The Menu Museum
DecadesRestaurantsDishesRandom menu

Pennsylvania Railroad

Restaurant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
dinner
Physical description
10 x 7 in. fold. ; ill.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Old Fashioned Vegetable or Consomme:$0.30 – $0.40
Celery$0.35
Olives$0.25
Tomato Juice$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
Celery and Olives (Mixed Portion)$0.35
Tomato, Filled with Chicken Salad$0.75
Imported Sardines with Potato Salad$0.75
Fruit salad$0.65
Chicken salad$0.90
Asparagus Tips, Vinaigrette$0.45
COMBINATION SALAD$0.45
PRR Salad Bowl with Ry-Krisp$0.50
We have packed for home use the exact dressing used in our Salad Bowl...instruction for preparation of Salad is included: 12 oz. bottle 50c. – by mail 60c. or case of 6 bottles $3.40 – Ask the Steward.$0.50 – $3.40
Sirloin Steak; with Potatoes$1.85 – $2.00
Minute Sirloin Steak; with Potatoes$1.35 – $1.50
Lamb Chops (2); with Potatoes$1.15 – $1.30
Broiled ham or bacon with eggs$0.75
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus$1.00
Plain Omelet$0.50
Fresh Mushroom Omelet$0.65
Filet of Fresh Fish$0.85
Baked Beans with Ham and Brown Bread$0.55
Pie (Baked on Car To-day)$0.25
Cream Cheese, Guava Jelly with Ry-Krisp or Wafers$0.40
Guava jelly$0.25
Pie a la Mode$0.40
PRR Ice Cream with Wafers$0.30
Camembert Cheese with Ry-Krisp or Crackers$0.25
Chilled Melon$0.35
Baked Apple$0.35
White Bread$0.15
Toast$0.20
Ry-Krisp$0.10
Coffee pot for one$0.25
Tea – Orange Pekoe: Pot for One$0.25
Postum Coffee$0.25
Sweet Milk (Individual)$0.15
Buttermilk (Bottled)$0.20
Fresh Vegetables (per portion)$0.35
Potatoes: Pan Browned$0.25
Cocoa pot for one$0.25
Chocolate pot for one$0.25
Green Tea pot for one$0.25
English Breakfast Tea pot for one$0.25
SANKA COFFEE$0.25
Potatoes, Saute$0.25
Parsley Potatoes$0.25
Whole Wheat Bread$0.15
Raisin Bread$0.15
5Rye Bread$0.15

Page 3

PRR Dinner$1.50
Martini Cocktail$0.40
Sherry Wine$0.40
Manhattan Cocktail$0.40
Celery
Olives
OLD FASHIONED VEGETABLE SOUP
Consomme Celestine
Chilled Grapefruit Juice
CANAPE OF SARDINES, GARNISHED
BROILED FILETS OF FISH, LEMON BUTTER
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus
INDIVIDUAL CHICKEN PIE, PRR
Fresh Mushroom Omelet
PAN BROWNED POTATOES
Saute Potatoes
Fresh Vegetables (per portion)
American Claret or Sauterne Wine 1/4 Bot.$0.40
Bordeaux (French) – White or Red 1/4 Bot.$0.85
Dinner Rolls
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Choice of One
Freshly Made Pie
PRR Ice Cream
Baked Apple
Chilled Melon
CHEESE WITH RY-KRISP OR WAFERS
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Trail Blazer Dinner$0.75
Cup of Soup; Fresh Fish or Southern Roast Beef Hash, Potato, Fresh Vegetable, Rolls, PRR Ice Cream and Coffee
COGNAC (French Brandy)$0.60
Benedictine$0.65
Beer or Ale$0.30

Page 4

Bonded Rye - Very Old - 18-21 Years$0.60
Bonded Rye or Bourbon (4-6 years)$0.45
Bonded Rye - 11-12 years$0.55
Rye, Canadian$0.50
Irish$0.50
Scotch$0.50
Scotch - over 10 years -$0.60
Wines
American
Champagne 1/2 Bot.$1.50
Sauterne 1/4 Bot.$0.40
Claret 1/4 Bot.$0.40
Foreign
Champagne 1/2 Bot.$4.50
Bordeaux (French)
Red 1/4 Bot.$0.85
White 1/4 Bot.$0.85
Sherry (Individual)$0.40
Port (Individual)$0.40
LIQUORS, COCKTAILS, ETC.
Old Fashion Cocktail made with above listed Whiskies 10 cents extra$0.10
Gin, Dry 30; Fizz or Collins (Sparkling Water)$0.45
Rum (Domestic) 35; Collins or Punch$0.50
Apple Brandy ("Apple Jack")$0.30
"B and B" (Brandy and Benedictine)$0.65
Rum (Cuban) 50; Collins or Punch$0.65
Rum (Jamaica) 45; Collins or Punch$0.60
Martini or Manhattan Cocktail$0.40
COGNAC (French Brandy)$0.60
Benedictine$0.65
Brandy, Apricot, Cordial (Foreign)$0.60
BEER
Bottled Beer or Ale$0.30
Foreign Ale$0.50
Mineral Water, Ginger Ale, Etc.
Carbonated Waters: Split$0.10 – $0.20
Half Bottle$0.30
Club Soda$0.15
Natural Waters Half Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Ginger Ale Split$0.15
Half Bottle$0.30
Orangeade or Lemonade (Glass)$0.25
Grape Juice (Individual)$0.25
Coca Cola$0.15
Pepsi-Cola$0.15
Bromo Seltzer (Individual)$0.15
Alka-Seltzer (Individual)$0.15
Purgative Water$0.15
Malted Milk$0.25
Cigars and Cigarettes
Cigars$0.05 – $0.50
Cigarettes (assorted brands)$0.20
Playing Cards, Etc.
Cigarettes will not be sold within the City of St. Louis
Straight Deck$0.35 – $0.65
Pinochle Deck$0.35 – $0.65
Bridge Decks (2)$0.65 – $1.25
Chewing gum$0.05

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.