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    • Title:Collection of restaurant menus.
    • Publication:[between 1945 and 1955?]
    • Physical Description:6 menus : illustrations ; 14-36 cm

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    • Local Notes:BEIN 2016 +150: Menu for Checkerboard Cafe has prices only in manuscript. Menu for El Patio has entrees apparently mimeographed, with printed prices for liquor, but several of the printed prices have been corrected in manuscript. Menus for Al Schacht's Restaurant and Al Schacht's Score Card have presentation inscriptions to Phil from Al Schacht. Menu for Toots Shor has presentation inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Austin from Toots Shore. All menus from the Richard Merkin papers.
    • Notes:Collection title devised by cataloger.
      4 menus from New York City restaurants, 1 menu from an undetermined location in United States, 1 menu from Mexico City restaurant.
      5 menus in English, 1 in Spanish.
    • Format:Book
    • Contents:[1.] Russian Tea Room Restaurant (New York; no date) -- [2.] Checkerboard Cafe (United States; no date) -- [3.] El Patio (Mexico City; no date) -- [4.] Al Schacht's Restaurant (New York; no date) -- [5.] Al Schacht's Score Card (New York; no date) -- [6.] Toots Shor (New York; menu for Nov. 24, 1951)
    • Subjects:Restaurants--Menus.
      Restaurants--New York (State)--New York.
      Restaurants--United States.
      Restaurants--Mexico--Mexico City.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Schacht, Al (Alexander), 1894-1984--Presentation inscription to Phil.
      Phil--Presentation inscription from A. Schacht.
      Shor, Toots, 1903-1977--Presentation inscription to M. and M. Austin.
      Austin, Mr.--Presentation inscription from T. Shor.
      Austin, Mrs.--Presentation inscription from T. Shor.
      Merkin, Richard--Ownership.
    • Genre/Form:Menus.
      Popular culture.
    • Also listed under:United States.
      United States--New York (State)--New York.
      Mexico--Mexico City.
    Link to this page: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12725119