{"product_id":"fonda-santa-anita-mexico-city-1950s","title":"Fonda Santa Anita, Mexico City 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eFondas are small, inexpensive, family-run restaurants or taverns, particularly in Mexico and Latin America, serving traditional, home-style meals (comida corrida).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis delightful menu art was for the Fonda Santa Anita in Mexico City that was in operation for almost 70 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is drawn with a craft-like sensibility and features indigenous women carrying food and drinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom research, we know Fonda Santa Anita operated in the 1950s and exhibited at the New York World’s Fair in 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the restaurant walls were decorated with similar colorful and vibrant imagery (the artist of these works is so far unknown) and pictures of saints. Tables were covered in white tablecloths and there was a piano for entertainment. Home-made favorites like tortilla soup and pozole were served over many decades to tourists and locals alike. No small feat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFonda Santa Anita closed in April 2026 for undisclosed reasons, but these wonderful menu images remain as a reminder of an inexpensive ‘mom and pop’ place that typified the vibrant soul of Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information about fondas: \u003ca href=\"Fondas%20are%20small,%20inexpensive,%20family-run%20restaurants%20or%20taverns,%20particularly%20in%20Mexico%20and%20Latin%20America,%20serving%20traditional,%20home-style%20meals%20(comida%20corrida).%20%20This%20delightful%20menu%20art%20was%20for%20the%20Fonda%20Santa%20Anita%20in%20Mexico%20City%20that%20was%20in%20operation%20for%20almost%2070%20years.%20%20The%20artwork%20is%20drawn%20with%20a%20craft-like%20sensibility%20and%20features%20indigenous%20women%20carrying%20food%20and%20drinks.%20%20From%20research,%20we%20know%20Fonda%20Santa%20Anita%20operated%20in%20the%201950s%20and%20exhibited%20at%20the%20New%20York%20World%E2%80%99s%20Fair%20in%201967.%20%20Inside%20the%20restaurant%20walls%20were%20decorated%20with%20similar%20colorful%20and%20vibrant%20imagery%20(the%20artist%20of%20these%20works%20is%20so%20far%20unknown)%20and%20pictures%20of%20saints.%20Tables%20were%20covered%20in%20white%20tablecloths%20and%20there%20was%20a%20piano%20for%20entertainment.%20Home-made%20favorites%20like%20tortilla%20soup%20and%20pozole%20were%20served%20over%20many%20decades%20to%20tourists%20and%20locals%20alike.%20No%20small%20feat.%20%20Fonda%20Santa%20Anita%20closed%20in%20April%202026%20for%20undisclosed%20reasons,%20but%20these%20wonderful%20menu%20images%20remain%20as%20a%20reminder%20of%20an%20inexpensive%20%E2%80%98mom%20and%20pop%E2%80%99%20place%20that%20typified%20the%20vibrant%20soul%20of%20Mexico%20City.%20%20For%20more%20information%20about%20fondas:%20https:\/\/www.goodfoodmexico.com\/home\/whats-in-a-fonda\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.goodfoodmexico.com\/home\/whats-in-a-fonda\u003c\/a\u003e by Nicholas Gilman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson Ultrachrome HD archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":45514790010982,"sku":"8.5x11\"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":45514790043750,"sku":"11x14 U","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":45514790076518,"sku":"13x19 U","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":45514790109286,"sku":"16x20 U","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":45514790142054,"sku":"20x24 U","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":45514790174822,"sku":"24x36 U","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0131\/3352\/files\/fonda-santa-anita-mexico-city-1950s-posters-prints-visual-artwork-395.webp?v=1776962767","url":"https:\/\/vintagemenuart.com\/products\/fonda-santa-anita-mexico-city-1950s","provider":"Vintage Menu Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}