D'Agorno, Paris 1920s German The menu is dated 1942

The menu is dated 1942 and this Cocoanut Grove was probably modeled on the original nightclub in Los Angeles

Various examples of solid oak wall panelling from the Doric today still decorate the St Julian's Arms on Caerleon Road in Newport

Scott Fitzgerald

about a small band of paisanos or descendants of the original Spaniards who settled in California

In 1950 one could pay homage to Canada's native population with imagery that certainly would not be PC today

D'Agorno, Paris 1920s German The menu is dated 1942This is a gorgeous menu cover created for the Parisian restaurant DAgorno by late 19th century French artist douard Bernard Debat Ponsan. From the beautiful chef holding aloft a giant fish platter to the chefs inside playing a saucepan and a grill as musical instruments, it is truly a work of art. The artist may well have drawn the menu cover in exchange for being allowed to eat in the restaurant. He died in 1913 but we think this menu is a little