Originally Posted by jace
Are those prices listed on the first menu form previous page actually in cents? 35 cents for a plate of spaghetti! Bet it was good too.

Yep - those were the prices. But we have to remember that 35 cents went a lot further than it does today. Here are some statistics I found here specifically dealing with 1923:

Dollars & Cents
Median price of new home - $5,000
Average yearly salary - $1,393
Cooking range - $84.95
Kodak camera - $50
Waffle iron - $4
Man's polo shirt - $2.50
Eggs - $.44/dozen
Bacon - $.41/pound
Cheese - $.37/pound
Pall Mall cigarettes - $.30/pack
Colgate dental ribbon - $.25/tube
First class stamp - $.02

As far as the menu prices, I posted something a little easier to read in a thread I started on the Food & Drink forum. I copied some of the items from the Louis menu, just as they were, with a bit of emphasis on the listed veal dishes.


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