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Southern Pacific

The Beaver, Southern Pacific

Date
1941-07-01
Restaurant
Southern Pacific
Place
The Beaver, Southern Pacific
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
breakfast
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 2

Fillet of Fresh Fish, Saute, Meuniere$0.50
Scrambled Eggs with Minced Ham$0.35
Corned Beef Hash (Browned) with Poached Egg$0.30
Little Pig Sausage (5), Fried Apple Rings$0.40
Broiled Breakfast Steak$0.70
Orange Juice
Orange Juice
Grapefruit (Half)
Baked Prunes
Cooked Cereal with Cream
Dry Cereal with Cream
Little Pig Sausage with Scrambled Eggs
Bacon and eggs
MUFFINS
Toast
Coffee (Cup)
Milk
Tea (Pot)
Tea (Pot)
Dry Cereal with Cream
MUFFINS
Toast
Cooked Cereal with Cream
Coffee (Cup)
Milk
Bread and Butter
Tomato Juice
Baked Prunes
Tomato Juice
Pineapple Juice

Page 3

Fresh orange juice$0.10
Tomato Juice$0.10
Fresh grapefruit juice$0.10
Sliced Orange$0.15
Orange (Whole)$0.10
Grapefruit (Half)$0.15
Baked Prunes$0.15
Baked Prunes with Cream$0.20
The Marmalade Jar (Per Person)$0.10
Dry Cereal with Cream$0.20
Broiled Ham$0.40
HAM WITH FRIED EGGS$0.40
Griddle Cakes with Sausage (3)$0.40
Lamb Chops (1)$0.30
Lamb Chops (2)$0.55
Two Eggs: Boiled$0.20
Two Eggs: Poached on Toast$0.30
Omelet (2 Eggs): Plain$0.30
Omelet (2 eggs): with Minced Ham$0.35
Potatoes: Hashed and Browned$0.10
Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.20
Bread and Milk$0.20
MUFFINS$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Cinnamon Toast with Currant Jelly$0.25
Coffee$0.10 – $0.15
Tea (Pot)$0.15
Cocoa (Pot)$0.10
Decaffeinated Coffee (Cup)$0.10
Milk (Half Pint Bottle)$0.10
COFFEE, TEA, ETC.
Cooked Cereal with Cream$0.20
bacon$0.40
Bacon with fried eggs$0.40
Two Eggs: Fried$0.20
Two Eggs: Scrambled$0.20
Buttered toast$0.10
Griddle Cakes with Bacon (2 Strips)$0.40

Page 4

California Red Wines: Southern Pacific Special Bottling$0.30 – $0.50
Tom Collins$0.35
California White Wines: Southern Pacific Special Bottling (California Red Wine)$0.50
California White Wines: Sauterne$0.50 – $0.75
Port, California Indv. Bottle$0.20
Sherry, California, Indv. Bottle$0.20
California Grape Brandy Indv. Bottle$0.25
California Grape Brandy Highball$0.35
Bourbon Indv. Bottle$0.25
Rye, Indv. Bottle$0.25
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
Root Beer$0.10
Pluto Water$0.15
Alka-Seltzer$0.10
Bromo-Seltzer$0.15
Bourbon Bonded$0.35
Rye Bonded$0.35
Bourbon Bonded (8 years old)$0.50
Canadian, Bonded$0.35
SCOTCH WHISKEY$0.40
Scotch Whiskey (10 Years Old)$0.50
Gin, Domestic$0.25
RUM$0.35
Rum Collins$0.40
Cocktail: Manhattan$0.25
Dry Martini$0.25
Old Fashion$0.25
B & B (Benedictine & Brandy, Imported)$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
Cigars
Cigarettes

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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