
Israel menus
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 7
California: an American luncheonette in Israel - menu (Passage Dizengoff, Tel Aviv)
Language of Material: English.
Other ephemera
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 1
Recipes
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Oven-braised corned beef brisket, Sunset, 2016
The world of haroset, Elizabeth Levy, The Jerusalem Post Magazine, March 22, 2002
Box 3, folder 2
Product recipes
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Brisk winter weather recipes, Rokeach Vol. II
Recipes using Kosher Mocha Mix, Kosher Dsertwhip, and Kosher Dsertwhip Whipped Topping, Presto Food Products
Box 3, folder 3
New York Post, Passover section
March 28, 1966
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 1
Art prints
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Fine Art Print: Chocolate Babka
Fine Art Print: Chicken Soup;
Dr. Brown's "Tarot Card" Greeting Card
Box 4, folder 2
Match book covers
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Leavitt Bros. (Halsted and Maxwell Streets, Chicago, Illinois)
Las Nereidas (1102 Ashford Ave., Condado, Santurce, Puerto Rico)
Fisherman's Grotto (Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California)
Lou Braslawsky's Kosher Market (4809 N. Kimball Ave., Chicago, Illinois)
Meybergs (1002 Town and Country Village, San Jose, California)
Gilberts (2445 Noriega, San Francisco, California)
Lisa's Restaurant (149 Taylor Street, San Francisco, California)
Belgo Israel House (Antwerp, Netherlands)
New Hub (141 Washington St. Binghamton, New York)
Moshe's (522 8th Ave., Calgary)
The New Buddy's Deli (401 E. Tahquitz-McCallum Way, Palm Springs, California)
Marvin's Deli and Restaurant (401 E. Tahquitz-McCallum Way, Palm Springs, California)
Nate's Deli and Restaurant (283 N. Palm Springs Dr., Palm Springs, California)
Box 4, folder 3
Postcards
1955-1970
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
3 Way Restaurant, Amoco Gas (Ludowici, Georgia)
Dixie Manor (Lakewood, New Jersey)
Dinken's Restaurant - Yiddish Hanashimasu (Tokyo, Japan)
Box 4, folder 4
Shalom Japan button (22 Wooster St., New York, New York)
1981
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 5
Recipes - handwritten and from newspapers
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 6
Recipes - handwritten and from newspaper clippins
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 7
Recipes - handwritten and from newspaper clippings
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 8
Cunard White Star kosher menus
1949
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 9
Menu and program Harry Truman Award Dinner for Hubert Humphrey, State of Israel Bond Organization
December 19, 1965
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 10
Event menus
1923-2004
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Congregation Shearith Israel - 350th Anniversary Dinner, March 21, 2004 - menu and program
350th Anniversary Dinner, The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York, March 21, 2004 - booklet
Reunion of the "Ato Bechartonunikes" of the Dr. Herzl Zion Club, July 4, 1923
Young Women's Hebrew Association of the City of New York, Fifteenth Anniversary Dinner and Annual Meeting, February 18, 1917
Box 4, folder 11
Rite Lite chanukah cookies (empty flat box)
Language of Material: English.
Box 5
Recipes on index cards from Sisterhood A.L.B. Jewish Community Center
Box 6, folder 1
Print-out of a bibliography of Jewish cookbooks
Box 6, folder 3
Personal Passover cookbook
Box 6, folder 4
Recipes (newspaper clippings, website print-outs, etc.)
Box 6, folder 5
List of guests - gala dinner welcoming Thomas E. Dewey, tendered by the Zionist Organization of America under the auspices
of the American Zionist Fund, Hotel Statler, New York City
October 30, 1955
Box 6, folder 6
Matchbook - Steinberg's dairy restaurant, New York City
Box 6, folder 7
Menu for Petit Takett at the Standard, Los Angeles
Box 7, folder 1
Accession 2024-005: Feldman's Deli menu, Salt Lake City
Box 7, folder 1
Accession 2024-006: New York Deli Bagel Cafe and Deli menu, Redwood City, California
