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Porky's, St Petersburg 1946It would have been hard to miss Porkys restaurant in St Petersburg, Florida, because a giant neon pig was erected on the roof and could be seen for miles around. This menu is dated 1946 and is signed by the owner, whose nickname was Porky. We have yet to find out his real name but the menu says Porkys, next to the dog track on Sandy Boulevard, was a Frank G Horvath enterprise. The restaurant served early evening dinner plate specials that included

This vintage menu shows a flame-haired siren or mermaid rising out of her shell bed to greet a seagull

The Open all Night establishment had a sign above it saying "Auto Parties Stop Here" and was a popular stopping off point for waffles and milk shakes for kids on their way home after an evening spent dancing

a labor leader and writer

he was a busboy

From an unidentified French restaurant

PICADILLY COCKTAIL RECIPE

” it offered rooms at the time for a dollar a night and kept its customers happy with a huge food offering in its restaurant

The original boat was sold to a businessman and served as a floating office until the 1990s

50 for dancing and watching the nightly revue

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this was the only Esquire branded restaurant that we know of so the concept failed

Malraux and Chagall

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