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Elmer Woodbury Hotel & Restaurant Company

Date
1900-09-01
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Apples$0.10
Apples$0.10
Oranges$0.10
Bananas$0.10
Preserves$0.10
Grapes$0.15
Cream toast$0.15
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10
Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.15
Shredded Whole Wheat$0.10
Boiled eggs$0.25
Fried Eggs$0.25
Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Shirred Eggs$0.25
Poached eggs$0.25
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.30
French Egg Toast$0.35
Omelette Plain$0.25
Omelette with parsley$0.30
Omelette with jelly$0.30
Omelette with Ham$0.30
Omelette with bacon$0.30
Omelette with mushrooms$0.40
Spanish omelette$0.40
Fish cakes$0.25
Fish Cakes with Poached Eggs$0.35
Broiled Fresh Mackerel$0.40
Fried Cod with Pork$0.35
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.50
Picked Cod with Cream$0.35
French fried potatoes$0.10
Broiled bluefish$0.40
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.10
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.10
Stewed potatoes$0.10
Saratoga Chips$0.10
Baked Potatoes$0.10
Stewed Mushrooms$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Sirloin Steak$0.60
Stewed Corn$0.15
Oolong Tea$0.10
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.70
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.10
Coffee$0.10
Chocolate$0.10
Milk$0.05
Cream, per glass$0.15
Baked Beans$0.20
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.75
Chicken Croquettes with Mushrooms$0.50
Chicken Croquettes with peas$0.50
Chicken Croquettes$0.40
Tenderloin Steak$0.70
Frizzled Beef with Eggs$0.40
Corned Beef Hash with eggs$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.80
Corned Beef Hash, Brown$0.30
Fried Ham or Bacon$0.30
Broiled Bacon$0.30
Broiled Ham$0.30
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.85
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$1.20
Extra Large Porterhouse Steak with Mushrooms$1.50
Porterhouse Steak$0.95
Broiled Chicken, whole$1.00
Broiled Chicken, half$0.60
Fricasseed Chicken with Mushrooms$0.75
Fried Chicken, Maryland Style$0.65
Lamb Chops$0.40
Mutton Chops$0.40
Ham and eggs$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.40
French bread$0.10
French rolls$0.10
Oat Meal with Cream$0.15

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Bovox$0.15
Chicken broth with rice$0.25
Little Neck clams$0.25
Consomme Royal$0.20
Fish Chowder$0.25
Penobscot River Salmon, a la Hollandaise$0.50
Philadelphia Capon, Parsley Sauce$0.40
Beef Tongue with Spinach$0.40
Escalloped Lobster in Shell$0.35
Fricassee Chicken with Mushrooms$0.35
Banana Fritters, Wine Sauce$0.10
Spring Lamb Mint or Brown Sauce$0.50
Chicken, Giblet Sauce$0.40
Sirloin of Beef Dish Gravy$0.50
Mashed potatoes
Spinach greens$0.10
Tea$0.10
Coffee$0.10
Chocolate$0.10
Roquefort Cheese with Crackers$0.15
Boiled potatoes
Native Cucumbers$0.10
Pickled beets$0.10
Boiled rice$0.10
Lettuce$0.10
Asparagus on Toast$0.10
Radishes$0.10
Lobster [salad]$0.40
Potato [salad]$0.25
Lettuce [salad]$0.15
Chicken [salad]$0.35
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Cranberry Pie$0.10
Eclaires$0.10
Cream Rolls$0.10
Cut Cake$0.10
Custard Pie$0.10
Squash Pie$0.10
Apple Pie$0.10
chocolate cream pie$0.10
Cream Pie$0.10
Strawberries and Cream$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Sponge Cake$0.10
Fruit Cake$0.10
Pound cake$0.10

