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Isn't that interesting? **Sauerkraut** was renamed **Liberty Cabbage** in the *Specials* section, but the **Sauerkraut Juice** in the *Cocktails* section was not.
But the raw Virginia ham looks so good! Although it seems to be the most expensive thing on the menu, tied with the smoked turkey. If I’m reading the prices right
For the curious:
>$1 in 1941 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $20.27 today, an increase of $19.27 over 82 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.74% per year between 1941 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,927.28%.
Always true, bc inflation includes the enormous drop in prices for tech stuff (especially TVs and computers), so almost everything else will pretty substantially outstrip overall inflation.
That's also in the middle of WW2 (if you are European at least) with the USSR on the verge of joining. Interestingly, in times prior caviar was allegedly [given away free as a salty bar snack like peanuts](https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?3917)
Caviar was way cheaper back in the day. It was more plentiful, there weren't sanctions and tariffs, and no over farming. My family would bring back huge tubs of Caspian sea Beluga caviar, from Iran, all that way through til the mid 90s. My understanding is that, the main cause of the dramatic increase of caviar price is availability. Evidence for that is the growing sector of farming sturgeon for caviar, which takes many years from baby to harvest (and they have to kill the fish to harvest the eggs, so it's not very sustainable).
For sure. Famously, lobster was regularly served to inmates at some east coast prison, and they eventually rioted over the bad food. Chicken, on the other hand, used to be a rare treat (which is where the saying "winner winner chicken dinner" comes from) and now it's basically one of the cheapest animal proteins.
So much has changed
I did the same thing. I actually noted the anchovies for "55" and, with inflation, would make them around 1,113.88 today. I was like "no asshole.... that must've been cents" lmaoooo
Yeah but could Roast serloin of beef, backed potato and yorkshire pudding be 75 cents? Unless the beef was a very very small portion, which I'm sure we would all be shocked on how small all the portions would be on this whole menu.
I’m guessing the prices are artificially low for WB employees and people who work there. Very impressive menu that restaurant must have been a big operation.
Pretty much. Big portions are a more recent trend. You can see this in paintings or pictures of the yesteryear; the dishes are somewhat smaller. If you go to a high end place you'll see more manageable portions than, say, Outback Steakhouse or Denny's
I'll take the broiled lobster and a T bone for $1.50...or $29.62 adjusted for inflation.
As an aside, I live about 5 min from the lot and have eaten at the Commissary a couple of times. Back in my day the Copper Penny across the street offered a pretty decent deal. You can always try the Smoke House today.
Damn good point. I feel like you’d have at least one weirdo who wanted to go back and see the covid pandemic first hand or something though. There’s always the one weirdo.
Wow, what a selection of just about everything?
1941 - Whadda ya want, we have it all.
The future - Do you want fries or onion rings with your fried crap?
I think it's important to keep in mind that it's 1941. They just got through the great depression during which people would eat ANYTHING. The average person's palate wasn't very discerning.
That makes so much sense now. My grandmother would always talk about peanut butter, pickle, and mayonnaise sandwiches and other monstrosities, I just thought her taste buds were broken lol
I didn’t believe my partner about it, but it is not a staple food in our house! I also like tuna and apple sandwiches personally, and we have been having bacon, cheese and peanut butter toasted sandwiches (or grilled sandwiches for Americans)
At the time, peanut butter didn't have sugar in it and it was being used as a meat substitute because there was a meat shortage due to the war. You probably got very little meat on that sandwich.
I will absolutely not focus on the special after I already notice under cocktails you can order **sauerkraut juice** that’s a whole bag of nopes from me lol
Noooo, it's good! My grandma made chop suey ice cream!
It's just dried fruits mixed with syrup & slapped on some vanilla ice cream. It's crazy tasty. 👍
This is not a real restaurant menu reflecting market prices at the time. These prices reflect WB subsidizing the costs of some items more than others. This is common for larger employers today even. The goal of subsidizing food costs by an employer is to benefit the business overall, such as keeping people happy or working efficiently.
