We've been fortunate enough to stay and eat in the Irma Hotel in Cody WY. The dining room and Bar have not changed much in 110 years. I recommend the prime rib.

I'm always interested to find old menus. It's always interesting to see what people were eating "back in the day" as well as prices for different items. What sometimes is considered an expensive special item now may have been a commonplace thing back then. Venison is one thing that jumps to mind at the moment. Sort of special now, common back then. Oh well great video of course. Take it easy. *:-)*

I could’ve watched 10 more minutes on this subject. Great video Santee, learning about the Wild West from you has brought me knowledge about stuff I didn’t even know I wanted to know about. I’m so glad I found the Arizona Ghost Riders channel.

As always, interesting and now I’m going to eat my breakfast.

4:00 now that’s an awesome looking painting whoever made that and is possibly reading this it’s awesome and you made Santee look cooler than Clint Eastwood in his cowboy movies 😀

The only bad thing about your videos is that they are too short! Love your work.

Made me hungry, gonna go make my breakfast, hash, bacon & eggs, (you gave me the idea, thanks). Have a great weekend. 👍🏼🤠

Very interesting Santee! Thanks for the video. I always look forward to my Saturdays and your vids just make them that much better. And I always leave a like to show you my support. Have a good weekend everybody!

Mark Twain in Roughing It had a great quote about the food served to passengers at Stagecoach stops. In addition to cramped space, there were accidents and an occasional robbery or attack by Indians. And then there was the food, when it was available. According to Mark Twain, a meal consisted of “last week’s bread…condemned army bacon…a beverage which pretended to be tea, but there was too much dish-rag, and sand, and old bacon-rind in it to deceive the intelligent traveler.” And to rub salt in the wound, meals were not included in the $200 a traveler paid for passage.

Santee, there was a chain of railroad restaurants at the time, the Harvey Houses, that employed young, single women and provided good food in fairly elegant surroundings. The young ladies (called "Harvey girls") were of good character and often met their future husbands among the repeat customers of the railroads. These restaurants began in Kansas in 1876 and lasted until 1968, nearly a hundred years later. There is, in fact, an operational Harvey House restaurant in the Grand Canyon Lodge of the Grand Canyon National Park in your home state. If you're ever in the area, you might want to check it out. :)

We do a private dinner for Diggins in Columbia CA. Using historical utensils and recipes it is a ton of work for 20 or so patrons plus the staff. It really puts modern restaurants in perspective.

Another most enjoyable video. The beans and bread that Trinity was eating looked great. I would love to know more about the Russ House in Tombstone.

The thumbs down is a person who despises restaurant food and eats only Taquitos.

I always enjoy your videos. I just wish that they were 10 or 15 minutes longer. They are just that good. I would like to see one on odd ball firearms in the old west.

love the Deadwood easter egg clips; just watched the series for the first time beginning of lockdown, have rewatched it prob 6 or 7 times since.

On a trip out west, I enjoyed a hearty meal at the St. James Hotel in Cimeron, NM. Great food and biscuits with gravy. Enjoyed the history of the establishment all the way down to the bullet holes in the ceiling.

Ate at the Idaho Hotel in Silver City Idaho back in 2017 when I used to live fairly nearby. They didn't make too much of an effort to be authentic with the food if I remember right, but the building is part of the original ghost town and I loved eating there!

Ice Cream Parlors in the Old West. I'm amazed Wyatt Earp didn't put on a gut because he loved the Ice Cream Parlor in Tombstone and went there often.

Good one Santee! Food business family here. Tough way to make a living. Many stories of so called restaurants reusing food customers left on plate. I've always thought winter would have been the best time to eat in an old restaurant. Meat easily kept cold. Mexican people most likely had the inside track on safe food in hot climates. Dried everything was de rigueur.

I actually tried some recipes from one of those old Time-Life books 'The Old West' one of which was vinegar pie-really just custard I believe with some apple vinegar added. It turned out surprisingly tasty with a nice fruity zing from the vinegar. My wife complimented me by stating I was officially a nerd for doing it.

Rock Springs Cafe , the Chicken and Dumplings are what they served way back in the day. And the pies are OUT OF THIS WORID!!!

Heh, a McDonald's at Bodie. I went to the Calico House Restaurant early this year. Must've been in the middle of the food shipment because nearly everything was sold out. I've ate at a good number of old restaurants along California State Route 49. Most of them are pretty good, some of them with food you wouldn't expect in that area. Almost if they kept the menus up to a extent. Especially the French influence. One of the more memorable dinners I've had was at the Idaho Hotel in Silver City Idaho back in the late 90s.

i loved that little rascals clip, it's weird that i just watched that very episode last week

Another great episode.

