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Terrace Garden Restaurant

58TH ST. AND LEXINGTON AVE., NY

Date
1901-09-03
Restaurant
TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT
Place
58TH ST. AND LEXINGTON AVE., NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; COL; 14.5 X 11;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Fried Oysters a la Bismark$0.45
Ragout of Oxtail, Onions Glace, Red Cabbage$0.45
Boiled Beef, Horseradish Sauce, Boullion Potatoes, Red Beets$0.45
Kalbsnierenbraten, Spinach$0.50
Fricassee of Turkey Wings, Green Peas$0.50
Gedeumpfter Brustkern with Nudels, Pflaumen$0.45
Boiled Breakfast Bacon, Spinach$0.45
Frische Bratwurst mit Sauerkraut, Kartoffelbrei$0.40
Chicken Liver Saute Scrambled Eggs$0.50
Roast Loin of Pork with Apple Sauce$0.50
Lamb Chops Saute, Savoy Cabbage$0.50
Smoked Beef Tongue with Spinach$0.50
Gefeullte junge Taube, Mixed Compot$0.70
Long Island Roast Spring Duck, Peaches$0.65
Prime Roast Beef, Lima Beans$0.45
Extra Cut Roast Beef, One Ear Green Corn$0.60
Lubecker Saucischen, eigener Art$0.40
Kalter Aufschnitt, Mixed Salad$0.60
Schweinsknuchel, Sauerkraut, Kartoffelbrei$0.40
Veal Cutlet breaded, Maccaroni Milanaise$0.50
Green Corn$0.15
Senftgurken$0.15
french Green Peas$0.25
American Peas$0.15
Red Cabbage$0.15
String Beans$0.20
Stewed Corn$0.15
Sauerkraut$0.10
Stewed Mushrooms$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Potatoes, French fried$0.15
Potatoes, Saute$0.10
Potatoes, Lyonaise$0.15
Potatoes, au gratin$0.25
Potatoes, mashed$0.10
Potatoes stewed$0.15
Potatoes hashed brown$0.15
Potatoes Julienne$0.15
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.25
Saratoga Chips$0.15
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.15
Spaghetti$0.25
Spaghetti au Gratin$0.30
Asparagus, hot$0.25
Cold Asparagus a la Vinaigrette$0.25
Teltower Ruebchen$0.25
Bermuda potatoes$0.15
New Sweet Corn$0.20
Mutton barley soup$0.15 – $0.25
Whole Plain Lobster$0.60
Lobster Salad and Mayonaise$0.40
Chicken Salad and Mayonaise$0.40
German Plum Cake$0.10
Peach Cake$0.10
Chocolate Eclaire$0.10
Epicure Tart$0.10
Plain Cake$0.10
Mixed Cake$0.10
Raisin cake$0.10
Watermelon$0.15
Peach Tartlette$0.10
Cheese Cake$0.10
Rothe Grutze with Cream$0.20
Cantelope, half$0.15
Cantelope, whole$0.25
Boston Cooler$0.35
Pineapple$0.10
Peaches and Ice Cream$0.25
Bisquit Tortoni$0.25
Nesselrode Pudding$0.30
Coffee Glace$0.20
Neapolitan ice cream$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Peach Ice Cream$0.20
Little Neck, plate$0.25
Little Neck cocktail$0.25
Little Neck clam patties$0.50
Little Neck Clams Fry$0.35
Little Neck fry with bacon$0.40
Little Neck Stew$0.25
Steamed Little Neck Clams$0.40
Clam Broth, Cup$0.15
Little Neck Clams Roasted on the shell$0.40
Little Neck Clam Omelette with bacon$0.50
Whole Plain Lobster large size$0.85
Lobster a la Newburgh in Chafing Dish$0.80
Whole Live broiled Lobster, butter$0.60
Whole Live broiled Lobster, butter large size$0.90
Deviled lobster$0.50
Lobster patties$0.50
Lobster Croquettes$0.60
Consomme in cup$0.15
Consomme with Egg$0.20
Clam Broth in cup$0.15
Tomato soup in plate$0.15
