Restaurants

Scope and Contents 15 color snapshots: -Aug. 1997: view of Interstate 40 when closed for rock slide, Tenn side near N.C. border. -Aug. 1997: I-40 N.C./Tenn line closed for rock slide, N.C. side shown. -Fall 1998: rebuilding I-40 interchange at State Rt. 92 near Dandridge, Tenn. -1998: Pizza Palace sign at night , Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn (since 1961) (2 views). -Ca. 1996: PlastiLine, Knoxville, Tenn. Shows original Long John Silver’s sign. -Ca. 1996: Pizza Hut sign, Andrew Johnson Hwy., Morristown,...

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Aerial photograph of the Anchorage Restaurant and Marina and Cate’s Bridge, ca. 1950. Restaurant was owned by Stuart McCroskey (later sold to ______ Creech, and later it burned). Located on Knox and Blount County line. Provides view of the railroad bridge and Cate’s Bridge; Jewish Country Club was located on the hill above the restaurant. Riverlake Lodge Motel was out of photograph, to the right.

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Menu from the Andrew Johnson Hotel, Knoxville, Tennessee. ‘The Tavern.’ Dec. 31, 1959 written in ink on the cover. Front cover has color photograph of the mountains, back cover has 8 color photographs of the hotel int. Menu printed inside (1 c.) with two loose inserts: dinner menu for December 31, 1959 and smaller listing.

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Blue Circle #8 (restaurant), 5003 N. Broadway, Knoxville, Tenn. 8 x10 “ color. Copied from advertisement, enlarged and color enhanced.

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“Blue Circle: A Happy Place for Hungry People” by Jeff Stooksbury, in Burger Boy Magazine. Vol. 3, No. 9, Summer 2001. Restaurant started by Homer Longmire of Knoxville; first listed in 1932 Knoxville phone book at 614 Market Street. Also (photocopy added May 27, 2003): “The Gilded Age of the Golden Arches,” Edwin Schlechter. Burger Boy Magazine, Winter 2002. Re: Early McDonalds fast food restaurants.

Scope and Contents Carroll King's Club: poster, drawings, and photographs. Scope: Print by Jim Wyatt of Carroll King's bar/restaurant at 1001 South Gay Street. Folder also includes a 16 x 20 color drawing (cartoon) of some of the entertainers (with their signatures) or (people who were regular customers?): Jonathan Edwards, Jene Jones, John Richards, Joe Meibes, Marcia Henderson, Tommy Legate, and Kit Kimbell (no artist, no date); a caricature of Ellis Mayes and Carroll King on a Christmas card; an original...

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Menu from Dixieland Drive-In Restaurant, 4931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tenn. No date. 1 pc. with 7 cards stapled in. Lists food items and prices.

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Menus from various East Tennessee restaurants: Old Mill Bakery Cafe (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) - 2 copies (one dated 11/03; one dated 06/04); McTeer House Bed & Breakfast and Country Café (Walland, Tenn.); Smoky's Steak & BBQ (Dandridge, Tenn.); Up the Creek Fish Camp & Grill (Sevierville, Tenn.) copyright 2003

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Gus’s Restaurant menu (Knoxville, Tenn.., Printed menu inserted into outer cover, with breakfast menu insert. Probably from Gus’s Restaurant on Gay Street, ca. 1990s. (Gift of Howard Bender)

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Menu from the Coffee Shoppe at the Hotel Farragut, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 pc. no date. + Baseball Special menu, Hotel Farragut, April 29, 1934. 1 pc.

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To-go/carry out menus for Vic & Bill’s Deli (3553 N Broadway), Goldie’s Deli (420 Union Avenue), and Line’s Sweets ‘n Eats (412 Clinch Avenue).

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Menus from various Knoxville area restaurants: Patins' Field of Greens; Yesterday's Café (2 copies - 1 with daily specials); Rita's Bakery ("prices revised November 2001"); Higher Grounds Inc. (2 copies); Tijuana Taco Co.; McDonald's (copyright 2004); Petro's; Baby Cakes (2 copies); The Lunchbox (dated October 2004);

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McDonald’s Restaurant on Kingston Pike. September 1972. 3.5x5” color snapshot. (Given to donor by Tom Cochran) Kay’s Ice Cream Food Shoppe on Asheville Highway. Fall 1997. 4x6” color snapshot.

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“Knoxville Times: The Summer of 1919, Regas Brothers Cafe Opens at Gay & Magnolia...” Oversize pamphlet with a history of Regas from 1919 to 1984

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Gold Sun Café meal ticket. Unused. Gold Sun Café, No. 37 Market Square, Knoxville Tenn. Meal Tickets $2.25 for $2

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Pioneer House Restaurant. Postcard and Placemat. (Alcoa Highway, Knox County, Tenn.)

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Regas Restaurant, established 1919. Brochure with drawing of restaurant on cover, photographs of interior, facts about Knoxville, health hints, etc. 1 pc. 12 pp.

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“The Tea Room, Norris Dam State Park” (menu) (1991?)

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Cement-spliced positive "A roll" assembly for Dairy Queen commercial, depicting a soft serve ice cream dispenser, stop-motion ice cream cones, ice cream scoops, milkshakes, etc., Dairy Queen store views, and Dairy Queen store sign. Includes Academy countdown.

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Cement-spliced positive "B roll" assembly for Dairy Queen commercial, depicting a soft serve ice cream dispenser, stop-motion ice cream sundaes, ice cream scoops, milkshake, banana split, etc., Dairy Queen store views, a young girl eating soft serve ice cream, and a Dairy Queen store sign.

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Warwick’s Restaurant card, 314 Union Street, Knoxville, Tennessee. On back: The American Society of “Butt-insky” membership ticket issued to Mr. Jos. C. Rhea. No date. 1 pc. (ephemera)