The card below is a listing for McDonnell's Chicken in the Rough: half a fried chicken (unjointed), shoestring potatoes, a jug of honey, and hot buttered rolls. Total cost: 50 cents.
They had me at "jug honey."
Monday, August 4, 2008
The Kitchen Cabinet of Curiosities
A menu from McDonnell's Drive-In from the NYPL Menu Collection. McDonnell's was a popular drive-in restaurant in Los Angeles throughout the 1930's and '40s.
The card below is a listing for McDonnell's Chicken in the Rough: half a fried chicken (unjointed), shoestring potatoes, a jug of honey, and hot buttered rolls. Total cost: 50 cents.
They had me at "jug honey."
The card below is a listing for McDonnell's Chicken in the Rough: half a fried chicken (unjointed), shoestring potatoes, a jug of honey, and hot buttered rolls. Total cost: 50 cents.
They had me at "jug honey."
This is so fascinating! I would love some limeade, and I love the avocado sandwich - vegetarian before it was fashionable, I guess.
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