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Refreshment Coaster — "Restaurace a jídelny" (RaJ) State Catering Enterprise
Object/Artifact
Round pressed wood-pulp coaster, printed on the shown face. The central color image is a tall footed glass of pink/red beverage with a straw, beside a half lemon and a small cluster of fruits/berries, set against a yellow half-sun and horizontal grey and teal bands. A navy arc across the top reads "RESTAURACE A JÍDELNY"; a matching arc across the bottom reads "TĚŠÍME SE NA SHLEDANOU."
2025.1.323
Brought from Czechoslovakia by Leopoldo Arús Caraballo
"Restaurace a jídelny" (RaJ) was the national-enterprise system that ran most Czechoslovak restaurants, pubs, buffets, and canteens, organized on a district basis and established by the local national committees, operating until 1989. This is a general refreshment/soft-drink advertising coaster carrying the enterprise's farewell slogan ("We look forward to seeing you again").
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
2025.1
Restaurace a Jídelny
1989
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
Issuer: Restaurace a jídelny (RaJ), Czechoslovakia. Printer/designer not identified. Date: circa 1950s–1970s (tentative) — consistent with the RaJ system and the mid-century graphic style; no printed date.
front of coaster
RESTAURACE A JÍDELNY/PREJEME VÁM DOBROU CHUŤ
Czech
RESTAURANTS AND DINING ROOMS / WE WISH YOU GOOD TASTE
10.5 cm
Cardboard
Pressed/molded wood-pulp board (beer-mat board); printing ink (navy/teal, yellow, pink/red, grey).
Poor
Restaurace a Jídelny
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Hana Flamm
5/6/2022
http://nase-rec.ujc.cas.cz/archiv.php?lang=en&art=4767 An article from the journal "Naše řeč (Our Language)" in 1960 debates whether the abbreviation RaJ denotes a singular or plural speaker when being used in official phrases, such as "RaJ wish[es] you well."
"Restaurace a jídelny" were Czechoslovak catering enterprises founded on a territorial principle at roughly district level, established by the locally competent national committees, operating most of the country's nationalized or newly built dining establishments — pubs, restaurants, bistros, buffets — until 1989, with four official price classes; in smaller settlements the hospitality was instead run by the Jednota consumer cooperative.