The Hilton College of the University of Houston’s Hospitality Industry Archives includes a wonderful selection of menus from the 1850s and 1860s.
They’re great to read, but unfortunately, the college’s archive makes it really difficult to get a decent downloadable version. This Imgur post has high-rez versions of many of these public domain documents.
One striking difference between these menus and contemporary ones is how much of the food came as prix fixe, often included with a hotel stay. Also noteworthy is the focus on booze as the major feature of any meal. My favorite among the docs is the Baltimore Barnum’s City Hotel menu, which includes the train schedules and booze selection around the border, for handy reference.
The Hilton College of the University of Houston’s Hospitality Industry Archives includes a wonderful selection of menus from the 1850s and 1860s.
They’re great to read, but unfortunately, the college’s archive makes it really difficult to get a decent downloadable version. This Imgur post has high-rez versions of many of these public domain documents.
One striking difference between these menus and contemporary ones is how much of the food came as prix fixe, often included with a hotel stay. Also noteworthy is the focus on booze as the major feature of any meal. My favorite among the docs is the Baltimore Barnum’s City Hotel menu, which includes the train schedules and booze selection around the border, for handy reference.
They’re not only eliminating tips for minimum wage workers, they’ve also stopped paying workers for their breaks.
I’m just about ready to boycott Tim Hortons over their incessant greed. Who’s with me?
Also this seems pretty ILLEGAL:
If tips are permitted, it is illegal to withhold them from workers, following changes to the Employment Standards Act introduced by the Ontario government in 2015. Employers can only withhold tips if they are collected and re-distributed later in a tip pool.
I e-mailed the parent company, Restaurant Brands International, and told them that as long as this behaviour continues and RBI does not step in to advocate for the workers, I will be boycotting not only Tim Hortons, but all RBI-affiliated properties (Burger King, Dominos, and Popeyes).