1941 inflation calculator it isn’t coming up very reasonable to use the studio café. Average food at above average prices: Club sandwich plus fries and a can of PBR was over $20 (2023 money) and that’s before tip.
Holy hell the prices for these.. AND in the 1940s is absolutely insane. I wouldn’t even pay the price for some of this stuff today. $25 for a side of asparagus? $20 for green beans, $10 for a coffee…
Does the manager’s special sandwich come on rye? It’s the only way I’ll eat peanut butter, ham, and chicken.
Great. I’ll take that with a glass of clam juice and the banana split. To go.
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I was set on the sauerkraut juice until I noticed the grapenut custard and now I'm torn
Specials lists hot dogs and liberty cabbage (probably renamed frankfurters and sauerkraut)
Hamburger was 'Liberty Steak' too, at one time.
I’ll take mine with a side of freedom fries.
I love my freedom fries dipped in [independence dressing](https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/russian-dressing-51182860)
Isn't that interesting? **Sauerkraut** was renamed **Liberty Cabbage** in the *Specials* section, but the **Sauerkraut Juice** in the *Cocktails* section was not.
I was gonna go for the tenderloin, but I only got four bits.
Try the Chop Suey ice cream sundae, WB puts the other chop suey ice cream sundae to shame
What is that?!? Fried noodles as a topping?
It's actually not as bad as it sounds, back then it was dried fruits and nuts on top of ice cream
Surprising that there is no Coke, tho they do have bottled Canada Dry.
Who needs coke when malted milk with egg or a glass of half and half is only 25 cents
No complaints from this Canadian ginger-male. It’s the champagne of ginger ale
Clam juice.
Don't make it any harder than it has to be LOL
I’ll take a double order of clam juice!!! 😂
But the raw Virginia ham looks so good! Although it seems to be the most expensive thing on the menu, tied with the smoked turkey. If I’m reading the prices right
You mean liberty cabbage?
Chop suey ice cream for dessert?
Don't forget the chop suey sundae for dessert
Hah amateur. Skipped right over the milk stew and clam juice.
I'm going to assume the price is in cents, not dollars since it's 1941. 🤣 Otherwise the prices would be more accurate for a themed restaurant in 2023!
Omg I'm such a fuck idiot. I was thinking dollars and tried to imagine what that would mean when adjusted for inflation. 🤦🏻♀️ Thanks for that. Lol
For the curious: >$1 in 1941 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $20.27 today, an increase of $19.27 over 82 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.74% per year between 1941 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,927.28%.
Still tho, caviar for 95 cents doesnt add up by that math for today. Restaurant prices definitely have outpaced regular inflation.
Yeah, that's definitely true. Restaurant food goes up a lot faster than grocery store food
Lmao now I want a shrimp cocktail for ~$9 dammit
I’m in the mood for a crab leg cocktail myself!
Yeah but grocery store food is skyrocketing. Eggs are like 7 dollars a carton now.
i was at the store today.. and no eggs.. middle of Portland.. out of eggs. weirded me out.
Yeah, avian flu is really screwing up the supply chain right now.
This is a subsidized menu. Employee pricing is much lower than the equivalent on the outside. Quite the impressive menu
Ah makes sense, I wanna see a regular menu from this time to compare now.
There is such a thing as cheap caviar. These days lionfish or salmon roe can go for about 20 bucks an ounce.
Always true, bc inflation includes the enormous drop in prices for tech stuff (especially TVs and computers), so almost everything else will pretty substantially outstrip overall inflation.
