Latin Casino Theater Restaurant Menu Garden State Cherry Hill New Jersey 1965
A 4 page menu with Choice Liquors, Dinner menu and Wine List. in a decorative menu cover from the Latin Casino Theater Restaurant . Locates opposite the Garden State Race Track in Cherry Hill New Jersey. Hand dated 1965 and that they saw Phyllis Diller. Measures about 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" when closed.
Due to the size limitations of my scanner, the entire menu may not show in some of the scans.
From Wikipedia
The Latin Casino (1960–1978) was a Philadelphia-area nightclub that first opened in 1944 at 1309 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many top entertainers performed at the Latin including Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Durante, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Richard Pryor, Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Lena Horne, Pearl Bailey, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, and Joey Bishop. The Latin was a very popular Center City nightclub for a decade.[2]
In 1960, owners Stanley and Bea Carroll relocated the nightclub to 2235 Route 70 in nearby Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States and built the plush 1,500-seat, Vegas-style[3] dinner theater renamed from the "Latin" to the Latin Casino, although casino gambling was not included. It was considered one of the fanciest, hippest dinner nightclub experiences of that time featuring dinner, drinks and a showcase of top entertainment and was called "The Showplace of the Stars"[4].
Following a period of strong popular success, the Latin Casino finally closed in the summer of 1978 as an indication of an end of era and a symbol of the evolution of Pop culture.
The supper club was opened in 1944[5] and then purchased by David Dushoff and Dallas Gerson in 1951[6] and was originally located near Juniper and Walnut Streets in Center City, Philadelphia. Frustrated by Pennsylvania's restrictive liquor laws, conflicts with city officials, the desire for more parking space[6], and outgrowing its small size, the two owners decided to move across the Delaware River five miles to Delaware Township, New Jersey (soon to be renamed Cherry Hill) in 1960. The new Latin was four times as large[7] and located diagonally across the highway from the Seashore Line tracks and Garden State Park. Some of the first acts who played The Latin were Patti Page, comedian Sammy Shore, and Johnny Mathis.
"The Latin" was a famous showroom for showcasing entertainers like Cherry Hill Estates neighbors Bobby Darin, Al Martino, and Frankie Avalon (whose family had ownership interests in a popular pizzeria "King of Pizza" diagonally across Route 70). Stars that appeared on stage and frequented the area were Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Richard Pryor (who recorded his 1975 album ...Is It Something I Said? there), Frank Sinatra, Pat Cooper, The Temptations, The Supremes[8], Liza Minnelli, Tom Jones, Donna Summer, B.B. King, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Connie Francis, Don Rickles, Gloria Gaynor, Della Reese, Eddie Fisher, Trini Lopez, Allan Sherman, Doris Ruby,[9] Fran Warren,[9] Danny Thomas,[9] and Engelbert Humperdinck. Philadelphia-native Bob Saget in 2017 talked about trying to sneak-in to the Latin Casino to see Don Rickles perform. He was arrested[10].
There were several celebrity incidents that drew media attention. On September 29, 1975, Jackie Wilson suffered a massive heart attack[11] while playing a Dick Clark show[4], falling head-first to the stage. He was singing his hit "Lonely Teardrops" and was stricken just after the line "My heart is crying, crying." Wilson became comatose and was taken to Cherry Hill Hospital; he lived in a nursing home until his death at age 49. Brenda Lee broke her neck onstage during a June 12, 1962, performance, and eventually recovered in time to graduate high school. Tom Jones was also once jumped outside the back door following one of his performances by two fanatical Italian women going by the name Canni. Mr. Jones was not hurt but the ladies were banned from 'The Latin' and from any Tom Jones performance.
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