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A History of Restaurant Menus: From Stone Tablets to Digital

A History of Restaurant Menus: From Stone Tablets to Digital

Imagine you want to eat at a restaurant.

Long ago, people just told you what was available.

The first menu was like a big stone tablet from a king's feast!

Later, menus became written, like in China.

The French Revolution made menus more organized.

Printing made it easy to make lots of menus.

Now, many restaurants use digital menus on phones, especially after the pandemic to stay safe.

So, menus have changed a lot over time to show us what food we can eat!

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