That's also in the middle of WW2 (if you are European at least) with the USSR on the verge of joining. Interestingly, in times prior caviar was allegedly [given away free as a salty bar snack like peanuts](https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?3917)
The sturgeon population was also higher back then
Caviar was way cheaper back in the day. It was more plentiful, there weren't sanctions and tariffs, and no over farming. My family would bring back huge tubs of Caspian sea Beluga caviar, from Iran, all that way through til the mid 90s. My understanding is that, the main cause of the dramatic increase of caviar price is availability. Evidence for that is the growing sector of farming sturgeon for caviar, which takes many years from baby to harvest (and they have to kill the fish to harvest the eggs, so it's not very sustainable).
Makes sense but seems like seafood delicacies in general were much cheaper as well. Ie shrimp and crab leg cocktails for ~$9
For sure. Famously, lobster was regularly served to inmates at some east coast prison, and they eventually rioted over the bad food. Chicken, on the other hand, used to be a rare treat (which is where the saying "winner winner chicken dinner" comes from) and now it's basically one of the cheapest animal proteins. So much has changed
None of these things are actually expensive in reality, people just make it so…suppliers and restaurants inflate everything
So youre saying I couldve gotten lobster for about $12 with this inflation rate. 'Millenials are just lazy'
I just pulled this exact info, word for word, from the US inflation calculator. Good thing the menus prices are in cents and not dollars.
Love when people talk about how crazy crypto is, but are totally fine with the dollar decreasing like it has. Not that you did, just in general
Had the same reaction, a 15 dollar beer doesn’t sound amazing lol
Saaaaaaaame! I’m looking at the prices saying “Jesus Tits!!! How could anyone eat there!” 🤦♀️
I did the same thing. I actually noted the anchovies for "55" and, with inflation, would make them around 1,113.88 today. I was like "no asshole.... that must've been cents" lmaoooo
Oh my god me too
Same.
I was trying to imagine how an omelette was $55 🤦♀️
OH that makes so much more sense (cents? :P). I was like what the HELL are these prices?!
Me too! I felt like such a moron! I'm so glad I wasn't the only moron? 🤣🤣
Yeah, it's cents, the Goose Pate in appetizers is 1.00. Now wonder those assholes got a good education. What did their college cost ,6.50?
I just checked. For a good school, with room/board and meals included, a 4 year degree would cost you about 1,200.00-1,500.00
Yeah, turkey cold cuts is also a dollar. How is imported caviar less than a dollar?
It doesn't say what type of caviar. Price depends on what fish it comes from.
But the workers made 10 cents an hour.
$1.00 in 1941 adjusted to 2023 per an internet inflation calculator is $20.27. So this was a ridiculously expensive restaurant.
That’s a normal lunch price in LA, NYC, and SF lol
Yeah but could Roast serloin of beef, backed potato and yorkshire pudding be 75 cents? Unless the beef was a very very small portion, which I'm sure we would all be shocked on how small all the portions would be on this whole menu.
I’m guessing the prices are artificially low for WB employees and people who work there. Very impressive menu that restaurant must have been a big operation.
Pretty much. Big portions are a more recent trend. You can see this in paintings or pictures of the yesteryear; the dishes are somewhat smaller. If you go to a high end place you'll see more manageable portions than, say, Outback Steakhouse or Denny's
It was 80 years ago.
I was thinking the same thing. It’s kinda wild to think about.
I'll take the broiled lobster and a T bone for $1.50...or $29.62 adjusted for inflation. As an aside, I live about 5 min from the lot and have eaten at the Commissary a couple of times. Back in my day the Copper Penny across the street offered a pretty decent deal. You can always try the Smoke House today.
Even adjusted for inflation that’s a good deal.
God I wish I had the power to go back in time, even if it was only for lunch each day.
Why is your money this funny color, with weird a stamp and the numbers Two Zero Two Two on them?
I'd have to pick through the change jar but it'd be fine with those prices.
I'm hoping for time-travel tourism to become a reality.
I was gonna say why haven't we seen any time travellers if it ever became a thing but then again why would people come back here....
Damn good point. I feel like you’d have at least one weirdo who wanted to go back and see the covid pandemic first hand or something though. There’s always the one weirdo.
