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Description: Typical sectional blue plate used for "blue plate specials", as used at the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire; note that this plate accommodates only two (rather than the standard three) side dishes in addition to the meat course that typically occupies the largest section.
A typical blue-plate special board, from the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire. A blue-plate special is a discount-priced meal that changes daily. The practice was common from the 1920s in American and Canadian restaurants through the 1950s, especially in diners and greasy spoons.
Blueplate was a lunch counter and soda fountain [1] at the intersection of Third Avenue and Washington Street, [2] [3] in downtown Portland's Dekum Building. Karen Brooks of The Oregonian called the restaurant a "tiny, adorable outpost of apothecary chic", and described an "old-fashioned" counter with swivel stools and shelves stocking powders, "potions" and other "mysterious" liquids. [4]
Santa Monica's Blue Plate Restaurant Group (Blue Plate Oysterette, Blue Plate Taco) expanded east with Tacolina, a Baja-inspired restaurant on the lush patio that previously housed De Buena Planta ...
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A blue-plate special A garde manger chaud froid dish, used as a display piece A table d'hôte menu from the New York City Lotos Club, 1893. 86 – a term used when the restaurant has run out of, or is unable to prepare a particular menu item. The term is also generally used to mean getting rid of someone or something, including the situation ...
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