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Grand Union Hotel

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

Date
1881-08-26
Restaurant
GRAND UNION HOTEL
Place
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY.
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DINNER MENU
Physical description
FOL; ILLUS; 5 x 7.25.;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Clam chowder, family style
Leg of mutton with capers
Epigramme of lamb, with puree of peas
Fricandeau of green turtle larded, madeira sauce
Rice cakes, a la Saxon
Miroton of beef, a la Bretonne
Fricassee of veal, with cucumbers, a la poulette
Punch a la Richelieu
Baked Sheepshead, a la Clermont, Cucumbers
Clear ox-tail
Corned beef with cabbage
Fillet of turbot, Normande, Potatoes
Berks county capon, parsley sauce
Lamb, mint sauce
Roast beef
Ham glace au four
Philadelphia chicken stuffed
Lamb, mint sauce
Pate of goose livers, with truffles
Roast Lamb
Boned turkey, a la gelee
Chicken salad
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Potato salad
Beef a la mode, aux legumes glace
Plain Lobster
Cabinet pudding, sherry wine sauce
Apple Pie
Green gage tartelettes
APRICOT PIE
Bavarian cream, fruit sauce
Cocoanut Jumbles
Aniseed drops
Lafayette cakes
Gateaux varies
Lemon candy
PINEAPPLE ICE CREAM
Assorted Nuts
Raisins
English Cheese
Oranges
Bartlett Pears
Watermelon
Coffee
Mashed potatoes
Stuffed Egg Plant
Green Corn
Summer Squash
Boiled Onions
Boiled rice
String Beans
Stewed tomatoes
New beets
GREEN PEAS
Sweet Potatoes, Fried

Page 3

Benedictine$0.25
Vermouth$0.25
Maraschino$0.25
Chartreuse$0.25
Anisette$0.25
Absinthe$0.25
Curacao$0.25
Kummel$0.25
Hostetter's Bitters$0.25
Guinness's Dublin Extra Stout$0.30
G.H. Mumm & Co. Dry Verzenay$1.50 – $3.00
G.H. Mumm & Co. Extra Dry$1.50 – $3.00
Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Haut Sauternes$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Latour Blanche$2.00 – $4.00
Chateau Yquem$2.50 – $5.00
Liebfraumilch$1.50 – $3.00
Pommery, Sec$1.75 – $3.50
Macon Vieux$0.75 – $1.50
Clos de Vougeot$2.00 – $4.00
Piper Heidsieck$1.50 – $3.00
Veuve Clicquot$1.50 – $3.00
L. Roederer's Dry Sillery$1.50 – $3.00
Blandy$3.00
Table, Dry, from the wood$1.00 – $2.00
L. Roederer's Carte Blanche$1.50 – $3.00
Delmonico$1.50 – $3.00
Dry Monopole, Heidsieck & Co$1.50 – $3.00
Boll & Co's Tres Sec$1.50 – $3.00
DeVenoge, Extra Dry$1.50 – $3.00
Cossart, Gordon & Co.$3.00
Old Reserve$4.00
Blackburn's East India$4.00
Sandeman's Oporto$3.50
Da Silvia & Filka$3.00
Osborne's superior old$4.00
Burmeister, Extra Dry$4.00
Old London Dock$3.00
Isaac Cook's Imperial St. Louis$1.00 – $2.00
California Hock$0.50 – $1.00
California Angelica$0.50 – $1.00
Still Catawba Dry$1.00
Medoc$0.40 – $0.75
St. Julien$0.50 – $1.00
St. Emilion$0.50 – $1.00
Leoville$0.75 – $1.50
Larose$1.00 – $2.00
Pontet Canet$1.25 – $2.50
Margaux$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Larose$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau LaGrange$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau Leoville$2.00 – $4.00
Chateau Mouton, Rothschild$2.00 – $4.00
Chateau Margaux$2.50 – $5.00
Chateau Lafite$2.50 – $5.00
Barsac$0.50 – $1.00
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.50
Hochheimer$1.00 – $2.00
James Hennessy$4.00
Otard, Dupuy & Co, S.O.P.$4.00
Ambassador Brandy, (1835)$5.00
Old Jamaica Rum$2.00
Old St. Croix Rum$2.00
Old Irish Whisky$2.00
Old Scotch Whisky$2.00
Old Holland Gin$1.50
Old Tom Gin$2.00
Old Rye Whisky, 1858$2.00
Old Bourbon Whisky, 1859$2.00
Apple Brandy$1.50
Rudesheimer$1.00 – $2.00
Johannisberger, 1865$6.00
Steinwein Boxbeutel$2.00 – $4.00
Marcobrunner$2.00 – $4.00
Marcobrunner Ausbruch$4.00
Steinberger Cabinet$5.00
Rauenthaler Berg Auslese$5.00
Mosel Muscatel$1.00 – $2.00
Amontillado$1.75 – $3.00
Old Reserve$3.00
Vino de Pasto$1.50 – $3.00
Oloroso$1.50 – $3.00
Beaune$1.25 – $2.50
Chambertin$1.50 – $3.00
Romanee Conti$2.00 – $4.00
Pommard$1.50 – $3.00
Chablis$1.00 – $2.00
LAGER BEER$0.20
Tivoli$0.25
Muir & Son's Scotch Ale$0.30
Younger's Scotch Ale$0.30
Bass's India Pale Ale$0.30
Imported Ginger Ale$0.25
Russet Cider$0.30 – $0.50
German Seltzer$0.30 – $0.50
Vichy Water$0.50
Apollinaris Water$0.25 – $0.50
Friedrichshall Bitter Water$0.40
Clysmic Water$0.25
Hunyadi Water$0.40

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