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Confucius, Oakland 1950sEstablished in 1940 the Confucius Restaurant was an introduction to Chinese food for many people living in Oakland, California. Helpfully, the menu included instructions on using chopsticks. Located first at 3277 Lakeshore Avenue, it was started by Oscar Bowers, owner of the nearby Oscars Lounge. The other owners were Horace Fong and his mother, and a man called Jimmy Duffy. After Bowers died, the restaurant was relocated in 1950 to 3241 Lakeshore

This illustration is a great example of the humor and whimsy of vintage menu art

the roof of the club could retract on warm summer evenings

hamburgers cost 50c and a cherry phosphate

was still in force and you will see that only soft beverages including non-alcoholic Budweiser beer were on the menu

HoJos were cheap

Entrepreneur Benny Alagem

which featured a delicate Art Nouveau design

Homeless men get their mail there and the regulars come to chat and plan their survival

His sacred plants included ivy and grapevines

destroyed by fire in 1915

During the Great Depression

One of the Cape Cod Room’s specialties was Bookbinder soup made with red snapper instead of snapping turtle