Coffee Shops in Topeka, KS

Manufacturer: Shenango China (also made by Mayer, Jackson, Syracuse and possibly others) User: Purple Cow Coffee Shops, Albert Pick Hotels Date: 1957 Notes: The Purple Cow Coffee Shops were located in some of the Albert Pick Hotels found across the mid west. This was one of several purple cow designs used by the chain (see related link below). In 1947, there were 22 chains from Pennsylvania to Kansas, and 10 of them had the coffee shop. Below is David McGrann's compiled list of "Purple Cow Coffee Shops", "Purple Cow Sandwich Shops" and one "Purple Cow Coffee Shoppe," with Hotel Red Book dates for each: Purple Cow Coffee Shops: Ambassador Chicago IL 1956 Kansan Topeka KS 1956 Durant Flint MI 1956 Mark Twain St. Louis MO 1956 Miami Dayton OH 1940, 1956 Pick-Ohio Youngstown OH 1956 Jermyn Scranton PA 1956 Belden Canton OH 1940 Fountain Square Cincinnati OH 1940 Chittenden Columbus OH 1940 Fort Meigs Toledo OH 1940 Ohio Youngstown OH 1940