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MENU - THE MANSE RESTAURANT IN FOLDER

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c. 2019

Overview

clear plastic two sheet folder. Inside the two folder pockets are four sheets of printed paper. Page one is the title page with the name of the restaurant over a drawing of the front of the Manse with its opening times, address and phone number. Under this is a brief history of the restaurant. All text and images in maroon.
Page 2-4 are menu items in black with maroon titles. Page 2 titles are [Appetisers], [Soup], [Entrees]
Page 3 titles [Mains], [Side Dishes included]
Page 4 [Desserts], [Platters], [Prices]

Historical information

This is the final menu offered by The Manse Restaurant before it closed in March 2020.
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.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2020.17b

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

300 mm

Height or length

430 mm

Inscriptions and markings

front page [The MANSE RESTAURANT / AWARD WINNING B.Y.O. RESTAURANT]

Keywords

The Manse Restaurant

CHURCH Avenue 31 ARMADALE

SMITH Gary Mr

ARMADALE

CHURCH Avenue Armadale

Year

c. 2019

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. The Manse Restaurant was a popular place strongly supported by local dinners for much of its life from 1988 to 2020.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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-32.153435523622, 116.01735132613

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