Gorsky Menu Collection
Title
Gorsky Menu Collection
Description
The Gorsky Menu Collection consists of 82 original menus from various restaurants in the San Fernando Valley, as well as some duplicate menus.
The menus are an important part of San Fernando Valley history, documenting the prices and sometimes the locations of restaurants that have long since disappeared. They take us back to a time when filet mignon cost $1.25, with mashed potatoes, veggies, and a drink for another 25 cents. They also provide an emotional reaction. People seeing them will remember going out to eat with their families, sitting at the same tables every time, celebrating graduations or bar mitzvahs, or just hanging out after school. They’ll remember which restaurants their parents always went to, or picking out their favorite thing to eat as a kid.
The menus are an important part of San Fernando Valley history, documenting the prices and sometimes the locations of restaurants that have long since disappeared. They take us back to a time when filet mignon cost $1.25, with mashed potatoes, veggies, and a drink for another 25 cents. They also provide an emotional reaction. People seeing them will remember going out to eat with their families, sitting at the same tables every time, celebrating graduations or bar mitzvahs, or just hanging out after school. They’ll remember which restaurants their parents always went to, or picking out their favorite thing to eat as a kid.
Alison Turtledove initially processed and researched the collection in 2015. Sarah Glover compiled and updated the finding aid in 2016.
Related links:
Vintage Menus Join Valley Relics Collection
Related links:
Vintage Menus Join Valley Relics Collection
Date
Approx. 1950s-early 2000s
Language
English
Identifier
VR/GM
Subject
Menus, Restaurants
Contributor
The menus were collected by Mr. Alan Gorsky, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley and for years made his living buying, selling, and trading menus. He acquired the menus over a number of years and donated them to the Valley Relics Museum in 2015 after hearing about the museum through a television news story.
Items in the Gorsky Menu Collection Collection
Collection Tree
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