To Live and Dine in L.A.

A Project of The Library Foundation of Los Angeles Based on the Menu Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library

To Live and Dine in L.A.

‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll... ‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll... ‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll... ‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll... ‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll... ‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll...

‘Tis the season to think about Christmas menus past. Here’s two glimpses into L.A. culinary Christmas history. Start with a 1906 menu from the restaurant of the Hollenbeck Hotel on Spring and Second, and then move to Glendale in 1928, where you’ll see four different Christmas menu advertisement lures (apparently 1928 'twas the year for eating Christmas dinner in Glendale). Hanukkah has rarely come with a similar culture of dining out– the candles could burn the house down!- so it’s no surprise that none seem to show up in the Library’s collection (then again, there are so many ways to spell it that I could just be searching wrong).

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