Toed Inn, Los Angeles, California, 1953 Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) The elegant illustration at the

The elegant illustration at the top of this 1928 menu print shows the vessel ploughing through froth-topped waves towards its next destination

This menu is dated 1946 and is signed by the owner

Located in a stylish building designed by the famous architect Alfred Newman Beadle V

Tiny – the nickname came from the restaurateur being six foot four and weighing 325 pounds – opened restaurants called Biff’s ( his son’s name) in Oakland and Los Angeles in the late 40s and early 50s

A genius at marketing

Toed Inn, Los Angeles, California, 1953 Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) The elegant illustration at theThe Toed Inn was an example of LAs famous programmatic or mimetic architecture whimsical restaurants created to look like the food they served. You could walk into the stomach of this rather imposing frog and order frogs legs as well as hamburgers, steaks and seafood. Programmatic architecture blossomed during the 1920s when there was still plenty of space in LA and buildings costs were cheap. The buildings were designed to cater to the citys