Porky's, St Petersburg 1946 Telegraph Hill This menu cover from 1900

This menu cover from 1900 shows a black cat dressed in chef’s whites and hat

We’re not sure why this region was celebrated at a dinner held at Au Vendome

becoming the largest hotel outside the city of New York

Matt Weinstock: "The protective sidewalk scaffolding is up and work-men are in the preliminary phase of dismantling the old building housing the Pioneer Dairy Lunch

a drinking town that knows how to have fun

Porky's, St Petersburg 1946 Telegraph Hill This menu cover from 1900It 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