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Great Northern System

DINING CAR

Date
1901-01-01
Restaurant
GREAT NORTHERN SYSTEM
Place
DINING CAR
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BREAKFAST
Occasion
DAILY;
Physical description
CARD; ILLUS; 4.75X7'
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Tea$0.10
Milk$0.10
Cream$0.20
Fruit in Season$0.15
CALIFORNIA BREAKFAST FOOD, WITH CREAM$0.20
Oatmeal, with Cream$0.20
BROILED OR FRIED FISH, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.40
Oysters, raw$0.25
Oysters, stewed$0.35
Oysters, Fried$0.35
Small Steak, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50
Tenderloin, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.60
Sirloin Steak, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.70
steaks with green pea (extra)$0.15
Spring chicken, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50 – $0.85
Chicken Fricassee, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50
Two mutton chops, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.35
Ham, broiled, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.40
Three mutton chops, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50
Ham, Broiled or Fried, with Eggs, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50
Mutton chops with bacon (extra)$0.15
Corned Beef Hash, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.35
CORNED BEEF HASH WITH BACON, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50
Pork Chops, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.45
Pork tenderloin, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.45
Country Sausage$0.20 – $0.35
EGGS --TWO BOILED$0.15
Each additional egg$0.05
Plain Omelet$0.25
Omelet with Parsley$0.30
POTATOES - HASHED, IN CREAM$0.10
Potatoes - French Fried$0.10
POTATOES - HASHED BROWN$0.10
Potatoes - Baked$0.10
Plain Bread$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
HOT CAKES, WITH PURE MAPLE SYRUP$0.15
Coffee$0.10
Cocoa$0.10
Steaks with bacon (extra)$0.15
Steaks with mushrooms (extra)$0.15
Mutton chops with tomato sauce (extra)$0.15
Eggs--Two Fried$0.15
Eggs--Two Scrambled$0.15
Eggs--Two Shirred$0.15
Ham, fried, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.40
BREAKFAST BACON, BROILED, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.40
Breakfast Bacon, fried, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.40
Breakfast Bacon, Broiled or Fried, with Eggs, served with bread, butter, and potatoes$0.50
Omelet with Jelly$0.30
MUFFINS$0.10
Hot Rolls$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.