Menu: Biggie's "Little" Coney Island. (Hoboken, no date, ca.1950-1960.)
Entry/Object ID
2007.038.0103
Scope and Content
Digital images of menu: Biggie's "Little" Coney Island. (Hoboken, no date, circa 1950-1960.) Original was a single folio, 5-1/2" wide x 7" high.
This was an early menu of the business now known as Biggie's Clam Bar. Founded in 1946 by Joseph "Biggie" Yaccarino. The cover is handwritten and the menu is hand titled: "Biggie's Menu." Not stated, but it was at 318 Madison St.
The simple typewritten menu of eight items included:
Clams on the 1/2 shell 40 cents
Sausage Sandwich 25 cents
Grilled Hot Dog 15 cents
Steamed Hot Dog 10 cents
Cube Steak Sandwich 25 cents
Ice Cold Watermelon 5 cents & 10 cents
Pepper & [handwritten] Onion Sandwich 15 cents
Corn 10 & 15 cents
Lined out: "Ask for What You Don't See."
