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Indispensable Napkin Dispensers

A napkin dispenser can be a very handy item to have on your kitchen table. You see them at casual restaurants and diners everywhere, but they are very practical to have at home as well. Usually made of metal, they stand either vertically or horizontally. You can load up a large quantity of napkins at a time and it is easy to remove just one napkin at a time. The most common ones are black, but you can find them in a variety of colors as well. They can be accessed from one or both sides of the dispenser. It is a very hygienic way to dispense napkins, as the ones on the inside are not exposed to other hands or dirt particles from the air.

Of course you will have to buy special napkins for most napkin dispensers. They are folded a particular way to it is easy to remove one from the dispenser. You can find both the napkins and dispensers at restaurant supply companies on the Web. Try www.fodservicedirect.com or www.ReStockIt.com. Prices start at $10 per dispenser.

For a more whimsical napkin dispenser, visit the Coca-Cola Web site, www.coca-colastore.com. You can find bright red napkin dispensers featuring the original Coca-Cola five cent logo. They also offer matching toothpick and straw dispensers. You can find other replicas or original diner napkin dispensers on www.eBay.com. There are those with Morton Salt logos and also red, white and blue Pepsi-Cola dispensers. One of the most interesting napkin dispensers from many years ago is a Wise Owl Quizzette coin operated napkin dispenser. You could get the napkins out for free, but if you wanted to take a little quiz while waiting for your food to arrive, you simply inserted a penny into the dispenser and a card would come out with a question. To get the answer you had to put in an additional penny for the next card. Perhaps old napkin dispensers will be the next hot collectable, so you may want to start looking for some now.

You could even plan an entire party around replicas of old napkin dispensers. Make it a 1950s theme and have everyone come in costume. Play 50s music and find out what kind of dances they did. Then have a dance contest. Have other decorations and paper goods with a 1950s theme such as hula hoops, posters of famous movie stars at the time, and 45 RPM records.

Whether your goal is strictly for practical use or as a collector's item, a napkin dispenser can be a valued possession in any household.