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Hotel Schenley

Date
1900-12-23
Restaurant
Hotel Schenley
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; COL; 5 X 7;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Roast Delaware Bay Oysters in shell$0.30
Broiled Squab on Toast$0.60
Mallard Duck$0.17
Terrapin ala Maryland$2.50
Terrapin ala Maryland with Fresh Mushrooms$3.00
White Bait Tartare$0.80
Malaga grapes$0.25
Grape fruit$0.30
Medoc, imported and bottled by Hotel Schenley$0.25 – $0.75
Sparkling Crystalaris$0.10 – $0.25
Pitcher Draught Beer$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Mushrooms in Cream with Sherry$1.00

Page 3

Oysters, Blue Points$0.25
Young Onions$0.15
Olives$0.15
Stuffed Mangoes$0.20
Radishes$0.15
Plain Celery$0.20
Cafe noir$0.10
Fruit$0.25
Roquefort$0.20
Cheese, American$0.15
Frozen Mouss Mockabelle$0.20
Assorted cakes$0.15
Peach Cream Pie$0.15
Chocolate Bavarian$0.15
Salad, Lobster Mayonnaise$0.40 – $0.75
Potatoes Anna$0.20
Fried eggplant$0.20
Petit Cauliflower with Drawn Butter$0.25
Spinach$0.25
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.15
Lamb, au Jus$0.35 – $0.70
Chicken, au jus$0.40 – $0.80
Ribs of beef$0.30 – $0.60
Punch a la Windsor$0.20
Fricassee of Chicken a la Charles Stuart$0.40 – $0.80
Sweetbread Croquettes with Peas$0.30 – $0.60
Cucumbers$0.25
Panned Bass, Meuniere$0.30 – $0.60
Filets of Red Snapper, a la Admiral$0.30 – $0.60
Consomme Tapioca$0.20 – $0.40
Consomme Plain$0.20 – $0.40
Oyster Stew$0.25 – $0.50
Soup, Puree of Tomato$0.20 – $0.40
APPLE TURNOVERS$15.00

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.