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Balalaika, San Francisco 1950s960 Bush Street in San Francisco was a church from 1918 until 1931. After that a succession of clubs and theatres occupied the space until 1947 when the "colorful" Balalaika opened offering Continental music and Old world cuisine. "The Continental art of dining expresses itself in this lovely setting where inspired cuisine is served amidst the haunting strains of Gypsy melodies.. and candlelight." Balalaika closed in 1955. In 1971 The Boarding House

In the 1920s he was commissioned to do menu covers for Cunard and other shipping lines

or even ketchup

If you look carefully at the image you can see that the vast majority of the people are in uniforms

She served most notably in passenger service as the SS America

which opened in 1939

He created Dublin's first cocktail bar in 1936 and was then at The Savoy until war intervened and in 1940 Eddie swapped his shaker for a gun

Puss'n Boots was a Seattle candy store and soda fountain that was next to the famous Pike Place Market

This lovely menu cover is from its 1950s hey-day

Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained popular up to the 1950s as a way of describing someone who had drunk too much

This is a hand-painted menu made by Tiffany & Co

In 1859 the Daily Alta reported that "many of the rag-pickers dine at the Miners' Restaurant

His life has been filled with music and excitement