VINTAGE MAMMA LEONE’S NEW YORK CITY FAMOUS DINNER FOR THANKSGIVING 1974 MENU

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VINTAGE MAMMA LEONE’S NEW YORK CITY FAMOUS DINNER FOR THANKSGIVING 1974 MENU.
In 1906, when she could hardly pronounce restaurant, Mamma Leone decided to open one.
She knew nothing about competition, had never heard of overhead and didn’t know a wholesaler from a retailer.
Long-faced friends warned her that she would fail.
They told her there were already too many restaurants in New York and she would never get enough customers.
Mamma listened to everybody very politely, she shrugged, “I can cook good Italian food and I’ll give people plenty.
They’ll come.”
I attended the Mamma Leone’s Restaurant for their 1974 Thanksgiving dinner.
It was unbelievable the amount of delicious food we received for the unbelievable dinner price of .75!
The food was delicious and the wait staff were exceptional.
This paper menu up for auction is a souvenir of that event.
The front page explains the beginning of the Mamma Leone restaurant.
Inside it has the Thanksgiving dinner and supper menus and the wine price list.
There is also an outline of Italy and Sicily with the regions noted.
The back has information about the banquet facilities, after theatre parties and special festivals and holidays.
It also has a selection of restaurants and hotels recommended by Mamma Leone’s when traveling to Italy.
There is also a space to mail this menu to a friend.
The folded menu measures approximately 11” X 6-1/2”.
Fully opened, it measures approximately 25-1/2” x 19-1/2”.
The menu is in very good vintage condition.
Minor degree of creasing/bent corners.
A NICE PIECE OF MAMMA LEONE’S MEMORABILIA INDEED!
From a smoke and pet free home.