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Southern Pacific

Date
1938-01-01
Restaurant
Southern Pacific
Place
Southern Pacific
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
supper
Physical description
8 x 5 1/2 in. fold. ; ill.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 1

Ripe Olives$0.25
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Celery$0.25
Soup in Tureen$0.30
Consomme (Cup)$0.20
Grilled Sardines (Imported) on Toast$0.60
Grilled Sardines (Domestic)$0.50
Fresh Fish, Du Jour$0.75
Club Steak$1.00
Tenderloin Steak$1.25
Select Lamb Chops (1)$0.45
Select Lamb Chops (2)$0.85
Whole Squab Chicken$1.15
Ox Tongue with Potato Salad$0.85
Ham with potato salad$0.80
Cold Ham and Chicken with Salad Bowl$1.00
Boston Baked Beans (Hot or Cold)$0.45
Sardines (Imported)$0.50
Sardines (Domestic)$0.40
Potatoes: Hashed and Browned or French Fried$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.20
Stewed Corn$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.25
Lima beans$0.25
Asparagus (Hot or Cold)$0.35
Hearts of Lettuce$0.25
The Salad Bowl (Per Person)$0.25
Lettuce and Tomato$0.25
Chicken salad$0.65
Special Combination Salad$0.50
Potato salad$0.25
Bread and Butter: (Raisin, Prune, Rye, Graham, or White)$0.15
Ry Krisp$0.15
Dry or buttered toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.35
Cream toast$0.45
Dry Cereals with Cream$0.30
Fresh Fruit Pie (Baked on Car)$0.20
Figs in syrup$0.30
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.30
Strained Honey (Individual)$0.25
Ice cream$0.25
with Cake$0.35
Assorted Preserves$0.25
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Table Fruits: Peaches, Pears or Apricots in Syrup$0.30
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.25
Breakfast Prunes$0.25
Domestic Cheese with Toasted Crackers$0.25
Swiss Cheese with Toasted Crackers$0.35
Roquefort Cheese with Toasted Crackers$0.35
Coffee with Cream (Pot)$0.25
Coffee with Cream (Cup)$0.15
Coffee, demi tasse$0.15
Cereal Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Decaffeinated Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Teas: English Breakfast, Green, Orange Pekoe, Ceylon (Pot)$0.25
Jasmine Tea (Pot)$0.25
Iced Tea (Pot)$0.25
Malted Milk$0.25
Full Cream Milk (Bottle)$0.15
Chocolate or Cocoa (Pot)$0.25
Buttermilk (Half Pint Bottle)$0.15

Page 2

Fresh Fish, Broiled or Fried$0.90
Omelet with Jelly$1.00
Creamed Shredded Chicken on Toast$1.10
Cold Ham and Chicken, Potato Salad$1.10
Broiled Lamb Chops$1.25
Grilled Sirloin or Tenderloin Steak$1.25
Half a bottle of wine$0.50
Consomme
Julienne Soup
GREEN PEAS
French fried potatoes
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Assorted Bread
Fresh Fruit Pie
Swiss Cheese, Toasted Crackers
Ice Cream with Cake
Tea
Coffee
Decaffeinated Coffee
Chocolate
Milk
Iced tea
Iced coffee

Page 3

Bromo Seltzer (Individual)$0.15
Pluto Water$0.20
Red Raven Water$0.20
Coca-Cola$0.10
Grape Juice Highball$0.25
Grape Juice, Red (4 oz. Bottle)$0.20
Ginger Ale (Dry or Aromatic)$0.25
Orange Juice (Glass)$0.25
Apollinaris Lemonade$0.30
White Rock Lemonade$0.30
Shasta Lemonade$0.25
Plain Lemonade$0.15
Poland Water (Natural)$0.30
Vichy Water (Celestins)$0.35
Perrier Water$0.30
Apollinaris Water$0.20 – $0.30
Calso Water$0.25
Shasta Water$0.25
White Rock water$0.20 – $0.30

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.