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This is a vintage and very cool menu from the 1930s. Excellent colors and condition. Neat graphic of a Lobster on the cover. Perfect for your menu collection or frame and display in you kitchen. Here is a little history on the piece:

 Henry and Helen Kowalewski opended the first Hot Fish Shop on Wabasha Street and Mankato Avenue. Kowalewski’s mother, Anastasia, was struggling to hang on to the building, which housed a pool hall, saloon, barbershop and small café. Anastasia Kowalewski’s husband, Joseph, died not long after the stock market crash of 1929. Her son, Henry, a former commercial fisherman, who once played bit parts in Hollywood, hit upon an idea to save the property. He opened a restaurant specializing in the fish he knew so well. The first Hot Fish shop meal was served on Christmas night of 1931. The Kowalewskis took in $8. The first menu offered shrimp salad, two pike fillets, “cabbage salad” and French fries for 35 cents.

Measures approx. 9.75" by 7"  closed and 14" open. Well taken care of all these years. Only slightly bumped corners. Again, great graphics! Please email with any questions you may have. Thanks for visiting.