Menu from Dooky Chase's Restaurant: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Paper menu for Dooky Chase's Restaurant, housed in a plastic and leather menu holder. Menu consists of a single sided piece of paper with black type. In large type at TC of paper is, [DOOKY CHASE'S]. Menu is split into six sections: "APPETIZERS", "SEAFOOD", "POULTRY & MEATS", "SIDES", "DESSERTS", and "CHILDREN'S MENU". The dishes listed include Dooky Chase signatures such as Fried Chicken, Shrimp Clemenceau, Chicken Creole, and Stuffed Shrimp. Menu holder has clear plastic front and back, with a maroon leather border and decorated metal corners.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2007-2014
• Created by: Leah Chase, American, 1923 - 2019
• Used by: Dooky Chase's Restaurant, founded 1941
• Type: menus
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) , plastic , leather , metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 12 1/8 × 9 3/8 × 1/8 in. (30.8 × 23.8 × 0.3 cm)
• Place used: Tremé, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Foodways
• Object number: 2015.128.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dooky Chase's Restaurant and Chef Leah Chase
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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