Post #569924 by Dustycajun on Wed, Dec 22, 2010 4:25 PM

I hit the paper jackpot from the Trader Vic's in St. Louis. All of these items came together from an estate sale. Here is the story.

It seems that Mr. Robert Saul from New Jersey was planning a trip to St. Louis in 1965 and sent a letter to the Trader Vic's restaurant asking for menu information. Here is the letter that was sent back to Mr. Saul.

As you can see in the letter, Mr. C. Chu, the manager of Trader Vic's, sent Mr. Saul a dinner menu, a luncheon menu, a cocktail menu, an appetizer menu and a postcard in response to his request. That is amazing!

The standard dinner menu.

The standard drink menu.

The very nice Luncheon menu.

One of my favorite Trader Vic's pieces of all time, the hard to find appetizer menu featuring the front of the restaurant.

The inside of the appetizer menu.

The postcard.

But wait, there's more! Also included was a specialty menu featuring Hawaiian and Tahitian foods that I have NEVER seen before (and I have seen a lot of menus).

Here is the cover with a story on the food. Interesting that the menu was advertising recipes that would be in Trader Vic's upcoming book "Trader Vic's Pacific Cookery".

I can't remember another item from Trader Vic's that used the Easter Island style moai images?

The interior of the menu with some very nice illustrations and the Hawaiian and Tahitian selections.

What a great little slice of Trader Vic's history from 1965. I bet Mr. Saul had a good time!

DC

[ Edited by: Dustycajun 2011-01-24 15:15 ]