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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New York Central System

January 1, 1943

On this menu 21 dishes

Soup du Jour
Consomme, hot
CHILLED APPLE JUICE
Chilled Tomato Juice
Fruit Cocktail
Broiled or Sauted Fresh Fish Garden Vegetable and Potatoes$1.35
Omelette with Creamed Fresh Mushrooms Garden Vegetable and Potatoes$1.45
Breaded Veal Chop, Tomato Sauce Garden Vegetables, Lyonnaise Potatoes$1.50
Fricassee of Chicken on Corn Bread Garden Vegetable, Parsley Potatoes$1.50
Bread and Butter
Plate Portion of Salad$0.15
Chilled Grapefruit, half
Ice cream
Pie
Cream Cheese with Saltine Wafers and Jelly
Coffee
Tea
Individual Milk
Special Luncheon Combination - French Fried Shrimp with Tartare Sauce Garden Vegetable and Potatoes; Bread and Butter; Coffee, Tea or Individual Milk$1.00
The 20th Century Salad bowl, Ry-Krisp$0.65
Consomme en gelee