Menu from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A menu from the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The menu is made from two (2) printed sheets of paper laminated and folded down the middle to make a bi-fold shape. The front cover features a text box with: "Specializing in / Southern Style Food / Florida Avenue / ...Grill... / since 1944" at center, followed by the restaurant's address and telephone number. The inside of the menu has a banner across the top that reads "Menu" in the upper left corner, with illustrations continuing across the top of various foods and chefs with pots. Breakfast foods are listed on the inside left of the menu, and dinner, seafood, desserts and beverages are listed on the inside right. The back cover lists sandwiches and house specialties.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: late 20th-early 21st century
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Used by: Florida Avenue Grill, founded 1944
• Type: menus
• Medium: printing ink on paper, laminates
• Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 11 5/8 × 8 11/16 × 1/8 in. (29.5 × 22 × 0.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 in. (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
• Place used: 1100 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Foodways
• Topic: Local and regional
• Object number: 2016.114.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Imar and Tasha Hutchins, Florida Avenue Grill
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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