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Great Northern System Dining Car

EN ROUTE

Date
1901-01-01
Restaurant
GREAT NORTHERN SYSTEM - DINING CAR
Place
EN ROUTE
Venue
COM
Event
BREAKFAST
Physical description
BROADSHEET; ILLUS; COL; 4.75 X 7;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Fruit in Season$0.15
Malt breakfast food, with cream$0.20
CALIFORNIA BREAKFAST FOOD, WITH CREAM$0.20
oatmeal with cream$0.20
Oysters, raw$0.25
Stewed$0.35
fried$0.35
Broiled Whitefish$0.40
Salmon$0.40
Tenderloin Steak$0.60
Sirloin Steak$0.50
Extra sirloin steak$0.70
Porterhouse Steak$1.00
steaks with green peas$0.15
Two mutton chops$0.35
Country Sausage$0.35
WITH BACON SAUCE , EXTRA$0.15
Spring chicken$0.85
Plain Bread$0.10
Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.15
Ham, broiled$0.40
Omelette with parsley$0.30
Eggs: Two boiled$0.15
Milk$0.10
Each additional egg$0.05
Milk toast$0.15
Plain Omelette$0.25
Hashed in Cream$0.10
Hashed Brown$0.10
Cream$0.20
French Fried$0.10
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Baked$0.10
Green tea, per cup$0.10
Bread, Butter and Potatoes Served Free With Meat And Fish Orders.
Potatoes
STEAKS WITH BACON, EXTRA$0.15
STEAKS WITH MUSHROOMS, EXTRA$0.15
Three mutton chops$0.50
Fried whitefish$0.40
TOMATO SAUCE, EXTRA$0.15
Breakfast bacon, broiled$0.40
Ham, fried$0.40
Breakfast Bacon, fried$0.40
Ham, broiled, with eggs$0.50
Ham, fried, with eggs$0.50
BREAKFAST BACON, BROILED, WITH EGGS$0.50
BREAKFAST BACON, FRIED, WITH EGGS$0.50
Spring chicken, half$0.50
MUFFINS$0.10
Hot Rolls
Dry Toast$0.10
BUTTERERD TOAST$0.10
EGGS: TWO, FRIED$0.15
EGGS: TWO, SCRAMBLED$0.15
EGGS: TWO, SHIRRED$0.15
Omelette with jelly$0.30
English breakfast tea, per cup$0.10
coffee, per cup$0.10

Page 2

G.H. Mumm & Co., Extra Dry$2.00
Moet & Chandon (White Seal)$2.00
Clicquot$2.00
Cook's Imperial, Extra Dry$1.25
Dog's Head Bass Ale$0.30
Guinness' Dublin Stout Porter$0.30
English Club Soda$0.25
Belfast Ginger Ale$0.25
Apollinaris Water$0.25
Zinfandel$0.25
Hathorn Water
Hunyadi Water, per glass 20c,$0.20 – $0.50
Riesling$0.50
Lemonade, per Glass$0.15
Medoc (Cruse & Fils Freres)$0.50
St. Julien (Cruse & Fils Freres)$0.75
Pontet Canet (Cruse & Fils Freres)$1.25
Chateau la Rose (Cruse & Fils Freres)$1.50
Sauternes (Cruse & Fils Freres)$1.00
Latour Blanche (Cruse & Fils Freres)$1.50
Hennessy Brandy, Vintage '75$0.30
Rye Whiskey$0.20
Bourbon Whiskey$0.20
SCOTCH WHISKEY$0.25
Amontillado Sherry$0.25
Tom Gin$0.20
Whiskey Cocktail$0.20
Gin Cocktail$0.20
Manhattan Cocktail$0.20
Martini Cocktail$0.20
Hamm's Export Beer, St. Paul$0.25 – $0.40
Schlitz's Export Beer, Milwaukee$0.25 – $0.40
Pabst's Select Beet, Milwaukee$0.25 – $0.40
Budweiser Select Beer, St. Louis$0.25 – $0.40
N.W. Golden Grain Belt Beer, MPLS. Brewing Co.$0.25 – $0.40
Rainier Beer, Seattle Brewing and Malting Co.$0.25 – $0.40
Imported, Key West and Domestic$0.10 – $0.25
Cigarettes$0.20 – $0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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