Meyerson's Scotch and Sirloin, Detroit 1961

Men’s love affair with steaks is well-known and this marvelously witty menu from the Scotch and Sirloin restaurant in 1961 features two old friends posing for a portrait – a businessman and an award-winning steer. Brothers Aubrey, Jerry, and Arlyn Meyerson, owners of the restaurant, were brought up in the restaurant trade. Their parents Buddy and Mary Myerson owned the landmark Buddy’s Log Cabin Barbecue for more than 30 years. The 60s and 70s were the era of the ‘three-martini lunch’ when corporate executives entertained clients on company expense accounts. Scotch and Sirloin fit this bill. A review for the Detroit Free Press said of the high-end restaurant: ‘This is truly where the elite meet to eat.’ However, it also attracted a loyal crowd of locals and was a place for date nights, anniversaries and family celebrations. There was ‘sparkling entertainment’ in the large bar, courtesy of piano players Bernie Katz and Kathie Hannah, and it’s likely some hard drinking went on with 53 brands of scotch on offer along with ryes, bourbons, gin, vodka and wine. ‘At Scotch and Sirloin, a drink is not a drink. It is THE drink made with the brand you specified. Try and stump us. If you want it, we have it,’ said one of the restaurant’s adverts in the Detroit Free Press. No wonder the newspaper’s restaurant reviewer described the restaurant as ‘the crossroads of a million private lives,’ and the bar as:’ the stage where a thousand dramas are played out.’ The kitchen was run by chef Ned Heidman and beef was cut nine different ways with the NY Sirloin, described as the aristocrat of steaks, being most popular. Scotch and Sirloin continued its run until the late 70s when it changed hands and became Fogo’s Seafood and Spirits, complete with go-go dancers. The place was sold again, and the name reverted to Al's Scotch and Sirloin after local entrepreneur Al Kaftan bought and ran it for the next decade. The Myerson brothers went on to open The Trio - three different restaurants in the same building in another part of Detroit. The restaurants were called Brown Bear, Buddy’s Barbecue (a tribute to their parents) and The Great Oyster. Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson Ultrachrome HD archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing. Each order includes a print of the interior menu. All printed in USA.