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Columbia Restaurant

48 EAST 14TH STREET,[NEW YORK,NY?]

Date
1901-06-03
Restaurant
COLUMBIA RESTAURANT
Place
48 EAST 14TH STREET,[NEW YORK,NY?]
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Occasion
DAILY;
Physical description
FOLDER;ILLUS;7.25X11.5;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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williams banana cake

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Scotch Beef Broth Soup
Tomato Soup
Baked Halibut
Boiled Bass, Hollandaise
Beef a la Mode
Curry of Veal with Rice
Sirloin of Beef, Dish Gravy
Leg of Canada Mutton
Mashed Turnips
BREAD
Ice cream
Coffee
Tea
BLUE POINTS
Little Neck clams
Olives
Radishes
Consomme
Scotch Beef Broth
Baked Halibut
Boiled Bass, Hollandaise
Roast Rack of Lamb, Spinach
Calf's Brains, Breaded, Tomato Sauce
Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Prime ribs of beef with dish gravy
Mashed Turnips
Lettuce, French dressing
Pudding
Ice cream
Assorted cakes
Fruits
Bonbons
Scotch Beef Broth$0.15
Clam Chowder$0.15
Soft Shell Crabs$0.40
Shad roe and bacon$0.45
Fried Butterfish$0.25
Irish Lamb Stew, Dublin Style$0.25
Hungarian Beef Goulash and Spaghetti$0.25
Calf's Brains in Tortue with Olives$0.30
Beef à la Mode, German Style, Potato Balls$0.30
Chicken Fricassée with Mushrooms, Noodles$0.45
Smoked Spare Ribs and Spinach$0.25
Calf's Liver Saute à la Suisse$0.25
1/2 Spring Chicken en Casserole, Boston Lettuce$0.50
Roast Rack of Lamb with Spinach$0.30
Veal Chops Saute, Macaroni à la Milanaise$0.30
Sweetbreads glace on toast and mushrooms$0.40
Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.25
Baked Boston beans$0.15
Breast of lamb, breaded, tomato sauce$0.25
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.30
CORNED BEEF HASH WITH BACON$0.30
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.15
Corn fritters$0.15
Baked macaroni$0.15
OYSTER OR CLAM COCKTAIL$0.25
Pan roast$0.35
Blue Points 20 doz.$0.30
Rockaways 25 doz.$0.35
Oysters, stewed$0.25
Oysters, Box Stew$0.30
Oyster Fry$0.30
Broiled on toast$0.35
Oysters, Fancy roast$0.35
Oysters, Baltimore Broil$0.35
Scalloped oysters$0.35
Little Necks$0.20 – $0.30
Stewed$0.25
Fry$0.25
with bacon$0.35
Little Necks fritters$0.30
Steamed Little Necks$0.40
Clam broth cup$0.10
Oysters a la Newburg$0.50
Mixed Pickles$0.10
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.15
Olives$0.10
Radishes$0.10
Pickled onions$0.10
Beets$0.10
Hot clam broth, cup$0.10
Beef tea$0.10
Tomato with rice$0.10
Pea or bean$0.10
Chicken with rice$0.15
Vegetable$0.10
Consomme Plain$0.15
with egg$0.20
Clam Chowder$0.15
Consomme Julienne$0.20
Consomme Macaroni$0.25
Vermicelli$0.20
SALTED ALMONDS$0.20
Roquefort cheese and hard crackers
Demi-tasse
Codfish$0.25
Boiled cod, egg sauce$0.25
Salt mackerel$0.25
Filet of sole, Tartare$0.30
Fish cakes$0.20
Broiled bluefish$0.25
LOBSTER A LA NEWBURG IN A CHAFING DISH$0.75
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.35 – $0.60
Lobster plain$0.30 – $0.50
Broiled Halibut$0.25
Baked bluefish$0.25
Lobster a la Diable$0.40
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
Sliced onions$0.10
Celery$0.20
