Welcome to
the Lendy's
Web Page, part 3.
Welcome to
the Lendy's
Web Page, part 3.
Featuring Salem and Roanoke Va.'s most FAMOUS restaurant chain.
Vintage Menus
This is the very first
Shoney's menu used at Apperson Drive (Lee-Hi), Salem. 1955.
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Compare the prices to today's.
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Shoney's Apperson Drive
(Lee-Hi), 1955.
The next version of the Shoney's Menu, 1958.
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Back cover, listing the
Roanoke and Richmond locations.
One of the earliest "Lendy's" menus.
(1961) Lendy's is still selling
the Big Boy, but Kentucky Fried Chicken is added to the menu. Not
"finger lickin' good" yet, but it is "North America's
Hospitality Dish". This dual franchise made Alex Schoenbaum
(Shoney's) very unhappy.
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The Back of this menu
shows the shift of emphasis to Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The Lendy's Richmond menu was a multi-paged affair.
A little more upscale, this was a nice example of a Lendy's menu.
Richmond menu continued.
Richmond menu continued.
Richmond menu continued.
Richmond menu back cover. Phone take-out was offered on most early
Shoney's and Lendy's menus. Note the availability of baby foods, a
good way to appeal to young families.
The Lendy's breakfast menu w/ Buddy Boy in pajamas.
Breakfast menu (1961). Two eggs with pancakes, 65 cents.
Back Cover.
I hope you've enjoyed looking at
these old menus. Thanks to Leonard Goldstein for holding on to them.
Photographs Courtesy Leonard Goldstein
Ad's Courtesy Pat Dotson (Pat's Cafe)
Radio & TV Ads Courtesy Tommy Holcomb
Graphic Assistance, Kipp Teague
This Web Site Created By Twig Gravely
