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, 1943

On this menu 94 dishes

Julienne Vegetable Soup
Fresh Seasonable Fish
G. N. Chicken Pie
Roast Pork-Hot Apple Sauce
Potatoes Lyonnaise
GREEN VEGETABLE
Rolls and Assorted Bread
Pie
Oregon Plums with Cake
Ice Cream, Wafers
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Buttermilk
Fresh Seasonable Fish
Hot Pork Sandwich
Potatoes
GREEN VEGETABLE
Rolls and Assorted Bread
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Buttermilk
Pie$0.25
Baked Wenatchee Apple, with Cream$0.15 – $0.25
Ice cream$0.15
Sieved Fresh Seasonable Vegetables cooked to order$0.15
Prune Juice$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.15
Orange Juice$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Baked Chicken Pie$0.60
Soups$0.20 – $0.30
Vegetable Juices$0.15
Fruit Juices$0.15
Lettuce and Endive Salad$0.45
Grapefruit and Orange Salad$0.45
Cheese Sandwich on Toast$0.25
Peanut Butter Sandwich on Toast$0.25
Chicken Sandwich on Toast$0.45
Fried Egg Sandwich on Toast$0.25
Bacon and eggs$0.60
Sausage and Eggs$0.60
Broiled Fresh Seasonable Fish$0.60
Fried Fresh Seasonable Fish$0.60
Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Celery$0.25
Cucumbers$0.25
Ripe or Green Olives$0.25
Jelly Omelet$0.50
Half fried spring chicken$0.75
potatoes to order$0.15
Stringless Beans$0.20
Seasonable Fresh Vegetables$0.20
Stewed Corn$0.20
THE SALAD BOWL - Lettuce-Tomatoes-Cucumbers-Radishes-Green Peppers$0.35
Head Lettuce$0.45
Fresh Baked Pie, ala Mode$0.25 – $0.30
Homemade Cake$0.15
Ice cream$0.15
Cheese and Toasted Crackers$0.25
Ice Cream and Cake$0.25
Plums in Syrup$0.25
PLAIN OR BUTTERED TOAST$0.15
SANKA COFFEE; POT$0.20
BLACK OR GREEN TEA, POT$0.20
Pasteurized Sweet Milk, Bottle$0.15
Ry-Krisp$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.15
Coffee, Chocolate, Postum, Pot$0.20
Malted Milk$0.20
Buttermilk, Bottle$0.15
Grain Belt Beer$0.25
Schmidt's Beer$0.25
CIGARS at ceiling prices
Cigarettes$0.20
Schlitz Beer$0.25
Red Raven Water$0.20
Pluto Water$0.15
Pabst Beer$0.25
Heileman's Beer$0.25
Hamm's Beer$0.25
Budweiser Beer$0.25
Blatz Beer$0.25
Rock Spring Water$0.10 – $0.15
White Rock water$0.15 – $0.25
Canadian Sparkling Water$0.20
Ginger Ale$0.10 – $0.25
Lemonade, Plain$0.20
Lemonade, Choice of Splits$0.30
Bromo Seltzer$0.15
Playng Cards$0.50
BRIDGE SET$1.00
Souvenir Ash Trays$0.50