Restaurants – Page 4 – Global Postcard Sales

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McHenry’s Tail o’ the Cock, Los Angeles (California)
Unused card, from the restaurant. Grade: 1

Code: 31300128
Price: $2.00
Henri’s Restaurant and Drive-In, Terre Hate (Indiana, USA)
This unused card wanted to emphasise that, in their words, “you may order from, and eat in your car!” As it was also “one of the most beautiful dining places in the entire mid-west,” one wonders why one would want to stay in the car. One will never know, as the restaurant seems not to be there any more. Grade: 1

Code: 31300129
Price: $1.00
Old Original Bookbinder’s, Gay 90’s Room (Philadelphia, USA)
More from Old Original Bookbinder’s, the Philadelphia restaurant institution. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 31300130
Price: $3.00
Kugler’s Chestnut St. Restaurant, grand staircase, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
Another from defunct Kugler’s, an unused card but very heavily aged and with abrasions on the front (that wind up looking like more tablecloths). Grade: 4

Code: 31300131
Price: $2.00
McDonald’s China – Happy New Year
We should charge double this, if you could only have seen what we went through to get it. Unused, from an outlet in Shenzhen. Grade: 1

Code: 31300132
Price: $9.00
Barkerville (BC), The Wake-Up Jake (Canada)
The caption on this unused card calls this “one of the earliest coffee saloons in Barkerville,” leading us to wonder how many there are. Traveltime card S-2056A. Grade: 2

Code: 31300133
Price: $1.00
Hotel Del Coronado, Crown Room (California)
Unused, aging, unattributed card possibly from the hotel. Grade: 2

Code: 31300134
Price: $1.00
Bush Garden (USA)
Unused, slightly aging card generically available from different locations of this chain of restaurants, featuring “Authentic Japanese dishes served by colorfully kimonoed waitresses … The privacy of your own tatami room and your own telephone.” Your own telephone!!! If only they had seen into the future. Grade: 1

Code: 31300135
Price: $2.00
Kiev, Opera Restaurant (Ukraine)
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Par Avion chop. Grade: 1

Code: 31300136
Price: $2.00
McDonalds – Healthy Eating – Vegetables (PR China)
This item is the size and shape of a postcard, and when you first see the fully pre-printed reverse (main text all in Chinese), you might believe it is not a postcard at all. But it is, and it says so, in tiny print in English: “Apr/13 – iBoard – Postcard – Trust – Vegetable”. Compare with our two other, similar cards of different colours. If you would like one of each variety (we have more than one of each), total would be $12. Grade: 1

Code: 31300137
Price: $5.00
McDonalds – Healthy Eating – Kitchen Hygiene (PR China)
This item is the size and shape of a postcard, and when you first see the fully pre-printed reverse (main text all in Chinese), you might believe it is not a postcard at all. But it is, and it says so, in tiny print in English: “Apr/13 – iBoard – Postcard – Trust – Kitchen Hygiene”. Compare with our two other, similar cards of different colours. If you would like one of each variety (we have more than one of each), total would be $12. Grade: 1

Code: 31300138
Price: $5.00
McDonalds – Healthy Eating – Chicken (PR China)
This item is the size and shape of a postcard, and when you first see the fully pre-printed reverse (main text all in Chinese), you might believe it is not a postcard at all. But it is, and it says so, in tiny print in English: “Apr/13 – iBoard – Postcard – Trust – Chicken”. There is a competitive backstory, but we’ll spare you the details here. Compare with our two other, similar cards of different colours. If you would like one of each variety (we have more than one of each), total would be $12. Grade: 1

Code: 31300139
Price: $5.00
McDonald’s and Apple – scratch off (not a postcard) (PR China)
Though postcard-sized, unlike similar McDonald’s promotional cards in China, this doesn’t actually say “postcard” in English anywhere on it, and it would be hard to mail as one, though not impossible. The scan shows front and back, with the small silver area being a scratch-off promotion. We have a few of these, unused. Grades: 1

Code: 31300140
Price: $5.00
Monumental edifices (set of 5) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
Our scan shows four of the five cards in this set of five maximum cards dated 2009. Visible cards include Taedongmun Cinema, Electronic Library of Kim Chaek University of Technology, Okryu Restaurant, and Chongryu Restaurant. The card we don’t show has the Pyongyang Grand Theatre. Bilingual captions on the fronts. This is a nice set where everything comes together well, including clear postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 31300141
Price: $34.00
Blossom Restaurant (New York City)
Perforated upper edge (so this came from a set) on a contemporary card with a 1936 photo but mailed in 2014. There’s a round Global Forever stamp, with postal abrasions on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 31300142
Price: $1.00
Eitel Old Heidelberg, Chicago (Illinois, USA)
The restaurant is very long gone. What’s there now? It’s hard to tell from Google’s street view. But this unused postcard lives on. Grade: 1

Code: 31300143
Price: $4.00
The Wivel, New York City
No longer in business, but the unused postcard lives on. Our Google search suggests this was once THE place to go for Scandinavian food. Maybe all the Scandinavians moved on to the Midwest, so business suffered? But such courtesy: in the postage area, “you write it, we mail it”. Grade: 1

Code: 31300144
Price: $4.00
Lulu Belle Restaurant, Rose Room, Scottsdale (Arizona, USA)
With its “authentic Gay Nineties decor,” this restaurant was apparently really popular but Google entries are surprisingly coy about when it finally closed. Unused Petley card 9353. Grade: 1