broiled shad$0.25
Sardines$0.25
Anchovy toast$0.30
wine

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Beefsteak$0.30
Beefsteak with Onions$0.40
Beefsteak with Mushrooms$0.50
Sirloin Steak$0.40
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.50
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.60
Double Sirloin$1.00
Double sirloin Bordelaise$1.25
Double sirloin with onions$1.15
Double sirloin with mushrooms$1.40
Tenderloin$0.60
Tenderloin with onions$0.70
Tenderloin Bearnaise$1.00
Chateaubriand (double tenderloin)$1.25
Chateaubriand (double tenderloin) with mushrooms$1.60
Single Porterhouse steak$1.00
Single Porterhouse steak with onions$1.15
Single Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$1.25
Double Porterhouse$1.50
Double porterhouse with onions$1.70
Double porterhouse with mushrooms$1.90
Delmonico steak$0.50
Delmonico steak with onions$0.60
Delmonico steak with mushrooms$0.70
Hamburger steak, plain$0.30
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.40
Hamburger steak with two Fried Eggs$0.50
Filet mignon aux champignons$0.50
Special Delmonico steak, Julienne potatoes$0.50
Veal cutlets, Breaded$0.35
Veal Cutlets, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Veal cutlets, plain$0.30
Wiener Schnitzel, plain$0.40
Weiner Schnitzel, breaded$0.45
Wiener Schnitzel, Tomato Sauce$0.50
Wiener Schnitzel, a la Holstein$0.60
English mutton shop, single$0.35
English mutton chop, brace$0.65
Sirloin a la Stanley$0.50
Fried honey-comb tripe, bacon$0.25
Chicken fricasse$0.35
Chicken fricasse a la Maryland$0.50
Chicken fried Vienna style$0.50
Paprika schnitzel$0.50
Veal cutlet, breaded, Milanaise$0.30
Chicken hash on toast with egg$0.35
Veal kidney saute, mushrooms$0.30
Lamb fries, breaded, tomato sauce$0.25
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.25
Broiled Chicken$0.50 – $1.00
Chicken croquettes and peas$0.40
Lamb Chops$0.40
Lamb Chops with peas$0.50
Ham or bacon, broiled or fried$0.25
Pork Chops$0.25
Ham and eggs$0.30
Bacon and eggs$0.30
Spring lamb chops, French peas$0.60
Mutton Chops$0.35
New asparagus$0.15
baked or mashed potatoes$0.10
Potatoes Julienne$0.10
Potatoes German fried or saute$0.10
Potatoes French fried$0.10
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.10
Potatoes hashed brown$0.10
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.20
Potatoes Hashed Brown au gratin$0.25
Saratoga Potatoes$0.10
Oyster By asparagus$0.15
Stewed Corn$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
French peas$0.20
Lima or String beans$0.10
Spinach$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Fried onions$0.15
Stewed mushrooms in cream$0.25
Mashed Turnips$0.10
Chicken salad$0.35
Lobster salad$0.35
Potato salad$0.10
Boston lettuce salad$0.15
Tomato Salad$0.15
Cucumber salad$0.15
Watercress Salad$0.10
Cold Slaw$0.10
Extra mayonnaise$0.10
Strawberries & Cream$0.15
Best Java, per pot$0.15
Boiled or Fried Eggs$0.15 – $0.20
Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20 – $0.25
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.25 – $0.30
Omelet tomato or parsley$0.30
Spanish omelet$0.40
Welsh rarebits$0.30
Omelet, plain$0.25
Omelet, oyster$0.40
Omelet, cheese or ham$0.30
