Menu from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959.
Item #SKB-17771
Pamphlet. 8 pp. Front and back cover illustration of a demented person demonstrates the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. The menu lists their offerings such as "Witches' Brew," and "Pink Lady Bizarre" reproduced in holograph with small drawings. One of the most popular and sensational clubs to capitalize on the beatnik phenomenon, the Cafe Bizarre presented poetry readings, folk music, and "assorted madness" for tourists and genuine bohemians alike. Musitron Records recorded an album there that captured the bongo-beating, finger-snapping beatnik spirit of this venue. In its post-beatnik phase Andy Warhol discovered the Velvet Underground there playing as The Velvets. Staples rusted (one dissolved but the other still holding it together), thin piece of tape to top and bottom edge of back cover, very good minus.
Price: $65.00