Hairy Pig, New Orleans 1970s Map beef broth

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Florentine Room: A glamorous female minstrel serenades the moon in this whimsical 1930s menu cover from the Addison Hotel

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the illustrator of this vintage menu artwork is unknown but it was created to celebrate the new year of 1925

Duke Ellington

Hairy Pig, New Orleans 1970s Map beef brothThis grinning pig, set for a feast with his knife and fork at the ready, was used to publicize a Mexican restaurant called Tortilla Flats in New Orleans in the 1970s. Much loved by locals, the establishment is now closed. Why choose a pig? Who knows but this porker is certainly charming and was created by someone with a sense of humor. Tortilla Flat was the title of an early John Steinbeck novel, about a small band of paisanos or descendants of the