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Crusader, Reading New Jersey Central

Restaurant
Crusader, Reading-New Jersey Central
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
daily menu
Physical description
8 x 6 in. fold. ; ill.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Queen olives
Chicken Okra
Tomato Juice
Shrimp Cocktail
Fruit Cup
Broiled Seasonable Fish$1.15
Chicken Croquettes with peas$1.15
Broiled Half Young Chicken with Bacon$1.35
Charcoal Broiled Dinner Steak$1.50
Single Rib Lamb Chops$1.25
Roast Prime Rib of Beef, au Jus$1.25
Tomato stuffed with Chicken Salad$1.00
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$1.00
Omelet with tomatoes$1.00
Ham and eggs, country style$1.15
Potatoes, French fried
Cut Green Corn, Stringless Beans
Lettuce, Tomato Salad, Russian Dressing
Southern Spoon Rolls
Fresh Peach Pie with Cheese
Cantaloupe
Honey Dew Melon
Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce and Cake
Peach Short Cake
Cheese and Crackers
Tea (Hot or Iced)
Milk
Roast beef$1.15
Assorted Cuts$1.25
Scotch Kippered Herring$1.10
Fruit Cup
Rolls
Manhattan Cocktail$0.35
Martini Cocktail$0.35
Rum Collins$0.35
Tom Collins$0.35
Sloe Gin Rickey$0.35
Potatoes, Browned
Coffee (Hot or Iced)
Potato salad
Saratoga Potatoes
Quartered Tomato
Dessert
Beverage
SWEET GHERKINS

Page 2

Sliced Tomatoes$0.25
Cucumbers$0.20
Tomato Juice$0.15
Fruit Cup$0.25
Olives$0.25
Chicken okra soup$0.20 – $0.35
Cream of tomato$0.20 – $0.35
Consomme$0.20 – $0.35
Broiled Seasonable Fish with Potatoes$0.75
Shrimp Cocktail$0.35
Creamed Finnan Haddie on Toast$0.60
Scotch Kippered Herring$0.50
Fresh Tomato Omelet$0.45
Chicken Croquettes with peas$0.60
Broiled Half Young Chicken with Bacon$0.75
Roast Prime Rib of Beef, au Jus$0.70
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.55
Vegetable Platter$0.60
Single Rib Lamb Chop$0.35 – $0.65
Broiled or Fried Ham$0.60
Broiled or Fried Ham with Eggs$0.65
Small Sirloin Steak$0.90
Fried egg sandwich$0.25
Ham Sandwich$0.25
Cold Beef Sandwich$0.30
Cheese Sandwich$0.25
Chicken Sandwich$0.40
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.60
Club sandwich$0.75
Ham and Cheese Combination Sandwich, Rye Bread$0.30
Ham Omelet$0.25
Jelly Omelet$0.55
Parsley Omelet$0.55
Cheese Omelet$0.55
Mushroom Omelet$0.65
Plain Omelet$0.45
Stewed Fresh Tomatoes$0.25
Lima beans$0.25
June Peas$0.25
Cut Green Corn$0.25
Baked Beans$0.25
Stringless Beans$0.25
Hashed browned potatoes$0.20
French fried potatoes$0.20
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.25
Sliced Cold Chicken$0.90
Ham with potato salad$0.65
Welsh rarebit$0.50
Boneless Sardines$0.50
Assorted Cuts, Cold Meat$0.80
Imported Style Frankfurters (Hot or Cold) with Potato Salad$0.50
Lettuce and Asparagus Salad$0.45
Chicken salad$0.90
Potato salad$0.25
Fruit salad$0.45
Shrimp Salad$0.45
Lettuce and Egg Salad$0.40
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
French or Mayonnaise Dressing
Roquefort Dressing$0.15
Rolls, Bran, Raisin or Rye Bread$0.10
Individual Boston Brown Bread$0.15
Whole Wheat Wafers$0.15
MELBA TOAST$0.15
Dry or buttered toast$0.15
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.25
SLICED PEACHES WITH CREAM$0.30
Preserved Figs with Cream$0.35
Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce and Cake$0.25
Fresh Peach Pie with Cheese$0.20
Peach Short Cake$0.30
Cantaloupe$0.25
Honey Dew Melon$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Imported Swiss Gruyere$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Coffee (pot)$0.20
Tea (Pot)$0.25
Coca (Pot)$0.25
Postum (Pot)$0.25
Kaffee Hag (Pot)$0.25
Sanka Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Milk (Individual)$0.15
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15

Page 3

Black and White$0.45
Dewars$0.45
Dawson Old Curio$0.50
Gilbey's Spey Royal$0.45
Grants$0.45
Highland Queen$0.45
Johnnie Walker (Black Label)$0.50
Robertson's$0.45
Stodart$0.45
Vat "69"$0.45
White Horse Cellar$0.45
Canadian Club$0.40
Mt. Vernon (Bottled in Bond)$0.40
Old Overholt (Bottled in Bond)$0.40
Old Schenley (Bottled in Bond)$0.40
Seagram's "VO"$0.40
Old Grand Dad (Bot. in Bond)$0.40
Bourbon De Luxe (Bot. in Bond), (16 years)$0.50
Benedictine$0.45
Benedictine B.&B.$0.45
Brandy, Courvoisier Cognac$0.35
Gin (Domestic)$0.30
Ginger Ale or Charged Water (extra)$0.05
Sloe or Dry Gin Rickeys$0.35
Rum or Tom Collins$0.35
Manhattan$0.35
Old Fashioned$0.40
Bronx$0.35
Dry Martini$0.35
Side Car$0.35
Imported Sherry (Harvey's Cream)$0.35
Imported Port (Harvey's Gold Cap)$0.35
Ale (Domestic)$0.25
BEER$0.25
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.25
Billy Baxter Club Soda$0.15
Poland$0.25
Vichy Celestine$0.35
White Rock$0.15 – $0.25
C. & C. (Imported)$0.35
Canada Dry$0.25
CLICQUOT CLUB SEC.$0.25
Aspirin$0.15
Bromo Seltzer$0.15
Coca-Cola$0.10
Grape Juice (Welch's)$0.15
Lemonade (plain)$0.15
Orangeade (Plain)$0.20
Red Raven$0.20
Root Beer (Hires)$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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