A customer recently found an old menu from an iconic Husdon Valley restaurant, and it shows what fine dining looked like in the Hudson Valley circa 1947.
The Hudson Valley is home to so many great restaurants and eateries. Some have been in business for generations. The Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck is the oldest inn in the United States and has had many famous visitors over the years. Another long-standing iconic restaurant is the Ship Lantern Inn, located in Milton, NY. The Ship Lantern Inn has been in business since 1925, but the building dates back to the Revolutionary War.
Recently a customer shared a picture of what the menu for the Ship Lantern Inn looked like from around 1947 or 1948. The woman found the menu in her 91-year-old mother's yearbook from 1947. It's funny the things we hold onto for our entire lives. Seeing what the prices were for some of the items is really cool when you compare the items to today's current prices.