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MENU MANSE RESTAURANT

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2003

Overview

Restaurant menu cream in colour of one page A4 size with black text and black drawings showing the head and shoulders of a male figure holding a cloche. Black text is [THE / MANSE / RESTAURANT / Award Winning B.Y.O. Restaurant]. Menu displays headings text [Entrée][Main][Sweets]

Historical information

This is a menu from the early 2000s offered by The Manse Restaurant.
The Manse Restaurant was opened around May 1988 by Alex and Kerry Koers in the former Congregational Church Manse building. In the early 1990s Gary Smith, who had been working as an apprentice at the restaurant, purchased the restaurant and ran it until its closure in 2020 due to COVID 19 pandemic and ill health.
For much of its existence The Manse was a very popular restaurant in the district. During the 1990s the restaurant received several Golden Plate nominations and in 19%% won the award for

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2020.16

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Paper

Width

210 mm

Height or length

297 mm

Keywords

The Manse Restaurant

CHURCH Avenue Armadale

SMITH Gary Mr

CHURCH Avenue 31 , ARMADALE

ARMADALE

Year

2003

Statement of significance

Part of a collection of menus from the Manse Restaurant that show how tastes and costs change over time and what items became popular staples and did not change over time
Was one of the last menus produced by Garry Smith before the restaurant closed due to COVID-19 in 2020. When restrictions were lifted Garry chose not to reopen the restaurant.
A rare example of a series of menus showing the evolution of a local restaurants menu over a thirty year period.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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-32.153435523622, 116.01735132613

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