Inflation calculators If a Reuben sandwich cost 35 cents in 1935, how much would that be in “todays” dollars?
• Purchasing power of the U.S. dollar…1663-2008 • Inflation calculator,U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…1913-present. Colonial American tavern prices Colonial American tavern (publik house, ordinary) prices were set by law. Food was generally included with the price of room. Urban taverns offered a wider range of services, including both public and private dining facilties. These establishments offered meals to the general public. Menus were nonexistant; prices were fixed. About colonial tavern foods. Pricing notes here: “The fare in a rural tavern…was simple, whatever the tavern keeper had on hand for his/her own family and was willing to share…The prices charged for food (and nearly everything else) in a licensed tavern were regulated by law. Tavern keepers were even required in some areas to distinguish between a “good” meal and a “common” one. However, whatever the quality of the food served, the proprietor was allowed to charge a predetermined price…On December 28, 1785,
