You could put it on "any" website and put a link to it in your column. Should the web have a long name go to www.tinyurl.com and it will create a short but not intuitive one.

I'd love to have that scan! Many others most undoubtedly would too.

Well done (pardon the pun).

And...well into the 60s, Haussner's had one of the remaining old-fashioned Baltimore stag bars--gents only. I don't think anyone ever complained.

I still remember the Roman busts downstairs where it looked like they kept all the "overflow" artwork.

Like Connelly's, a Baltimore classic. I agree, the closing was a sad day.

suite bayonne (my cajun gigolo name)

Oh thank you for the post! I did not go to Haussner's much as I grew up in the SW corner of Baltimore. It just was not in the general path. I started to go in the years before it closed. I loved the Veal Hunter Style. It was always so lovely. I think I enjoyed looking at all of the art and collectibles almost more than the food. I always felt well tended. I took one of the menus when my parents and I dined during their closing weeks. I can't recall where the menu has gotten stored... wonder how much the filet was then.

Good ole Haussner's. Thanks, Jack Z.

I have many fond memories of Haussner's as well. I also had the whale steak and loved it.
The cynic in me now wonders if it really was whale steak.

Thank you for sharing this, Jack!

haussner's defined fine dining for me growing up. my stepfather won a few hundred dollars in the lottery and decided to take us there when i was 11 or 12. that was about when that 1987 menu was current. my grandfather would treat the family to haussner's occasionally when everyone was in town. the giant ball of twine was nearly as cool as sitting under the bust of caligula. i miss that place like i miss martick's.

how about the strawberry pie in the winter

strawberry pie

Upload the PDF to Google Docs and post the link.

Our family had a menu too but it disappeared long ago. I liked the chicken croquets. I worked in the bakery in Timonium in the late 80s. Those strawberry pies would fly out the door.

Interior view of Haussner's I took the last week it was open.

Sorry for the hiccups. The captcha machine said it didn't post once even...

been logical (my Vulcan historian name)

Thanks E/L for posting the entry on Haussner's.

The printed menu insert is available at:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3HJkjfpWjnmNjM0MWM5OTctNmJhNy00NWJiLWJmYmItMDUyM2UwN2QzYmRh&hl=en

Here's the tinyurl:

http://tinyurl.com/y9yhbw7

Enjoy,
Jack

I checked this on a couple of different browsers, Safari, FireFox and Chrome, it seemed to work well.

To me, Haussner's was famous for its honeycake (to go) and its choice of 37(?) sides including fried eggplant.

The fried eggplant was very good. I also liked their creamed onions.

The Strawberry Pie was wonderful. Joyce W. thank you very much for the recipe. I worked for Hot Shoppes in the late 60's and have their recipe for Strawberry Pie which my wife has modified, but it just doesn't match Haussner's. I can't wait until decent tasting strawberries start showing up in my local supermarket.

Jack Z, thank YOU for the menu and the memories!

I too look forward to the first good strawberries showing up! Not too much longer now, is it?

I thought Haussner's was the best restaurant in the world back in the 70's when I first went. It has an aura that was unmatched in Baltimore. i loved the fried egg plant vegetable..

I figure I have two regrets from my childhood. The first is not finding the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars underneath the Christmas tree in 1981. The other is not going to Haussner's.

Remember going there for family occasions; loved the art work and remember my daughter when she was small asking where the "arms" were .....Small children loved looking at all the fascinating art work until their meal came. How do I get the recipe for the strawberry pie?

Sandy, Joyce W. posted a link to the strawberry pie recipe as part of her post of January 17, 2010 4:12 PM. If you go to her post and click on the words "strawberry pie", you'll access the recipe.

My uncle used to take us to Haussner's when we visited from Pittsburgh in the 50's and 60's. Baltimore was exotic when we were kids! And the fare at Haussner's certainly confirmed that impression. I remember the abalone...I crave it still! And the strawberry pie and the ball of string - and how people used to bring string with them and leave piles on top to be added to the behemoth ball. Remember the warm wood paneling and how elegant it felt....good memories of days and family no longer here. Thanks for those memories.

I grew up on a farm on the Eastern Shore. My mom's sister was married to a semi-prominent lawyer in Baltimore, and they lived in a very fancy (to my rural eyes) house in Guilford. Visiting my aunt and uncle (and cousins, when they were around) was always a true country-mouse / city-mouse occasion. I remember at least one time (this would have been in the late sixties or so...) when we met my aunt and uncle for dinner at Haussner's. My father, who seemed always to get lost when driving west of the Bay, did finally get us there, through our (and probably his) panic at the notion of wandering around in the very frightening "inner city."

I wish I could remember what I ordered, but I suspect I was tempted by the strawberry pie. I do remembering being fascinated by the menu (thanks so much, Jack) and the fact that ex-Governor/Mayor McKeldin was there ... and shook my hand and gave me a from-the-desk-of pencil!

Today, I live about five blocks from the Haussner's site and drive past it probably three or four times a month. Part of me wishes someone would just tear the old place down (salvaging the stained glass, of course), because seeing it abandoned is so very sad.

To BankStreet:
What a great story.

We learned Hausnner's had closed the hard way. We were in Philadelphia, I was having some medical tests done. After the tests, I said to my wife and daughter, "we are almost halfway to Baltimore, let's ride down, eat at Haussner's and spend the night at the Hunt Valley Marriott. We hadn't been to Haussner's for about 2 years. As we were driving down Eastern Ave we were discussing what we were going to order. What a sick feeling I had as we drove by and everything was dark. There was no line outside, just the cold, dark, empty building. We were heartsick. A flood of memories came back to me, all the times my mom and I ate there, the first time I took my wife, and the strawberry pie. We ate at Ocean Pride that night, we had fat steamed crabs, and crab soup, which normally would have made us happy, but not that night.

I remember the being introduced to the wonderful sour beer that you could get with a choice of two kinds of dumplings....I have made the gingersnap gravey and had it many other places....but it never has compared to the Haussner original.
It was always the place we took out of town guests...even in the winter, I believe that the sidewalk was heated outside the front door to make the wait easier. I loved the starched waitresses with their frilly hankeys in their pockets, and the twin elderly bartenders.
A diner there was a dress-up event.....

Although I live in Florida now, I grew up exactly one block from Hausner's restaurant. I remember, as a child, seeing the long lines of people that would extend around to Eastern Avenue, waiting their turn to get in. I always envied those people. They were always well-dresses, so I thought only the rich could afford to eat there. You can imagine how thrilled I was when mom sent me to the bakery to buy a pie. When I walked in there, I was awe struck by the beauty and museum quality of the place. There are some things I still miss about Baltimore, crab cakes and Hausners.v

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