Omelet, mushrooms$0.40
Omelet with kidneys$0.35
Golden buck rarebit$0.35
Shirred Eggs$0.20
Omelette with jelly$0.30
Omelette au rhum$0.40
Omelette soufflée$0.50
Omelette with onions$0.30
Long Island rarebit$0.35
Yorkshire buck rarebit$0.40
Prime ribs of beef$0.25
Lamb, mint sauce$0.40
Ham$0.25
Roast beef$0.25
Corned beef$0.20
Chicken or turkey$0.35
Tongue$0.30
Lamb$0.35
Sardines$0.25
Beefsteak, Tartare$0.40
Turkey$0.40
Philadelphia chicken$0.35
Roast Pork, Apple Sauce$0.25
Canada mutton$0.30
Ham$0.10
Corned beef$0.10
Chicken or turkey$0.15
Roast beef$0.15
Cold$0.10
Tongue$0.15
Sardines Sandwich$0.15
Egg Sandwich$0.10
Club sandwich$0.25
American Cheese Sandwich$0.10
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.15
roquefort cheese sandwich$0.15
Raw meat sandwich$0.20
Stuffed veal$0.25
Strawberry tartlette$0.10
Apple tartlette$0.10
Rhubard Tartlette$0.10
Pineapple Pie$0.10
Apple Pie$0.10
Peach Pie$0.10
cocoanut pie$0.10
Custard Pie$0.10
lemon meringue pie$0.10
Vanilla Eclairs$0.10
Lemon ice cream$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Stewed rhubarb$0.10
Sliced pineapple$0.10
rhubarb pie$0.10
Chocolate Eclairs$0.10
Raisin cake$0.10
Citron cake$0.10
Pound cake$0.10
Banana fritters, rhum sauce$0.20
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.15
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.15
Baked apples & cream$0.10
Cornstarch Pudding$0.10
Cup Custard$0.10
Charlotte Russe$0.10
Orange fritters, vanilla sauce$0.20
Lady fingers$0.10
Macaroons$0.10
Neapolitan$0.15
Lemon water ice$0.15
Orange$0.10
Bananas$0.10
Strawberries with Ice Cream$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.15
Swiss cheese$0.15
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
Assorted cakes$0.15
Baked Apple Dumpling$0.10
Strawberry short cake$0.15
Sponge Cake$0.10
Chocolate cake$0.10
Cocoanut cake$0.10
Jelly roll$0.10
Ice cream per pt$0.25
Ice cream per qt$0.40
Roman Punch$0.20
Stewed prunes$0.10
Extra mocha, per pot$0.20
Best Java, cup$0.05
Tea, per pot$0.15
Tea, per cup$0.05
Chocolate, per cup$0.10
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Demi-tasse, special$0.10
Oatmeal and milk$0.15
Oatmeal and cream$0.20
Indian meal mush$0.15
Indian meal mush, with cream$0.20
Rice or hominy$0.15
Rice or hominy with cream$0.20
Cracked Wheat$0.15
Cracked Wheat with Cream$0.20
Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.10
Shredded wheat biscuits, milk$0.15
Graham Crackers$0.10
Boston crackers$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10

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G.H. Mumm's Extra Dry$1.75 – $3.50
Pommery and Greno, Sec$1.75 – $3.50
Veuve Clicquot "Yellow Label"$1.75 – $3.50
Moet and Chandon "White Seal"$1.75 – $3.50
Piper-Heidsieck$1.75 – $3.50
Perrier-Jouet Reserved Dry$1.75 – $3.50
Premier Special Dry$1.25 – $2.25
Imperial$1.00 – $2.00
St. Julien (Cruse et Fils Freres)$0.75 – $1.50
St. Julien$0.50 – $1.00
St. Estephe$0.75 – $1.50
Medoc$0.50 – $1.00
Zinfandel$0.40 – $0.75
Pontet-Canet (Braudenburg Freres)$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$0.50 – $1.00
Margaux$0.75 – $1.50
California Table Claret$0.25 – $0.50
Chablis$0.75 – $1.50
Pommard$1.00 – $2.00
