Meeting in the dining car at 1 for cocktails
Lunch will be light. The Smoked Ox-Tongue looks particularly good along with the Boston Baked Beans.
Regarding the Fred Harvey Food Service, of your last (1951) menu.....
Frederick Henry Harvey (June 27, 1835 February 9, 1901) was an entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, souvenir shops, and hotels, which served rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, the Kansas Pacific Railway, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, and the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
As an innovative restaurateur and marketer, Fred Harvey is credited with creating the first restaurant chain in the United States. He was also a leader in promoting tourism in the American Southwest in the late 19th century. Fred Harvey and his employees successfully brought new higher standards of both civility and dining to a region widely regarded in the era as “the Wild West.” He created a legacy which was continued by his sons and remained in the family until the death of a grandson in 1965.[1]
Despite the decline of passenger train patronage in the United States in the 20th century with the advent of the automobile, portions of the Fred Harvey Company have continued to operate since 1968 as part of a larger hospitality industry conglomerate.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Harvey_(entrepreneur)
I’m in.
I asked, you can order off menu. I just had an egg and onion sandwich. Perfect light lunch.
Brings back many fond memories. My Grandfather was head of the Santa Fe Depo in Los Angeles for many years. Always remember the trips we took together from Los Angles to San Diego . I remember being afraid to board because of the steam and the conductor would always lift me over. Many great memories of these trips.
Where did you get the menus? I wonder if the New Haven had a menu...