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Hotel Montgomery

90 MONTGOMERY STREET, JERSEY CITY, NJ

Date
1900-03-14
Restaurant
HOTEL MONTGOMERY
Place
90 MONTGOMERY STREET, JERSEY CITY, NJ
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; 6 X 9.25;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

CLAM BROTH$0.20
Salt mackerel$0.20
Fried smelts$0.20
Fish cakes, tomato sauce$0.15
Fried or Broiled Bluefish$0.20
Fried or broiled halibut$0.20
Fried codfish$0.20
Consomme$0.10
Ready opened$0.15
Half Shell$0.20
Shad, to order Oyster Pies
Stew, plain with milk$0.20
Kalamazoo celery$0.10
Box Stew$0.25
fried$0.25
Fried with Bacon$0.30
Broiled$0.30
Broiled with Bacon$0.35
Shell Roast$0.35
Pan roast$0.30
Oyster Fritters$0.25
Scallops fried with rasher of bacon$0.20
Little Necks, half shell$0.20
Cream Broil$0.35
Tomato$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Stewed Corn$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Asparagus
Lima beans$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes
Spinach$0.05
Celery
Potatoes, Fried$0.05
Potatoes, boiled$0.05
Potatoes, hashed browned$0.10
Potatoes, French fried$0.10
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.10
Potatoes, stewed$0.10
Sweet Potatoes$0.05
Roast beef$0.15
Roast beef, prime$0.25
Lamb$0.25
Corned beef$0.15
Ham$0.15
Tongue$0.20
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.20
Chicken salad$0.25
Lobster salad$0.25
Potato salad$0.10
Ham Sandwich$0.05
Corned beef sandwich$0.05
Cheese Sandwich$0.05
Sardines$0.25
Pork and beans$0.15
Ham and beans$0.15
Corned beef and beans$0.15
Lettuce with mayonnaise$0.20
Lettuce plain$0.15
Chow chow$0.05
Cold Slaw$0.10
Pickles$0.05
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.05
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.10
Club sandwich, Montgomery style$0.20
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Sliced tomatoes with mayonnaise$0.15
Prime rib of beef$0.25
Lamb$0.25
Turkey$0.25
Chicken$0.25
Beef$0.15
Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.15
Mutton$0.15
Green Turtle$0.25
Bouillon, per cup$0.05
Bouillon, per plate$0.10
Little Necks, stew$0.20
Little Necks, fry$0.25
Little Necks, steamed$0.30
Little Necks, roast$0.35
Clam Fritters$0.25
Scallops, stewed$0.20
Scallops, fried$0.25
Lobster, plain$0.25
Lobster, broiled, half$0.30
Lobster, broiled, whole$0.50
Lobster, a la Newburg$0.40
Stew$0.20
Oyster Pies
Bread and Butter served with Soup, Fish and Meat Orders

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Pies, per cut$0.05
Charlotte Russe$0.05
Coffee$0.05
Tea$0.05
Iced milk$0.05
Chocolate Eclairs$0.05
Boiled or baked apple dumpling$0.05
Sweetbreads, to order$0.35
Lamb's fries, tomato sauce$0.25
Phila. squab$0.40
Canada Spring Lamb Mint Sauce$0.20
Vermont Turkey. Stuffed. Cranberry Sauce$0.25
Sirloin of Beef with Parsnip$0.15
Little neck clam pie, Rhode Island style$0.15
Shrewsbury Eels, Breaded, Tartar Sauce$0.20
Rice pudding cream sauce$0.05
Apple Dumpling Brandy Sauce$0.05
Fareira Pudding Cream Sauce$0.05
Croquettes of Veal with String Beans$0.20
Chicken Pot Pie country style$0.25
Minced Lamb a la Zingara$0.20
Bouilli of Beef with Vegetables$0.15
Ragout of Lamb with Small Potatoes$0.15
Fresh Pig Ham Stuffed Apple Sauce$0.20
Prime Ribs of New York Beef Dish Gravy$0.25
Rump and Navel Corn Beef and New Cabbage$0.15
New England Boiled Dinner$0.20
Baked Rock Cod. Claret Sauce Potato Saute$0.20
Boiled Sea Trout Celery Sauce$0.20
Chicken with rice$0.10
Puree of Split Peas aux Crouton$0.10
Consomme Celestine$0.10
Farina Pudding Cream Sauce
Farina Pudding Cream Sauce

Page 4

Orange Bitters$0.15
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry$2.00 – $3.75
Piper Heidsieck$3.75
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry$1.00
Boker Bitters$0.15
Medoc$0.50 – $1.00
Angostura Bitters$0.15
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.25
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Sauternes$0.75 – $1.25
Boonekamp Bitters$0.15
Laubenheimer$0.75 – $1.25
Hochheimer$0.80 – $1.50
F. & M. Schaefer's Beer, on draught, glass$0.05 – $0.10
Wm. J. Lemp's St. Louis Beer$0.15
Anheuser Busch$0.15
Ballantine's India Ale$0.15
C. H. Evan's India Pale Ale$0.15
Dog's Head Bass$0.25
Bass's Ale, White Label$0.25
Burke's Guinness's Stout$0.25
Imported Ginger Ale, C. & C.$0.25
Ginger Ale, Domestic
Sarsaparilla
Club Soda
Lemon Soda
Apollinaris$0.20 – $0.35
Hunyadi Water, glass$0.10
Hathorn Water, glass$0.10 – $0.25
Patterson Spring Water, glass$0.10 – $0.25
Bromo Seltzer$0.10
Vichy, Seltzer or Carbonic Water$0.10 – $0.25
Werner's half pint$0.25
Hostetter Bitters$0.15
Absinthe$0.15
Anisette$0.15
Curacao$0.15
Creme de Menthe (Green)$0.15
Benedictine$0.15
Chartreuse (Yellow)$0.15
Maraschino$0.15
Vermouth, French or Italian$0.15
Gilka Kuemmel$0.15
Claret$0.10
Rhine Wine$0.10
Sherry$0.10
PORT$0.10
Medford Rum$0.10
Jamaica Rum$0.15
St. Croix Rum$0.15
Plymouth Gin, Coates & Co.'s Original$0.15
Booth's Tom Gin$0.15
Holland Gin$0.10
Geneva Gin$0.10
Otard Brandy$0.15 – $0.25
Martell Brandy$0.15 – $0.25
Hennessy Brandy$0.15 – $0.25
Blackberry Brandy$0.10
Apple Whiskey$0.10
Scotch Whiskey, Usher's O. V. G.$0.10
John Dewar & Son, Special Highland Scotch Whiskey$0.10
King William Scotch Whiskey$0.15
Canadian Club Whiskey$0.10
J. H. Pepper Whiskey$0.10
Jameson's Whiskey$0.10
Gallagher & Burton Cabinet Rye Whiskey$0.10
Old Crow Whiskey$0.10
Paul Jones Whiskey$0.10
Mount Vernon Whiskey$0.10
G. & W. Canadian Rye$0.10
Gibson's Fine Old Whiskey$0.10
Hunter's Rye Whiskey$0.10
Carstair's Rye Whiskey$0.10
Wilson Whiskey$0.10
Imported and Domestic Cigars.

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