Vintage menu

[Armybrat 40,857]

A friend who lives in Ware, Massachusetts posted these pics from an old local hotel restaurant. He said it started as a speakeasy during Prohibition and continued until it burned down in the 1960s.

No, I’ve never been there.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Armybrat

[Brisketexan 105,180]

I like the spaghetti and meatballs option.  I also like the spaghetti and fried chicken leg option.  But they do not offer a spaghetti and meatballs with fried chicken leg option.

Three stars, room for improvement.

[Not a cat 5,660]

My grandmother told a story of how on her first date with my grandfather in the 30's he tried to flop it out by casually paying with a 50.  Well, she didn't phrase it exactly that way, but you know what I mean.  Apparently, it worked.

[Not a cat 5,660]

And what the hell is an old age tax?  Did places used to charge seniors more?

[gsoda3 3,274]

what era is that menu from?  i'm guessing just before ww2 started?

[Armybrat 40,857]

22 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

And what the hell is an old age tax?  Did places used to charge seniors more?

“A little bit of digging revealed that the Massachusetts old age tax was a 5% state tax on meals that cost over $1.00 to help fund the Old Age Assistance Fund, a state program that was similar to Social Security and was in existence from 1941 to 1955.”

[Armybrat 40,857]

5 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

what era is that menu from?  i'm guessing just before ww2 started?

I have no idea.

My yankee friend didn’t say.

[TheStoicPaisano 9,922]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

I like the spaghetti and meatballs option.  I also like the spaghetti and fried chicken leg option.  But they do not offer a spaghetti and meatballs with fried chicken leg option.

Three stars, room for improvement.

Go to Jollibee for that.
 

Enjoy the blue plate option at this fine establishment, or try the pizza places that exist in Ware presently.

[Brisketexan 105,180]

5 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

Go to Jollibee for that.
 

Enjoy the blue plate option at this fine establishment, or try the pizza places that exist in Ware presently.

Holy shit -- just googled.....

IN.

It appears that the closest location is San Antonio......I'm down.

[Al_4_ISU 12,473]

Gin Coke does not sound pleasant, and I enjoy both of those beverages.

[Nivek 16,949]

they certainly loved their orange drinks?  Was scurvy a worry for them?

[CooterBrown 18,015]

42 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Gin Coke does not sound pleasant, and I enjoy both of those beverages.

Based on the era, it may have gin and cocaine.

 

[Armybrat 40,857]

Well, when I first glanced at the “Silver Fizz” it looked like it said “Silver Piss”. 
And I just went to an optometrist appointment yesterday.

[Kennythetiger 9,411]

$0.25 for a dropped egg on toast. I wonder how much for an egg that wasn’t dropped?  

[Sbbruin 21,865]

4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

I like the spaghetti and meatballs option.  I also like the spaghetti and fried chicken leg option.  But they do not offer a spaghetti and meatballs with fried chicken leg option.

Three stars, room for improvement.

chicken legs?  I thought you were a gizzard man.

[Brisketexan 105,180]

1 minute ago, Sbbruin said:

chicken legs?  I thought you were a gizzard man.

I celebrate the entire fried yardbird catalog.

The best item is the hardest to find -- fried chicken hearts.  Do those right, and I could eat about.....a hunnert of em.

Which on Armybrat's menu,  would have set me back 35 cents.

[Sbbruin 21,865]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

I celebrate the entire fried yardbird catalog.

The best item is the hardest to find -- fried chicken hearts.  Do those right, and I could eat about.....a hunnert of em.

Which on Armybrat's menu,  would have set me back 35 cents.

[Mo Horn 8,852]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I celebrate the entire fried yardbird catalog.

The best item is the hardest to find -- fried chicken hearts.  Do those right, and I could eat about.....a hunnert of em.

Which on Armybrat's menu,  would have set me back 35 cents.

One of the best things about traveling in South America were the chicken hearts at the churrascarias. I miss them, now that I don't travel there anymore. 

Edited April 5, 2022 by Mo Horn

[Brisketexan 105,180]

Just now, Mo Horn said:

One of the best things about traveling in South America were the chicken hearts at the churrascarias. I miss them, not that I don't travel there anymore. 

HEB regularly has them, .99 a pound.  I toss a package in a ziploc with some oil and season salt.  Then pop 8-10 each on a bamboo skewer, and you end up with a dozen of the best tailgate snacks you'll ever have.