Tomato soup in turin$0.25
Oxtail soup in plate$0.15
Oxtail soup in turin$0.25
Green Turtle soup in plate$0.25
Green Turtle soup in turin$0.40
Chicken soup with Rice in plate$0.15
Chicken soup with Rice in turin$0.25
Consomme a la Royal$0.15 – $0.25
Cold Consomme, per cup$0.20
Boiled Salmon, Lobster Sauce, Cucumber Salad$0.50
Broiled Bluefish, Parsley Butter, Sliced Tomatoes$0.45
Fried Frog Legs, sauce Remoulade, Mixed Salad$0.50
Fried Filet de Sole, Tomato Sauce, Lettuce$0.50
Broiled Spanish Mackerel, Maitre d'Hotel, Escarol Salad$0.50
Herring Salad$0.35
New Salt Pickle$0.10
Fresh Young Onions$0.15
Watercresses$0.15
Chow-chow$0.10
Radishes$0.10
Beets$0.10
Bean Salad$0.15
Mixed Salad$0.20
Mayonaise or Egg extra$0.10
New German Mustard Pickles$0.15
Steamed oysters doz$0.40
Oyster Shell Roast, doz$0.50
Philadelphia Roast$0.40
Oysters a la Poulette$0.40
Oysters a la diable en coquilles$0.50
Oysters broiled, with celery sauce$0.50
Oysters broiled, with cream$0.50
Oysters au gratin$0.50
Oysters fricassee$0.40
Oysters escaloped$0.40
Oysters fried$0.35
Oyster Patties$0.40
Cold Slaw$0.15
Lettuce Salad$0.20
Cucumbers$0.20
Tomato Salad$0.20
Table Celery$0.25
Potato salad$0.15
Olives$0.15
Stuffed olives$0.25
Oysters Stewed, plain$0.25
Oysters Stewed, Boston style$0.35
Stewed oysters, box$0.35
Pan Roast Oysters$0.40
Dry Roast oysters$0.35
oysters broiled$0.35
Oyster a la Newburg$0.60
Oyster Baltimore broil$0.40
Oyster cocktail$0.25
Blue Points, half shell$0.25
Blue Points, doz. half shell$0.40
Saddle Rocks, half shell$0.35
Saddle Rocks, doz. half shell$0.60
Wiener Backhuhn, Grunen Salat$0.75
Macaroni à l'Italienne$0.25
Whole Live broiled Lobster, Deviled Sauce$0.60
Whole Live broiled Lobster, Deviled sauce, large size$0.90

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Eels in Jelly and Radish Salad$0.30
Coffee, cup$0.10
Coffee, pot for two$0.25
French coffee in machine$0.50
Chocolate, cup$0.15
Chocolate, pot$0.25
Cocoa, cup$0.15
cocoa, pot$0.25
Sirloin Steak$0.50
Extra sirloin steak$1.00
Tenderloin Steak$0.65
single porterhouse$1.00
Double Porterhouse$1.50
Raw Hamburger with Egg$0.45
Half Cold Chicken, Mixed Salad$0.60
Pickled Lamb Tongue$0.30
Chateaubriand$1.25
Kieler Sprotten, Ruebreier$0.45
Smoked Nova Scotia Salmon, Cucumbers$0.60
Westphalian ham, Asparagus$0.60
Schweinsrippchen in Gelee a la Terrace$0.40
Chicken Croquettes a la Reine or financiere$0.60
Calf's Brains breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Calf's Brains with Brown Butter$0.40
Long Island rarebit$0.45
Pickled Salmon, Cumberland Sauce$0.50
Cervelatwurst Sausage$0.40
New Matjes Herring with New Potatoes$0.35
Home Made Sulze, Sauce Vinaigrette$0.35
Cold Veal Cutlet, Mixed Salad$0.45
Pig's Knuckle and Sauerkraut$0.40
Steak mit Hindernissen$0.60
Chateaubriand, a la Bearnaise$1.50
Chateaubriand, a la Jardiniere$1.50
Chateaubriand, with Mushrooms$1.50
Filet Mignon, plain$0.60
Filet Mignon, aux Champignons$0.80
Filet Mignon, a la Bordelaise$0.75
Filet Mignon with Truffles$1.00
Hamburger Steak$0.40
Hamburger Steak with Egg or Onions$0.50
Lamb Chops (three)$0.40
Lamb Chops (three) a la Jardiniere$0.50