Werner's Rubby Split, 1/2 pt.$0.25
Haut-Sauterne (Braudenburg Freres)$1.00 – $2.00
Haut-Sauterne$0.50 – $1.00
Sauterne$0.35 – $0.60
Chianti Vecchio$0.50 – $1.00
Marcobrunner$1.00 – $2.00
Rudesheimer$0.75 – $1.50
Johannisberger$0.75 – $1.50
Niersteiner$0.65 – $1.25
Niersteiner$0.65 – $1.25
Deidesheimer$0.65 – $1.25
Hochheimer$0.50 – $1.00
Riesling$0.50 – $1.00
California Rhine Whine$0.35 – $0.60
BASS' ALE (WHITE LABEL)$0.25
Bass' Ale (Dog's Head)$0.25
Bass' Ale (Dog's Head), splits$0.15
Evan's Hudson Cream Ale$0.20
Guinness' Stout$0.25
Guinness' Stout, splits$0.15
Luechow's Wurzburger Hofbrauw (on draught)$0.10
Wurzburger Hofbrauw$0.25
Pabst Milwaukee Beer$0.15
Bavarian Export Beer$0.15
New York Beer (D. Mayer & Co.)$0.10
Bass Ale (on draught)$0.10
Canadian Club Rye, D'k$0.20
Trimble Rye$0.15
Wilson Rye$0.15
Pepper Rye$0.15
Old Crow Rye$0.15
Hunter Rye$0.15
Old Valley Rye$0.15
Mt. Vernon Rye '91$0.15
Philadelphia Club Rye$0.15
Jamaica Rum$0.15
St. Croix Rum$0.15
King William V.O.P. Scotch$0.20
Stewart's Finest Scotch$0.15
Usher's Scotch$0.15
Dewar's Scotch$0.15
Hennessey *** Brandy Pony$0.15 – $0.25
Blackberry Brandy$0.15
Cider Brandy (Apple Jack)$0.15
Burnetts Tom Gin$0.15
Gordon Dry Gin$0.15
Plymouth Gin$0.15
Geneva (Schredam) Gin$0.15
Angostura Bitters, Pony$0.20
Hostetters Bitters$0.15
Orange Bitters$0.15
Boonekamp Bitters$0.15
Vermouth, Italian$0.15
Vermouth, French$0.15
Absinthe$0.20
Anisette$0.20
Kummel (Gilka)
Benedictine$0.20
Abricotine$0.20
Curacao, Orange and Green$0.20
Chartreuse, Yellow and Green$0.20
Kirschwasser$0.20
Creme de Menthe$0.20
Creme de Cocoa$0.20
Creme de Yvette$0.20
Pousse Cafe$0.25
RHINE WHINE CUP$0.75 – $1.25
CLARET WINE CUP$0.75 – $1.25
Manhattan Cocktail, D'k$0.15
Martini Cocktail$0.15
Whiskey Cocktail$0.15
Gin Cocktail$0.15
Vermouth Cocktail$0.15
Absinthe Cocktail$0.20
Champagne Cocktail$0.25
Gin Fizz$0.15
Silver Fizz$0.20
Golden Fizz$0.20
Gin Sour$0.15
Gin Rickey$0.15
Whiskey Punch$0.20
Whiskey Rickey$0.15
Whiskey Sour$0.15
Whiskey High Ball$0.15
Scotch High Ball$0.15
Sherry Flip$0.20
Sherry Cobler$0.20
Hot Scotch Whiskey$0.15
Hot Rye Whiskey$0.15
Milk Punch, Rum or Whiskey$0.20
Milk Punch, Brandy$0.25
Claret Punch$0.20
Claret Lemonade$0.15
Absinthe Frappee$0.20
Vermouth Frappe$0.20
Mint Julep$0.25
Claret Wine$0.10
Port Wine$0.15
Sherry Wine$0.15
Rhine Wine$0.10
Sauterne Wine$0.10
Rhine Wine and Seltzer$0.10
Aetna Lithia Water, Glass$0.05
Buffalo Lithia Water$0.05
Arondack, Saratoga Water$0.05
Vichy$0.05
Soda$0.05
Vichy Syphon$0.20
Seltzer syphon$0.20
Lemonade$0.10
Hunyadi Janos Water$0.10
Calisaya Bark, glass$0.10
Club Soda$0.10
Domestic Ginger Ale$0.10
Imported Ginger Ale$0.20
Apollinaris$0.20 – $0.35
Champagne Cider$0.25 – $0.50
Unfermented Grape Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Red Raven Split, 1/2 pts.$0.20
Ice Cream Soda$0.10
Whiskey or Gin, flask$0.35 – $1.25
Manhattan Cocktail, flask$0.35 – $1.25
Martini Cocktail, flask$0.35 – $1.25
Whiskey Cocktail, flask$0.35 – $1.25
Vermouth Cocktail, flask$0.35 – $1.25
Gin Cocktail, flask$0.35 – $1.25
York Cocktail$0.35 – $1.25
Absinthe Cocktail, flask$0.40 – $1.25
Pints$0.70
Quarts$1.25

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