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Menus and Advertisements of Grinnell Area Restaurants
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- from 1878 (ongoing) (Creation)
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Quantity: 1 10 ½ x 15 ½ blue-gray document case
Arrangement: alphabetical
Background Note: A collection of menus, advertisements, articles, and informational material from area restaurants Advertisements are drawn from early publications and city directories. Dates are drawn from publications, city directories, and telephone books and are only meant to give a general idea of the restaurant’s years of operation. Included is an alphabetical list of as many restaurants as it is possible to document with existing resources. Restaurants for which there are menus are designated by an *.
Container List:
Folder #1 - Alphabetical list of Grinnell Restaurants (incomplete)
General Information
Folder #2 - A-D
A & M Cafe
A.J.’s Floor Plan
Back Alley Deli
Blue Bird Tea Room
Candyland (xerox) – see also Business
Casa Margaritas
China Sea
Chuong Garden
Chop Suey (Kim Fong)
Christy’s Supper Club
Comeback Cafe
Dari Barn (2006-12 menus)
Davis Ice Cream Co.
Depot Crossing
Dixie Inn (see Porter’s Cafe for menu)
Folder #3 Farmer Nick’s Restaurant
Gem Cafe
Grinnell Coffee Co.
Grinnell’s Best Steak & Pizza Eatery
Hitching Post
JD’s
Joe’s Tasty Taco
Folder #4 Kelcy’s
Mrs. Kelly’s Purity Ice Cream Store
Ings’s Food Host
La Cabana
Laborer’s Restaurant
Loft Cafe
Longhorn
Maid-Rite
McDonald’s
Main Squeeze
Met Café (Metropolitan)
Michael’s
Model Lunch
Monroe Hotel
Montgomery’s Sandwich Shop
Nagel’s Chop House
No Name Deli
Noel &Thompson Café (news article)
Folder #5 Orleans
Pagliai’s Pizza
Peace Tree Brewing Co.
Peppertree at the Depot
Phoenix Cafe & Inn (see also Pamphlet File)
Pizza Ranch
Pizza Restaurants (S & B 9/26/2014)
Porter’s Cafe
Poweshiek Café
Prairie Canary (see also Best Bite)
Reed’s Ice Cream Store
Rexall Fountain
Royal
Sampler Shoppe Tea Room
Solera
Ted’s Place - article
1027
Thai Basil
Three Elms (news article)
The Tropical Club
Folder #6 Varsity Tea Room
Vienna Café
Wayne’s Steakhouse
West Side Diner
White Spot
Wire’s Café/Kandy Kitchen
Yumi’s
Folder #7 Restaurant Reviews
A&M/Frontier (S&B 2/19/2016)
Casa de Pancho (S&B 11/6/2015)
Coffee Reviews (S&B 12/4/2015)
Spencer Grill
Saints Rest
Dari Barn (S&B 5/6/2016)
Grilled Cheese Edition (S&B 5/6/2016)
1854 Deli
Bob’s Underground Café
Prairie Canary
Los Girasoles (S & B 2/17/2017)
Milkshake Scene (S&B 3/4/2016)
Candyland Station
Kum & Go
Montgomery’s
Peace Tree Brewing Co. (S& B 10/6/2017)
Periodic Table (S&B 4/20/2018)
West Side Diner (S&B 4/22/2016)
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Archivist's note
Name of Preparer: D. Lalonde
Date of Preparation: 7/29/05; 5/27/11; 4/9/13; 5/26/2016