{"product_id":"monico-london-1920","title":"Monico, London 1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian brothers and immigrants to London, Giacomo and Battista Monico bought a restaurant in what was then Tichborne Street in London, England, in 1877 and announced the opening of Café Monico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned for its lively atmosphere, serving coffee, meals, and refreshments in an elegant setting, it became a popular gathering place for poor writers and artists and wealthy members of the aristocracy alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1885, Tichborne Street was razed to create Shaftesbury Avenue and the brothers found themselves with a property that overlooked Piccadilly Circus in the heart of Westminster and London’s theatreland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1890 they had expanded the restaurant and advertisements announced it had: ‘Grand Café Saloon. Grill Room. Best Ventilated Billiard Saloons in London. Supper after the Theatres. Restaurant Open till Half-past 12’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis charming menu cover showing 16 elves helping to open a bottle of champagne was for New Year’s Eve 1920-21. The interior menu is written in French and includes a tribute to George V, the King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was also a lovely poem reflecting on the passing of another year on the back of the menu entitled The Wheels of Time by Laura Russell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I hear the hurried wheels of Time, Beat in my busy brain, I listen to their endless rhyme and their incessant strain. They dash across the dying day, into the depth of night, and carry everything away, for ever out of sight.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCafé Monico lasted until the 1950s. A resurrected Café Monico opened in 2016, revived by the Soho House chain and featuring chef Rowley Leigh. It lasted until 2021 when it was replaced by a steak house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson Ultrachrome HD archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491984679078,"sku":"lit1790053068151","price":18.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491984711846,"sku":"uye1790053068152","price":21.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491984744614,"sku":"qmk1790053068153","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491984777382,"sku":"kgc1790053068154","price":35.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491984810150,"sku":"uqt1790053068155","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491984842918,"sku":"wsz1790053068152","price":91.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/monico-london-1920_1.webp?v=1790053072","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/monico-london-1920","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}