Jim G.
Service Attendant
I'd appreciate some info on dining options (roomette) on the Lake Shore Limited #49 westbound from New York Penn to Chicago. The Amtrak site was incomplete and other sites were 4/5 yrs. old. Thanks you.
That's hilarious. Good bye Steak Island™? What will the Amtrak food fans rally behind now? The precooked burgers? The overcooked pasta? The emergency rations?It seems "Page 2" of the menu is missing from most of the individual train sites. Perhaps Amtrak is in the middle of the much rumored/speculated major "overhaul" of the Long Distance Dining Car food service. Only menu left where I found the Amtrak Steak was the Coast Starlight.
I found the steak on the Capitol Limited's menu earlier today and just now. And checking others now - CZ, EB, SM, and SWC.It seems "Page 2" of the menu is missing from most of the individual train sites. Perhaps Amtrak is in the middle of the much rumored/speculated major "overhaul" of the Long Distance Dining Car food service. Only menu left where I found the Amtrak Steak was the Coast Starlight.
Then maybe they'll take it seriously. Actually, they apparently took it seriously when the EB's menu was reported to themI notified them [via an email] this morning also.
Can you order/request a second soda during a meal, now too?You're not restricted to just one beverage. I usually have coffee and orange juice with breakfast. Sometimes I have milk too.
In the past when traveling Sleeper I've never had trouble ordering a second can, usually for the road.Can you order/request a second soda during a meal, now too?You're not restricted to just one beverage. I usually have coffee and orange juice with breakfast. Sometimes I have milk too.
Careful,the nickel and dime Bean Counters @ 60 Mass and the mica-managers up the street will hold hearings as to why Amtrak Sleeping Car Passengers are being wined and dined like Royalty!In the past when traveling Sleeper I've never had trouble ordering a second can, usually for the road.Can you order/request a second soda during a meal, now too?You're not restricted to just one beverage. I usually have coffee and orange juice with breakfast. Sometimes I have milk too.
Those nickel and dimers at 60 Mass have put it in writing that one is allowed two soft beverages at no cost IF in Sleeping Accommodations..Careful,the nickel and dime Bean Counters @ 60 Mass and the mica-managers up the street will hold hearings as to why Amtrak Sleeping Car Passengers are being wined and dined like Royalty!In the past when traveling Sleeper I've never had trouble ordering a second can, usually for the road.Can you order/request a second soda during a meal, now too?You're not restricted to just one beverage. I usually have coffee and orange juice with breakfast. Sometimes I have milk too.
If you were going just between PVD and NYP then you're in all terms entitled to one meal. If you go past NYP a second meal is calling you. Unless you were on 2173 or 2175.. I have been on 2173 plenty of times and it doesn't really fill up at NYP like others do. So I would guess 2175 is the same way. In which case you can get away with that.I wonder what would happen if you asked for a second meal, declaring you were still hungry? I was offered a second meal on Acela last month when the attendant asked me how I liked the chicken I ordered and I told him it was fine but I thought the portions were very small. I really was surprised when he offered me another full meal. The portions served on the Acela really do seem much smaller than anything you get in the regular dining car.
I'm still surprised about the unlimited alcohol policy in Acela First Class. I watched several Brooks Bros. Business Suit types attempt to drink the price of their ticket between PVD and NYP. Even in my youth I could never bolt drinks down like that and then be able to stand up and walk...........
Do they actually cook the food on Acela or is this just a typo?If you want a second meal in a DINING car, you will pay for it. In First Class, it is more up to discretion of the attendant and meal/passenger counts. In FC, you can have 40 pax and NO one eats and you can have 40 pax and everyone eats. Thus sometimes there is plenty of leftover cooked food and sometimes not...
The same nickel and dimers that said there were no more AGR blackout days? :giggle:Those nickel and dimers at 60 Mass have put it in writing that one is allowed two soft beverages at no cost IF in Sleeping Accommodations..Careful,the nickel and dime Bean Counters @ 60 Mass and the mica-managers up the street will hold hearings as to why Amtrak Sleeping Car Passengers are being wined and dined like Royalty!In the past when traveling Sleeper I've never had trouble ordering a second can, usually for the road.
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