[Mo Horn 8,852]

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

HEB regularly has them, .99 a pound.  I toss a package in a ziploc with some oil and season salt.  Then pop 8-10 each on a bamboo skewer, and you end up with a dozen of the best tailgate snacks you'll ever have.

Unfortunately, I'm several hundred miles away from the nearest HEB, but I could probably find them around here... or maybe when we're visiting our kids in Texas. 

[gsoda3 3,274]

26 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

HEB regularly has them, .99 a pound.  I toss a package in a ziploc with some oil and season salt.  Then pop 8-10 each on a bamboo skewer, and you end up with a dozen of the best tailgate snacks you'll ever have.

low and slow or high heat?

[Brisketexan 105,180]

3 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

low and slow or high heat?

High heat.  Just chargrilled, you want some smoky flareups.  Don't overcook -- they take maybe 6-8 minutes, tops.

[tx 3 putt 77,237]

40 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

HEB regularly has them, .99 a pound.  I toss a package in a ziploc with some oil and season salt.  Then pop 8-10 each on a bamboo skewer, and you end up with a dozen of the best tailgate snacks you'll ever have.

low carb and keto friendly !!!

[Macanudo 12,999]

Damn, a burger and a beer for under 25 cents.   

[tx 3 putt 77,237]

49 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

chicken legs?  I thought you were a gizzard man.

Moo-Moo’s in Victoria, Tx. Tuesdays, all gizzard orders are half priced. When you order, they yell your order to the kitchen, yes freshly fried. Get the root beer 

[Brisketexan 105,180]

7 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Damn, a burger and a beer for under 25 cents.   

When he graduated college, my old man went to Los Angeles to look for a job (some dumbass buddy of his told him they were plentiful there back in 1959....they weren't).  He had no money, so he stayed at a scary-ass motel in Watts, and could only afford to eat one meal a day -- he went to the joint next door, got five fried chicken wings and a Falstaff for 50 cents, ate it on the curb chatting it up with the locals.  Did that for a week.

Came back to Texas, found a job in the oil patch.  Still fondly remembers the cheap wings and beer.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Brisketexan

[Bevo&Pevo 5,211]

X2 on the gospel bird hearts.

[futureman 22,510]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

HEB regularly has them, .99 a pound.  I toss a package in a ziploc with some oil and season salt.  Then pop 8-10 each on a bamboo skewer, and you end up with a dozen of the best tailgate snacks you'll ever have.

just ask the butcher, or what

[ztejas 43,524]

What the fuck is a domestic scotch whiskey?

[Brisketexan 105,180]

8 minutes ago, futureman said:

just ask the butcher, or what

At least at the HEBs I frequent on the NW side of town, they're just over there with the chicken.  In the "random parts" section with the wings and livers and such.

[Sbbruin 21,865]

20 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

At least at the HEBs I frequent on the NW side of town, they're just over there with the chicken.  In the "random parts" section with the wings and livers and such.

Parts is parts.

 

[BabaYaga 15,302]

7 hours ago, Armybrat said:

A friend who lives in Ware, Massachusetts posted these pics from an old local hotel restaurant. He said it started as a speakeasy during Prohibition and continued until it burned down in the 1960s.

No, I’ve never been there.

"Italian" spaghetti?  As opposed to German or French?

[BabaYaga 15,302]

2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

HEB regularly has them, .99 a pound.  I toss a package in a ziploc with some oil and season salt.  Then pop 8-10 each on a bamboo skewer, and you end up with a dozen of the best tailgate snacks you'll ever have.

Used to do that with our group dove shoots.  Takes a few dozen birds.  I'd take them all as nobody wanted them, season up and flash grill or better yet fry them up.  Nom Nom....

[Brisketexan 105,180]

Just now, BabaYaga said:

Used to do that with our group dove shoots.  Takes a few dozen birds.  I'd take them all as nobody wanted them, season up and flash grill or better yet fry them up.  Nom Nom....

Yep -- when we clean a mess of dove or ducks, I take all the hearts -- bonus for me.

[BabaYaga 15,302]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

just ask the butcher, or what

Bet Fiesta would have them?  Or a whole pig head.  Or both....

[Brisketexan 105,180]

1 minute ago, BabaYaga said:

Bet Fiesta would have them?  Or a whole pig head.  Or both....