Interesting slice of western history! I remember watching the movie, "The Harvey Girls" with Judy Garland playing a girl from the East who went West to work at one of the famous Fred Harvey Houses in Sandrock, Arizona. Harvey Houses were one of the first chain restaurants in America. Also in the movie, Murder She Wrote's Angela Lansbury played Judy's saloon girl rival Em! I always thought it was interesting how a big juicy T-bone steak was common with fried eggs for breakfast back in those good old days! Definitely not like today's fast food! Thanks for posting! Happy trails!

Another excellent and informative video. Thank you.

One of my favourite indoor sequences in any western is the long restaurant scene in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, I don’t know why but something about seeing the running of a busy restaurant in the west and how similar it is to these days is so interesting as a setting

Great episode Santee. Happy Friday!!👍👍👍

One of the pioneers in Arizona was Pete Kitchens. He raised pigs which was pretty smart since pork was a rarity. The local Apaches didn't eat pork, but passing braves used his pigs for bow and arrow practice. So the pigs were called Pete Kitchens pin cushions.

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The Ingalls even tried their hand at running a hotel restaurant. Good group of episodes!

I ate breakfast at the Gadsen Hotel awhile back and the Huevos Rancheros were fabulous.

Your "dressing the part" series was very helpful in shaping my gunslinger costume. I'm glad to see love and appreciation for American History is still alive.

Another great video! This is the type of educational video sprinkled with comedy that I used to watch as a kid on PBS. Learning something new everyday.

Always, have been interested in foods from that period of history. Not just what they carried, but where they are and whatever was available. Thanks again for your interesting videos.

Good video, when ever I travel, eating in a small local greasy spoon restaurant is a must. Cheers & dont forget the alka seltzer!

Sorry im late my friend. Great info, makes me want a calzone from Big Nose Kates in Tombstone lol That paining of you by chris is amazing!!

Like as always John not to worry we all get busy would of love to eaten in a old western restaurant another like from us love the skeleton lol and oysters love them take care John and thanks for the visit

The Buckhorn Exchange in Denver is a fun place to go to. Teddy Roosevelt loved to eat there when he was in the area. It was called the Rio Grande Exchange in 1893 because of it's close proximity to the rail station. Wild Exotic meats are their specialty.

great vid, thanks so much Cheese !! …. and every time someone plays a clip of Terrence Hill eating beans, I have to go watch the entire movie.... every single time :-) I guess the lawn will have to wait until tomorrow !

Wow awesome shared, No shirt no shoes no service,nice restaurant cool got MacDonald too🙋🏻‍♀️

I'm more excited to watch your videos than I was to watch Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid. I need to find a 3'x5' "No step on snek" flag! Lol. Great job Santee!

There was a hilarious episode of Little House on the Prairie, in which an industrious entrepreneur opened a restaurant in Walnut Grove offering only three menu items... the first fast food restaurant. At the very end of the episode, an old southern colonel with white hair and a goatee rode into town with the intention of opening a restaurant that served only one item: southern fried chicken!

YUUUUUMMMMMMMM!!! Thanks Santee! Stay away from the up Chuck Wagon! All The Plum Good Best! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

Mighty fine Santee. Thanks

How can you not like any of this channels content

Just about the most memorable menus I have seen was listed as follows, Breakfast $ 3.50 Lunch.

That was a great video. Closest I came was a truckstop called the road kill cafe. The poodle with noodles was really good.

Right on Chris Martinez, great painting of Santee and Rex!

YUM, YUM , YUMMY ! Another AWESOME video :-)

Great Show !

So much great content packed into this video, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of my favorite movies. Not going to try the brains in batter.

Silverton Colorado ! I passed through there late one night. Finally found a motel room. $10 for the three of us ! We were buried in hippies.

Great video as always. Let's get some grub. Seriously I love the passion in your videos and I enjoy videos about food. People had to eat everywhere For a hotel,modest or grand, having a sit down restaurant was a help to business.

The Pekin Noodle Parlor In Montana One Of The Oldest Chinese Restaurants In The Country Chop Suey Was Also Very Popular In Those Days

Such an awesome and informative video. LOVE IT. This is one area we never learned in school. Keep up the great work my friend.

As always another great video

Hey Santee, great video! I was going to mention that movie “The Man Who shot Liberty Valence” but you beet me to it. I was going to remark on the size of the steaks they were served. They were the size of a whole family steak 🥩! Loved that movie, but would’ve loved that steak more!! Haha

I visited the Canadian Badlands in Alberta several years ago with a tour group. While there we had lunch at The Last Chance Saloon. They serve more modern fair, but the ambiance was amazing.

