What's on the Menu? An interesting progression of menus of the meals served at the majestic Hotel St. Catherine on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles, California. It also contains advertising brochures, post cards, match covers and other memorabilia for a quarter century starting about 1920 through 1945. Avalon is where the creme de la creme of Hollywood went to relax and party during the golden movie age and the St Catherine was the grandest hotel of the island at the time. You will be delighted to see how the food on the menus makes great reading and reveals how tastes have changed over the years.