Porky's, St Petersburg 1946 Telegraph Hill Glorious menu cover art by

Glorious menu cover art by Jaro Fabry

cocktail lounge

on Seventh Avenue near Pennsylvania Station

This menu dates from 1939 and celebrates the San Francisco and New York World's Fairs with the slogan: "The Bite of the Nation from Fair to Fair"

becoming the largest hotel outside the city of New York

Porky's, St Petersburg 1946 Telegraph Hill Glorious menu cover art byIt would have been hard to miss Porkys restaurant in St Petersburg, Florida, because a giant neon pig was erected on the roof and could be seen for miles around. This menu is dated 1946 and is signed by the owner, whose nickname was Porky. We have yet to find out his real name but the menu says Porkys, next to the dog track on Sandy Boulevard, was a Frank G Horvath enterprise. The restaurant served early evening dinner plate specials that included