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Pioneer Dining Car Line

EN ROUTE

Date
1900-03-31
Restaurant
PIONEER DINING CAR LINE
Place
EN ROUTE
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Occasion
DAILY
Physical description
BROADSIDE; COL; 5 X 7.25;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

blue points on the shell, half dozen$0.25
Chicken gumbo$0.25
Coffee$0.10 – $0.20
Oyster Stew$0.30
English plum pudding$0.20
Old Virginia Peppers$0.15
preserved figs, with cream$0.20
Strawberries with cream$0.15
mushrooms$0.20
French peas$0.20
Calves Sweet Breads Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Olives$0.15
Stuffed olives$0.15
Fried Black Bass with Bacon$0.40
Chow chow$0.10
Sweet Mangoes$0.15
Consomme Julienne$0.20
Apple Fritters with Rum$0.20
Planked Whitefish & Saratoga Chips$0.40
Fricasse of Lamb & French Peas$0.40
Broiled Mallard Duck (1/2) Currant Jelly$0.30
Cucumber$0.20
Preserved Strawberries$0.15
Small Steak & Mushrooms$0.50
Boiled Philadelphia Capon & Oyster Sauce$0.40
Radishes$0.10
Steamed Corn$0.15
Stewed tomatoes$0.25
Celery$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.20
Grapefruit$0.20
Roquefort Cheese, with Crackers$0.20
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.10 – $0.20
GREEN TEA$0.10 – $0.20
Mixed Tea$0.10 – $0.20
MIlk, Pint Pitcher$0.10
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Preserved Peaches$0.15
Preserved white cherries$0.15
Camembert Cheese with Crackers$0.20
BREAD
Butter
Baked Potatoes
Boiled potatoes
White Rock Waukesha Water
Bread and Butter with all Cold Meats or Salads.

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.