Author: [Dining Menu]
Title: LA POSTA. Supper Suggestions [Menu]; [Alcoholic Drinks Menu]
Description: : , (n. d.). Circa mid 1930s. Sturdy paper, white/black illustration with black text. Supper menu mustard yellow, drinks menu red. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Supper menu: bifolium, menu printed on one internal page. Drinks menu: broadside, printed recto only. Illustration of La Posta with trees to head of both menus. 10" x 6-1/2". Light wear and creasing, including center crease to both menus; light soiling from handling to supper menu. About VG. Both menus priced. Supper menu includes Oyster Cocktail, 40[¢]; Tenderloin of Trout, 65¢; American Fried potatoes, 20¢; and a Rum Omelette, $1.00. Drinks include 40¢ and 50¢ fizzes and rickeys; Four Letter Hennessy, 50¢; Straight American Waterfill & Frazier Pan American, straight, 25¢; and La Boheme domestic wines, 25¢ a glass, and ranging from $1.50 to $2.00 per quart. Location unknown, as the menu only mentions offering dining and dancing "four miles down the vallley on the old county road . amid surroundings that recall the old stagecoach days.".

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