Table d’hôte

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Creator

Grand Union Hotel

Title

Table d’hôte

Coverage

Saratoga Springs, New York

Date

August 24, 1880

Description

The massive Grand Union on tree-lined Broadway Avenue featured an expansive summer porch and a 1400-seat dining room. Since room and board was included in the daily rate, resort hotels promoted their establishments by printing stylish menus as souvenirs. In 1880, the Grand Union produced its daily menu on richly-illustrated card stock from Dempsey & Carroll, a high-society stationer in New York City. This menu contains the notice: “Hop this Evening—Full Dress Indispensable.”