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New York Central System

Restaurant
New York Central System
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
daily menu
Physical description
9 x 6 in. fold. ; ill.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Soup du Jour, cup$0.25
Jellied Consomme, Cup$0.35
Clam Bouillon, Hot$0.25
Consomme, hot, cup$0.30
Fruit Cup$0.30
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.25
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.30
Two-Tone Cocktail$0.30
Chilled Prune Juice$0.25
Chilled Tomato Juice
Fruit Cup
Apricot Shortcake a la Mode$0.35
Oven Baked Beans (Hot or Cold), Brown Bread$0.50
Fresh Fish with Potatoes$0.90
N. Y. C. Baked Apple$0.25
The 20th century salad bowl ry krisp ( per person)$60.00
Apricots, peaches, or pineapple in syrup$0.25
Macaroni Chipolata, Garden Vegetable$1.00
Assorted Bread
Tea
N.Y.C Special Coffee
Individual Milk
Omelette with Creamed Mushrooms, Garden Vegetable and Potatoes$1.10
Fricassee of Ham on Toasted Tea Biscuit, Chiffonade Salad$0.85
Ragout of Milk-Fed Veal en Casserole with Parisienne Vegetable and Potatoes$1.15
Soup du Jour
Eggs, boiled$0.35 – $0.40
Grilled Lamb Chops (2) with Potatoes$1.25
Assorted Vegetables with Poached Egg$0.85
Garden Vegetable$0.35
Stewed prunes$0.30
Figs in syrup$0.35
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.30
Assorted Cookies$0.15
ORANGE JUICE, ICED$0.25
EXTRACTED HONEY$0.25
Orange; Sliced$0.15 – $0.25
Orange marmalade$0.25
Cream Cheese with Date Nut Bread, Guava Jelly$0.35
Moselle Wine 1/4 Bottle, American$0.40
Sauterne 1/4 Bottle, Imported$1.00
Sauterne 1/4 Bottle, American$0.40
Claret 1/4 Bottle, Imported$1.00
Claret 1/4 Bottle, American$0.40
Riesling 1/4 Bottle, American$0.40
Domestic Ale or Beer$0.30
Benedictine$0.60
Apricot Brandy$0.50
Creme de Menthe$0.50
Old Fashioned Cocktail$0.50
Manhattan Cocktail$0.40
Martini Cocktail$0.40
Ripe Olives$0.25
Celery Hearts, Iced$0.35
French Sardines in Olive Oil$0.60
Chicken salad$0.90
Cold Country Ham, Mexican Salad$0.85
Potato salad$0.30
Lettuce$0.35
Lettuce and Tomato$0.40
Pineapple Salad N.Y.C., French Dressing$0.50
Sliced Smoked Tongue, Potato Salad$0.85
Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
COMBINATION SALAD$0.45
Thousand Island Dressing$0.15
Mexican salad$0.30
Chiffonade Salad$0.35
Mayonnaise dressing$0.15
Cocoa (Pot for One)$0.25
Postum (Pot for One)$0.25
Coffee (demi-tasse)$0.15
Individual Milk$0.15
Sanka Coffee (Pot for One)$0.25
Malted Milk (Pot for One)$0.25
Orange Pekoe, India, English Breakfast, Oolong or Green Tea (Pot for One)$0.25
Kaffee Hag Coffee (Pot for One)$0.25
N.Y.C. Special Coffee with Cream (Pot)$0.25
Crackers$0.10
Ry-Krisp$0.15
Cream toast$0.45
Milk toast$0.30
French Toast with Jelly or Honey$0.40
YEAST CAKE$0.10
Date Nut Bread$0.15
Toast, Dry or Buttered$0.15
White, Whole Wheat or Rye Bread$0.15
Liederkranz$0.40
Oka$0.40
Argentine Blue$0.40
Potatoes, French fried$0.25
Potatoes, Fondante$0.20
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Imported Frankfurters (Hot or Cold), Potato Salad$0.70
Broiled Ham$0.35 – $0.70
Broiled Ham with eggs$0.70
Grilled French Sardines, Toasted Whole Wheat Bread, Sliced Tomatoes$0.75
Minute Steak Grilled with Potatoes$1.60
Fried Spring Chicken (half) with potatoes$1.10
Eggs, Poached on toast$0.40
Omelettes, Plain$0.50
Omelettes, Parsley$0.65
Omelettes, Chopped Ham$0.65
Cherry Pie$0.20
Cherry Pie a la Mode$0.30
Fig Pudding, 20th Century Sauce$0.25
N.Y.C. Vanilla Ice Cream$0.25
Grape Fruit on Ice, Half$0.25
Clam Bouillon, Cold$0.25
Broiled Spring Chicken (Half) with Potatoes$1.10
Eggs, fried$0.35
Eggs, Scrambled$0.35
Omelettes, jelly$0.65
Omelettes, Bacon$0.65
Broiled Bacon$0.70
Broiled Ham, Half Portion$0.35
Broiled Bacon, Half Portion$0.35
Broiled bacon with eggs$0.70
Green olives$0.25

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.