I have advertising items (menus, matchbook covers, flyers, door-hangers, etc.) for the following, all dating from the 1930s to the 1960s: TS's Restaurant & Pastry Shop, Boca Raton FL TS Diner & Restaurant, Paramus NJ P&P Cocktail Lounge, Wayne, MI Becky Thatcher Steamboat Restaurant, on the St Louis Levee HF Family Restaurant, Flagstaff AZ HF Coffee Shop, Bishop CA HF Restaurant & Lounge, Portland OR Huck's Food Store, St Claire Shores, MI MT Cafeteria, Memphis TN MT Saloon, Virginia City NV MT Casino, La Grange MO Also have similar advertising crrrrrap for MT Hotels, Motels, and Inns, most with coffee shops and eateries, from the 1930s-1960s, from: Elmira, Chicago, Horseheads, Albany (TS Motor Inn), St Louis, Hollywood, Hannibal, San Francisco, New Albany IN, Detroit, Minneapolis, Jamestown TN, and Redding CT (on route 53 bet. Georgetown and Bethel) I've stayed at some and eaten at others, but have never researched their years of operation. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 You can browse our books at: www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 9:44 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [External] Twain Diners & Restaurants >> >> Odd question for the group. What diners and restaurants are you familiar >> with that build their branding around Twain and/or his characters? Some >> examples include Huck Finn's Donuts in Chicagoland, Tom Sawyer's in Boca >> Raton, and Aunt Polly's Pizza in Indianapolis. >> >> Interested in both currently operating and defunct establishments. >> >> If you happen to know what year it opened, please include that as well. >> >> *Matt Seybold, PhD* >> Associate Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies >> Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Mark Twain Studies >> Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org >> Host, The American Vandal Podcast >> <https://marktwainstudies.com/the-american-vandal-podcast/<https://marktwainstudies.com/the-american-vandal-podcast/>> >> >> Peterson Chapel Vestry, Cowles Hall >>[log in to unmask] >> MattSeybold.com >> <https://www.elmira.edu/<https://www.elmira.edu/>>