Collecting The sight of an attractive menu always makes us immediately hungry for food, but there are a great many collectors who are hungry for the menus themselves. We have some friends who have papered the walls of their beach club cabana with steamship menus. They make every effort to get two copies of each menu so that both sides may be displayed on the walls.

Steamship menus are particularly attractive. The covers, usually in full color, may depict steamships, sea-scapes, hotels, motels, beaches, or animals. The covers are usually changed from day to day so that even a short cruise can get your collection off to a good start.

With relatively few exceptions, contemporary restaurant menus lack distinction. The exceptions, however, make the search for them worthwhile. These are invariably large-sized and handsomely designed, with colorful illustrations on the menu pages as well as the covers. Almost invariably too, such menus are used in the so-called Hawaiian, Indonesian, and Polynesian restaurants. Incidentally, these places generally have swizzle sticks worth lifting, too.

Most collectors are looking for off-beat menus and have no interest in the run-of-the-mill variety. Collectors who want to make collecting tough for themselves spurn all contemporary menus and search for the old ones that remind you that a full-course dinner at a good restaurant once cost less than one dollar.




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March 11, 2010