Last week’s fascinating feature story by dining editor Doug Trattner on restaurant menus as important historical artifacts brought out plenty of fun items in a show-and-tell sort of way. Among the coolest dispatches: This 1920 menu from the Hotel Winton in Cleveland passed along by @coolculinari. Why’s it important? The Hotel Winton kitchen was led by a young man named Hector Boiardi. Yes, Chef Boyardee himself.
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This article appears in Nov 5-11, 2014.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

4 replies on “Here’s a Menu From the Hotel Winton in 1920 and the Kitchen Helmed By Chef Hector Boiardi (Yes, Chef Boyardee)”

  2. It’s extremely hard to read even though it is “full size,” but there doesn’t seem to be any Italian food on the menu.

  4. Ahem, for the time period that menu is very accurate…. and just because we know Boyardee for spaghetti-o’s now does not necessarily mean that he was an italian chef in specific Yes, that was his specialty but, much like any chef, I’m sure he was no one trick pony.

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