Ahrens Bros. Pies, Denver & Los Angeles 1930s Boston sitting on a toadstool

sitting on a toadstool

The rather magnificent cat on the front and back of the menu cover also featured on a neon sign on the outside of the restaurant and on the establishment’s advertisements in newspapers

Carte hired César Ritz as manager and Auguste Escoffier as chef de cuisine

From a 1955 Queen Mary menu

resting the body and returning you to your work younger in years and in spirits

Ahrens Bros. Pies, Denver & Los Angeles 1930s Boston sitting on a toadstoolBased in Denver and Los Angeles, Ahrens Bros. made famous chiffon pies with Graham Kracker Krusts and were hugely popular in the 1930s. Customers could either buy direct from the company stores or have pies brought to their doors in a fleet of stylish delivery cars, made by the Studebaker Automobile company. The pies and cakes were kept in perfect condition in dry ice compartments. Courtesy Private Collection. Each print is accompanied by a copy of