The Roost, Atlantic City 1946/7 Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) This counts as one of

This counts as one of the most inventive vintage menu art images we have found

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Though The Owl is long gone

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The Roost, Atlantic City 1946/7 Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) This counts as one of"Check yer table manners at the door" Humour was an important part of marketing restaurants in the 1940s and this is a marvellous example from The Roost, a restaurant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It depicts a chicken standing in front of a judge and jury of its peers and hearing the announcement Guilty Sentenced To Fry. A court bailiff stands to the side, ready with a frying pan behind its back. Of course, this might be deemed rather cruel humour by