What would you eat in the Warner Bros. Studios Cafe in 1941 if you could?

25 high lifes

The managers special sandwich sounds wild

Rita Hayworth.

Sir Loin of Beef, of course.

Jesus fricking Christ.

how?

How is a turkey cold cut 75 dollars in ‘41.

Movie stars weren’t as rich as they are today, and I bet even Tom Cruise would balk at paying 1500 dollars for a cold sandwich lunch.

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Wow….because those values are in cents.

Imagine a world where an entire restaurant menu including beef roast is sub a dollar.

I'll take the canapés of anchovies with a a glass of room temperature certified milk. And I will be requiring the $0.25 tray service

frick it, tell them to send a dish of the jellied chicken broth as well

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that dollars or cents? I think it’s cents

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If so why would they randomly assign cent values to certain options? I'm thinking dollars or that there was an understanding in the era of which items were listed by dollar vs cent

Eggs are listed as $0.10 while lamb chops at 65. No way they're charging lamb chops at the cost of 6.5 eggs

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Eggs are listed as $0.10 while lamb chops at at simply 65. No way they're charging lamb chops at the cost of 6.5 eggs

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The economics of the 1940s was weird.

It's Cents, relax.

So the T-bone would cost $15 today on that menu with inflation.

So I'd get that T-bone for 75 cents.

Hard to top oysters at a dime each.
Though I'm taking the steak