Author: [Cocktails / Los Angeles]
Title: WINE LIST of the World Famous Los Angeles Ambassador
Description: [Los Angeles]: [Casa "La Golondrina"], (n. d.). Circa 1934. Stapled stiff buff wrappers printed in mulberry and green. 28 pp, tabbed. Jud Wright illustration to front wrapper, signed in the plate; b/w illustrations and half-tones throughout. 10" x 6-1/2". Small marker scribble to front wrapper; light coffee stain to upper margin of last three leaves; occasional short pencil mark through an item's identification number or price. Else clean and crisp. VG. A lovely menu showcasing the Ambassador's extensive holdings of fine alcoholic beverages. It also offers a list of suggested wine pairings, and a page of dos and don'ts "to freshen the memories of those who may have forgotten the glorious Pre-Volstead era and for those in their twenties' who never had a chance to learn the exquisite art of dining well" (front wrapper). Consequently, we date the menu as being issued shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in December of 1933.

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