We couldn't resist passing up the holiday season without sharing some menus from the
San Francisco History Center Ephemera Collection. Here are a few 20th century Christmas Dinner menus from about town. As you can see, San Francisco has been into it's food for over a century! If we tickled your taste buds and you want to explore more,
check out San Francisco: A Food Biography by Erica Peters. Also, come visit the
San Francisco History Center to view the hundreds of menus in the Ephemera Collection.
California Hotel
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| Oliver Wendell Holmes Society Christmas Dinner menu, 1903 |
The
Oliver Wendell Holmes Society, a late 19th - early 20th century literary society of San Francisco, held their annual Christmas Dinner at The
California Hotel. The California Hotel was on Bush Street between Kearny and Grant Avenue.
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| Oliver Wendell Holmes Society Christmas Dinner menu, 1903 |
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| Cecil Hotel Christmas Dinner menu, 1914 |
Cecil Hotel
It seems like all menus start with oysters! This menu was fun to open with the addition of the gelatin silver photograph of the charming, season fireplace scene.
The
Cecil Hotel was located at
545 Post Street and was built in 1913. The structure (now Hotel Zeppelin) is a contributing building to the California Register of Historic Districts:
Kearny-Market-Sutter Conservation District.
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| Cecil Hotel Christmas Dinner menu, 1914 |
Closer view of the planned menu --
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| Cecil Hotel Christmas Dinner menu, 1914 |
The Wine and Food Society of San Francisco
The San Francisco Wine and Food Society, which began in 1935, is a charter member of the
International Wine and Food Society.
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| Wine & Food Society Christmas menu, 1967 |
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| Wine & Food Society Christmas menu, 1967 |
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