For $2.50 90 years ago, you could get a Thanksgiving meal and an evening of dancing to Ray West’s Alexandria Orchestra in the Franco-Italian room at the Hotel Alexandria in downtown L.A. This beautiful advertisement ran with dozens of others on Page 7 of the Nov. 25, 1925, Los Angeles Times. Click on the image above to see the full page.

Anybody serving “Mock Turtle aux Quenelles” on Thursday?

Matt Ballinger