The Menu Museum
DecadesRestaurantsDishesRandom menu

Majestic Hotel

Date
1900-01-31
Restaurant
(MAJESTIC HOTEL)
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BREAKFAST MENU
Occasion
OTHER (DAILY HOTEL MENU);
Physical description
FOLDER; 5.5X6.75;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Grapefruit$0.40
Pears$0.40
Bananas$0.20
Oranges$0.20
Malaga grapes$0.40
Apples$0.20
Baked apples with cream$0.35
Apple Sauce$0.20
Stewed prunes$0.20
Orang marmalade$0.30
Preserved Cherries$0.30
Preserved Strawberries$0.40
Black tea$0.15
Oolong Tea$0.15
GREEN TEA$0.15
Coffee$0.15
Cocoa$0.15
Broma$0.15
Chocolate$0.15
Special coffee, small pot$0.25
Special coffee, large pot$0.35
Cream, glass$0.20
Rolls and butter$0.15
GRAHAM ROLLS$0.15
Corn muffins$0.15
Corn bread$0.15
Boston Brown Bread$0.15
Grissini$0.15
English Muffins$0.20
CRUMPETS$0.20
Dry Toast$0.15
Buttered toast$0.20
Dipped Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.25
Cream toast$0.35
Indian Meal Mush with Cream$0.30
Wheat Flakes$0.20
Wheat Flakes with Cream$0.30
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.25
Wheaten Grits$0.20
hominy, plain$0.20
Hominy, fried, with maple syrup$0.25
Hominy with cream$0.30
Oatmeal$0.20
oatmeal with cream$0.30
Roasted oats$0.20
Roasted oats with cream$0.30
Malt Breakfast Food with Cream$0.35
Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.20
Old fashioned buckwheat cakes with maple syrup$0.20
Honey in comb$0.30
Honey strained$0.30
Milk, glass$0.10

Page 2

Blue Point Cocktail$0.30
Blue Points, half shell$0.25
Buzzard Bay, half shell$0.25
Rockaways, half shell$0.30
Shrewsburys, half shell$0.30
Lynnhaven Bays, half shell$0.30
Oysters, Shell Roast$0.70
Oysters, Pepper roast$0.70
Oysters, Fancy roast$0.70
Oysters, pan roast$0.70
Oysters, Steamed in Shell$0.70
Oysters, Broiled, butter s'c$0.70
Oysters, broiled, cream s'c$0.70
Oysters Escaloped, in shell$1.00
Oysters, Box Stew$0.70
Oyster Cream Stew$0.50
Oyster Stew$0.40
Oysters fried$0.60
Oysters Fried in butter, tomato sauce$0.80
Oyster Patties$0.50
Oysters au gratin$0.80
Oysters en brochette$0.75
Oysters a la Newburg$0.75
Little Neck Clam Cocktail$0.30
Little Necks on shell$0.25
Clams Steamed$0.50
Clams stewed$0.50
Clams, Shell Roast$0.50
Clams, Fancy roast$0.50
Clams, Pan Roast$0.50
Clam Fritters$0.50
Boiled eggs$0.20 – $0.25
Fried Eggs$0.25
Fried eggs with ham$0.60
Fried eggs with bacon$0.60
Eggs au Beurre Noir$0.30
Eggs poached, plain$0.30
Eggs poached, on toast$0.40
Eggs Poached, on Anchovy Toast$0.50
Poached eggs with bacon$0.50
Poached eggs with bacon$0.50
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Shirred eggs a la Turque$0.50
Scrambled Eggs$0.30
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.50
Scrambled eggs smoked beef$0.50
Scrambled eggs ham$0.50
Scrambled eggs tomatoes$0.40
Scrambled eggs mushrooms$0.50
Scrambled eggs truffles$0.60
Scrambled eggs, a la chasseur$0.75
Eggs, Poached a la Majestic$0.50
Omelette, plain$0.25
Omelette with parsley$0.25
Omelette cheese$0.30
Omelette tomatoes$0.30
Omelette ham$0.40
Omelette bacon$0.40
Omelette Jelly$0.40
Omelette kidneys$0.50
Omelette chicken livers$0.50
Omelette mushrooms$0.60
Omelette truffles$0.75
Omelette asparagus tips$0.60
Omelette French peas$0.50
Omelette au rhum$0.60
Omelette Spanish$0.60
Omelette Celestine$0.65

