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Great Northern Railway

Date
1943-01-01
Restaurant
Great Northern Railway
Physical description
25.5x17cm folded; 25.5x33cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Montana Endive
Olives
Potage mongole
Fresh Seasonable Fish$1.25
Lamb Chops--Bacon$1.25
Roast Tom Turkey--Savory Dressing$1.25
Russet Potatoes Steamed
Fresh Vegetable
Asparagus Salad French Dresssing
Hot Tea Biscuits
Assorted Bread
Cheese and Toasted Wafers
Baked Wenatchee Apple
Pie with Cheese
Ice cream cake
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Postum
Fresh Seasonable Fish$0.65
Baked Beans en Casserole$0.65
Chefs Suggestion$0.65
Potatoes
Vegetable
Hot Tea Biscuits
Coffee
Milk
Tea
Pie$0.25
Preserved Pears$0.25
Chocolate Sundae$0.25
Ice cream$0.15
Number One (Dinner)$1.25
Number Two--Plate Dinner$0.65
Sieved Fresh Seasonable Vegetables cooked to order
Fruit juice$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.15
Orange Juice$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Jello$0.15
For the Little Folks

Page 3

Sweet Milk$0.15
Buttermilk$0.15
Malted Milk$0.20
Black tea, pot$0.20
Green Tea, pot$0.20
Coffee, Pot$0.20
Chocolate, pot$0.20
Postum, Pot$0.20
Drip-O-Lator Sanka Coffee, Pot$0.20
Ry-Krisp, nonfattening$0.15
Plain toast$0.15
Buttered toast$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.15
Select Ice Cream$0.15
Cheese and Toasted Crackers$0.25
Home Made Cake$0.15
Ice Cream with Cake$0.25
Pies - Various$0.25
Pies - Various, Ala Mode$0.30
Fried Egg Sandwich on Toast$0.25
Chicken Sandwich on Toast$0.45
Cheese Sandwich on Toast$0.25
Peanut Butter Sandwich on Toast$0.25
Grapefruit and Orange Salad with Dressing$0.45
Endive and Peach Salad with Dressing$0.45
Head Lettuce Salad with Dressing$0.45
The Salad Bowl - Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Radishes, Green Peppers$0.35
Seasonable Fresh Vegetables$0.20
Stringless Beans$0.20
potatoes to order$0.15
Salt Air Peas$0.20
G. N. Chicken Pie$0.60
Half fried spring chicken$0.75
Plain Omelet$0.35
All Combination Omelets$0.45
Fried Eggs (2)$0.30
Fried Eggs (2) with Toast$0.45
Boiled Eggs (2)$0.30
Boiled Eggs (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
Broiled Fresh Seasonable Fish$0.60
Fried Fresh Seasonable Fish$0.60
Cucumbers$0.25
Cup (Soups)$0.20 – $0.30
Ripe Olives$0.25
Green olives$0.25
Celery$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Fruit juice$0.15
Vegetable Juice$0.15
Montana Endive$0.20
TUREEN (Soups)$0.30

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Lemonade, Plain$0.20
Lemonade, Choice of Splits$0.30
Bromo-Seltzer (Individual)$0.15
Red Raven$0.20
Pluto$0.15
Rock Spring Water$0.10 – $0.15
White Rock water$0.15 – $0.25
Canada Sparkling Water$0.20
Ginger Ale$0.10 – $0.25
Blatz Beer (3.2)$0.25
Budweiser Beer (3.2)$0.25
Grain Belt Beer (3.2)$0.25
Hamm's Beer (3.2)$0.25
Heileman's Beer (3.2)$0.25
Pabst Beer (3.2)$0.25
Schlitz Beer (3.2)$0.25
Schmidt's Beer (3.2)$0.25
Playing Cards$0.50
BRIDGE SET$1.00
Souvenir Ash Trays$0.50
Cigars, at ceiling prices
Cigarettes (per package)$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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