The menu and wine list covers, front and back, for Welton's Restaurant of Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1947, are designed by none other than cartoonist William Steig. Such a menu would no doubt be hard if not impossible to find today. Nevertheless, a giclee print reproduction can readily be had for $25 from Vintage Menu Art.
The patrons shown are exclusively balding white men in business or formal attire. The "menu and wine list," at least on the two pages of it we are given, show no food and not all that much wine. The imported Bénédictine pony is 75¢, but the domestic is a bargain at just 45¢. The cognac, at 75¢, is also marked imported to explain the expense; of course, all cognac is imported.
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| "No extra charge for ginger ale or soda highballs. Coca Cola 5¢ extra." |
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| William Steig Website accessed January 20, 2024 |
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| William Steig Item description |
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