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Chicago Oyster House And Restaurant

CHCAGO, IL

Date
1900-05-22
Restaurant
CHICAGO OYSTER HOUSE AND RESTAURANT
Place
CHCAGO, IL
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; COL; 6.5X11;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  5. Page 5
  6. Page 6

Dishes

Page 1

Pilsner Buergerbrau
Wuerzburger Buergerbrau

Page 2

Little Neck Clam Cocktail$0.25
soft schell crabs, tartar sauce, pair$0.40
LEMPS EXTRA PALE BEER ON DRAUGHT
Steamed Duxburry Clams$0.35
Lobster a la Newburg$1.00
Lobster a la Maryland$0.60
BLUEPOINTS ON HALF SHELL DOZ.$0.40
Soup, Green Sea Turtle$0.25
Soup, Vegetable with Macaroni$0.10
Consomme Financiere$0.10
Fulton Market, Clam Chowder$0.25
Wahl's Vegetable Bouillon$0.15
Blue Point Oyster Cocktail$0.25
Soup Without Meat or Fish Order$0.15
Bouillon, with a Poached Egg,$0.15
Boiled Salt mackerel, Cream Sauce$0.30
Fillet of Black Bass, to order,$0.50
Baked Mackinac Trout, Robert Sauce$0.30
Fillet of Fresh Codfish to order$0.60
Planked Whitefish, to order,$0.50
Currie of Chicken with Rice a la Indiene$0.30
Calfs Brains with Scrambled Egg on Toast$0.30
Baked Corned Beef Hash, Tomato Sauce$0.25
Pork Tenderloin Potted with Fine Herbs$0.30
Baked Pork and Beans, Our own Style$0.25
Lobster a la Newburg in chafing dish$1.00
Spring Chicken Spanish Stew, to order,$1.25
Roast
Prime Beef, extra thick, Browned Potatoes,$0.45
Prime Beef and Browned Potatoes,$0.35
Boiled
Boiled Beef with New Horseradish Sauce$0.30
New England Boiled Dinner$0.30
Corned Beef and New Cabbage$0.30
Sugar Cured Ham and New Cabbage$0.35
Salt Pork and New Cabbage$0.30
SALADS, SANDWICHES, ETC
Fresh Lobster Salad$0.35
Fresh Chicken Salad,$0.40
Fresh Shrimp Salad$0.35
Caviar sandwich$0.15
Potato salad$0.15
Delicatesse Herringe$0.25
Club House sandwich$0.25
California Asparagus with French Dressing,$0.25
LETTUCE WITH EGG$0.10
VEGETABLES AND RELISHES
New green peas$0.10
Cauliflower$0.10
New Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
New string beans$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
New Radishes$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.05
Boiled Onions$0.10
Pickled beets$0.05
Mashed Turnips$0.05
Olives$0.10
Stewed New Beets$0.10
Dill Pickles$0.05
German Asparagus$0.75
New asparagus$0.10
California Asparagus$0.25
Crosse and Blackwell Chow Chow,$0.10
New Potatoes in Cream$0.10
ICE CREAMS. CAKES. PASTRY, PUDDING, ETC.
Baked Rice Custard, Lemon Sauce$0.10
Strawberry short cake$0.15
Oranges$0.10
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
Frozen Fruit Pudding$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Cup Corn Starch$0.10
Coffee per cup$0.05
TEA PER CUP$0.05
Tea to order per pot,$0.10
Chocolate, per cup$0.10
Pie, All Kinds, per cut.$0.05
Green Apple Pie$0.05
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.15
Pie a la Mode$0.15
ASSORTED CAKE$0.10
Fromage de Brie$0.15
Caprera Cheese$0.15
Camambert Cheese (Imported)$0.20
Fresh Lobster Stewed on Toast$0.40
Live Lobster Broiled, Chili Sauce, 1/2$0.35
Our Golden Oyster Fry$0.25
Coffee per pot$0.10
Chocolate, per pot$0.20

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Green Sea Turtle Soup$0.25
Soft Shell Crabs Tartar Sauce pair$0.40
Boiled Salt Makerel Cream Sauce$0.30
Live Lobster broiled Chili Sce. 1/2$0.35
Baked Mackinaw Trout$0.30
Boiled Beef New Horseradish Sauce$0.30
Currie of Chicken with Rice$0.30
Baked Corned Beef Hash Tomato Sc.$0.25
Pork Tenderloin Potted with Fine Herbs$0.30
Baked Rice Custard Lemon Sauce$0.10
Selects, per doz$0.25
New York Counts, per doz$0.50
New York Counts half doz$0.25
Selexts, per half doz$0.15
Cotuits (in season)$0.25 – $0.50
Rockaways$0.25 – $0.50
BLUE POINTS$0.25 – $0.50
Shrewsburys$0.60
Shrewsburys, per half doz$0.30
Shrewsburys, extra large, per doz$0.75
Shrewsburys, extra large, per half doz$0.40

