Zefiro menus and ephemera
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of seven menus, three business cards, and a poster from the Portland, Oregon, restaurant Zefiro. The menus include a dessert and dessert drinks menu, wine lists, and lunch and dinner menus. The poster, which has the words "Il Primo Anno" on it, was made for the restaurant's first anniversary.
Dates
- 1990-1995
Creator
- Zefiro (Restaurant : Portland, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative History
Zefiro was a Mediterranean restaurant located at N.W. 21st and Glisan in Portland, Oregon. Bruce Carey and chef Christopher Israel founded the restaurant in 1990, inspired by their dining experiences while traveling in Europe; Monique Siu was the restaurant's co-owner. Zefiro featured midnight performance sets by the band Pink Martini. Zefiro closed in 2000. Even after its closure, food critics argued that the restaurant had been influential in shaping Portland's food culture.
Sources: Articles in the Oregonian, 1990-2012; "Hail Caesar: How Zefiro Changed Everything for Portland's Food Scene," by Karen Brooks, Portland Monthly, September 2016, https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2016/08/how-zefiro-changed-everything-for-portland-s-food-scene.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Menus, business cards, and a poster for Zefiro, a restaurant that operated in northwest Portland, Oregon, in the 1990s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Zefiro, June 1995 (Lib. Acc. 22282).
Separated Materials
T-shirts and matchbooks were separated to Museum Collections, Oregon Historical Society.
Processing Information
During processing, four menus and one business card that had initally been separated to the Menu collection, Mss 2942, were moved to this collection.
Creator
- Zefiro (Restaurant : Portland, Or.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Zefiro menus and ephemera
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
5033065204
5033065240
libreference@ohs.org