Milwaukee County Historical Society

Menu Collection

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Call Number: Mss - 2236
Bulk: 1.0 cubic feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of menus, place cards, and fliers from various restaurants in the Milwaukee area, as well as in other miscellaneous locations.  The collection is arranged by restaurant name, and organized alphabetically.

Administrative Info:

This collection was donated by many individuals.  The collection was reprocessed in March 2009 by Steve Daily.  The finding aid was retyped in July 2009 by Amanda Wynne.

Contents List:

 

Restaurant

Box Number

File

 

 

 

Alpine Village - n.d.

1

1

American House -Bill of Fare - 12/31/1849

1

9

American House -Bill of Fare - 12/31/1849

1

9

American House -Bill of Fare - 12/31/1849

1

9

Angel Food Tea Shop

1

1

Balistreri’s Bluemound Inn - 1998

1

1

Balkanian New Star Maric - 1992

1

1

Barnacle Bud’s - 1999?

1

1

Bartolotta Ristorante - 1998

1

1

Benson’s Steakhouse - Milwaukee Hilton - 1998

1

1

Bob EO’s - 1998

1

1

Boulevard Inn - 1985

1

1

Brett Favre’s Steakhouse - 1998

1

1

Buck Bradley’s - 1998

1

1

Chancery Menus, ca. 1998 (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Location Flier)

1

6

Charles Jacob’s Café Restaurant, 11/4-6/1905 (Menu, Bill of Fare)

1

7

Chinatown - 1945?

1

1

Chinatown - 1945?

1

1

Chuck and Betty

1

1

Colonel Harts - 1998

1

1

Columns - 1991

1

1

Country Gardens - n.d.

1

1

County Clare Restaurant and Pub - 2005

1

1

Dancing Ganesha - 1998

1

1

Danish Beer Gardens

1

1

Distelfink - n.d. (advertisement for Vita-Hi’s banquet room)

1

1

Dutch’s Sukiyaki House - n.d.

1

1

Eddie Martini’s - 1998

1

1

Edwardo’s Natural Pizza Restaurant - n.d.

1

1

Eugene’s - n.d.

1

1

Europa Room - n.d.

1

1

Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour Restaurants - 1972

1

1

Flannery’s - n.d.

1

1

Forst-Keller

1

1

Fox and Hounds

1

1

Frenchy’s - n.d.

1

1

Frenchy’s Bulldog Bar and Grill - n.d.

1

1

Fresche Pizzeria and Pub - March, 2006

1

1

Gilles Frozen Custard - n.d.

1

2

Gimbels Basement Sandwich and Soda Bar - 1945

1

2

Gimbels Restaurant (8th Floor) - n.d.

1

2

Globe Hotel - 12/25/1919 (Christmas Dinner)

1

2

Globe Hotel - 12/3/1922 (Dinner for Jean Longuet)

1

2

Great Harvest Bread Co. - n.d.

1

2

Heaven City Hotel and Country Resort

1

2

Heinemann’s - 1998

1

2

Hotel Blatz, 1899-1901, 1915, 1934

1

14

Hotel Boscobel

1

2

Hotel Knickerbocker - 8/5/1932 (Dinner for Capt. Von Gronau)

1

2

Hotel Medford - n.d.

1

2

Howard Johnson - n.d

1

2

Hyatt Regency - 1984

1

2

Jake’s Fine Dining - n.d.

1

2

JC Penney Sun Garden Cateteria - n.d.

1

2

Jean Paul Restaurant Francais - n.d.

1

2

Jean Pierre

1

2

Joe Deutsch’s Café

1

2

John Ernst Café, 1996 and undated

1

13

Jolly’s on Harwood - 1998

1

2

Karl Ratzsch’s, 1950, 1998 and undated

1

12

Kathie’s Restaurant - 1998

1

2

Kirby House - Christmas menu - 12/25/1884

1

15

Kirby House - dinner for O. M. Baker, Esq. - 3/19/1867

1

15

Kirby House - Franklin's birthday banquet - 1/17/1867

1

15

Kirby House - grand opening menu 11/27/1866

1

15

Kirby House - Homeopathists dinner - 5/21/1868

1

15

Kirby House - inaugural ball of the Kirby House - 11/27/1866

1

15

Kirby House - menu - 2/24/1911

1

15

Kirby House - menu - 3/12/1893

1

15

Kirby House - menu - 3/19/1893

1

15

Kirby House - menu - 3/26/1893

1

15

Kirby House - menu - 4/30/1867

1

15

Kirby House - New Year's menu - 1/1/1885

1

15

Kirby House - Thanksgiving dinner - 11/27/1884

1

15

LaCasita - n.d.