I wish I could go to an old period correct town. I heard there are a few in the gold countries like yukon still up and running. Tombstone would be cool too...

Loved this video

I like this channel, and I like what I learn here. Plus the channel actually notices you! I’m watching this and thinking about Red Dead Redemption 2 when you can eat in some of the taverns/hotels lol

Great video as always. A long time ago, I visited Calico with my family and I briefly remember the saloon. My dad encouraged me to get a sarsaparilla because I didn't know what it was at the time.

I love these videos!! Thx Santee!!

Reminds me I gotta stop hitting up all the chop houses and store up on some canned beans. Especially if I want that new model 3 for the CAS competitions...

How did I Miss this One and it's great To see spankie of the little rascals🤩

Santee and Rex - Los Diablos Mortal - after Santee's wife sees the mess they've made around the house! Actually nice poster painting. Hint, Hint - I'd buy one to hang in my classroom. I've got a board with pictures of Clayton Moore, Geronimo, Terrance Hill, Woody Strode, a Marine recruiting post featuring a female Marine Sgt. friend of mine and good ole Batjac J.W. with a Model 29. Los Diablos Mortal would look good next to it.

Great history lesson as always. But now I'm hungry anyone up for some beans and biscuits? Yummy.

Thanks to you I learn a lot of the real Wild West. And I like the humor in the movies! Greetings from Schagen (The Netherlands)

Early frontier settlers carried along with them across our great nation from firearms to edged weapons and everything like the long hunters used and the Long knives and the early pioneers

Love waking up to a new video from you Santee. Keep it up?

I remember going to a restaurant that was built since 1887 and still active till this day in southern Texas they had alot of meals that were mostly deer meat, bison meat and so much more the food was great and everything but it can take a huge chunk out of my wallet because of how the service was made. I liked it but it's better to have a wife to cook for you.

You're making me hungry....for more great Santee Videos!!!

Look up the old tune, "All Go Hungry Hash House" in reference to the boarding house food. For some traditional music look up Norman Blake and Rich O'Brien, "Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene."

apparently i already watched this video, but i dont remember watching it so here i go again

New sub here! Just found your channel in my recommendations. I am a history buff, I live in the great state of AZ and I am fascinated by the old southwest. This is awesome!

Now I’m hungry. Thanks for another great episode.

The Chinese restaurants had an advantage in that much of the food was made using boiling water, which tended to get rid of pathogens that other places didn't. Also why the Chinese working on the railroads weren't sick as often as other ethnic groups working the same railroads; the Chinese boiled the local water for tea, while everyone else just drank the water as it was.

Greasewood Flats in north Scottsdale was an old stagecoach stop. They had a great burger, chili and cold beer

Another wonderful upload my friend. I enjoyed the ad about guitar teaching from the beginning :) I laugh seeing the golden M in the historic western town at the end to ha ha

just ate at longhorns in tombstone and had shots in the original Wyatt Earp’s Oriental Saloon

How did life in the 19th Century differ in Canada as opposed to the U.S.? (Or Alaska)

... _and The steak was so tough it jumped off the serving plate and buffaloed us all._

Love that clip from Liberty Vallance. If you look at all the publicity clips Marvin has two or three different quirts. One looks more like a whip and reached to his ankles. Hey a good idea. Do a video on quirts and whips.😉

Huh, this is the exact day I took and passed my CCW! Also my 59th birthday! It was a good day! I like the restaurant bit Santee! Keep it coming!

Santee, could you do one on the logistics of famous train and stagecoach robberies?

Santee, do a video on your gun/holster collection!

Great video!!

Another delicious episode. Great job Santee. "The More Smoke Gang " 🤠

Very cool!

That last menu looked like GREAT food! 😋

1:34 P E R F E C T video conversion....good for your computer geek..... best i've seen eve !!!! oldguypctech

Shout out to Silverton Colorado. There is still a hotel there with rooms that was built in the 1880's and me and my family stayed there. They kept everything to make it actually look like it was from the 1880's it was really cool.

Another great episode Santee. I have in fact eating in a restaurant that was in historical old west building. I forgot the name of it but I know it was in Columbia, California. Just north of Jamestown, California.

Interesting video.

Could you please do a video on camping tent styles and campsites in the old west

You can still get some good snake and bison in Sedona, AZ.

I never thought about restaurants, always think about saloons, Very interesting my friend.

While not Old West- The Eagle Tavern at Henry Ford Greenfield Village in Dearborn MI has most excellent 1800's fare

Look at those hungry folks waiting to put on the feedbag under the very liked AGR logo at 45. Deliciously done !!!!