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Southern Pacific

Date
1939-01-01
Restaurant
Southern Pacific
Place
Southern Pacific
Venue
RAILROAD
Event
dinner
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 2

Club Steak$1.00
Tenderloin Steak$1.25
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Whole Squab Chicken$1.25
Ham with potato salad$0.80
Celery$0.25
Ripe Olives$0.25
Sweet Pickels$0.25
Soup n Tureen$0.30
Consomme (Cup)$0.20
Select Lamb Chops (1); (2)$0.45 – $0.85
Fresh Fish, Du Jour$0.75
Potatoes: Hashed and Browned of French Fried$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.25
Asparagus (Hot or Cold)$0.35
Potato salad$0.25
Dry or buttered toast$0.15
Bread and Butter: (Raisin, Prune, Rye, Graham or White)$0.15
Cream toast$0.15
Ry Krisp$0.15
Milk toast$0.35
Dry Cereals with Cream$0.30
Domestic Cheese with Toasted Crackers$0.25
Swiss Cheese with Toasted Crackers$0.35
Roquefort Cheese with Toasted Crackers$0.35
Chocolate or Cocoa (Pot)$0.25
Buttermilk (Half Pint Bottle)$0.15
Full Cream Milk (Bottle)$0.15
Malted Milk$0.25
Teas: English Breakfast, Orange Pekoe, Green (Pot)$0.25
Iced Tea (Pot)$0.25
Cereal Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Decaffeinated Coffee (Pot)$0.25
Coffee, demi tasse$0.15
Coffee$0.25
Grilled Sardines (Imported) on Toast; (Domestic)$0.50 – $0.60
Ox Tongue with Potato Salad$0.85
Cold Ham and Chicken with Salad Bowl$1.25
Boston Baked Beans (Hot or Cold)$0.45
Sardines (Imported); (Domestic)$0.40 – $0.50
Stewed tomatoes$0.25
Stewed Corn$0.25
Lima beans$0.25
Hearts of Lettuce$0.25
Lettuce and Tomato$0.25
Chicken salad$0.75 – $1.00
Special Combination Salad$0.50
Fresh Fruit Pie (Baked on Car)$0.20
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.30
Figs in syrup$0.30
Strained Honey (Individual)$0.25
Ice Cream; with Cake$0.25 – $0.35
Assorted Preserves$0.25
Table Fruits: Peaches, Pears or Apricots in Syrup$0.30
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.25
Breakfast Prunes$0.25
All White Meat Chicken Salad$1.00

Page 3

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
Fresh orange juice$0.25
Ginger Ale (Dry)$0.25
Ginger Ale (Aromatic)$0.25
Grape Juice, Red$0.20
Grape Juice Highball$0.25
Coca-Cola$0.10
Red Raven Water$0.20
Pluto Water$0.20
Bromo-Seltzer$0.15
Alka-Seltzer$0.10

Page 4

Fillet of Rex Sole, Marguery$0.90
Omelet with Fresh Peaches, Glace$1.00
Roast Select Spring Lamb, Mint Jelly$1.25
Fried Spring Chicken, Green Apple Fritters$1.25
Grilled Sirloin or Tenderloin Steak$1.50
Special Table d'Hote Dinner (See Special Menu)$1.75
Cream of Fresh Tomato, Velour Soup
Consomme, Julienne Soup
Fresh Garden Peas
Potatoes, au Beurre
Tea Biscuits
Rolls
Bran Muffins
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
Fresh Baked Pie
Ice Cream with Cake
THE CHEESE CROCK, MELBA TOAST
Tea
Coffee
Decaffeinated Coffee
Cocoa
Milk

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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