United States
Scope and Content
The Menu Collection contains 118 menus from across the world. The bulk of the menus are from the United States and Europe. Most of the menus are from the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, along with some menus dating earlier in the twentieth century. The menus contain a wide variety of cuisines. The collection also contains additional papers, including restaurant business cards, a recipe pamphlet, and exchange rate document from the Icelandic bank.
Series I: Menus organizes the menus based on the country of origin. Within that, the menus are organized by the restaurant name. This information includes the restaurant and city. Some menus also include the year of the menu. The menus illustrate cuisine throughout Europe. Some of the menus come from restaurants that are hundreds of years old. There are also some menus from Egypt, Turkey, China, Japan, and South Korea. Many of the menus come from restaurants in the United States. The cover a wide range of cuisines, such as southern, Asian fusion, French, Italian, German, Thai, Vietnamese, historical, steakhouse, seafood, New American, fine dining, sandwiches and subs, and much more.
Series II: Papers includes additional documents. There is a piece of unidentified artwork and two blank folded cards. There are business cards for two Finnish restaurants in Helsinki. There is a small recipe pamphlet from King's Arm Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. There is also a 1979 exchange rate paper from the Central Bank of Iceland that shows the rates for multiple monetary values.
Dates
- 1939 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Chinese
French
Czech
Vietnamese
Spanish; Castilian
Italian
Bibliography
- The Ahwahnee (Yosemite National Park, California)
- Antoine's Restaurant (New Orleans, Louisiana: 2018)
- Brasserie Les Halles (New York City, New York)
- The Cameo Room, The Martha Washington Inn (Abingdon, Virginia)
- Chez Panisse (Berkeley, California: 1991) (3 items)
- China First Restaurant (Palo Alto, California)
- Christiana Campbell's Tavern (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- The Courtyard Restaurant, the Catered Affair at the Boston Public Library (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Draper's, The Greenbrier America's Resort (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia)
- The Fairway Grill, Meadowood Napa Valley (St. Helena, California: 1989)
- The French Laundry (Yountville, California: 2006)
- Gilded Unicorn (Spokane, Washington)
- Haussner's Restaurant (Baltimore, Maryland: 1996) (2 items)
- The Homestead, Sunday Breakfast
- Hotel Algonquin (New York City, New York)
- The Hotel Strasburg (Strasburg, Virginia)
- In-Fusion, The Greenbrier Resort (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia)
- Inland Pacific Kitchen (Spokane, Washington: 2018)
- Jeanty at Jack's (San Francisco, California)
- Joe's Seafood Prime Steak & Stone Crab (Chicago, Illinois)
- Keens Steakhouse: All-American Thanksgiving Day Dinner (New York City, New York: 2009)
- Keens Steakhouse: All-American Thanksgiving Day Dinner (New York City, New York: 2010)
- Keens Steakhouse: Cocktails (New York City, New York)
- Keens Steakhouse: Thanksgiving (New York City, New York: 2011)
- King's Arms Tavern (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- King's Arms Tavern: Midday Fare (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- Land Thai Kitchen (New York City, New York)
- Le Bernardin (New York City, New York)
- Locke-Ober (Boston, Massachusetts: 1939)
- Log Haven of Millcreek Canyon (Salkt Lake City, Utah) (2 items)
- Manka's Czech Restaurant (Iverness, California)
- Mayflower Cafe and Pastry Shop (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Middleton Publick Tavern Lunch Menu (Annapolis, Maryland)
- Napoleon House (New Orleans, Louisiana: 2018)
- Nha Hang Pho Viet Huong Fine Vietnamese Cuisine (New York City, New York)
- Restaurant El Jibarito (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Roy's Poipu Bar & Grill (Koloa, Hawaiʻi, 2004)
- Smack Shack (Minneapolils, Minnesota)
- St. Honoré Boulangerie (Portland, Oregon)
- Submarine Galley (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Tadich Grill (San Francisco, California: 2004)
- Tadich Grill (San Francisco, California: 2006)
- Trattoria L'incontro (New York City, New York)
- Union Oyster House (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Wild Ginger: Sushi: Asian Cuisine (New York City, New York)
- Columbia University Franz Liszt Conference Dinner (New York City, New York: 2011)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu