Post #796025 by Swanky on Tue, Jul 2, 2019 12:32 PM

On 2019-07-02 11:57, mikehooker wrote:

On 2019-07-02 11:12, Swanky wrote:
Based on drink prices, I have not seen a menu older than maybe 1950s. We have a 1957 Mai-Kai drink menu with base prices in the 90 cent area and I think this is a dating mechanism universally.

Taking the Navy Grog as a base, this is the oldest menu I have seen (copyright 1941, but actually later) with the Navy Grog at $1.65, which I would guess is a late 50's early price as it's close the Mai-Kai 1957 Samoan Grog price.

Who has an earlier drink menu? A 1930s drink would probably prices around 35 cents.

Interesting you'd use the Navy Grog as the point of reference cuz the prices on my menu mostly range between $.05-30 cheaper than yours, while some are the same, but oddly, the Navy Grog is more expensive. I think that's the only drink on mine that's more than yours. This one also has the 1941 copyright.

Maybe use the Cuban Daiquiri as a guide as we may assume it's ingredients are a stable price? So 90 to 95 cents. Yours is a few years younger.