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Wisconsin Central Railway Co.

PASSENGER STATION,CHICAGO,[IL?]

Date
1900-12-25
Restaurant
WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
Place
PASSENGER STATION,CHICAGO,[IL?]
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DINNER
Occasion
DAILY;
Physical description
BOOKLET;ILLUS;COL;5.5X7.5;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5
  6. Page 6
  7. Page 7
  8. Page 8

Dishes

Page 4

Little Neck clams$0.25
Blue Points on half shell$0.25
Consomme$0.15
Green Sea Turtle Soup$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
Celery$0.15
Small-Mouth Black Bass with Bacon$0.35
Broiled Lake Superior Whitefish$0.35
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.15
Prime Roast Beef$0.35
Roast Quail, Larded$0.50
Roast Wild Turkey, Oyster Dressing$0.50
Roast Butterball Duck with Jelly$0.35
Fresh Brussels sprouts$0.20
Asparagus on Toast$0.20
Baked Potatoes$0.10
Mashed potatoes$0.10
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Fresh Lobster Salad$0.40
Chicken salad$0.35
Roman Punch
Home-made mince pie$0.15
English Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce$0.20
Neapolitan Ice Cream with Assorted Cake$0.25
Strawberries and Cream$0.35
Edam Cheese with Bent's Water Crackers$0.20
Roquefort Cheese with Bent's Water Crackers$0.20
Young Hyson Tea, per pot$0.10
English Breakfast Tea, per pot$0.10
coffee, per cup$0.10
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Cream, per glass$0.15
MILK, PER GLASS$0.10
Assorted Fruit$0.15
Sunshine Kisses, Assorted Flavors$0.15
Waukesha Silurian Spring Water
Bread and Butter and Fried Potatoes Served Free with Hot Meat or Fish Orders
Whitefish$36.00

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Duc de Montebello, Brut$2.00 – $3.50
G.H. Mumm & Co., Extra Dry$2.00 – $3.50
Pommery & Greno, Sec$2.00 – $3.50
Dry Monopole (Heidsieck & Co.)$2.00 – $3.50
Cook's Imperial$1.00 – $2.00
Chas. Heidsieck Bebe Sec, half pts.$1.00
Boshamer, Leon & Co., Bordeaux:
Haut Sauternes, 1889$0.75 – $1.25
Latour Blanche$1.00 – $2.00
Boshamer, Leon & Co., Bordeaux:
St. Julien, 1888$0.75 – $1.25
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $1.50
Riesling, Cal.$0.50
Zinfandel, Cal.$0.50
Poulet Pere et Fils, Beaune:
Pommard$1.00
Amontillado Sherry$0.50
Fine Old Port$0.50
Bass' Ale (Dogs Head)$0.30
Guinness' Dublin Porter$0.30
Pabst$0.15
Lemp St. Louis Extra Pale Export Beer$0.15
Tosetti Pilsener$0.15
Ginger Ale, Imported$0.25
Ginger Ale, "Waukesha"$0.15
Cigarettes (Waldorf Egyptian)$0.25
Ginger Ale, "Chippewa Falls"$0.15
Club Soda$0.25
Hathorn Water$0.25
Congress Water$0.25
Apollinaris Water$0.25
Apollinaris water, Splits$0.15
Cigars$0.08 – $0.25
White Rock "Ozonate" Lithia Water$0.25
Hunyadi Janos, per glass$0.10
Creme de Menthe, per glass$0.15
Cognac Brandy$0.75
Bromo Seltzer (Emerson's), per glass$0.10
Scotch Whisky (King William), per glass$0.20
Old Tom Gin$0.25 – $0.50
Scotch Whisky (Dewars's), individual bottle$0.25
Bourbon Whisky, individual bottle$0.15 – $0.50
Rye Whisky$0.15 – $0.50
J. E. Seagram's Canadian Whisky$0.35
Whisky Cocktail$0.20
Gin Cocktail$0.20
Manhattan Cocktail$0.20
Schlitz$0.15
Blatz Milwaukee Export$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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