It’s amazing how much money various goods from the grocery store would have cost you back in the 1920s. Example: A dozen eggs cost 47 cents ($6.06 now), one pound of round steak cost 40 cents ($5.16 today), and three pounds of macaroni cost 25 cents ($3.22 today) back in the day.
How much did dinner cost in 1885 NYC?
A supper of roast beef with bread and veggies costs 15 cents at most restaurants in Brooklyn in 1885. Two eggs, fried or boiled, along with the invariable boiled potato, cost between 10 and 15 cents; steak costs 15 cents; sirloin costs 25 cents; a plain omelet costs 25 cents; tea or coffee costs 5 cents; and pies and puddings cost between 5 and 10 cents.″