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Tommy Lasorda's
Ribs & Pasta Dinner
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1987-1989
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ESTABLISMENT
- Tommy
Lasorda's Ribs and
Pasta, Inc.
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SIZE
- 5.25" x
7.25" (folded)
10.5" x 14.5"
(fully opened)
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PRICE GUIDE
- $20.00 - $40.00
Very Good
-Excellent
Condition
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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In 1986 a Canadian firm bought the
Clem's restaurant lease on Marquesas
Way then converted the restaurant to Tommy Lasorda's Ribs and
Pasta restaurant. The Lasorda
restaurant was owned and operated by
Lasorda's Ribs and Pasta, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Champs Food
Systems, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The
restaurant opened in 1987 in Marina del
Rey, South Pasadena, and Lakewood
California.
In 1989 the Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda sued a pest control
company for $500,000, alleging it
failed to rid his South Pasadena
restaurant of rodents and bugs. As a
result, authorities closed Tommy
Lasorda's Ribs and Pasta for five days
in October, a few weeks after his
baseball team won the 1988 World
Series. The closure and bad
publicity hurt the business. Lasorda contended that American
City Pest Control Co. had agreed to
eradicate the infestation two months
earlier.
Health officials ordered Lasorda's Ribs and Pasta closed from Oct. 26-31
for "one of the worst rat infestations"
the health inspector had ever seen. The
restaurant reopened after the health
department determined that the problems
had been satisfactorily addressed. By
early 1990, because of rodent
infestation, the South Pasadena and Marina del Rey
locations were closed, and the
Lakewood restaurant which had a different menu, closed soon after.
The front of the Broadsheet fold menu
reads; "Tommy Lasorda's Ribs & Pasta"
at the top with a green-line
illustration of Lasorda, and "Dinner"
Menu at the bottom. The back of the
menu has the wine list. Inside the
first fold is a welcome note, with
Tommy Lasorda's facsimile signature.
When fully opend the menu is revealed.
Dishes include: Lasorda's Cut Prime Rib
of Beef; Mama Lasorda's Chicken and
Linguini; Tommy's Cole Slaw; Pasta
Faggioli (Tommy's Mother's Recipe);
Tommy Lasorda's Favorite Beans &
Greens; Lasorda's Baked Potato;
Lasorda's Apple Tart.
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Tommy Lasorda's Ribs &
Pasta Dinner Menu |
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Inside Menu |
Back of Menu |
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