The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

16,525 menus
64,352 scanned pages
1851–2008

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Southern Pacific

August 1, 1937

On this menu 78 dishes

Orange Juice$0.25
Grapefruit Juice$0.25
Pineapple Juice$0.25
Tomato Juice$0.25
Kraut Juice$0.25
Fresh figs with cream$0.35
Chilled Melon (Portion)$0.25
Fresh berries with cream$0.35
Baked Beans with Brown Bread$0.45
Pineapple Juice$0.25
Grapefruit$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.25
Hashed and Browned Potatoes$0.25
Saute Potatoes$0.25
Griddle Cakes with Syrup$0.35
Griddle Cakes with Honey$0.45
Bran Muffins$0.15
Sliced Fresh Peaches with Cream$0.35
Omelette with jelly$0.65
KIPPERED HERRING WITH SCRAMBLED EGGS$0.65
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.70
Omelette with Minced Virginia Ham$0.70
Griddle Cakes, Special Sausage$0.75
Prune Bread Toast$0.15
Sliced Orange$0.25
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.30
Fruit Preserves (Individual)$0.25
Breakfast Prunes$0.25
Orange Juice$0.25
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.25
Strained Honey (Individual)$0.25
Figs in syrup$0.30
Table Fruits: Apricots, Pears or Peaches in Syrup$0.30
Breakfast Cereals, Dry or Cooked, with Cream$0.30
Ham or Bacon$0.70
[Ham or Bacon] Half Portion$0.40
Select Lamb Chops (1)$0.40
Select Lamb Chops (2)$0.75
Dry or buttered toast$0.15
Eggs: Boiled, Fried, Scrambled or Shirred (2)$0.30
Bacon or Ham and Eggs$0.70
Omelet, plain$0.50
OMELET WITH PARSLEY OR JELLY$0.65
Poached eggs on toast (2)$0.40
Milk toast$0.35
Cream toast$0.45
Coffee with Cream (Pot)$0.25
Coffee with Cream (Cup)$0.15
Cereal Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Decaffeinated Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Southern Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Southern Coffee (Cup)$0.15
Chocolate or Cocoa (Pot)$0.25
Teas: English Breakfast, Green, Orange Pekoe, Ceylon, Jasmine (Pot)$0.25
Malted Milk$0.25
Full Cream Milk (Bottle)$0.15
French Toast with Guasti Wine Jelly$0.45
Bromo-Seltzer (Individual)$0.15
Pluto Water, split$0.20
Red Raven Water, split$0.20
Poland Water (Natural), half bottle$0.30
Perrier Water, half bottle$0.30
Coca-Cola$0.10
Orange Juice (Glass)$0.25
White Rock Water, half bottle$0.30
White Rock Water, split$0.20
Shasta Water, half bottle$0.25
Calso Water, half bottle$0.25
Apollinaris Water, half bottle$0.30
Apollinaris Water, split$0.20
Vichy Water (Celestins), half bottle$0.35
Plain Lemonade$0.15
Shasta Lemonade$0.25
White Rock Lemonade$0.30
Apollinaris Lemonade$0.30
Ginger Ale (Dry or Aromatic), half bottle$0.25
Grape Juice, Red (4 oz. Bottle)$0.20
Grape Juice Highball$0.25