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Union Pacific Dining Car Service

EN ROUTE

Date
1901-09-01
Restaurant
UNION PACIFIC DINING CAR SERVICE
Place
EN ROUTE
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
SUPPER
Physical description
CARD; ILLUS; COL; 5.5X7.25;
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Chocolate$0.10
Olives$0.15
Coffee per Pot, per Cup$0.10 – $0.25
Milk$0.10
Cocoa$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
Mangoes$0.15
Broiled Panfish$0.40
Fried Spring Chicken, Cream Sauce, Half$0.50
Sardines$0.25
Boiled Ham$0.35
Ox Tongue$0.35
Cold roast beef$0.45
Baked Beans$0.20
Cold Boned Turkey or Chicken$0.40
Fresh Shrimp or Chicken Salad$0.30
Potatoes Baked or German Fried$0.10
New Asparagus on Toast$0.20
French peas$0.25
Tea Biscuit$0.10
Cream toast$0.25
Milk toast$0.15
Graham Gems$0.10
Batavia Preserving Company's Brown Bread$0.10
Vienna or Graham Bread$0.10
Waffles, Maple Syrup$0.20
Peaches with Cream$0.20
Curtis Bros.' Preserves with Cream$0.25
California Canned Fruit$0.15
Ice Cream with Cake$0.15 – $0.25
FRESH FRUIT$0.15
Stewed california prunes$0.15
Orange marmalade$0.15
Edam or MacLaren's Canadian Cheese with Bent's Crackers$0.20
Bent's Crackers$0.10
Lemonade or Iced Tea$0.15
Bread, Butter and Potatoes Served Free with Meat or Fish Orders Amounting to 40c each
Small Steak, Plain$0.50
Small Steak, Mushroom Sauce$0.70
Small steak, tomato sauce$0.60
Sirloin Steak, plain$0.70
Sirloin Steak, Mushroom Sauce$0.90
Sirloin steak, tomato sauce$0.80
Porterhouse Steak, Plain$1.25
Porterhouse Steak, Mushroom Sauce$1.50
Porterhouse steak, tomato sauce$1.35
Rasher of Bacon served with Broiled Meats$0.10
Veal cutlets, plain$0.45
Veal cutlets with tomato sauce$0.55
Lamb Chops, plain$0.50
Lamb Chops with Tomato Sauce$0.60
ham broiled$0.40
Ham with Eggs$0.50
Eggs, boiled$0.20
Eggs Poached on Toast$0.30
Omelet, plain$0.25
Omelet with Parsley$0.30
Omelet with rum$0.40
No order less than Twenty-Five Cents to each person served
An extra charge of Twenty-Five Cents is made where single order is served to more than one person
Service by Waiter outside of Dining Car Twenty-FIve Cents extra to each person served
Patrons will please exercise patience as all Meats, etc., are cooked to order
Passengers not satisfactorily served will please notify Dining Car Conductor immediately
Tea per Pot, per Cup$0.10 – $0.25
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.15
Fried Panfish$0.40
Veal cutlets, Breaded$0.45
Mutton Chops, plain$0.50
MUTTON CHOPS WITH TOMATO SAUCE$0.60
Ham fried$0.40
bacon broiled$0.40
Bacon fried$0.40
Bacon with Eggs$0.50
Eggs, Scrambled$0.20
Eggs, fried$0.20
Jelly Omelet$0.30
Ham Omelet$0.30

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