Name an innard, Fiesta's got it.  Or 99 Ranch -- the asian markets are always good for such things.

And La Finca on N. Lamar has a pig head (young pig, not the full size) for like $12 -- and they'll use their bandsaw to cut it in half.  Roasts up crispy, I'm a big fan.

But again....back to spaghetti and fried chicken.....I remember when I was a kid, Denny's kid's menu had dinners for 99 cents each, and a "kid" was up to 12 or 13.  And I was a growing boy by that age.  Sometimes mom would take me there, and I'd order three dinners - spaghetti, a burger, and a fried chicken leg dinner.  A $3 kick-ass combo meal.  

[Pato del Muerto 52,535]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

At least at the HEBs I frequent on the NW side of town, they're just over there with the chicken.  In the "random parts" section with the wings and livers and such.

Heb does have chicken hearts. And chicken feets. And some nice cow tripe. Some have cow heads wrapped in butcher paper. It all eats good. 

[Underdog 28,755]

7 hours ago, Armybrat said:

A friend who lives in Ware, Massachusetts posted these pics from an old local hotel restaurant. He said it started as a speakeasy during Prohibition and continued until it burned down in the 1960s.

No, I’ve never been there.

 

[Texzilla58 4,741]

"Italian" spaghetti?  As opposed to German or French?

The old recency bias…

[LosIllini 91]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Yep -- when we clean a mess of dove or ducks, I take all the hearts -- bonus for me.

never thought of cooking them.  I'll have to give them a try--- when we clean birds, we usually feed hearts to our labrador retrievers as a reward--- they love 'em!

[utee94 15,835]

I like that they had to add, in a handwritten note, "No Alcohol To Minors."

 

[luke duke 6,413]

I celebrate the entire fried yardbird catalog.
The best item is the hardest to find -- fried chicken hearts.  Do those right, and I could eat about.....a hunnert of em.
Which on Armybrat's menu,  would have set me back 35 cents.

[BabaYaga 15,302]

12 hours ago, LosIllini said:

never thought of cooking them.  I'll have to give them a try--- when we clean birds, we usually feed hearts to our labrador retrievers as a reward--- they love 'em!

Then keep it up, especially if they're helping retrieve the birds.  

A camp favorite is sautéed deer heart with onions and peppers.  It's our homage to the animal as well.  Dove numbers have been lower as of late, and getting a big group is sometimes hard (kids, sports, etc).....but back in the day, when we had dozens and dozens of birds between us.  We'd gorge on fried hearts and bacon-wrapped goodness.  

[Al_4_ISU 12,473]

3 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Then keep it up, especially if they're helping retrieve the birds.  

A camp favorite is sautéed deer heart with onions and peppers.  It's our homage to the animal as well.  Dove numbers have been lower as of late, and getting a big group is sometimes hard (kids, sports, etc).....but back in the day, when we had dozens and dozens of birds between us.  We'd gorge on fried hearts and bacon-wrapped goodness.  

I've never had it fresh, but I've had crock pot deer heart with onions and peppers and it's absolutely fantastic.  A buddy of mine made a bunch for 4th of July last year.

[RDCanecutter 26,458]

Hey mac, I'm down to my last dime. I guess it's Goebel's for me, I'm not fancy enough for Budweiser, see.

[HeHateMe 887]

On 4/5/2022 at 1:21 PM, ztejas said:

What the fuck is a domestic scotch whiskey?

This….I’m guessing it makes Dewars taste like Macallan 18.  

[rage-a-holic 4,417]

27 minutes ago, HeHateMe said:

This….I’m guessing it makes Dewars taste like Macallan 18.  

or...

[WBT 20,643]

I stopped and ate at the restaurant at Hotel Settles in Big Spring last year on a road trip back home from New Mexico.  They had one of their menus of similar vintage hanging up.  I'm not sure of the exact year but similar prices anyway.  I wish I had taken a picture.  /csb

Edited April 7, 2022 by WBT

[Hank_Hill 18,893]

*Jerry Seinfeld voice* why do they call it tuna fish? You don’t call it steak cow or chicken bird. What’s up with that?!

[Deej 76,859]

On 4/6/2022 at 9:53 PM, Hank_Hill said:

*Jerry Seinfeld voice* why do they call it tuna fish? You don’t call it steak cow or chicken bird. What’s up with that?!

More like...