2008.85.12

Pland's Dining Room, Coffee Shop, Cocktail Lounge
28-Oct-47
11 in HIGH x in WIDE
(27.94 cm HIGH x cm WIDE)
Gift of Steve Briscoe
2008.85.12


Cream colored paper menu, printed in red on the cover: "Pland's Dining Room, Coffee Shop, Cocktail Lounge, Menu, Broadway and MacArthur, Oakland, California." The word menu is held up by a chef. Inside "Pland's, Open 24 Hours, Tuesday, October 28, 1947." Special items on the menu "Fried Chicken (cooked to order) 1.50 A Deliciously Plump (Half) Milk-Fed hicken, Cooked Southern Style, Shoestring Potatoes and Corn Fritters, Cloverblossom Honey and Piping Hot Butter Rolls" is illustrated with a chef hold a cooked chicken on a plate; "Monte Cristo [sandwich] 95c" and "Monte Carlo [sandwich] 1.10" are illustrated with a chef hold a sandwich on a plate between the two listings. "Prize Steaks, AA1 Steer Beef From Our Charcoal Broiler" is illsurtated with a drawing of a head of a beef. A a full stem glass illustrates a section of the menu from "Dry Martini, Manhattan, Old Fashioned 50c." "Shopper's Special 75c, Served from 11 to 3 P.M. Turkey Shortcake with Buttered Celery, Jell-O with Whipped Cream, Coffee or Tea."
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