DeCoff's Restaurant Children's Menu

Introduction

  • This is a children's menu from DeCoff's Restaurant ca 1930s. 
  • The restaurant was located at 49-51 Washington St in Salem, MA. Now there's a condo complex located at this address.
  • The menu is dated circa 1930s given the prices on menu. I compared these prices against the New York Public Library Archives and found the prices were almost exact, par a few cents. There's also a tax on te adult menu known as the "Old Age Assistance Tax" which was put into place in 1930. The restaurant had to have been in business at least after 1934 as on the adult menu, there is a full liquor license advertised meaning the menu was published after 1934 when prohibition ended.
  • Decoff's was a general American style restraunt with prices ranging as low as 15 cents ($2.70 today) to as high as 75 cents ($13.51 today)
  • The full name of the restaurant was "Decoff's Restaurant Inc." which implies there might've been a business attached to the restaurant, but I was unable to find any further info

Works Cited

  • McAllister, Jim. "Pioneer Village Salem 1630." Salem, Massachusetts. Accessed March 23, 2017. http://www.salemweb.com/tales/pioneervillage.php. 
  • Marie, Anna. "Salem, Massachusetts." Pinterest. Accessed March 23, 2017. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/287667494922861690/. 
  • Lulay, Melissa , and Ian McGregor. “Accomodations.” Us, The Knot, www.theknot.com/us/melissa-lulay-and-ian-mcgregor-may-2016/details. Accessed 23 Mar. 2017.
  • “Is "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry" a Biblical Concept?".” GotQuestionswww.gotquestions.org/eat-drink-and-be-merry.html. Accessed 23 Mar. 2017.