Today's artifact is a luncheon/dinner menu from the Prospect Tower Restaurant, dated September 9, 1941.
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Cover illustration sells the enclave's proximity to subways,
bus lines, elevated stations, and of course, Grand Central. |
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Lunch choices include such timeless classics as Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and Chocolate Layer Cake. Lamb Hash Potted with Green Peppers, and Baked Apple with Cream , however, have fallen out of favor.
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Inflation comparison: $1.50 then, $26.50 today.
Not a bad price for the Special Dinner! |
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| Beer options are familiar, with Budweiser, Schaefer and Pabst Blue Ribbon on offer. Inflation comparison: that 25-cent Bud would run you roughly $4.40 today. |
I love on the special dinners the offer of celery and olives. I remember that being served at an old school restaurant years ago in Bronxville called the Town Tavern. I would go there with my parents.
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