Cool Culinaria Ultimate Giclee Prints on 130lb paper. Printed in USA.
Each print is accompanied by an 11x17" copy of the interior menu
The imagination and talent of menu illustrators often blows us away and The Oyster Loaf is a perfect example of this. Created by the celebrated artist and author Andrew Loomis, it shows a voluptuous, brunette mermaid riding a lobster side-saddle in this 1940s menu.The oyster loaf – a thick chunk of crusty bread hollowed out and stuffed with breaded and fried oysters – is an important part of San Francisco's dining history. The story goes that in the early years of the city's history, judges, senators and aristocrats would go out drinking at unsavory bars and then buy oyster loaves as peace offerings before heading home to their wives waiting in mansions in Nob Hill. The Oyster Loaf restaurant kept up the tradition, offering take-out loaves to diners.
Source: Private Collection.
