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Lafayette Place Restaurant & Cafe

16 LAFAYETTE PLACE

Date
1900-02-03
Restaurant
LAFAYETTE PLACE RESTAURANT & CAFE
Place
16 LAFAYETTE PLACE;
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DINNER
Occasion
DAILY
Physical description
FOLDER; COL; 5.5 X 9.5;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Small Sirloin Steak$0.50
Sirloin Steak (Large)$0.75
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.90
Calves Liver and Bacon$0.35
Broiled Bacon$0.25
Broiled Ham$0.25
Broiled Spring Chicken
Lamb Chops$0.50
English Mutton Chops$0.40
Brace of English Mutton Chops$0.60
Welch Rarebit$0.35
Golden buck$0.40
Yorkshire Buck$0.50
Codfish Cakes$0.30
Shirred Eggs and Tomatoes$0.25
Frizzled Beef and Eggs$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.40
Eggs Shirred$0.15
Ham and eggs$0.40
Boiled eggs$0.15
Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.25
Fried Eggs$0.15
Omelettes, Plain$0.25
Omelettes, plain Tomatoes$0.35
Omelettes, plain Fine Herbs$0.35
Omelettes, Ham$0.35
Omelettes, Rum$0.40
Oyster cocktail$0.25
1/2 Shell Blue Points$0.25
Stew Oysters$0.25
Fry [Oysters or Clams]$0.35
Fry on Toast [Oysters or Clams]$0.40
Broiled [Oysters or Clams]$0.35
Broiled on Toast [Oysters or Clams]$0.40
Pan Roast [Oysters or Clams]$0.40
Clam cocktail$0.25
1/2 Shell Little Necks$0.25
Fried Clams$0.35
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Broiled potatoes$0.15
Hash Brown Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes, stewed in cream$0.20
German Fried [Potatoes]$0.15
Potatoes Saute$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes an Gratin$0.25
Lima beans$0.15
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.15
French peas$0.25
mushrooms$0.30
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Stewed Succotash$0.15
Asparagus$0.25
Stewed Corn$0.15
GREEN PEAS$0.25
Fried onions$0.15
String Beans$0.15
Camembert$0.20
Roquefort$0.20
Swiss$0.15
Cream [Cheese]$0.15
American [cheese]$0.15
Club sandwich$0.25
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.20
Chicken Sandwich$0.20
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
CLAM BROTH$0.15
Beef tea$0.15
Iced coffee$0.15
coffee, per cup$0.10
Coffee, per pot$0.20
Tea, per cup$0.15
Tea, per pot$0.25
Iced tea$0.15
Chocolate, per cup$0.15
Chocolate, per pot$0.25
Cocoa$0.15
Cocoa, Per Pot$0.25

Page 3

BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.60
1/2 Shell Blue Points$0.25
Tomatoe with Rice$0.15
Consomme & Italian Pates$0.15
broiled shad$0.50
Fried smelts$0.40
Boiled Halibut. Egg Sauce.$0.40
Soft Shell Clam Fritters$0.30
Comtionkion Mutton Chop$0.50
Boiled Short Ribs Horseradish Sauce$0.35
Fried Pork Tenderloin. Apple Sauce.$0.35
Minced veal on toast$0.30
Broiled Chicken half$0.60
Broiled Squab on Toast$0.60
Table Leebery$0.25
Epicuer Torke Wafer$0.10
Cocoanut Pudding$0.15
Peach Pie$0.10
Asparagus on Toast$0.25
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.15
Hard shell crabs$0.25
Roast beef$0.40
Roast Chicken, Brown Sauce$0.50
Slices Tomatoes$0.20
Lettuce$0.20
Mince Pie (crossed out)

Page 4

Mumm's Extra Dry$2.00 – $4.00
Pommery Sec$2.00 – $4.00
Perrier Jouet$1.00
Laubenheimer$0.60 – $1.00
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.25
Brauneberger$0.75 – $1.25
Zeltinger$0.60 – $1.00
Hochheimer$0.75 – $1.25
Italian Chianti$0.50
Medoc, Barton and Guestier$0.60 – $1.00
St. Julian, Barton and Guestier$0.75 – $1.25
Pontet Canet, Barton and Guestier$1.00 – $2.00
Granger's Burton Ale on Draught$0.10
Bass' Ale, White Label$0.30
Bass' Ale, Dog's Head$0.30
Guinness' Stout$0.30
C. H. Evans and Sons' India Pale Ale$0.20
Betz's half and half$0.20
Wurzburger Lager Beer (Imported)$0.25
Pilsener Lager Beer (Imported)$0.25
Anheuser-Busch Beer$0.20
Milwaukee Beer$0.20
Ruppert's Beer$0.15
Geo. (George) Ehret's Beer$0.15
Ringler's Real German$0.15
White Rock Lithia$0.10 – $0.30
Congress Water$0.25
Apollinaris Water$0.15 – $0.25
Hunyadia Water$0.10
Hawthorn Water$0.25
Imported Ginger Ale (C. and C.)$0.25
Imported Sarsaparilla$0.25
Domestic Ginger Ale$0.10
Equinox Ginger Champagne$0.20
Sarsaparilla$0.10
Cider$0.25
Club Soda$0.15
French Vermouth$0.15
White Curacao$0.20
Benedictine$0.20
Italian Vermouth$0.15
Absinthe$0.20
Chartreuse$0.20
Creme de Cocoa$0.20
Kummel$0.15
Creme de Menthe$0.20
Calisaya$0.15
Boonecamp Bitters$0.15
Hostetter's Bitters$0.15
Amer Picon$0.15
Boker's Bitters$0.15
Maraschino$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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