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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Great Northern Railway

January 1, 1945

On this menu 103 dishes

FROZEN DESSERT$0.15
Crisp Celery
Fruit and Vegetable Juices$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Celery$0.25
Montana Endive$0.20
Cucumbers$0.25
Ripe or Green Olives$0.25
Pie$0.25
Montana Endive
Red Radishes
Julienne Vegetable Soup
Fresh Seasonable Fish
Lamb Chop-Liver-Bacon Combination
Roast Turkey-Dressing Cranberry Sauce
Russet Potatoes Scalloped
Fresh Vegetables
Hot Tea Biscuits
Assorted Bread
Wenatchee Apple Pie
Frozen Dessert Cake
Cheese and Toasted Wafers
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Postum
Fillet Fresh Fish
Veal Cutlet - Paprika Sauce
Baked Beans with Sausage
Chef's Suggestion
Potatoes
Fresh Vegetable
Hot Tea Biscuits
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Prune Juice$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.15
Orange Juice$0.15
Orange Juice$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Jello$0.15
Fresh Seasonable Fish, Broiled or Fried$0.60
Fresh Seasonable Fish, Broiled or Fried$0.60
Pies - Various$0.25
Pies Ala Mode$0.30
Cheese and Toasted Crackers$0.25
Home Made Cake$0.15
Ice Cream with Cake$0.25
Select Ice Cream$0.15
FROZEN DESSERT$0.15
Soups$0.20 – $0.30
Eggs, fried (2)$0.30
Eggs, Fried (2) with Toast$0.45
Eggs, boiled (2)$0.30
Eggs, Boiled (2) with Toast$0.45
Scrambled eggs (2)$0.30
Scrambled Eggs (2) with Toast$0.45
Shirred Eggs (2)$0.30
Shirred Eggs (2) with Toast$0.45
Poached Eggs (2)$0.30
Poached Eggs (2) with Toast$0.45
Plain Omelette$0.35
Half fried spring chicken$0.75
G.N. CHICKEN PIE$0.60
Whole Kernal Corn$0.20
potatoes to order$0.15
Stewed tomatoes$0.20
Seasonable Fresh Vegetables$0.20
The Salad Bowl, Lettuce - Tomatoes - Cucumbers - Radishes - Green Peppers$0.35
Endive and Lettuce Salad with Dressing$0.45
Lettuce and Tomato Salad with Dressing$0.45
Grapefruit and Orange Salad with Dressing$0.45
Peanut Butter on Toast$0.25
Cheese on Toast$0.25
Chicken on Toast$0.45
Fried Egg on Toast$0.25
Bread and Butter$0.15
Plain toast$0.15
Buttered toast$0.15
Ry-Krisp (Non-Fattening)$0.15
Drip-O-Lator Sanka Coffee, Pot$0.20
Coffee, Pot$0.20
Chocolate, pot$0.20
Postum, Pot$0.20
Black tea, pot$0.20
Green Tea, pot$0.20
Sweet Milk$0.15
Buttermilk$0.15
Malted Milk$0.20
Cigars
Cigarettes$0.20
Beer (3.2)$0.25
Ginger Ale$0.10 – $0.25
Canada Sparkling Water$0.20
White Rock$0.15 – $0.25
ROCK SPRING$0.10 – $0.15
Pluto$0.15
Red Raven$0.20
Lemonade, Plain$0.20
Lemonade, Choice of Splits$0.30
Bromo Seltzer, Individual$0.15