1

2

Leff’s Lucky Town - 1998

1

2

Leilani - n.d.

1

2

Maders – 1948 (flier for original Maders from 1905)

1

3

Maders - 1998

1

3

Magic Pan Creperie - n.d.

1

3

Mapleton Hotel

1

3

Milwaukee House -Bill of Fare - 12/31/1843

1

10

Milwaukee House -Cotillion Party - 12/19/1850

1

10

Misc. Menus - Foreign countries

1

22

Misc. Menus - Ships/French & others

1

27

Misc. Menus - Ships/German lines

1

25

Misc. Menus - Ships/Norway & Holland

1

26

Misc. Menus – Trains

1

21

Misc. Menus - United States

1

23

Misc. Menus – Wisconsin

1

24

National Hotel - 8/5/1900

1

3

Newhall House, 1959, 1960, 1971

1

11

Nino’s Steak Roundup - n.d.

1

3

Nino’s Steak Roundup - n.d. (temporary menu)

1

3

Oakland Trattoria - 1998

1

3

Old Settler’s Banquets-10th Banquet of the Old Settler’s Club - 2/22/1889

1

18

Old Settler’s Banquets-30th Banquet of the Old Settler’s Club - 2/22/1899

1

18

Old Settler’s Banquets-31st Banquet of the Old Settler’s Club - 2/22/1900

1

18

Old Settler’s Banquets-35th Banquet of the Old Settler’s Club - 2/22/1904

1

18

Old Settler’s Banquets-45th Banquet of the Old Settler’s Club - 2/22/1914

1

18

Old Settler’s Banquets-46th Banquet of the Old Settler’s Club - 2/22/1915

1

18

Old Settler’s Banquets-Annual Old Settler’s Club Banquet - 2/22/1882

1

18

Osteria Del Mondo

1

3

Ovens of Brittany Café - 1982

1

3

Pabst Theater Restaurant - n.d

1

4

Packing House - n.d.

1

4

Pandl’s Whitefish Bay Inn - n.d.

1

4

Pandl’s Whitefish Bay Inn - n.d. (wine list)

1

4

Pfister Hotel - 6/17/1946 (Milwaukee Centurama 1846 Dinner)

1

4

Pier 611 - n.d.

1

4

Plankinton House - 6/5/1884

1

4

Randolph Garden - n.d

1

4

Republican House- annual dinner of the Sons of the American Revolution - 5/29/1912

1

16

Republican House- banquet given by B. Uhug Fuel Co. for Milwaukee Coal Club - 2/21/1901

1

16

Republican House- Christmas Dinner menu - 12/25/1906

1

16

Republican House- Christmas menu cover - n.d.

1

16

Republican House- complimentary dinner for Mr. & Mrs. Oswin Schmidt - 6/13/1910

1

16

Republican House- complimentary dinner for William George Bruce - 9/17/1910

1

16

Republican House- dinner for A. Kletzsch (2) - 4/16/1910

1

16

Republican House- dinner for Alvin Kletzsch - 9/15/1923

1

16

Republican House- dinner for Milwaukee Hotel Association - 12/22/1919

1

16

Republican House- dinner for Senator Irvine L. Lenroot - 3/25/1919

1

16

Republican House- dinner menu - 7/4/1898

1

16

Republican House- Dinner menu - n.d.

1

16

Republican House- Easter menu - 3/31/1907

1

16

Republican House- Easter menu - 4/11/1909

1

16

Republican House- Easter menu - 4/2/1899

1

16

Republican House- Easter menu (2) - 3/30/1902

1

16

Republican House- Easter menu (3) - 4/7/1901

1

16

Republican House- farewell dinner for members of the Wisconsin Surgeons' Expedition - 6/12/1916

1

16

Republican House- menu - 12/27/1895

1

16

Republican House- menu - 7/4/1900

1

16

Republican House- menu - 9/19/1901

1

16

Republican House- menu (German) - 4/1/1895

1

16

Republican House- New Year's dinner menu - 1/1/1898

1

16

Republican House- New Year's Dinner menu - 1/1/1901

1

16

Republican House- New Year's menu cover (no menu) - 1/1/1899

1

16

Republican House- New Year's menu with cover 1/1/1899

1

16

Republican House- Sunday dinner menu - 5/22/1898

1

16

Republican House- Sylvester Eve Dinner - 12/31/1920

1

16

Riggs - 8/6/1934

1

4

Riverhouse Restaurant - 1998

1

4

Rock Bottom Brewery - 1998

1

4

Safe House - 1998

1

5

Sailor Ann’s - n.d.

