You don t think much of rolling around a drive-thru and glancing down a menu board or pulling up behind a booth of your favorite restaurant and scanning the menu. But these historic menus from around 1900 at locations across Michigan will have you rethinking your culinary heritage.
The New York Public Library has digitized thousands of menus from the turn of the previous century in Buttolph Collection of Menus stretching from the 1800s through 1980. Checking out the menus, you ll learn that it s less about a restaurant s standard fare and more about what was prepared for a special occasion.
Many of the items are from Detroit and the city s historic hotels like the Russell House and Ponchitrain. The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island is represented as well as both Kellogg run Santariam and Post Tavern in Battle Creek.
You May Not Recognize The Food on These 1900s Era Michigan Menus
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You May Not Recognize The Food on These 1900s Era Michigan Menus
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Is it just me or does dining in the dark sound like the beginning of a horror movie? I should probably lay off watching Criminal Minds for awhile haha.
So you re not in the dark entirely, you re blind folded. Which if I m being honest, freaks me out a bit. I understand the concept, they want you to rely on your other senses while dining but I just have one question. How am I supposed to defend myself if I can t see what or who s coming my way? Ya feel me?
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If it sounds like something you d be down to do, Pitch Black - Dining in the Dark is coming to Detroit next month. The tickets are $80 and the event is going on May 20 through June 17. You must be 18 years or older to participate.