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Small Steak$0.30
Hamburger Steak$0.35
Sirloin Steak$0.40
Sirloin steak with Tomato Sauce$0.55
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.60
Extra sirloin steak$0.60
with Creole Sauce$0.75
tomato sauce$0.70
mushrooms$0.80
Halibut steak$0.40
Codfish steak$0.35
Bluefih$0.40
Bluefih$0.40
Fresh Mackerel$0.40
Finnan Haddie$0.40
" extra large$0.50
" Delmonico$0.60
Fresh Codfish in Cream$0.30
Pick-up Codfish in Cream$0.30
Black Bass$0.40
Lake Superior Whitefish planked$0.50
Shad roe$0.60
Lake Superior Whitefish broiled$0.35
Lake Perch$0.30
Codfish Cakes, Cream sauce$0.30
Gloucester Salt Mackerel$0.35
Breakfast Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Roast beef$0.35
Tenderloin Steak, Extra$0.60
Roast Beef; extra thick$0.45
with mushrooms$0.80
Creole sauce$0.75
tomato sauce$0.75
Porterhouse steak for one$1.00
Bread and Butter$0.05
with mushrooms$1.25
Butter Toast$0.10
Creole sauce$1.25
tomato sauce$1.20
French peas$1.25
French mutton chops$0.60
Porterhouse steak, for two$1.75
Tenderloin steak, for two$1.25
with mushrooms$2.25
with mushrooms$1.60
Mutton chops (2)$0.35
English Mutton Chops$0.50
Pork tenderloin$0.35
Lamb Chops$0.40
Veal Chops (2)$0.35
Pork Chops (2)$0.30
Veal cutlets, plain$0.30
breaded, tomato sauce$0.40
Breakfast Bacon, Fried or broiled$0.25
Salt Port, fried or broiled$0.25
Pigs' Feet, "$0.30
Corn Beef Hash$0.25
Broiled Chicken, half$0.40
Whole$0.80
Mushrooms, per order$0.20
Honeycomb Tripe, fried or broiled$0.30
Boiled, three$0.20
Fried, three$0.20
Scrambled$0.20
Poached, plain, three$0.20
Poached, on Toast$0.25
Shirred, three$0.30
Sweetbreads fried or broiled$0.40
Calves Brains$0.40
Broiled Ham$0.25
Ham and eggs$0.35
Bacon and eggs$0.35
Calves Liver and Bacon$0.30
Calves Liver, fried$0.25
Broiled Mutton Kidneys with Bacon$0.30
Welsh rarebit$0.35
Golden buck$0.50
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.25
Fried Mush$0.25
Side Dish$0.15
Italian Spaghetti, Parmesan Cheese$0.30
Italian Spaghetti (side dish )$0.15
Omelet, plain$0.25
Side order, boiled or fried$0.10
Ham Omelet$0.35
Parsley Omelet$0.35
Tomato Omelet$0.35
Cheese Omelet$0.35
Current Jelly Omelet$0.35
Mushroom Omelet$0.50
Spanish omelet$0.50
Rum Omelet$0.50
Boiled Beef Tongue$0.30
Boiled Ham$0.30
Pickled Pigs' Feet$0.30
Imported Sardinessmall box$0.35
Ham, Tongue or Corned Beef Sandwich$0.10
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.10
Turkey Sandwich$0.15
Club House sandwich$0.25
Chicken, Roast Beef or Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Egg Sandwich$0.15
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.20
Kalter Aufschnitt$0.35
Bismark Herring$0.25
New Voll Maatjes Herring$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Fried onions$0.10
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.10
Saute Potatoes$0.10
Stewed potatoes$0.10
Saratoga Potatoes$0.10
Julienne potatoes$0.10
Potatoes au Gratin$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.10
Bermuda Onions, sliced$0.10
French Fried Onions$0.15
French peas$0.20
Celery$0.17
Lettuce, with Egg$0.10
Chow chow$0.10
Olives$0.10
"Quaker Oats" with milk$0.15
with Cream$0.25
Saucer of Oatmeal with small pitcher of cream$0.10
Crackers and Milk$0.10
" Cream$0.20
Milk toast$0.15
Dry Toast$0.10
Cream toast$0.25
German Pancake to order$0.25
Wheat or Corn Cakes, with pure Maple Syrup$0.10
Corn Meal Mush, with milk$0.15
with Cream$0.25
Hot Rolls$0.10
Pie, per cut$0.05
Domestic Cheese$0.07
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.17
Caprera Cheese$0.17
Fromage de Brie$0.17
Imported Swiss cheese$0.10
Camemebert Cheese$0.20
Served to Order
Oysters, Shellfish and Game
our specialty

