Explore Black History

ca. 1984

A menu from Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a tall, narrow trifold menu formed out of stiff laminated paper. The outside of the first two flaps is a mauve color. The cover flap has a decorative vine and floral border in pink running down the left-hand margin. Projecting out from this border at a ninety degrees angle is an illustrated pink pole with a sign and a lantern hanging from it. The sign has an off-white background with ornate dark red text that reads “DOOKY / CHASE’S.” There is decorative scrollwork attached to the top and bottom of the sign. At the bottom of the page is a rectilinear space designated by a series of curling lines. Within the space is text in dark red that reads “2301 Orleans Avenue / New Orleans, Louisiana.” The middle section of the outside has a mauve background with a large vertically oriented rectangle in the center. The rectangle has an off-white background with dense dark red text about the services the restaurant provides and the history of the restaurant. The last page of the outside of the foldout has a pale green background with dark red text. The text at the top reads “LIQUOR LIST.” On the left-hand side of the text are a pair of happy and sad drama masks in dark red ink. On the right-hand side is an illustration of a beverage glass. The inside of the trifold menu has a pale green background with dark red text. There is a decorative vine and floral border in dark red running down the side margins.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dooky Chase Restaurant Inc. and Chase Family

National Museum of African American History and Culture

2021.96.1

menus

© Dooky Chase's
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ink on paper (fiber product) with plastic

H x W: 15 1/2 × 7 in. (39.4 × 17.8 cm)

Object Name • Restaurant menu from Dooky Chase's Restaurant

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RESTAURANT MENU FROM DOOKY CHASE'S RESTAURANT

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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1980s • 1970s

United States • Tremé • North and Central America • Louisiana • New Orleans

Women • Activism • American South • Cooking • Communities • Dinners and dining • Business

Locale • Tremé • City • New Orleans • State • Louisiana • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America

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