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American Inn

Date
1901-05-23
Restaurant
AMERICAN INN
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; 5X7;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

broiled shad$0.40
Strawberries & Cream$0.25
Oranges$0.10
Bananas$0.10
oatmeal with cream$0.20
Coffee$0.10 – $0.25
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
MILK, PER GLASS$0.05
Lemonade$0.10
Oolong Tea$0.10 – $0.25
Rolls$0.05
Toast$0.10
MUFFINS$0.10
BREAD$0.05
Wheat Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.15
Clear Soup$0.15
Vegetable Soup$0.20
Chicken Soup$0.20
Cream Tomato soup$0.25
Water Cress$0.10
Lettuce$0.10
Radishes$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.15
Olives$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Girkins$0.10
Mrs. McCready's East India Girkins$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Cucumber Mangoes$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Pepper Mangoes$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Pickled peaches$0.10
Chicken salad$0.35
Lobster salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.25
Potato salad$0.25
Tenderloin Steak, served with bread and butter$0.60
Sirloin Steak, served with bread and butter$0.70
Porterhouse Steak$0.75
American Inn Club Steak, served with bread and butter$1.00
Lamb Chops, served with bread and butter$0.40
Corned Beef Hash, served with bread and butter$0.25
Ham, served with bread and butter$0.30
Veal Cutlet, Plain, served with bread and butter$0.35
Oranges$10.00
Corn Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.15
Mrs. McCready's Martineaus Pickles$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Red Currant Jelly$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Red Raspberry Jelly$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Crab Apple Jelly$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Quince Jelly$0.10
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms, served with bread and butter$0.75
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.85
Porter House Steak with Mushrooms, served with bread and butter$1.00
American Inn Club Steak with Mushrooms, served with bread and butter$1.25
Bacon, served with bread and butter$0.30
Ham with Eggs, served with bread and butter$0.40
Bacon with Eggs, served with bread and butter$0.40
Veal Cutlet, breaded, served with bread and butter$0.50
Petijohn with Cream$0.20
GREEN TEA$0.10 – $0.25

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Shad roe$0.40
Shad Roe with Bacon$0.50
Boiled eggs$0.15
Scrambled Eggs$0.20
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.25
Plain Omelette$0.25
Broiled Spring Chicken$0.60 – $1.00
Fried Chicken$0.60 – $1.00
Creamed Chicken$0.35
Chicken Croquettes$0.35
Codfish Balls$0.25
Minced Ham Sandwich$0.10
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Sardines Sandwich$0.15
Minced Chicken Sandwich$0.20
Lettuce Sandwich$0.10
American Inn Sandwich$0.15
Cold roast beef$0.30
Cold Ham$0.25
Cold Corned Beef$0.25
Cold tongue$0.30
Cold Chicken$0.35
Cold pork and Beans$0.25
cold Sardines$0.30
Creamed Potatoes$0.15
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.10
Fried Potatoes$0.10
Saratoga Potato Chips$0.10
Apple Pie$0.10
Custard Pie$0.10
rhubarb pie$0.10
ASSORTED CAKE$0.10
Mrs. McCready's Grandmas' Favorite Cookies$0.10
Cottage Cheese$0.10
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.15
Neufchatel cheese$0.10
Swiss cheese$0.20
Appollinaris, Pints$0.25
Crystal Water Co's Ginger Ale$0.05 – $0.10
White Rock, pints$0.20
Vartra Ginger Ale, Pints$0.20
Imported (C. & C.) Ginger Ale$0.25
Crystal Lithia, 1/2 Pints$0.05
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.15
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.15
Cafetal Carlota Coffee, (Mexican)
Fried Eggs$0.15
chicken croquettes with green peas$0.50
Sliced Ham Sandwich$0.10
Sliced Chicken Sandwich$0.20
Codfish Balls with Bacon$0.35

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.