Charlie Hess, Bala Cynwyd 1956 Art menus In the restaurant's main room

In the restaurant's main room

had two lounges – the Moby Dick and the Mermaid Room - from where customers could view the Northwest’s largest fishing fleet while eating and drinking

Buenos Aires was known as "the Paris of South America" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and restaurants catered to the whims and desires of very wealthy clientele

He put on a $1

50 and coffee at ten cents

Charlie Hess, Bala Cynwyd 1956 Art menus In the restaurant's main roomCharlie Hess was a prominent Philadelphia restaurateur, proprietor of the Sansom House and the Sunken Gardens restaurants, among many others and this popular Bala Cynwd restaurant was named after him by his son Charles Haase. Courtesy Private Collection. Each print is accompanied by a copy of the interior menu where available. We make our prints with archival quality fine art paper, using professional pigment inks. Properly framed or stored, our