The Wealth of Ontario

This 1949 lunch menu is in the same series as menus we’ve previously seen featuring British Columbia and western Canada (meaning Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, but not B.C.). There was also a menu in the series for the Canadian Rockies, which means there were probably ones for the Maritimes provinces and Quebec.

Click image to download a 1.2-MB PDF of this menu.

This particular menu has a la carte service printed inside plus an insert featuring several table d’hôte lunches. The full lunches include a choice of six entrées, with juice, bread, potato, vegetable, dessert, and beverage for $1.75 (about US$!7 in today’s money). For $1.50 (US$15), two of the entrées are available with the same accompaniments except dessert while $1.25 (US$12) would buy a chicken salad with juice, bread, and beverage. The insert is undated but the a la carte folder is dated May 1949, so it must have been used after that.


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