Description
Henrici’s, Chicago’s most famous restaurant at 67 W. Randolph St., offers superior food, pastries, and cocktails. A low-calorie diet menu, featuring such delicacies as “bee’s knees and mosquito knuckles,” is advertised on the card. This humorous postcard dates from around the 1930s, showcasing Henrici’s long-standing elegance in dining.
Front Text (cleaned):
HENRICIS
67 W. RANDOLPH ST.
Tear Drop $0.06
Citrate $0.04
Sparkling Water $0.02
Quinac $0.02 (Thimbles)
LOW CALORIE DIET
Breakfast: Weak Tea
Lunch:
MONDAY
One bouillon cube in one-half cup diluted water
Dinner: One pigeon thigh; three ounces prune juice (gargle only)
TUESDAY
Breakfast: Scraped crumbs from burnt toast
Lunch:
Dinner:
One doughnut hole (without sugar),
one glass of dehydrated water
three grains cornmeal, broiled
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: Shredded eggshell skin
Lunch:
Dinner:
One-half dozen poppy seeds
bee's knees and mosquito knuckles, sautéed in vinegar
THURSDAY
Breakfast: Boiled-out stains of old tablecloth
Lunch: Belly button of a navel orange
Dinner: Three eyes from Irish potato (diced)
FRIDAY
Breakfast: Two lobster antennas
Lunch: One tail joint of sea horse
Dinner:
Rotisserie-broiled guppy fillet
SATURDAY
Breakfast: Four chopped banana seeds
Lunch:
Broiled butterfly liver
Dinner: Jelly vertebrae à la centipede
SUNDAY
Breakfast: Pickled hummingbird tongue
Lunch:
Dinner:
Prime rib of tadpole; aroma of empty custard pie plate
tossed paprika and clover leaf salad
NOTE: A seven-ounce glass of steam may be consumed on alternate days to help in having something to blow off.
Back Text (cleaned):
HENRICI'S
67 W. RANDOLPH ST.
Chicago's Most Famous Restaurant
Where Elegance in Dining is a Tradition
Since 1868
Superior Food, Pastries, and Cocktails
Private Dining Room Facilities.
Visit our 1868 Cocktail Lounge
POST CARD
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
4C-K346
