Turbulent Decades – Photos of Restaurant Life in the 60s and 70s
"I started studying in 1966 at Lappeenranta Summer University. Lappeenranta was a charming summer city, and it also had a new, fascinating place to eat: Adriano's bar! Italian food was still completely new in Finland" ( Museum's Food Tradition Survey) Read this text in Finnish here Dance pavilion culture continued in city restaurants. Kantakievari, Kurikka The Hotel and Restaurant Museum's permanent exhibition tells about the transformation of Finnish food culture that began in the 1960s. In the 1960s, people ate meat soup, macaroni casserole, meatloaf, pea soup, and sausage sauce at home. Alko's best-selling products were vodkas Koskenkorva, Jaloviina, and Vaakunaviina. Restaurant dishes included French fries, Coq au Vin, clarified consommé, and frozen desserts (parfaits/mousses). New restaurant types were Japanese and Greek restaurants, pizzerias, and establishments licensed to sell medium-strength beer (keskiolutravintolat). The 1970s brought English-st...