{"id":2397,"date":"2013-08-06T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2013-08-06T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T09:22:00","slug":"menu-at-the-hotel-braemore-kenmore-square-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2397","title":{"rendered":"Menus from the Hotel Braemore, Kenmore Square in 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston restaurants may thrill food lovers today but, back in 1956, plain Yankee fare was on the menu at the Hotel Braemore.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e947d43970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Braymore menu luncheon\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e947d43970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e947d43970b-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px; border: 1px solid #070707;\" title=\"Braymore menu luncheon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lets see, I think I&#39;ll order the &quot;Boiled, Smoked Daisy Ham with Buttered Cabbage&quot; and have sherbet for dessert. You did have to add on the 5% Massachusetts Old Age Tax. Still, with a generous tip, that should come to about $3. <span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>(Click on any image for a slightly larger version.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e948396970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brawmore dinner menu\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e948396970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e948396970b-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px;\" title=\"Brawmore dinner menu\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dinner did cost slightly more unless you decided to go with the Chef&#39;s Suggestion for $1.95.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340191048a86c8970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hotel Braemore Post card\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340191048a86c8970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340191048a86c8970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Hotel Braemore Post card\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Hotel Braemore is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebraemore.com\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">The Braemore<\/a>, a condominium community. Its website features two pages of history with wonderful old images of the building and photos taken from the building.<\/p>\n<p>They call it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebraemore.com\/whats-old.html\" target=\"_self\">What&#39;s Old<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebraemore.com\/whats-old-ii.html\" target=\"_self\">What&#39;s Old II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When it opened, the Braemore was an apartment hotel. In his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=built%20in%20boston&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps\" target=\"_blank\">Built in Boston,<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> historian Douglas Shand-Tucci wrote that by 1919 this area around Charlesgate, &quot;&#8230; had emerged as the most prestigious address.&quot;&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340191048a9444970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Braemore ad\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340191048a9444970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340191048a9444970c-300wi\" style=\"width: 300px;\" title=\"Braemore ad\" \/><\/a><br \/>Residence or apartment hotels offered options like those shown in this ad for the Braemore as it opened. &quot;Suites from one room, reception hall and bath to five rooms, reception hall and two baths&#8230;&quot; Notice that they don&#39;t mention kitchens. In many places like the Braemore, the residents would eat in the hotel&#39;s dining room or at their social club.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#39;s hope that the &quot;Chef&#39;s Suggestion&quot; changed daily!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>What&#39;s on your Food Lover&#39;s Shopping List? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/landing\/284507\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;adid=1C4YEZX39K0HP7G9MTFZ&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20\" target=\"_blank\">Shop Amazon for all your kitchen &amp; dining needs<\/a> and&#0160;support this site!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=kitchen&amp;banner=0FNCR9B2J7F8PHAZGG82&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny Cherubino<br \/>Artwork from a private collection, Dinner menu from The Braemore site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers&#39; comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn\u2019t become a pure ad, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sturdy, Yankee fare was on the menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1854,964,2,1160,323],"tags":[15745,6929,43,468,15752,15748,3540,15750,15753,461,15744,15751,332,15747,4419,10696,15749,15746],"class_list":["post-2397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-city-life","category-food-drink","category-history","category-places","tag-15745","tag-apartment-hotel","tag-boston","tag-boston-restaurants","tag-built-in-boston","tag-charlesgate-west","tag-commonwealth-avenue","tag-condominium-community","tag-historian-douglas-shand-tucci","tag-history","tag-hotel-braemore","tag-images","tag-kenmore-square","tag-massachusetts-old-age-tax","tag-menus","tag-photos","tag-the-braemore","tag-yankee-fare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Menus from the Hotel Braemore, Kenmore Square in 1956 - bostonzest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2397\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Menus from the Hotel Braemore, Kenmore Square in 1956 - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sturdy, Yankee fare was on the menu.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2397\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-06T09:22:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e947d43970b-400wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=2397#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=2397\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ed\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/33ca182396f0fe148407f4bc057b1fdb\"},\"headline\":\"Menus from the Hotel Braemore, Kenmore Square in 1956\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-06T09:22:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=2397\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=2397#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401901e947d43970b-400wi\",\"keywords\":[\"1956\",\"apartment hotel\",\"Boston\",\"Boston restaurants\",\"Built in Boston\",\"Charlesgate west\",\"Commonwealth Avenue\",\"condominium community\",\"historian Douglas Shand-Tucci\",\"history\",\"Hotel Braemore\",\"images\",\"Kenmore Square\",\"Massachusetts old age tax\",\"menus\",\"photos\",\"The Braemore\",\"Yankee fare\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Architecture\",\"City Life\",\"Food &amp; 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