Lamb Chops (three) breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.50
Veal Cutlet$0.40
Veal Cutlet with Tomato Sauce$0.50
Wiener Schnitzel, naturelle$0.40
Wiener Schnitzel, naturelle,Tomato Sauce$0.45
Wiener Schnitzel, naturelle, Sardellen$0.50
Kalbsschnitzel a la Holstein$0.50
Kaiserschnitzel$0.60
Sweetbreads on Toast, French Peas garni$0.65
Sweetbreads with Mushrooms$0.75
Broiled Philadelphia Squab on Toast$0.75
Half Broiled Spring Chicken on Toast$0.75
Whole Broiled Spring Chicken on Toast$1.50
Wiener Backhuhn$0.75
Fried Spring Chicken a la Maryland$0.90
Chicken Saute a la Marengo$0.80
Chicken Croquettes, French Peas garni$0.50
Chicken patties$0.50
Chicken Liver with Mushrooms$0.50
Calf's Head a la Vinaigrette$0.40
Calf's head en tortue$0.50
Calf's head a la poulette$0.50
Lamb's fries breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Veal Kidneys, broiled$0.40
Veal Kidneys, stewed, Sauce Madere$0.40
Bratwurst with Sauerkraut$0.40
Frankfurter Sausages$0.30
Frankfurter Sausages Sauerkraut or Salad$0.35
Imported Frankfurter$0.40
Yorkshire rarebit$0.45
Golden buck$0.45
Welsh rarebit$0.35
Egg, boiled 2$0.25
Eggs, fried 2$0.25
Additional Egg, extra$0.10
Eggs, poached 2$0.30
Eggs, scrambled 3$0.30
Eggs, scrambled with Mushrooms$0.50
Ham and eggs$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.35
Omelette, plain$0.30
Omelette with Ham$0.40
Omelette, with cheese$0.40
Omelette with mushrooms$0.50
Omelette with Peas$0.40
Omelette with kidneys$0.50
Omelette aux fines herbes$0.40
Omelette au Rum$0.40
Omelette au confitures$0.40
German Pancake$0.30
French pancake$0.30
Potato Pancake$0.30
Stewed prunes$0.15
Currant Jelly$0.10
Imp. Preisselbeeren$0.15
Apple Sauce$0.15
Preserved Cherries$0.15
Preserved Peaches$0.15
Imp. Zwetschen$0.15
Apples$0.15
Nuts, Raisins$0.20
Stewed Apricots$0.15
Stewed Huckleberries$0.15
Stewed Raspberries$0.15
Appetit Silz, per box$0.30
Pates de foie gras$0.50
Marimirter Herring$0.25
Caviar, per Portion$0.50
Anchovies$0.25
Sardines$0.30
Sardellen$0.40
Sardellen Leberwurst$0.40
Raw Hamburger a la tartar$0.50
Bologna Sausage$0.35
Roast Beef, Mixed Salad$0.45
Fricandeau of Veal, Mixed Salad$0.40
Cold Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$0.60
Corned beef and salad$0.35
Beef Tongue, Mixed Salad$0.40
Boiled Ham, Mixed Salad$0.35
Half Long Island Duck, Apple Sauce$0.60
Appetit Broedchen a la Terrace$0.30
Club Sandwich, Mayonnaise$0.25
Pot Cheese and Chives$0.25
Royans a la Bordelaise$0.35
Pig's Knuckles in Gelee$0.35
Berliner Rollmops$0.30
Tea, per cup$0.10
Tea, Pot$0.20
MILK, PER GLASS$0.10
Cream, small pitcher$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Butter Toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.25
toasted crackers$0.10
Soda Crackers$0.10
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.20
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Roast Veal Sandwich$0.15
Appetit Broedchen a la Terrace$0.30
Caviar sandwich$0.20
Salmon Sandwich$0.20
Sardellen sandwich$0.20
Turkey Sandwich$0.20
Westphalían Ham$0.20
Club sandwich$0.25
Boiled Ham Sandwich$0.10
Corned beef sandwich$0.10
