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Illinois Central Railroad

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ROUTE

Date
1900-05-01
Restaurant
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
Place
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ROUTE
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
LUNCHEON
Physical description
CARD; ILLUS; COL; 5X7;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Oysters
Raw. 1/2 doz.,$0.25
Stewed, 1/2 doz.,$0.25
Fried, 1/2 doz.,$0.30
Queen olives$0.15
Pickles$0.10
Celery$0.15
Fish
Broiled
Tenderloin Steak$0.50
Soups (with Bread and Butter)
Sirloin Steak$0.60
Mutton chops (2)$0.45
Tomato Omelet with Bacon$0.40
Ham or Bacon served with above Meat orders,$0.15
Ham and eggs$0.50
Cold
Ham or Bacon served with above Meat orders,$0.15
Sandwiches-Ham, Corned Beef or Tongue,$0.10
Chicken$0.15
Baked Beans$0.20
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Sardines$0.25
Roast beef$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.20
Spinach$0.15
Ham or tongue$0.35
Hot House Beets$0.15
Chicken salad$0.35
Vegetables
Sugar Corn$0.15
Bread - Plain, French, Graham or Brown$0.10
Potatoes-Hashed, Brown, Boiled or Saratoga Chips$0.10
Pudding
Early June Peas$0.15
Home Made Pie
Assorted Fruit$0.15
Preserves, .20
Edam or McLaren's Cheese$0.15
Water Crackers$0.10
Tea or Coffee, cup, pot$0.10 – $0.15
Cream, per glass$0.20
MILK, PER GLASS$0.10
Bread, Butter and Potatoes free with individual Meat or Fish orders amounting to 40c

Page 2

Louis Roderer Brut$2.00 – $3.50
G. H. Mumm's (Extra Dry)$2.00 – $3.50
Pommery (Sec)$2.00 – $3.50
Cook's Imperial$1.25
Bromo Soda$0.10 – $0.35
Hunyadi (Janos)$0.10 – $0.35
Hathorn Water$0.25
Congress Water$0.25
Manitou Water$0.25
Londonderry Lithia Water$0.25
Apollinaris Water$0.15 – $0.25
Belfast Ginger Ale$0.25
Club Soda$0.25
Dubuque Malting Co. Beer$0.20
Val Blatz Brewing Co. Beer$0.20
Creme de Menthe$0.25
Cocktails (Manhattan, Martini, Whiskey)$0.20
Sherry$0.20
Gin (Booth's Old Tom)$0.20
Old Bourbon Whiskey$0.20 – $1.00
Old Rye Whiskey$0.20 – $1.00
Old Irish Whiskey$0.20
Old Scotch Whiskey$0.20
New Hope Whiskey$0.20
Fine Old Brandy$0.30
Riesling$0.40 – $0.75
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.50
Sauterne$0.75 – $1.25
Grand Vin Chateau Yquem$2.00 – $3.50
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
St. Julien$0.50 – $1.00
Zinfandel$0.30 – $0.50
Bass Ale (White Label)$0.25
Guinness' Stout$0.25
Lemp's Extra Pale Beer$0.20
Pabst Export Beer$0.20
Budweiser Beer$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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