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Great Northern System Dining Cars

EN ROUTE

Date
1901-01-01
Restaurant
GREAT NORTHERN SYSTEM - DINING CARS
Place
EN ROUTE
Venue
COM
Event
BUFFET SERVICE [BREAKFAST]
Physical description
BROADSIDE; ILLUS; 4.5 X 7;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Ox Tail soup$0.20
Mock turtle soup$0.20
Julienne Soup$0.20
Tomato Soup$0.20
Chicken Soup$0.20
Oysters, raw$0.25
Stewed Oysters$0.35
Boneless jellied chicken$0.35
Sugar Cured Ham$0.25
Ox Tongue$0.25
imported sardines$0.30
Salmon$0.25
Boston baked beans$0.15
Ham Sandwich$0.10
Chicken Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.10
Milk$0.10
Cream$0.20
Chocolate$0.20
Black tea$0.10
Coffee$0.10
GREEN TEA$0.10
English plum pudding with punch sauce$0.25
Sliced pineapple$0.15
Orange marmalade$0.15
White cherries$0.15
Pickles$0.10
Queen olives$0.10
Crackers and Cheese$0.10
Small porterhouse steak, plain$0.60
Potatoes$0.10
Plain Bread$0.10
Mutton Chops$0.50
Breakfast Bacon$0.40
Breakfast Bacon with Eggs$0.50
Sugar Cured Ham$0.40
Sugar Cured Ham with Eggs$0.50
Small porterhouse steak with mushrooms or bacon$0.75
Vienna sausage$0.35
Each additional egg$0.05
Two boiled eggs$0.15
Two Fried Eggs$0.15
Two Scrambled Eggs$0.15
Two Shirred Eggs$0.15
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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