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Hotel Thorndike

BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MA

Date
1907-12-17
Restaurant
HOTEL THORNDIKE
Place
BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MA
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU, BREAKFAST
Physical description
FOLDER; 6X10;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

No. 1 Fruit, One Mutton Chop, One Fried Egg, Strip of Broiled Bacon One Hot Roll, Baked Potato Coffee$0.60
No. 2 Single Mutton Chop Baked Potato, Hot Roll Coffee$0.50
No. 3 Single Pork Chop Baked Potato, Hot Roll Coffee$0.45
No. 4 Small Breakfast Steak Baked Potato, Hot Roll Coffee$0.60
No. 5 Cereal with Cream Coffee, Rolls or Toast$0.35
No. 6 Fruit, Plain Omelette Coffee, Hot Roll$0.55
No. 7 Sunday Morning Baked Beans, Half Portion Fish Ball (1), Coffee Brown Bread$0.40
Extra Rolls$0.05
Combinations served for Two 10c extra.$0.10

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Bk'd Sweet Apples, Cream$0.25
Grape fruit$0.20 – $0.30
Stewed Prunes and Cream$0.20
Stewed prunes$0.15
Malaga Concord and Tokay Grapes$0.25
Bananas$0.15
Bananas with cream$0.20
Oranges$0.15 – $0.25
Pineapple Preserve$0.20
Peach Preserve$0.20
Honey$0.20
Cherry Preserve$0.20
Pure Currant Jelly$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.25
Figs$0.20
Euchred Figs$0.20
Preserved figs$0.25
Boiled Eggs (3)$0.30
Dropped Eggs on Toast$0.30
Fried Eggs$0.30
Poached eggs$0.30
Scrambled Eggs$0.30
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Eggs, Spanish style$0.40
Eggs a la Thorndike$0.45
Scrambled Eggs and Smoked Beef$0.45
Finnan Haddie$0.35
Plain Omelette$0.30
Fresh Mackerel$0.40
with Currant Jelly$0.45
With Fine Herbs$0.35
Salt Mackerel, Boiled$0.35
with cheese$0.35
Broiled Haddock$0.30
with onions$0.35
Smelts, fried or broiled$0.45
with ham$0.35
With Rum$0.45
Scallops$0.50
Savannah Shad$0.75
with tomatoes$0.35
with parsley$0.35
Broiled Schrod$0.30
with mushrooms$0.50
Fried Codfish and Pork$0.35
with kidneys$0.40
Spanish Style$0.45
Fried Cod's Head$0.35
Clam Omelette$0.50
Halibut's Nape$0.40
Oyster Omelette$0.45
Halibut Chips and Cream$0.35
Hashed in Cream$0.15
Griddled White$0.20
Broiled Chicken Halibut$0.35
Hashed browned$0.15
Lyonnaise$0.15
Salt Fish and Cream$0.30
Thorndike Fried$0.15
Oyster crabs$0.75
French Fried$0.15
Stewed potatoes$0.15
Oyster Crabs, Newburg$1.00
German fried$0.20
Delmonico$0.20
Oysters Fried in Crumbs$0.35
Fried & Grilled Sweets$0.20
Oysters Fried in Batter$0.40
Potato Saute$0.15
Saratoga Chips$0.10
Baked Potatoes$0.10
Fried Clams in Batter$0.40
Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
Fish Balls and Pork$0.30
Hot or Cold Rolls$0.15
Filet of sole$0.30
Hot Corn Rolls$0.15
French rolls$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.25 – $0.35
Graham Biscuit$0.15
Lettuce$0.20 – $0.30
Sweet Muffins$0.15
Chicory$0.20 – $0.30
English Muffins (2) or (3)$0.15 – $0.20
Crackers and Milk$0.20
Mixed Salad$0.25 – $0.50
Grape Nuts$0.15
Romaine$0.30
Quaker Wheat Berries$0.15
Cucumbers$0.20 – $0.30
Brown Bread, Toasted$0.15
Fried hominy$0.20
Watercress Salad$0.20 – $0.30
Hominy and Cream$0.15
Escarole$0.20 – $0.30
Cracked Wheat and Cream$0.15
Malt Breakfast Food$0.15
Small Breakfast Steak, single service only$0.45
Pearled Wheat and Cream$0.15
Oat Meal and Cream$0.15
Small Breakfast Sirloin$0.75
Force and Cream$0.15
Waffles with New Maple Syrup$0.25
Sirloin Steak$1.00
Buckwheat Cakes$0.20
Buttered toast$0.15
Sirloin Steak, Mushrooms$1.25
Anchovy toast$0.25
Dry Toast$0.15
Sirloin Steak with Onions$1.25
Cream toast$0.25
Tenderloin Steak, small$0.80
Shredded Wheat Biscuit$0.15
Fried Pudding$0.15
Tenderloin Steak, large$1.25
Pettijohn's Breakfast Food$0.15
Cocoa or Broma per pot$0.20 – $0.25
Tenderloin Steak, Mushrooms$1.25
"Salada" Ceylon Tea$0.15 – $0.20
Tenderloin Steak and Onions$1.25
Horlicks Malted Milk$0.15
Porter House Steak$1.50
Cream, per glass$0.15
Milk in Bowl$0.15
Large Porter House Steak$2.00
Chocolate per pot$0.20 – $0.25
Milk per glass$0.10
Broiled Kidneys$0.30
Coffee, per pot$0.15 – $0.30
Broiled Kidneys with Mushrooms$0.50
Postum Cereal, per pot$0.15 – $0.30
Broiled Honeycomb Tripe$0.35
Oolong Green or English Breakfast Tea per pot$0.15 – $0.30
Broiled Bacon$0.30
Special Jar Extra Heavy Cream$0.10
Bacon Rasher$0.25
Bread and Butter not included with above
Bacon Rasher and Baked Potatoes$0.30
Broiled Ham$0.30
Boston baked beans$0.30
Broiled or Fried Sausages$0.35
Corned Beef Hash$0.35
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.35
Broiled Chicken on Toast, half$0.65
Broiled or Fried Pig's Feet$0.35
Ham and eggs$0.40
Broiled Chicken on Toast, whole$1.25
Smoked Beef and Cream$0.35
Minced Chicken on Toast$0.65
Fried Veal and Bacon$0.45
Veal Cutlet, Tomato Sauce$0.50
Stewed Chicken Livers$0.40
Veal Steak$0.45
CHICKEN LIVERS, en Brochette$0.40
Veal Chops$0.30 – $0.50
Minced Turkey on Toast$0.65
Pork Chops$0.30 – $0.50
Broiled Squab on Toast$0.65
Mutton Chops$0.30 – $0.50
Lamb Chops$0.45 – $0.65

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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