D'Agorno, Paris 1920s German This World War II era

This World War II era menu

Patterson in his fine book

The club was known as America's Showcase in the 1940s because stars such as Frank Sinatra

Various examples of solid oak wall panelling from the Doric today still decorate the St Julian's Arms on Caerleon Road in Newport

Carole Lombard

D'Agorno, Paris 1920s German This World War II eraThis is a gorgeous menu cover created for the Parisian restaurant DAgorno by late 19th century French artist douard Bernard Debat Ponsan. From the beautiful chef holding aloft a giant fish platter to the chefs inside playing a saucepan and a grill as musical instruments, it is truly a work of art. The artist may well have drawn the menu cover in exchange for being allowed to eat in the restaurant. He died in 1913 but we think this menu is a little