tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post3888525872671395605..comments2024-02-13T17:04:02.351-05:00Comments on The American Menu: A Moment in TimeHenry Voigthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318053634783305091noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-2677501793685754222014-10-11T00:56:10.223-04:002014-10-11T00:56:10.223-04:00Sadly, Camille's was just torn down today, exc...Sadly, Camille's was just torn down today, except for the facade. Looks like they might leave it up as an entrance to a new building, but can't be sure yet.Zach Georgopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18317696043926182334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-59945507608739206592014-01-26T17:26:00.278-05:002014-01-26T17:26:00.278-05:00What an utterly wonderful piece. About 60 years ag...What an utterly wonderful piece. About 60 years ago I made my first money working in my parents' restaurant outside Manchester (England). Not as good as The Poodle Dog, but in The Good Food Guide for 20 years. There is something about the trade that fascinates and never leaves you!Drayton Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-45880747967029759572013-10-13T09:51:11.770-04:002013-10-13T09:51:11.770-04:00Very interesting, and that was an evocative image ...Very interesting, and that was an evocative image (from a number of standpoints).<br /><br />The dining room had a typically early 20th century "crowded" look (not because of the people). It's probably a continuation of the Victorian penchant for stuffed chairs, velours and the festooning of objects of all kinds. If you visit Tommy's Joynt in the same city today (venerable beer and food haven, at Geary and Van Ness), the atmosphere is somewhat similar: the wooden beams, the plethora of objects adorning the walls and ceiling, even down to the Germanic-looking beer steins. Different socio-economic contexts (honest beer tavern vs. plush bourgeois cove), yet Tommy's is the first thing I thought of when looking at the picture.<br /><br />Speaking of beer, on the menu of the Rotisserie, albeit by then firmly in mid-Prohibition mode, you see names of some famous brewers: e.g. Budweiser, Rainier, Schlitz. This puzzled me for a moment but then I saw the rubric "Cereal Beverages". Thus, surely these drinks were near-beer, non-alcoholic that is. Will Rogers said of such drinks that those who brewed them were a poor judge of distance..<br /><br />Gary<br /><br />Gary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-80728054792989751392013-04-15T01:07:46.028-04:002013-04-15T01:07:46.028-04:00Just marvelous, as always. Just marvelous, as always. Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713947218738486762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-46808799097557844772013-04-13T15:58:30.649-04:002013-04-13T15:58:30.649-04:00A wonderful post and a fascinating photograph! It&...A wonderful post and a fascinating photograph! It's a wonder how you assembled all the menus and the photo as well.Jan Whitakerhttp://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-1798432695213419412013-04-13T13:16:25.814-04:002013-04-13T13:16:25.814-04:00Another great post.
I don't think many peop...Another great post. <br /><br />I don't think many people realize today what effect prohibition had on dining in the US. Most fine food has wine or spirits lurking in their beautiful sauces. Without it, the coloring box of flavors was sad indeed.<br /><br />Also, then as now, wine helped the bottom line... without it, the huge staff and fine ingredients were difficult to support. <br /><br />No wonder the party had a wee pall over the faces of the group -- they had seen the face of doom and the end was nigh.Deana Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908407077861396161noreply@blogger.com