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Burlington Route A.E.White Commissary

Date
1900-06-01
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Champagne: Veuve Cliquot (Yellow Label)$2.00 – $3.50
Champagne: Pommery & Greno Sec$2.00 – $3.50
Champagne: G.H. Mumms Extra Dry$2.00 – $3.50
Champagne: Moet & Chandon White Seal$2.00 – $3.50
Champagne: Dry Monopole, Extra$2.00 – $3.50
Champagne: Louis Roederer Grand Vin Sec$2.00 – $3.50
Champagne: Cook's Imperial$1.25 – $2.00
Haut Sauterne, Cruse & Fils Freres$1.00 – $2.00
Sauterne, Cuse & Fils Freres$0.75 – $1.25
Imported Claret: Pontet Canet, Cruse & Fils Freres$1.00 – $2.00
Imported Claret: St. Julien, Cruse & Fils Freres$0.50 – $1.00
American Wine: RIESLING (White Dry)$0.40 – $0.75
American Wine: ZINFANDEL, California$0.40 – $0.75
American Wine: BURGUNDY, California$0.40 – $0.75
American Wine: SAUTERNE, California$0.40 – $0.75
Amontillado Sherry$0.20 – $0.80
Fine Old Port$0.25
Bass Ale (White Label)$0.30
Guinness Dublin Porter$0.30
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BUDWEISER BEER$0.15
Beer: Pabst$0.15
Val BLatz Milwaukee Beer$0.15
Beer: Schoenhofen's Edelweiss$0.15
Seipp's Salvator Beer$0.15
Ginger Ale, Imported$0.25
Congress Water$0.25
Lemp's St. Louis Beer$0.15
GINGER ALE, Hydrox$0.15
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.25
CLUB SODA WATER, imported$0.25
Londonderry Lithia Water$0.25
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS WATER (Concentrated Pluto)$0.15 – $0.35
Mineral Water: Hunyadi Janos$0.15 – $0.35
Irish Whiskey, Jameson$0.20 – $0.60
Scotch Whiskey, Buchanan$0.20 – $0.60
National Club Bourbon Whiskey$0.20 – $0.60
Westmoreland Rye Whiskey$0.20 – $0.60
Clarke's Pure Rye Whiskey$0.20 – $0.60
Canadian Club Whiskey$0.20 – $0.80
Bromo-Soda, for headaches and car sickness$0.15 – $0.35
Williams & Newman Old Fashion Cocktails$0.20
Creme de Menthe$0.25
Old Tom Gin$0.20 – $0.65
Cognac Brandy$0.35 – $1.00
Cigars, imported$0.15 – $0.25
Cigars, Key West$0.10 – $0.25
Cigars, Domestic$0.10 – $0.25
Cigarettes$0.10 – $0.20
Beer: Schlitz$0.15
Hathorn$0.25
"Burlington Route Playing Cards"$0.15

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preserved figs, with cream$0.20
Strawberries, with Cream$0.25
Fruit in Season$0.15
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.10 – $0.25
Coffee, per pot, per cup$0.10 – $0.25
Chocolate$0.10
Breakfast Rolls$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
Broiled Salt Mackerel$0.35
Pillsbury's Vitos with Cream$0.25
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.15
Broiled Whitefish$0.35
Fried Spring Chicken$0.50
Broiled Spring Chicken$0.50
Milk toast$0.15
Corned Beef Hash$0.25
Sirloin Steak$0.70
Tenderloin Steak$0.60
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.75
Tenderloin steak with tomato sauce$0.70
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.85
Sirloin steak with Tomato Sauce$0.80
Porterhouse Steak$1.00
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$1.25
Porterhouse steak with tomato sauce$1.15
Extra Porterhouse Steak, plain (for two,)$1.50
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.35
Mutton Chops, plain$0.45
MUTTON CHOPS WITH TOMATO SAUCE$0.55
Mutton Chops with French Peas$0.60
Armour's Star Ham$0.35
Armour's Star Ham with Eggs$0.50
Boiled eggs$0.15
Eggs Poached on Toast$0.30
Omelet, plain$0.25
Omelet with Parsley$0.30
Baked Potatoes$0.10
New Potatoes, in Cream$0.10
White Bread$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Wheat Cakes, with Maple Syrup$0.20
Oolong Tea$0.10 – $0.25
GREEN TEA$0.10 – $0.25
Oatmeal, with Cream$0.25
Tenderloin steak with bacon$0.70
Sirloin Steak with bacon$0.80
Porterhouse Steak with Bacon$1.15
Lamb Chops, plain$0.45
Lamb Chops with Tomato Sauce$0.55
Lamb Chops with French Peas$0.60
bacon$0.35
Bacon with Eggs$0.50
Fried Eggs$0.15
Scrambled Eggs$0.15
Omelet with Jelly$0.30
French fried potatoes$0.10
Corn bread$0.10
Dipped Toast$0.10
Corn Cakes, with Maple Syrup$0.20
Milk$0.10
BREAD
Butter
Potatoes

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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