The Blackstone, Chicago 1916 The Queen there were still many restaurants

there were still many restaurants that catered to fine dining and The Mayflower – named after the ship that transported the first English Pilgrims from Plymouth to the New World in 1620 – was one of them

More than 32 million visitors attended and there were more than 61

Menus are made out according to fish available

Courtesy Harley Spiller Collection

The Blackstone, Chicago 1916 The Queen there were still many restaurantsWomen were protesting for the right to vote on the streets of Chicago when this 1916 menu was offered to patrons of the restaurant in the Blackstone Hotel, a Windy City landmark. During this era in the United States, hotel restaurants were considered fashionable and exclusive places for the wealthy and powerful to eat and were often designed, as writer Theodore Dreiser noted dryly, with many fake European touches. As you can see from the enormous food