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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The Jefferson

April 3, 1940

On this menu 150 dishes

Tomato Juice
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
SAUER KRAUT JUICE
Prune Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Baked Apple
Sliced Banana
Sliced Oranges
Stewed prunes
Apple Sauce
Half Grapefruit
Old Virginia Breakfast - Orange Juice, Hot Buckwheat Cakes, Virginia Syrup, Country Sausage Cakes, Coffee, Tea, or Milk$0.60
Fruit and Cereal$0.15
Coffee
Chocolate
Tea
Milk
Corn muffins
Dry Toast
Buttered toast
Assorted Rolls
Choice of One Fruit$0.35
Choice of One Fruit and One Cereal$0.45
One Egg, any style with 2 Strips of Bacon$0.50
Smithfield Ham and Eggs$1.00
Two Eggs, any style, with Ham$0.75
Broiled Lamb Chop (1)$0.75
Hot Cakes with Pork Links$0.65
Fried Salt Roe Herring$0.65
Boiled Salt Mackerel$0.65
Two Eggs, any style$0.60
Smithfield Sausage Cakes$0.50
Little Pig Sausage (Four)$0.50
One Egg with Sausage$0.50
Griddle Cakes with Bacon$0.50
Two Eggs, any style, with 4 strips of bacon$0.75
Choice of One Cereal$0.35
Chocolate$0.30
Cocoa$0.30
Buttermilk$0.10 – $0.15
Milk$0.10 – $0.15
Instant Postum$0.20
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.20
Kaffee Hag$0.30
Ceylon Tea$0.20
SANKA COFFEE$0.30
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.20
Demitasse$0.15
Coffee, per pot$0.20
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.20
French fried potatoes$0.20
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.20
Saute Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.30
Broiled Flounder$0.65
Kippered Herring$0.50
Broiled Sea Trout$0.65
Codfish Cake$0.25 – $0.40
Salt mackerel$0.50
Fresh Mackerel$0.50
Panfish$0.40 – $0.60
Fried Roe Herring$0.50
Breakfast Steak$1.00
Broiled Smithfield Ham$1.00
Broiled Bacon$0.50
Fried Bacon$0.50
Sausage cakes$0.50
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.65
Broiled Chicken, half$0.80
Lamb Chops$0.40 – $0.75
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.50
Pork Link Sausage$0.50
Calf Liver and Bacon$0.75
Broiled Ham$0.50
Fried Ham$0.50
Veal Chop$0.40 – $0.75
Corned Beef Hash$0.50
Boiled Eggs (2)$0.25
Fried Eggs$0.30
Bacon and eggs$0.55
Omelette, ham$0.55
Omelette, bacon$0.55
Omelette, chicken livers$0.65
Poached eggs$0.30
Scrambled Eggs$0.30
Smithfield Ham and Eggs$0.75
Omelette, tomato$0.60
Omelette, Current Jelly$0.60
Omelette, creole$0.75
Shrried Eggs$0.35
OMELETTE$0.35
Ham and eggs$0.55
Omelette, cheese$0.60
Omelette, Spanish$0.70
Omelette, mushroom$0.75
Rice Krispies$0.25
Puffed rice$0.25
Puffed Wheat$0.25
Oatmeal$0.25
Hominy Grits$0.25
Bran Flakes$0.25
Grape Nuts$0.25
Corn Flakes$0.25
Cream of Wheat$0.25
Shredded Wheat$0.25
All-Bran and Others$0.25
French Toast$0.35
Waffles$0.30
Buckwheat Cakes$0.25
Corn Meal Cakes$0.25
Dry Toast$0.15
English Muffins, Toasted$0.20
Milk toast$0.20
Jefferson Melba Toast$0.15
Assorted Rolls$0.10
Cream toast$0.25
Cinnamon Toast$0.25
Buttered toast$0.15
Wild Bramble Jelly$0.30
Guava jelly$0.30
Assorted Wine Jelly$0.25
Bar le Duc Jelly$0.30
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.25
Orange marmalade$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.30
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Blackberry Preserves$0.25
RASPBERRY PRESERVES$0.25
Orange Juice$0.20
Pineapple Juice$0.20
Grapefruit Juice$0.20
Prune Juice$0.20
Tomato Juice$0.20
Kraut Juice$0.20
Banana$0.15
Banana with cream$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.15
Strained honey$0.25
Honey Dew Melon$0.30
GRAPEFRUIT HALF$0.20
Baked apples with cream$0.25
Strawberries with cream$0.35
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Orange$0.15
Sliced Orange$0.15
Delicious Apple$0.15
Stewed Prunes with cream$0.25
California Peaches$0.25