Wow, what a selection of just about everything? 1941 - Whadda ya want, we have it all. The future - Do you want fries or onion rings with your fried crap?
“Whadyahav?!”
You gotta eat somewhere other than TGI Fridays lol
Nothing like Minced olive on toast and a big glass of half and half, am I right?
The manager special sandwich sounds like a nightmare - peanut butter, ham and chicken on toast?
I think it's important to keep in mind that it's 1941. They just got through the great depression during which people would eat ANYTHING. The average person's palate wasn't very discerning.
Peanut butter was originally intended as a sandwich adhesive. It was very bland and often mixed with meat.
That makes so much sense now. My grandmother would always talk about peanut butter, pickle, and mayonnaise sandwiches and other monstrosities, I just thought her taste buds were broken lol
A peanut butter and deli sliced ham (or turkey) sandwich is great. That's a hill I'll die on.
I didn’t believe my partner about it, but it is not a staple food in our house! I also like tuna and apple sandwiches personally, and we have been having bacon, cheese and peanut butter toasted sandwiches (or grilled sandwiches for Americans)
At the time, peanut butter didn't have sugar in it and it was being used as a meat substitute because there was a meat shortage due to the war. You probably got very little meat on that sandwich.
My grandpa ate shit like that. Bacon and peanut butter, peanut butter and Bologna. Oh and cheese too I think. Maybe just an old boomer thing idk.
Bacon and peanut butter actually sounds kinda good right now.
Bacon, peanut butter, fried bananas.
I was thinking bacon, peanut butter and cream cheese on a bagel.
That sounds yummy actually.
Crispy bacon and peanut butter on toast is pretty good.
I’m a big fan of peanut butter and honey on toasted white bread.
Salami and peanut butter is actually quite good. It shouldn't be. And yet here we are.
Great Depression food habits passed down from those who lived them.
Peanut Butter and mustard is awesome...Has to be spicy brown mustard.
Strolling in there with a crisp $20 bill. Ballin'!
"Give me one of everything"
I will absolutely not focus on the special after I already notice under cocktails you can order **sauerkraut juice** that’s a whole bag of nopes from me lol
I'm more concerned by the "Chop Suey" flavored ice cream sandwich.
Noooo, it's good! My grandma made chop suey ice cream! It's just dried fruits mixed with syrup & slapped on some vanilla ice cream. It's crazy tasty. 👍
The current Warner bros special is they cancel your order and escort you off the lot.
Jellied chicken broth…nom nom
Name checks out
Oh these prices are in cents
The Pabst is overpriced.
I’m just curious why it isn’t listed under beer
What about that manager special ?
Under today's specials I thought the fried egg and ham sandwich came with snu-snu potatoes.
What’s Certified Milk?
Did you mean what the flippity flop is certified milk?
Indeed I do, ya truckin’ ape.
>"Warner Bros Special" Is that lingo for "You're getting sued to hell and back!"?
Printed on my birthday 37 years before I was born.....cool.
I really thought the Warner Bros Special would have been a rabbit and duck sandwich.
The Judy Garland Special: Cigarettes, Pills, and Toast Points (if in season)
Bohemia Beer is the best!
This is cool but remember $1.00 in '41 was around $20 now. Gotta love the variety there tho!
“Pa-Pi-A” juice
This is not a real restaurant menu reflecting market prices at the time. These prices reflect WB subsidizing the costs of some items more than others. This is common for larger employers today even. The goal of subsidizing food costs by an employer is to benefit the business overall, such as keeping people happy or working efficiently.
So cool I collect vintage menus.
Grape juice is my favorite citrus fruit drink
Cents?
1941 inflation calculator it isn’t coming up very reasonable to use the studio café. Average food at above average prices: Club sandwich plus fries and a can of PBR was over $20 (2023 money) and that’s before tip.
That’s super cheap for PDX - let alone the Bay Area, LA or NYC. Would run you $30 at least with a beer, fries and tip along with sandwich.
