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 one (1) printed sheet of black text on cream paper. 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 left side, and dinner, seafood, desserts and beverages are listed on the right. The verso of the sheet of paper shows what would be the front and back covers of the menu, if the menu had been folded into a bi-fold shape. The back cover, at proper left, lists sandwiches. The front cover, at proper right, features the name of the restaurant at center [Florida Avenue / ...Grill... / since 1944], followed by the restaurant's address and telephone number and [Specializing in / Southern Style Food].

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
• Dimensions: H x W (overall): 11 13/16 × 17 in. (30 × 43.2 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: 2016.114.5
• 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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