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James Nye
Daily Mail
August 13, 2013
Roast shoulder of pork, beef pot pie anglaise, zucchini saute and baked meat croquettes conjure up images of an evening at a fancy French restaurant and not mealtimes at the infamous Alcatraz prison.
However, to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of the notorious island prison the menu from a week in September has been released – all the more notable for its variety, healthiness and relative palatability.
Not at all what the average person might have guessed passed for food at Alcatraz, the daily menu changed most days and served up pork shoulder with sage dressing, chili-con-carne and even a bacon jambalaya.
Before closing, in 1963, Alcatraz was renowned for having the best food in the entire U.S. prison system,.
Fresh ingredients were shipped over from San Francisco daily, to create the gourmet meals designed to keep the country’s most dangerous and violent prisoners happy while they languished inside.
Ex-inmates still compare Alcatraz fare to that of fine family restaurants such was the quaility of food produced from its kitchens.
Indeed, as part of the traveling Alcatraz exhibit that is now on its premises, ‘Alcatraz: The Last Day’ photo exhibition by Life Magazine photographer Leigh Wiener, a San Francisco hotel is doing a a special Alcatraz themed dinner menu from August 8th through Septemer 2nd.
Fifty years ago, Alacatraz, the most secure prison and symbol of American justice across the nation closed down for good – heading into its retirement as a tourist hot-spot and Hollywood film set.
Its fascination for the public remains though, as millions travel to San Francisco Bay to take in a glimpse of the cells which held the country’s most dangerous criminals such as – Al Capone, George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and Alvin ‘Creepy’ Karpis.
Alcatraz started as a fortress and became an Army disciplinary barracks before the Bureau of Prisons took it over in 1934 to house America’s most notorious criminals.
U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy signed an order in 1962 to close the prison due to its expensive upkeep and its prime location in the bay.
Nine years later, Alcatraz became a national park and one of California’s most popular tourist attractions with about 1.5 million visitors a year.
