Creator
The Gem
Title
À la carte
Coverage
New Orleans
Date
1913
Description
The Gem operated in an old mansion on Royal Street from 1847 to 1919, variously as a coffee house, saloon, oyster house, café, and restaurant. This menu features chops and seafood in the American, French, and Creole styles. One item is sheepshead, a local fish that Mark Twain included on his list of iconic American foods in the fictionalized travelogue A Tramp Abroad (1880).