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Southern Pacific

Date
1938-05-01
Restaurant
Southern Pacific
Place
Southern Pacific
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
breakfast
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

Orange or Grapefruit Juice$0.25
Pineapple Juice$0.25
Tomato Juice$0.25
Kraut Juice$0.25
Chilled Melon (Portion)$0.25
Fresh berries with cream$0.35
Baked Beans with Melba Toast$0.45
KIPPERED HERRING WITH SCRAMBLED EGGS$0.65
Omelette with jelly$0.65
Omelette with Minced Virginia Ham$0.70
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.70
Griddle Cakes, Special Sausage$0.75
Prune Bread Toast$0.15
The Marmalade Jar (Per Person)$0.10
Sliced Orange$0.25
Orange Juice$0.25
Grapefruit$0.25
Pineapple Juice$0.25
Breakfast Prunes$0.25
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.30
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.25
Fruit Preserves (Individual)$0.25
Strained Honey (Individual)$0.25
Figs in syrup$0.30
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)$0.45
Select Lamb Chops (2)$0.85
Eggs: Boiled, Fried, Scrambled or Shirred (2)$0.30
Bacon or Ham and Eggs$0.70
Omelet, plain$0.65
OMELET WITH PARSLEY OR JELLY$0.75
Poached eggs on toast (2)$0.45
French Fried$0.25
Hashed and Browned$0.25
Saute$0.25
Dry or buttered toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.35
Bran Muffins$0.15
Cream toast$0.45
French Toast with Guasti Wine Jelly$0.45
Griddle Cakes with Syrup$0.35
Griddle Cakes with Honey$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

Page 2

Orange Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Pineapple Juice
Breakfast Prunes
Sliced Bananas with Cream
Fresh berries with cream
Grapefruit
Tomato Juice
Kraut Juice
Chilled Melon
Breakfast No. 1$1.00
Breakfast No. 2$0.90
Breakfast No. 3$0.75
Breakfast No. 4$0.65
Breakfast No. 5$0.50
The Marmalade Jar (Per Person)$0.10
Tea
Tea
Tea
Tea
Tea
Coffee
Coffee
Coffee
Broiled Lamb Chop (1), Natural
Calf's liver with bacon
Grilled Breakfast Steak, Hoteliere
Hot Muffins
Hot Muffins
Hot Muffins
Hot Muffins
Hot Muffins
Ham or Bacon and Eggs
Shirred Eggs with Little Pig Sausage, Bercy
One Fruit and Cereal with Cream
Two Fruits listed Above
One Fruit and Cereal with Cream
Two Fruits listed Above
Two Fruits listed Above
One Fruit and Cereal with Cream
Two Eggs: Boiled, Fried, Scrambled or Shirred
Ham or Bacon (Reduced Portion) with One Egg
Griddle Cakes with Sausage or Bacon
Toast
Decaffeinated Coffee
One Fruit Listed Above
CEREAL WITH CREAM
Toast
One Fruit Listed Above
Cinnamon Raisin Toast with Home Made Jelly
One Fruit Listed Above
Toast
CEREAL WITH CREAM
Toast
Coffee
Decaffeinated Coffee
Toast
Cocoa
Milk
Decaffeinated Coffee
Cocoa
Milk
Cocoa
Milk
Decaffeinated Coffee
Cocoa
Milk
Coffee
Decaffeinated Coffee
Cocoa
Milk

Page 3

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

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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