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Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Menu

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

College Inn Porterhouse, 1950

 Item — Box 10
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-10-020
Scope and Contents

College Inn Porterhouse. In the Hotel Sherman. Chicago, Illinois. Inspired by Ernest Byfield.

Illustrated menu cover. Menu lists various steak and country-style menu items.

Dates: 1950

The Sherman Chicago Coffee Shop breakfast menu, undated

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1.9-1-020
Scope and Contents

The Sherman Chicago Coffee Shop menu.

Illustrated menu cover of a cow kicking a kerosene lamp while an old woman in the background reacts, holding a donut and a cup of coffee. Presumably this is Mrs. O'Leary and her cow from the apocryphal story as to the cause of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Menu lists breakfast suggestions and a la carte options.

Dates: undated

The Sherman Room Service A La Carte menu, undated

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1.9-1-019
Scope and Contents

The Sherman Room Service A La Carte Menu.

Menu cover gives a list of suggested rooms and locations to visit, including the Pump Room, The Buttery, Beau Nash Club (men only at lunch—women are "invited" for cocktails and dinner from 4:07p.m.), The Parade, The Bath, and Sarah Siddons Walk. List also mentions the Ambassador Hotel on State Street, located in Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: undated