Dataset

Historical offers and prices printed in Free Press Houston ads

Reviewed price and offer terms printed in ads: item, quote as printed, amount and comparison, quantity, conditions, ad, issue and PDF page.

Coverage: 38 reviewed offers. Specials only, not menus or market prices.
Methodology: Amounts keep their printed bounds (under, from, bundle quantity, ratio). No unit prices are calculated. Not evidence of a transaction or of any current price.
Rights: Descriptive metadata created by the archive is released under CC0 1.0. Rights in the underlying articles, photographs and artwork remain with their authors; the rows describe those works and do not license them.

Version: 2026-10-07
Rows: 38
Columns: 12
Source: /collections/menus-specials-prices

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Free Press Houston Archive “Historical offers and prices printed in Free Press Houston ads (Free Press Houston Archive dataset, version 2026-10-07).” 7 October 2026. Dataset, version 2026-10-07. Free Press Houston Archive. https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/data/advertised-offers. Accessed [date].

Published: 7 October 2026
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Columns

ad_id · ad_url · issue_id · pdf_page · businesses · item · quote_as_printed · amount_usd · comparison · quantity · amount_display · conditions

First rows

ad_id	ad_url	issue_id	pdf_page	businesses	item	quote_as_printed	amount_usd	comparison	quantity	amount_display	conditions
fph-2010.08-p5-rudyards	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/advertisements/fph-2010.08-p5-rudyards	2010.08	5	Rudyard's British Pub	Burger and beer lunch special	Burger and a beer only $7.50	7.5	equal	—	$7.50	11:30am–3:00pm
fph-2010.08-p25-red-lion-pub	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/advertisements/fph-2010.08-p25-red-lion-pub	2010.08	25	Red Lion Pub	Cheeseburger with handcut fries	$5 cheeseburgers	5	equal	—	$5	Monday nights; 1/2 lb Angus or 4x minis; massive pile of handcut fries as printed
fph-2009.01-p7-numbers	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/advertisements/fph-2009.01-p7-numbers	2009.01	7	Numbers	Draft beer	75¢ drafts	0.75	equal	—	75¢	Les Boom! Wednesday weekly starting 11.12.08 as printed; 18+ event entry and no cover
fph-2009.01-p7-numbers	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/advertisements/fph-2009.01-p7-numbers	2009.01	7	Numbers	Lone Star beer	$2 Lone Stars	2	equal	—	$2	Les Boom! Wednesday weekly starting 11.12.08 as printed; 18+ event entry and no cover
fph-2009.01-p7-numbers	https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/advertisements/fph-2009.01-p7-numbers	2009.01	7	Numbers	Kamikaze drink	$2.50 Kamikazes	2.5	equal	—	$2.50	Les Boom! Wednesday weekly starting 11.12.08 as printed; 18+ event entry and no cover