Code: 31300145K
Price: $3.00
The Lulu Belle (Scottsdale, Arizona)
With its “spirit and decor of the Gay Nineties,” this restaurant was apparently really popular but Google entries are surprisingly coy about when it finally closed. Unused Petley card K338, aging somewhat. Grade: 2

Code: 31300146K
Price: $3.00
Cook’s Rainbow Cafe, Brookings (South Dakota, USA)
Unused TichnorGloss card G88389, slightly aging. Grade: 1

Code: 31300147K
Price: $2.00
Brentwood Inn, Baltimore (Maryland, USA)
Unused, significantly aging Dexter Press card 69819-B showing “The Incomparable Smorgasbord”. Grade: 2

Code: 31300148
Price: $1.00
Prekete’s Brothers Sugar Bowl, Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA)
Modestly calling itself “One of America’s finest restaurants,” this establishment opened in 1911 and closed in 1967. The linen card was mailed in what looks like 1958 (2-cent stamp, and part of the postmark), and there is some smudging caused by water that does not affect the front. The writer clearly didn’t enjoy his meal or experience there, but we don’t think the restaurant closed because of that. Grade: 3

Code: 31300149
Price: $2.00
(Honolulu), The Oceania, Floating Restaurant
We wrote (Honolulu) like that because the card doesn’t say where this restaurant was — but a quick search told us. The card was mailed in 1976, with 9-cent stamp and partial postmark. Rumour has it the restaurant was later towed to Hong Kong after it closed down, but we can’t see it out our window here so we can’t verify that. Grade: 2

Code: 31300150
Price: $2.00
Spoleto (Brazil)
An ad card for a Brazilian fast food chain, whose products are described by the writer as “delicious, although very expensive.” We are unlikely ever to be able to try, unless they open up here in Hong Kong. Mailed in 2014, with three stamps and large postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 31300151
Price: $2.00
Chongqing, The Restaurant on River (PR China)
Mailed in 2014 with two stamps and postmark and red bilingual Par Avion chop, this card has a detachable stub (the white part on the left). Not quite sure why one would want to do that, but there it is. Grade: 1

Code: 31300152
Price: $3.00
Bubba Gump (Hong Kong)
Compare with our entry 31300041. This unused card looks similar but the discount offer from this restaurant on Victoria Peak has no expiration date. Grade: 1

Code: 31300153
Price: $4.00
São Paulo – SP – Clube Atletico Juventus (Brazil)
Unused card with extensive details of the facilities (some shown on the front) taking up the message area. Small spots in opposite corners of the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 31300154
Price: $3.00
Buenos Aires, Restaurant “La Emiliana”
Unused B&W card, old, and claiming “El mas grande y moderno de Buenos Aires.” So we went to Google, which is surprisingly coy about whether or not the restaurant is still there. If the establishment was still “el mas grande” we think Google might have been more productive. Grade: 2

Code: 31300155
Price: $3.00
Buenos Aires, Necochea Street – Night view of the restaurants
Unused “Doble A” card S 36, merely old on the front but heavily foxed on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 31300156
Price: $3.00
Beijing and Shanghai, M Restaurants
Unused 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ ad card from this famous and still-trendy chain. Grade: 1

Code: 31300157
Price: $2.00
Beijing, M Capital
Unused 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ ad card from this famous and still-trendy chain in China. Grade: 1

Code: 31300158
Price: $2.00
Shanghai, M on the Bund
Unused 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ ad card from this famous and still-trendy chain in China. Grade: 1

Code: 31300159
Price: $2.00
La Cabana Restaurant, Buenos Aires
An old, unused card. Apparently the restaurant is still there, and gets very good online reviews. If we were there, we’d try it. Grade: 2

Code: 31300160
Price: $3.00
Cafe Tortoni, Buenos Aires
If we were to summarise the online reviews, they would tell you: you must go for the visual spectacle, be prepared to wait, and skip the food. We have no personal experience there. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 31300161
Price: $2.00
Curitiba – PR – Churrascaria Pinheirão (Brazil)
Mailed in 1974 with stamp and parts of two postmarks. The card is aged and a bit scuffed on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 31300162
Price: $3.00
Los Hornitos de Curacavi (Chile)
At Km 55.5 along the Santiago – Valparaiso Road, a waystation for your Chilean road trip. The restaurant gets broadly decent online reviews, and we’d try it if we could. Unused, heavily aged card. Grade: 3

Code: 31300163
Price: $2.00
McDonald’s – Trust – Hygienic Wash Hands (PR China)
In the same spirit as some of our other McDonald’s/China entries (see 20307626 as an example), this self-promotional item is labelled (in English) as a postcard so we have no hesitation listing it. Basically it says: trust our hygiene, the staff wash their hands for 20 seconds every hour. The reverse is also blue-coloured, but in postcard format. Unused, from 2015. Grade: 1

Code: 31300164
Price: $5.00
McDonald’s – Trust – Hostess Service (PR China)
Similar in approach to 31300164. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 31300165
Price: $5.00
Let’s McDonald’s Together – Trust – Filet-O-Fish (PR China)
Similar in approach to 31300164, but only lines and logo on the reverse. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 31300166
Price: $5.00
Let’s McDonald’s Together – Trust – Fries (PR China)
Similar in approach to 31300164, but only lines and logo on the reverse. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 31300167
Price: $5.00

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