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Moet & Chandon, White Seal$2.00 – $4.00
G. H. Mumm Extra Dry$2.00 – $4.00
Pommery Sec$2.00 – $4.00
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.00 – $4.00
Dry Monopole (Red Top)$2.00 – $4.00
Louis Roederer, Carte Blanche$2.00 – $4.00
Perrie Jouet & Co Ex Dry Spcl$2.00 – $4.00
Piper & Co. Heidsieck$2.00 – $4.00
Cook's Imperial$1.00 – $2.00
Vino de Pasto, per decander$0.50 – $1.00
Old Amontillado, Rich and Dry, per decanter$0.40 – $1.50
Madeira$0.75 – $1.50
Cockburn, Pure Juice, per decanter$0.30 – $1.00
Cockburn, Old and Fine, per decanter$0.40 – $1.50
Sarsaparilla Soda$0.05
Lemon Soda$0.05
Seltzer Water$0.05
Vichy Water$0.05
Kissengen$0.05
Sarsaparilla and Iron$0.05
Bromo Seltzer$0.10
Bromo Pepsin$0.10
Bass & Co's White Label per bottle$0.30
Bass & Co's Burke's Bottling$0.25
Bass & Co's Dog's Head$0.25
McEwan's Scotch Ale$0.25
Lemp's Extra Pale$0.15
Lemp's Falstaff$0.20
Lemp's Tip Top$0.20
Schlitz's Export Beer$0.15 – $0.25
Seipp's Export Salvator$0.15
Anheuser-Busch St. Louis Budw'ser$0.15 – $0.30
Anheuser-Busch Malt Nutrine$0.25
Culmbacher Imported Beer$0.20
Kaiser Imported Beer$0.20
Blatz Export$0.15 – $0.25
Blatz Private Stock$0.20 – $0.30
Schoenhoffens' Edelweisers Beer$0.15
McAvoy Extract Malt Marrow$0.15
Silver Leaf Brand, Export Beer$0.15
Guiness' Stout, per bottle$0.25
Ginger Ale, Imported C&C$0.25
Bass Ale on draught, per mug$0.10
Besley's Ale on draught, per mug$0.05
Schloss- Brunnen Gerolstein Mineral Water$0.15 – $0.25
Apollinaris Water$0.15 – $0.25
New England Champagne Cider$0.25
Ohio Sweet Cider, per glass$0.05
Congress and Hathorn Water$0.25
Hunyadi Janos, Glass$0.10
"Rickey" Washington's famous lime drink, glass$0.15
White Rock Ozonate Lithia Water$0.25
Kelley's Island Dry Catawba$0.20 – $0.70
Kelley's Island Sweet Catawba$0.20 – $0.70
Cal. Riesling$0.20 – $0.60
CAL. ZINFANDEL$0.20 – $0.60
Cal. Burgundy$0.20 – $0.60
Cal. Angelica$0.20 – $0.60
St. Julien$0.20 – $0.75
Pontet Canet$0.75 – $1.50
Chateau La Rose$1.00 – $2.00
Chateaux Margaux$1.50 – $3.00
Sauterne$0.75 – $1.50
Haut-Sauterne$1.00 – $2.00
Chateaux Yquem$1.50 – $3.00
Pommard$1.00 – $2.00
Cambertin$2.00 – $4.00
Chablis, White$1.00 – $2.00
Niersteiner$0.40 – $0.75
Duerkheimer$0.50 – $1.00
Hochheimer from P.J. Valckenburg, Worms, on the Rhine$0.75 – $1.50
Rudesheimer Berg from P.J. Valckenburg, Worms, on the Rhine$1.00 – $2.00
Hattanheimer from P.J. Valckenburg, Worms, on the Rhine$1.00 – $2.00
Rauenthaler from P.J. Valckenburg, Worms, on the Rhine$1.25 – $2.50
Zeltinger from P.J. Valckenburg, Worms, on the Rhine$0.75 – $1.50
Josephshoefer from P.J. Valckenburg, Worms, on the Rhine$1.00 – $2.00
Scharlachberger$1.00 – $2.00
SCHOPPEN$0.30

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