WINNIPEG — Forget turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce; a Christmas dinner menu from a once luxurious Winnipeg hotel, gives a glimpse of how people dined more than a century ago.
Built around 1884, the Leland Hotel was a prestigious hot spot in the city. Located at William Avenue near King Street, it had 100 rooms, hot and cold running water, a billiard room, a barber shop, and reading rooms. But after many years of neglect, the building sat empty and turned into a run-down hotel. It when then destroyed by an arson fire in 1995.
One of the items that did remain, is a Christmas dinner menu from the hotel, dated back to 1897.
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Listed on the menu are green turtle dumplings, oyster patties, loin of cub bear, chicken a la mayonaise, calves tongues, and hot mince pie.
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