The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

16,525 menus
64,352 scanned pages
1851–2008

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U.S.M.S. New York

December 12, 1900

On this menu 103 dishes

Oysters on Half-Shell
Celery
Anchovies
Olives
Chicken Okra
Consomme Celestine
Turbot, Sauce Hollandaise
Potatoes Persillade
Chicken Bourgeois
GREEN PEAS
Croustades of Sweetbreads, Perigordiue
Saddle of Mutton with Jelly
Green peppers farcis
Fondant Potatoes
Roast Duckling, apple sauce
Lettuce Salad
Salisbury Pudding
Apple Souffle
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Assorted Swiss Cakes
CAMEMBERT CHEESE
Dessert
Cafe noir
Cheddar Cheese
ROQUEFORT CHEESE
Bass' Ale$0.12
Hunyadi Janos$0.40
Pommery & Greno, Ex. Dry$1.40 – $2.50
Heidsieck & Co. Monopole, Club Dry$1.40 – $2.50
Piper Heidsieck Brut Extra$1.40 – $2.50
Ernest Irroy, Vin Brut Special$1.40 – $2.50
Ruinart, Vin Brut$1.40 – $2.50
Mounié, Very Old,$0.25 – $2.50
Moet & Chandon, White Seal$1.40
Cos d'Estournel, 1881 Vintage$0.75
Larose, 1881 Vintage$0.75
St. Julien, 1889 Vintage$0.40
Haut Sauterne, White$0.70 – $1.25
Graves, White$0.45 – $0.75
American Fine Vintage Claret$0.60 – $1.00
American Ordinaire$0.35 – $0.50
American Sauterne$0.50 – $0.90
Volnay$0.50 – $1.00
Hock, Still, Rudesheimer$0.75 – $1.25
Hock, Still, Hochheimer$0.75 – $1.25
Hock, Sparkling$0.90 – $1.50
Moselle, Sparkling$0.75 – $1.25
Moselle, Still, "Josefshofer"$0.55 – $1.00
Moselle, Still, "Zeltinger"$0.35 – $0.55
Amontillado$0.65 – $1.00
Oloroso$0.65 – $1.00
PORT$1.00
Mounie, F.O.B.$0.12 – $1.25
Martell, ***$0.12 – $1.25
Hennessey, ***$0.12 – $1.25
American Rye, Y.P.M.$0.12 – $1.25
M. & S. Gibson Monogram$0.15 – $1.80
Scotch (Glenlivet)$0.12 – $1.25
Scotch (Claymore)$0.12 – $1.25
Scotch (Dewar's Extra)$0.12 – $1.25
Scotch (Wallace Special)$0.12 – $1.25
Whiskey, Irish$0.12 – $1.25
Rum, Jamaica$0.12 – $1.00
Gin, Holland$0.12 – $1.00
Gin, Old Tom$0.12 – $1.00
Gin, Plymouth$0.12 – $1.00
Chartreuse, Yellow$0.12 – $1.50
Chartreuse, green$0.12 – $1.50
Curacao$0.12 – $1.25
Benedictine$0.12 – $1.25
Kummel$0.12 – $1.25
Maraschino$0.12 – $1.25
Creme de Menthe$0.12 – $1.25
Liqueur Brandy$0.12 – $2.50
Absinthe$0.12 – $1.50
Vermouth, Italian$0.12 – $1.25
Allsopp's Ale$0.12
Guinness's Extra Stout$0.12
Lager, "Anheuser-Busch"$0.12
Lager, "Rienzi"$0.12
Lager, "Pilsener"$0.12
CIDER, "Paulding's"$0.25 – $0.40
Apenta$0.25
Soda$0.12
Soda, Split$0.06
Apollinaris, Split$0.06
Apollinaris, Qts.$0.20
"White Rock," Pts.$0.12
Cigars$0.12 – $0.25
Cigarettes, Sweet Caporal, per box$0.05 – $0.10
Cigarettes, American, R.S.C., per box$0.10 – $0.20
Cigarettes, Egyptian, per box$0.50 – $0.75
Tobacco, per 1/4-lb. tin$0.20
Seltzer$0.12
Congress Water$0.25
Lemonade$0.12
Ginger Ale$0.12
Poland Water$0.30
French Vichy, Quarts$0.40
CHAMPAGNE, G.H. Mumm's Ex. Dry English Market$1.40 – $2.50
CHAMPAGNE, G.H. Mumm's Ex. Dry American Market$1.40 – $2.50
Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial$1.40 – $2.50
American Champagne$1.00 – $1.75