Chateau Lake Louise 1928 Dinner Menu

As opposed to dining car menus that merely picture Lake Louise, this menu was actually used at the Chateau Lake Louis on August 21, 1928, and as such it has a much larger selection than would be found on a dining car — and in fact much larger than is found on most restaurant menus today. The a la carte menu has nineteen appetizers, sixteen entrées, eight forms of potatoes, sixteen other vegetables, and (including fruits and cheeses) nearly fifty desserts.


Click image to download a 1.7-MB PDF of this menu.

The table d’hôte menu was listed on a separate card inserted into the menu folder. It offered five entrées, but its selection of appetizers, vegetables, and desserts was much more limited. Full meals were $2 — about $22.50 in today’s U.S. dollars — which probably saved more than a dollar vs. buying the items separately.


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