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.10
Cervelat Sandwich$0.15
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Pot Cheese with Shives and Caraway Seeds$0.25
Brie cheese$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Raw meat sandwich$0.15
Raw Meat with Egg Sandwich$0.20
Roquefort$0.25
Raw Meat Tartar Sandwich$0.30
Neuchatel$0.25
Raw Meat Sardellen Sandwich$0.20
Muenster$0.25
roquefort cheese sandwich$0.15
Swiss cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Brie Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Kloster cheese$0.20
Wiener Schnitzel, breaded$0.40
Wiener Schnitzel, breaded,Tomato Sauce$0.45
Wiener Schnitzel, breaded, Sardellen$0.50
Oranges$0.15

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Laubenheimer Rhine Wine$0.55 – $1.00
Binger Rhine Wine$0.65 – $1.25
Rolander Rhine Wine$0.55
Deidesheimer Rhine Wine$0.80 – $1.50
Niersteiner Rhine Wine$0.80 – $1.50
Forster Riesling$0.80 – $1.50
Ruedesheimer Rhine wine$0.80 – $1.50
Erbacher Rhine Wine$1.50
Niersteiner Gloeck Rhine Wine$1.50
Duerkheimer Rhine Wine$1.50
Hochheimer Rhine Wine$1.50
Niersteiner Riesling$1.50
Scharlachberger Riesling$1.10 – $2.00
Ruedesheimer Rosengarten$2.00
Oppenheimer Goldberg$0.80 – $1.50
G. H. Mumm Extra Dry Champagne$2.00 – $3.75
Champagne Cup$2.50 – $4.50
Moet & Chandon Champagne$2.00 – $3.75
Piper Heidsieck Champagne$2.00 – $3.75
CLARET WINE CUP$1.00 – $1.50
Ruinart Brut champagne$2.00 – $3.75
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.00 – $3.75
Affentbaler Red Rhine Wine$0.60 – $1.00
Veuve Clicquot, Brut Champagne$2.00 – $3.75
Oberingelheimer Red Rhine Wine$0.80 – $1.50
Pommery & Greno Champagne$2.00 – $3.75
Perrier Jouet$2.00 – $3.75
Louis Roederer Champagne$2.00 – $3.75
Assmannshaeuser Red Rhine Wine$1.00 – $2.00
Laemmerberg Stein Wine in Bocksbeutel$1.50
Leisten Riesling, 1875 Stein Wine in Bocksbeutel$3.00
Szegszardi Hungarian wine$0.60 – $1.00
Erlauer Hungarian Wine$0.65 – $1.25
Egri Hungarian Wine$1.25
Budai Hungarian Wine$0.80 – $1.50
Ofener Adlerberg$1.50
Tokai Maslas$2.00
Tokai Cabinet$2.50
Winkler Hasensprung$0.90 – $1.75
Rhens Mineral Water$0.25 – $0.40
Pousse Cafe$0.25
Ruedesheimer Berg$1.10 – $2.00
forster Traminer 1895$1.10 – $2.00
forster Traminer 1893$1.20 – $2.25
Cocktails$0.15
Cocktails Brandy$0.25
Sours$0.15
Brandy High Ball$0.30
Horses Neck$0.20
Tom Collins$0.25
Remsen Cooler$0.25
Whiskey Punch$0.25
Claret Punch$0.25
Port Wine Punch$0.25
Milk Punch$0.20
Liebfraumilch$1.20 – $2.25
Milk Punch with egg$0.25
Milk Shake$0.20
Sherry Cobbler$0.25
Sherry Flip$0.20
Lemonade, Plain$0.15
Lemonade, Selzer$0.20
Lemonade, Plain with Wine$0.20
Lemonade, Seltzer$0.25
Rhine and Claret Wine, glass$0.10
Rhine and Claret Wine, half schoppen$0.20
Rhine and Claret Wine, half schoppen with sel.$0.20
Rhine and Claret Wine, Binger schoppen$0.35
Rhine and Claret Wine, Binger schoppen with sel.$0.30
Imperial Mineral Water$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.25 – $0.40
Poland, sparkling$0.25 – $0.40
Schultz's Seltzers$0.25
Iroquois Mineral Water$0.25 – $0.40
White Rock$0.25 – $0.40
Lithia Water, per glass$0.10