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Penobscot River Salmon, a la Hollandaise
Squash Pie
Chicken broth with rice
Consomme, Royal
Fish Chowder
Radishes
Olives
Little Necks
Philadelphia Capon, Parsley Sauce
Beef Tongue with Spinach
Banana Fritters, Wine Sauce
Pickled beets
Cucumbers
Spring Lamb, Mint or Brown Sauce
Chicken, Giblet Sauce
Mashed potatoes
Asparagus Tips
Lettuce Salad
Apple Pie
Strawberry short cake
Strawberries and Cream
Hot mince pie
Eclaires
Cut Cake
Vanilla ice cream
Assorted Sweets
Assorted Nuts
Muscatel Layers
ROQUEFORT CHEESE
Bent's Crackers
CAFE
Sirloin of Beef, demi glase
AMERICAN CHEESE

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Welsh rarebit$0.50
Clam Chowder$0.25
Tomato, aux Croutons$0.25
Clear green turtle$0.50
Consomme$0.20
Fried codfish$0.35
Picked Cod with Cream$0.35
Plain Lobster$0.40
Fish cakes$0.25
Fish Cakes with Poached Eggs$0.35
Broiled Salmon$0.40
Broiled bluefish$0.40
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.50
Broiled Fresh Mackerel$0.40
Roast beef$0.50
Ham$0.30
Roast Lamb$0.40
Tongue$0.30
Chicken$0.40
Corned beef$0.30
Oolong Tea$0.10
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.10
Coffee$0.10
Chocolate$0.10
MILK, PER GLASS$0.05
Cream, per glass$0.15
Lobster [salad]$0.40
Potato [salad]$0.25
Chicken [salad]$0.40
California Peaches$0.15
Bartlett Pears$0.15
Berries in Season$0.15
Apricots$0.10
Currant Jelly$0.10
Sirloin Steak$0.60
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.70
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.75
Saratoga Chips$0.10
Extra Large Porterhouse Steak$1.25
French fried potatoes$0.10
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.10
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.10
Stewed potatoes$0.10
Stewed Mushrooms$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Eggs, boiled$0.25
Eggs, fried$0.25
Eggs, Scrambled$0.25
Eggs, shirred$0.25
Eggs, poached$0.25
Eggs, Poached on toast$0.30
French Egg Toast$0.35
Omelette Plain$0.25
Omelette with parsley$0.30
Omelette with jelly$0.30
Omelette with Ham$0.30
Omelette with bacon$0.40
Omelette with mushrooms$0.40
Spanish omelette$0.40
Stewed Corn$0.15
French peas$0.25
String Beans$0.15
Lima beans$0.15
Tenderloin Steak$0.70
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.80
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.85
Porterhouse Steak$0.85
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$1.10
Extra Large Porterhouse Steak with Mushrooms$1.50
Broiled Chicken, whole$1.00
Broiled Chicken, half$0.60
Fried Chicken, Maryland Style$0.65
Lamb Chops$0.40
Mutton Chops$0.40
Ham and eggs$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.40
Broiled Ham$0.40
Broiled Bacon$0.30
Fried Ham$0.30
Fried Bacon$0.30
Corned Beef Hash, Brown$0.30
Corned beef hash with egg$0.40
Chicken Croquettes$0.40
Chicken Croquettes with peas$0.50
Chicken Croquettes with Mushrooms$0.50
Baked Beans$0.20
Pies of All Kinds
Pastry of all kinds

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Egg Phosphate
Claret Lemonade
Mexican Sherbet,
Egg Nogg
Egg Chocolate
Egg Shake
Egg Caper
Egg Lactart
Egg Lemonade
Egg Claret
Imported and Domestic Ale
Milk Shake
Punchine Shake
orange sherbet
Moxie Nerve Food
Ice Cream Soda$0.10
Other Sodas$0.05
Vichy
Soda
Kissengen
Seltzer
Poland Spring Water
Imported and Domestic Ginger Ale
Londonderry Lithia Water
Hawthorn Water
Appollinaris
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Vanilla
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Strawberry
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Raspberry
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Pineapple
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Lemon
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Peach
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Apricot
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Banana
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream,
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Chocolate
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Florida Orange
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Blood Orange
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Fruit Miz
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Ginger
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Sherbert
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Sorsaparilla
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Moxie
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Grape
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Lime Juice
Pure Fruit Juice with Cream, Phosphate, all flavors

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