Kennedy, David, active 1960s

Date: 1954 - 1960

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Kennedy, David, active 1960s

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1950s-01

Description: Card from an Auckland restaurant shows an illustration by David Kennedy, of three circular tables in a restaurant. Under each table sit men in suits, purporting to be table supports but in fact all drinking alcohol surreptitiously. In the background a policeman has opened the door and is looking in to check for illicit drinking. The text reads: "It has been said that our liquor laws are out of date, but at least they give rise to one of the most charming New Zealand customs ... under-the-table drinking". The Gourmet got its first liquor licence on 13 December 1960 (information retrieved 4 December 2014 from http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/entertainment/sunday/sunday-magazine-a chive-26514/52656/NZs-changing-restaurant-scene ) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on light card, 190 x 127 mm

Date: 1960 - 1961

By: Kennedy, David, active 1960s

Reference: Eph-C-DINING-1960-02

Description: Menu from an Auckland restaurant, offering a wide choice. Specialities included various steaks, beef Strognoff, Vienna Schnitzel, Hungarian goulash, roast turkey. The foreword argues the case for allowing alcohol to be served with restaurant food. The back page gives an introduction to the cover artist, David Kennedy. The front cover designed by David Kennedy shows an armour-clad knight as a restaurant patron, being served with a tin-opener. The menu predates December 13, 1961, when the Gourmet got its first liquor licence. Extended title, naming Otto Groen and Jim Jennings, is on back cover Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on light card, tied with cord inside black cover, 305 x 247 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Tony Murray-Oliver, 1987.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1950/1959

Description: Includes a booklet "Blow hot, blow cold", a booklet written and illustrated by David Kennedy for the Gourmet Restaurant Auckland, telling the story of the installation of an air-conditioning plant by Fisher & Paykel. [late 1950s?] Includes: Christmas card reproducing a recipe for Pate chaud de caneton [1950s?] Includes: Quaint New Zealand habits ... under-the-table drinking / Kennedy [Card. 1950s] Includes 1955 calendar card issued by Beaths Restaurant (part of Beaths department store Christchurch)Includes business car from Henry Berry Limited, Wellington, providers of caterers' equipment. 1950s/ Includes menus for: 1940-1960s: French Maid Coffee House (356 Lambton Quay). Menu with Yellow and grey design on cover. [1940-60s]. (donor A D Singleton 1975). French Maid Coffee House (356 Lambton Quay). Menu with pink design on cover. [1940-1960s]. (Donor Mr A D Singleton 1975) Majestic Lounge. Supper menu. [1950s?] 1953: Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency the Governor-General Lieut-General Sir Willoughby Norrie. 19 June 1953. Cowles Private Hotel (Waiheke). Greetings for Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from Mr and Mrs J Lees Faulkner, jnr. Christmas 1953; New Zealand 1954. Christmas and New Year season of the Royal visit. Menu [1953] 1954: Wanganui Officers' Club. Mess dinner. Saturday 25th September 1954. Grand Hotel Wanganui. Menu 1957: Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency the Governor General Lord Norrie. 21 June 1957. Hotel Waterloo (Wellington). Dinner menu for 3 September 1957. 1958: In honour of Sir Vivian Fuchs and members of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand. Parliament House, 17 March 1958. Hotel St George. Supper reception tendered by the Michael Todd Organisation to mark the New Zealand premiere of "Around the World in Eighty Days". 25 June 1958. Montmartre Coffee House Montmartre, 44 Molesworth Street, Wellington. [3 weeks'menus] No 1 [1958-1959] Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. October 1958, no. 2. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef R White. (2 copies) Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. November 1958, no. 3. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef R White (2 copies) Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. December 1958, no. 4. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef Madame Louise (Normandie) (2 copies) 1959: Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. January 1959, no. 5 (2 copies). Hotel Waterloo (Wellington) Xmas 1959; New Year 1960. [Christmas dinner menu] Cafe Montmartre Ltd (Wellington) Invoice sheet [ca 1959] (2 copies) and small envelope: "Montmartre, New Zealand's first coffee house, opposite the main gates of the House of Parliament, Wellington" Quantity: 1 booklet. 15 menus. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm.