So… For less than $3.00 a person, a night out of dancing and a meal could be had back in the mid 1950’s. According to the Bank of Canada inflation calculator, $5.95 in 1955, is equivalent to about $53.00 in 2015 dollars.
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I love the quaint wording…. Portage de jour…. Bowl of salad greens…..hearts of celery……. Elmwood dressing, I guess that would be like ‘house dressing’.
Geezz, you don’t see those kinds of items on the menu often anymore. Swordfish is delicious. I bet it was even more delicious back then! Haha
Fascinating! $5.95 = $53. In 1955 my legal father working in a Ford feeder plant was making just over $50/week. The Elmwood was always expensive for the common working man.