Red Raven Splits$0.20
Dreadnought Scotch Whiskey-A. Usher's$0.15
Bitters-Lithauer$0.15
Geneva Gin-Holland$0.15
St. Julien Bordeaux$0.50 – $1.00
Margaux bordeaux$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet Bordeaux$1.10 – $2.00
Chateau Margaux bordeaux$2.10 – $4.00
Chateau Mouton Rothschild Bordeaux$4.00
Chateau Leoville bordeaux$1.10 – $2.00
Chateau Lagrange Bordeaux$1.10 – $2.00
Chateau La Rose Bordeaux$1.80 – $3.50
Chateau Lafite Bordeaux$2.10 – $4.00
Sauternes$0.80 – $1.50
Haut Sauternes$1.10 – $2.00
Chateau Latour Blanche$1.20 – $2.25
Chateau Yquem$4.00
Macon Burgundy$0.80 – $1.50
Beaune Burgundy$0.80 – $1.50
Beaujolais Burgundy$0.80 – $1.50
Pommard Burgundy$1.10 – $2.00
Nuits Burgundy$1.20 – $2.25
Chambertin Burgundy$1.60 – $3.00
Chablis (white)$0.75 – $1.50
Chablis, Superior Burgundy$1.10 – $2.00
Chambertin, Vintage 1887 Burgundy$4.00
Chambertin, Vintage 1881 Burgundy$6.00
Chambertin, Vintage 1875 Burgundy$7.00
Anisette$0.15
Chartreuse$0.20
Maraschino$0.20
Curacoa$0.20
Creme de Menthe$0.20
Danzig Gold Water$0.20
Benedictine$0.20
Kirschwasser$0.20
Zwetschenwasser$0.20
Apricotine$0.20
Kuemmel, Gilka and Allash$0.15
Creme de Rose$0.20
Creme de Cocao$0.20
Grand Marnier$0.20
Apricot Brandy$0.20
Prunelle$0.20
Sloe Gin$0.15
Creme Yvette$0.20
Lemon Soda$0.10
Plain Soda$0.10
Sarsaparilla$0.10
Ginger Ale and Sarsaparilla, Cap$0.15
Ginger Ale Imported$0.25
Soda Imported$0.25
Sarsaparilla Imported$0.25
Club Soda Imported$0.25
Bass's Ale, White Label$0.30
Bass's Ale, Dog's Head$0.30
Stout, Guinness Extra$0.30
Moselle, glass$0.15
Moselle, half schoppen$0.25
Moselle, half schoppen with Seltzer$0.20
Zeltinger Moselle$0.55 – $1.00
Piesporter moselle$0.80 – $1.50
Erdener Moselle$0.80 – $1.50
Ohligsberger Moselle$1.50
Erdener Treppehen Moselle$1.10 – $2.00
Berncastler Doctor Moselle$1.10 – $2.00
Caseler Moselle$1.30 – $2.50
Maximiner Gruenhauser Herrenberg Moselle$3.00
Niersteiner Kranzgarten$1.00 – $2.00
Forster Jesuitengarten$1.30 – $2.50
Schloss Vollradser$1.30 – $2.50
Ruedesheimer Hinterhaus$1.60 – $3.00
Steinberger$1.30 – $2.50
Steinberger Cabinet$4.00
Schloss Johannisberger, Fuerst Metternich Private Stock$5.00
Whiskey--Beckmore$0.15
High Balls--Scotch$0.15
King William$0.20
King William High Ball$0.25
Rickeys$0.20
Rum--Jamaica$0.15
Vermouth--Italian$0.15
Absinthe, pony$0.15
Absinthe, frappe$0.20
Brandy, pony$0.15
Brandy, drink$0.25
Very Old Brandy, pony$0.25
Very Old Brandy, drink$0.40
Lemonade with soda$0.20
Lemonade soda with wine$0.25
RHINE WINE CUP$1.00 – $1.50
Whiskey-Pearl Wedding$0.15
Whiskey-Imperial$0.15
Whiskey-Buckingham$0.15
Whiskey-Wilson$0.15
Whiskey-Hunter$0.15
Whiskey-400$0.15
Whiskey-etc., etc.$0.15
Schultz's Vichy water$0.25
Schultz's carbonic water$0.25
Fizzes$0.15
Dreadnought Scotch Whiskey-Dewars$0.15
High Balls-Irish$0.15
High Balls-Rye$0.15
Geneva Gin-Primrose$0.15
Geneva Gin-Old Tom$0.15
Rum-Medford$0.15
Rum-St. Croix$0.15
Vermouth--French$0.15
Bitters--Pepsin$0.15
Bitters-Amarum$0.15
Bitters-Boonehamp$0.15
Bitters-Angostura$0.15
Bitters-Hostetter$0.15
Bitters-Calisaya$0.15

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