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Southern Pacific

The San Francisco Challenger, Southern Pacific

Date
1941-08-01
Restaurant
Southern Pacific
Place
The San Francisco Challenger, Southern Pacific
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
dinner
Physical description
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. fold. ; ill. col.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Baked Salmon, Mission Style
String Beans, in Butter
Potatoes, Saute
Hot Dinner Rolls and Butter
Peach Cobbler, Fruit Sauce
Coffee (Cup)
Ice cream
Milk
Tea (Pot)
Roast Select Lamb, Mint Jelly
String Beans, in Butter
Potatoes, Saute
Hot Dinner Rolls and Butter
Peach Cobbler, Fruit Sauce
Coffee (Cup)
Ice cream
Tea (Pot)
Fillet of Fresh Fish, Saute, Beurre Noir$0.50
Omelet with Fresh Tomatoes$0.40
Creamed Chicken Flakes, a la King$0.60
Grilled Club Steak, Maitre d'Hotel$0.65
Sliced Cold Ham and Tongue, Garnished$0.50

Page 2

Grapefruit (Half), Supreme$0.20
Ripe Olives$0.20
Fresh orange juice$0.10
Chilled Celery$0.20
Tomato Juice$0.10
Fresh Vegetable Soup, in Cup$0.10
Consomme, in Cup$0.10
Fresh grapefruit juice$0.10
Broiled Lamb Chops$0.35 – $0.60
Baked Beans (Hot or Cold) with Brown Bread$0.30
HAM WITH FRIED EGGS$0.40
Bacon with fried eggs$0.40
Spanish Omelet (2 Eggs)$0.40
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.30
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.25
Chilled Peeled Tomato, Stuffed with Chicken Salad$0.40
Fruit salad$0.25
The Salad Bowl (Per Person)$0.25
Potato salad$0.15
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Fried egg sandwich$0.20
Fried Ham Sandwich$0.20
Garden Peas$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.10
Bantam Corn$0.15
Hot Rolls$0.10
Assorted Bread$0.10
Bread and Milk$0.15
Fresh Baked Pie$0.10
Fresh Baked Pie with Cheese$0.15
Fresh Baked Pie a la Mode$0.20
Ice cream$0.10
Ice Cream with Cake$0.20
Peach Melba$0.20
Assorted Table Fruits: Apricots, Peaches, Pears in Syrip$0.20
Orange (Whole)$0.05
Coffee$0.05 – $0.15
Tea (Pot)$0.10
Cocoa (Cup)$0.10
Decaffeinated Coffee (Cup)$0.10
Milk (Half Pint Bottle)$0.05

Page 3

Southern Pacific Special Bottling, Red Wine$0.30 – $0.50
Southern Pacific Special Bottling, White Wine$0.30 – $0.50
Sauterne$0.50 – $0.75
PORT$0.20
Sherry$0.20
California Grape Brandy, Indiv. Bottle$0.25
California Grape Brandy Highball, Indiv. Bottle$0.35
Bourbon or Rye, Indiv. Bottle$0.25
Bourbon or Rye Bonded, Indiv. Bottle$0.35
Bourbon, Bonded (8 Years Old), Indiv. Bottle$0.50
Canadian, Bonded, Indiv. Bottle$0.50
Scotch Whiskey, Indiv. Bottle$0.40
Scotch Whiskey (10 Years Old), Indiv. Bottle$0.50
Gin, Domestic, Indiv. Bottle$0.25
Tom Collins$0.35
Rum, Indiv. Bottle$0.35
Rum Collins$0.40
Manhattan$0.25
Dry Martini$0.25
Old Fashion$0.25
B&B (Benedictine & Brandy, Imported), Indiv. Bottle$0.60
Split of Ginger Ale or Sparkling (Soda) Water (for Highballs)$0.10
Western Beer$0.15
Eastern Beer$0.25
Mexican beer$0.25
Half and Half (Half Ale and Half Porter)$0.15
White Rock water$0.15 – $0.25
Shasta Water$0.25
Canada Dry Water$0.25
Poland Water (Natural)$0.25
Plain Lemonade$0.10
Shasta Lemonade$0.20
White Rock Lemonade$0.25
Ginger Ale$0.15
Fresh Orange Juice, Glass$0.10
Coca-Cola$0.10
7-Up$0.10
Pepsi-Cola$0.10
Root Beer$0.10
Pluto Water$0.15
Alka-Seltzer$0.10
Bromo-Seltzer$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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