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Empire Hotel

BWAY & 63RD ST. NY

Date
1900-02-13
Restaurant
EMPIRE HOTEL
Place
BWAY & 63RD ST. NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BREAKFAST
Occasion
DAILY
Physical description
BROADSIDE; HOTEL SEAL; COL; 6.75 X 9.5;
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Strawberries and Cream$0.50
Bananas, each$0.10
Baked Apples and Cream$0.15 – $0.25
Stewed prunes$0.20
Grape fruit$0.25
Oranges, each$0.10
Apples, each$0.10
Honey in comb$0.20
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Strained honey$0.25
Strawberry jam$0.20
Brandy peaches$0.30
Orange marmalade$0.20
Broiled Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Philadelphia squab$0.60
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.35 – $0.65
Small Sirloin, plain$0.60
Small sirloin with onions$0.70
small sirloin with bacon$0.70
Small sirloin, tomato sauce$0.70
Sirloin, plain$0.85
Sirloin with onions$0.95
Sirloin with Bacon$0.95
Sirloin, tomato sauce$0.95
Extra sirloin$1.50
Extra Sirloin with onions$1.75
Extra Sirloin with bacon$1.75
Salisbury Steak$0.60
Small tenderloin$0.60
Tenderloin Steak$0.90
Chateaubriand$1.75
Porterhouse$1.25
Porterhouse extra$2.00
Mutton Chops$0.30 – $0.50
English Mutton Chop, each$0.50
Lamb Chops$0.40 – $0.60
Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.30 – $0.50
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.35 – $0.60
Pork Chops$0.25 – $0.40
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.30
Malt Breakfast Food with Cream$0.25
Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Mackeral Maitre d'Hotel$0.30 – $0.50
Sea bass saute, Meuniere$0.30 – $0.50
Codfish Cakes$0.20 – $0.30
Smoked Salmon$0.40 – $0.60
Finnan Haddie, melted butter$0.40
Salt Codfish in cream$0.40
Salt Mackeral$0.25 – $0.45
Kippered Herring$0.30 – $0.50
Yarmouth Bloater$0.25 – $0.45
Fried Scallops$0.50
Kennebec salmon$0.40 – $0.60
Bluefish$0.25 – $0.45
Panfish$0.25 – $0.45
Striped bass$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Codfish$0.25 – $0.45
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.40
Country Sausage$0.25 – $0.40
Broiled or Fried Pig's Feet$0.30 – $0.50
Tripe Saute a la Creole$0.50
Broiled Tripe$0.40
Stewed Mushrooms$0.50
Vienna Crescents, each$0.05
Milk Rolls, each$0.05
Indian cakes$0.15
Dry Toast$0.10
Bananas and cream$0.25
Raspberry jam$0.20
Tomatoes$0.40
Guava jelly$0.25
Canton Ginger$0.20
Rice Cakes$0.15
English Muffins$0.10
Corn muffins, each$0.05
French Rolls, each$0.05
Graham rolls, each$0.05
Wheat Cakes$0.15
Buckwheat Cakes$0.15
Buttered toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.20
Cream toast$0.25
Glass cream$0.20
Glass milk$0.10
Large pot coffee$0.25
Large pot coffee with cream$0.30
Small pot coffee (served to one person only)$0.15
Small pot coffee with cream$0.20
Oatmeal$15.00
oatmeal with cream$20.00
Wheaten Grits$15.00
Wheaten grits with cream$0.20
Farina, in cream$0.20
Shredded whole wheat biscuits and cream$0.20
Hominy$0.15
Fried hominy$0.20
Hominy with cream$0.20
Boiled Eggs (2 Eggs)$0.20
Fried Eggs (2 eggs)$0.20
Shirred Eggs (2 eggs)$0.20
Poached Eggs (2 eggs)$0.25
Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.45
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.40
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with kidneys$0.40
Scrambled with chicken livers$0.40
Scrambled Eggs Benedictine$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a la Turque$0.50
Scrambled Eggs Buckingham$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a la Mornay$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a la Tripe$0.45
Scrambled Eggs Meyerbeer$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a l'Empire$0.50
Scrambled Eggs en Cocotte$0.40
Scrambled Eggs a l'Aurore$0.40
Plain Omelet$0.30
Plain Omelet with parsley$0.30
Plain Omelet with tomatoes$0.35
Plain omelet with cheese$0.35
Plain Omelet with Bacon$0.35
Plain omelet with kidneys$0.40
Plain omelet with mushrooms$0.45
Plain omelet with oysters$0.50
Plain omelet with chicken livers$0.50
Spanish omelet$0.60
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Corned beef hash with egg$0.40
Lamb Hash$0.35
Lamb hash with egg$0.45
Chicken hash$0.35 – $0.60
Chicken Hash with egg$0.40 – $0.75
Broiled Ham$0.35
Broiled Ham with egg$0.45
Broiled Bacon$0.35
Broiled Bacon with egg$0.45
Calf's liver$0.40
Calf's liver with bacon$0.50
Calf's Liver saute, fines herbes$0.50
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.40
Broiled Lamb Kidneys with bacon$0.50
Baked Potato$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.15
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.25
Potatoes Saratoga$0.20
Potatoes Julienne$0.20
Potatoes Parisienne$0.25
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Potato Croquettes$0.25
Potatoes Stewed in Cream$0.25
Potatoe Hash in cream$0.25
Hash Brown Potatoes$0.25
Sweet Potatoes, Baked$0.20
Sweet Potatoes, Fried$0.20
Sweet Potatoes, sautees$0.20
Brandy cherries$0.30
Brandy pears$0.30
Brandy figs$0.30
Strawberries & Cream$0.50
Fried Hominy with Cream$0.20
Plain omelet with ham$0.35
Fried Pig's Feet$0.30 – $0.50
Small pot tea (served to one person only)$0.15
Small pot chocolate (served to one person only)$0.15
Small pot tea with cream$0.20
Small pot chocolate with cream$0.20
Large pot tea$0.25
Large pot chocolate$0.25
Large pot tea with cream$0.30
Large pot chocolate with cream$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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