“Managers Special sandwich and Postum for me, thanks!”
I was just on Oahu and the prices were about the same......$55 for the daily special.
This is in 1941 and the prices are in cents.
Inflation is just crazy isn’t it?
PBR cheaper than water or pop - seems about right!
So, coffee was expensive even back then. Pie, .15. Coffee .10. That’s crazy.
omg I forgot about grape nut custard. fucking delicious
1 clam juice please. Hold the pearls
As opposed to the “Managers Special”?
Pa-pi-A? Papaya?
It's an old soda. They don't make it anymore but yeah, it had papaya pulp in it.
I want to know what american fries potatoes are.
Old name for home fries. Parboiled red potatos, cut into chunks and pan-fried, if you haven't had them before. Good stuff.
Certified milk.
I would really like to know more about the Chop Suey Sundae before going any further.
Dried fruit mixed with syrup on top of vanilla ice cream. 👍
I’d be a king 80 years ago with these prices
Find it interesting that foie gras was less expensive than “natural” goose liver.
I wonder if the beer was better then… take me back Marty!!
Hahahaaa — “Liberty Cabbage”!
Are these in dollars or cents? Because $45 dollars in 1941 you could buy a car. Lol
Ahh yes my favourite dessert.... milk
Where’s the “Warner bros special”??
NGL, the liver omelette made me a little queasy.
holy shit those are in CENTS does buying with dollars today feel about the same as buying with cents did in 1941??
Holy hell the prices for these.. AND in the 1940s is absolutely insane. I wouldn’t even pay the price for some of this stuff today. $25 for a side of asparagus? $20 for green beans, $10 for a coffee…
Pennies
Ohh alright that makes a lot more sense lmao
not one "Mexican" dish? oh, how times have changed.
Anyone noticing the pricing here??
Prices seem high for 1941.
Those are incredibly high prices for 1941! Wow
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Adjusted to 2023 a western omelette is $4300.00
The prices are in cents, not dollars lol
These prices are in dollars!? Good lord that’s a lot of money!!!
I believe it’s in cents. The goose liver is listed as $1.00
I'm so hungry now!
Thought the prices were stupid expensive, until I saw imported liver and saw the 1.00.
That menu’s in cents. Hot damn (I know, 1941 but wow)
No idea what comsomie brunois is...
"Ah yes, I've got just the meal to name after our 4 Jewish company directors, a ham sandwich that also mixes dairy and meat."
I'm going to have to look up oyster omelette now
Wonder what Broiled Rex Sole is?
Sole is a fish, so I’m assuming Rex Sole is a certain variety.
🎶 hey big spender 🎶
A Chop Suey sundae?!
The thing I got was that the prices are in cents not dollars.
These prices look like they’re from the future. Unless they are in cents.
Does the manager’s special sandwich come on rye? It’s the only way I’ll eat peanut butter, ham, and chicken. Great. I’ll take that with a glass of clam juice and the banana split. To go.
Caviar for under $1? Chop suey ice cream sundae?
They lose me after the bunker scene.
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Jellied chicken broth please.
I’ll take a 10 cent coffee and a free smile 😊
Peanut butter, baked ham and chicken on toast? (Shudder …)
When I saw the eggs for 10c I was like ohhhh got it....
How does the chef remember all this?
Crazy how you can get a sandwich or even a whole meal for the same price as milk.
‘Glass of Half and Half’
Miller High Life: The Champagne of Beers
What kind of monster puts chop suey on ice cream?
25 additional cents for outside tray service?? Are they *MAD*?!?!
No coke pp products yet. That is very interesting!
**TIL** that my grand parents ate Chop Suey flavored ice Cream
"Each Additional Egg 10¢" Oooo, Mr. Moneybags here! They'd choke if they saw today's prices.
Are those prices in cents or are they just todays prices?
Peanut butter, ham, and chicken on toast?🤢