1

5

Sanford - n.d.

1

5

Sara’s Pantry - n.d.

1

5

Schlitz Hotel -32nd Division Dinner - 9/20/1920

1

8

Schlitz Hotel -Holiday Card - n.d.

1

8

Schlitz Hotel -Sandwich menu - n.d

1

8

Schlitz Hotel-Lunch in Honor of our Distinguished Guests of the Three Americas - 10/23/1889

1

8

Schroeder Hotel- 3rd annual awards dinner; Milwaukee County  Conservation Alliance - 12/1/1950

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- 7th annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club - 2/22/1939

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- annual Road School Dinner - 1/23/1947

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- celebration to commemorate the completion of the hotel - 2/17/1928

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- Luncheon menu (OS Sm “M”) - 6/16/1930

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- Milwaukee Boy's Club - 5/18/1938

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- National Commander's dinner American Legion Convention - 9/15-18/1941           

1

17

Schroeder Hotel- testimonial dinner for police chief  & fire chief (invitation & menu) - 9/20/1945

1

17

Schwabenhof - n.d.

1

5

Schwabenhof - n.d. (flier)

1

5

Soup Ladle - March 2006

1

5

St. Charles Hotel - 11/24/1910

1

5

Stouffer’s Top of the Marine - n.d.

1

5

Stuart’s Old Heidelburg - ca. 1949

1

5

Tamarack - n.d.

1

5

The Gargoyle - 08/27/1911

1

2

The Gargoyle - 12/31-1911

1

2

The Gargoyle - 7/28/1912

1

2

The Golden Zither - n.d (postcard)

1

2

Toy’s Chop Suey Restaurant - n.d.

1

5

Tunnel Inn - n.d.

1

5

Turner Restaurant - 1995

1

5

Tyrolean Towne House - n.d.

1

5

Walgreens - 8/1945

1

5

Walker House - 4/23/1861

1

5

Water Street Brewery - 1988

1

5

Wehr’s Empire Café - 6/8/1916

1

5

Wehr’s Empire Café - n.d.

1

5

Wehr’s Restaurant and Venetian Garden - 1919

1

5

Wells Street Station - 1993

1

5

What’s Fresh! - n.d.

1

5

Wisconsin Club - 2/5/1953

1

5

Wisconsin Club - 9/23/1943

1

5

Wisconsin Club - n.d.

1

5

Wongs Wok - n.d.

1

5

Woolworth Co. - 1945

1

5

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Menus from Banquets

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

10th Annual Merchant’s Association Banquet - 5/19/1887

1

19

40th Wedding Anniversary of Fred and Ella Vogt - 3/4/1949

1

19

84th Birthday Party for Brigadier General Charles King - 10/12/1928

1

19

Banquet in honor of the President of the US - 4/3/1903

1

19

Christmas menu - 1886

1

19

Complimentary Banquet; Minnesota and Wisconsin Legislative Reunion - 2/11/1869

1

19

Mathilde Uihlein and Albert Elser wedding - 3/14/1900

1

19

Officers and Men of the 340th Infantry Regiment - 6/1/1918

1

19

Salesman Banquet - 1/5/1918

1

19

St. Patrick’s Festival Supper Bill of Fare - 3/17/1858

1

19

Thanksgiving menu; Machine Gun Co. 1st Wisconsin Infantry - 1916

1

19

Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Medical Association - n.d.

1

19

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Menus from unknown locations/restaurants

Box Number

 Folder

 

 

 

Bucher’s Broadway Grill Business Card - n.d.

1

20

Christmas Menu - 1890 (no location)

1

20

Christmas Menu - n.d. or location

1

20

Golden Jubilee menu - 8/19/1907

1

20

Lehmann’s Business Card - n.d.

1

20

Menu - n.d. or location

1

20

Menu - n.d. or location

1

20

Monthly Diners Club Booklet - 1961-1962

1

20

Scnitzelbank Poster - n.d.

1

20

Thanksgiving menu  - 11/27/1890 (no location)

1

20

Thanksgiving menu - 11/25/1880 (no location)

1

20

The Cirkus Business Card - n.d.

1

20

Unknown Restaurant - n.d. or location

1

20

Wedding Menu - n.d. or location

1

20

Wrigley’s Restaurant - Placemat

1

20