Page 3

boiled salmon, sauce hollandaise$0.75
Broiled Salmon$0.60
broiled shad$0.75
Broiled Spanish Mackerel$0.75
Broiled sea bass$0.50
Broiled Striped Bass$0.60
Broiled Salt Mackerel$0.50
Chicken halibut steak$0.60
Kippered Herring$0.40
Yarmouth Bloaters$0.40
Salt Codfish with Cream$0.50
Finnan Haddie$0.50
Codfish steak$0.50
Fried Perch$0.50
Fried Fillet of Sole$0.50
Fried fillet of sole au gratin$0.60
Fried smelts, tartar sauce$0.60
Fried Scollops$0.60
Fish balls$0.35
Fish cakes$0.35
Lobster, plain$0.75
Lobster, broiled$0.75
Lobster, stuffed$0.60
Lobster Croquettes$0.60
Deviled Crabs$0.50
Small steak (for 1)$0.45
Small sirloin steak (for 2)$0.70
Small sirloin steak (for 2), tomato sauce$0.80
Small sirloin steak (for 2), onions$0.85
Small sirloin steak (for 2), bacon$0.85
Small sirloin steak (for 2), mushrooms$0.90
Small sirloin steak (for 2) a la Bordelaise$0.95
Sirloin Steak$1.00
Sirloin steak, tomato sauce$1.10
Sirloin steak, bacon$1.15
Sirloin Steak Bearnaise$1.25
Sirloin Steak, Mushrooms$1.25
Sirloin steak a la bordelaise$1.25
Extra sirloin steak$1.50
Small tenderloin steak$0.70
Tenderloin Steak, Plain$1.00
Tenderloin Steak, tomato sauce$1.10
Tenderloin steak, onions$1.20
Tenderloin steak a la Bordelaise$1.25
Tenderloin Steak, Mushrooms$1.25
Tenderloin steak, truffles$1.50
Chateaubriand$2.00
Chateaubriand, mushrooms$2.50
Chateaubriand with truffles$2.75
Porterhouse Steak, Plain$1.50
Porterhouse steak, tomato sauce$1.75
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$2.00
Extra Porterhouse Steak, Plain$2.50
Extra Porterhouse Steak, mushrooms$3.00
Hamburg steak$0.60
Hamburg steak, onions$0.75
Salisbury Steak$0.75
Mutton chops (2)$0.60
Mutton chops a la jardiniere$0.75
English Mutton Chop with Kidney$0.65
Lamb Chops$0.50 – $0.70
Veal cutlets, plain$0.60
Veal cutlets, Breaded$0.60
Veal cutlets, plain with tomato sauce$0.70
Veal cutlets, breaded with tomato sauce$0.70
Pork Chops$0.50
Pork tenderloin$0.60
Sausages$0.40
Broiled Pig's Feet$0.40
Sweetbreads, Broiled$1.00
Stewed Kidneys with Mushrooms$0.60
Kidneys, broiled$0.50
Calf's Liver, Broiled$0.40
Calf's Liver, Fried$0.40
Calf's liver, broiled with bacon$0.50
Calf's Liver, fried with bacon$0.50
tripe, broiled$0.40
Tripe, fried$0.40
Tripe saute, a la Creole$0.50
Hashed corned beef$0.40
Hashed Corned Beef with eggs (2)$0.55
Hashed Mutton$0.40
Hashed mutton with eggs (2)$0.55
Hashed Lamb$0.50
Hashed lamb with eggs (2)$0.65
Ham, broiled$0.40
Ham, fried$0.40
Ham, broiled with eggs (3)$0.60
Ham, fried with eggs (3)$0.60
Bacon, broiled$0.40
Bacon, broiled with eggs (3)$0.60
Frizzled beef, plain$0.35
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.45
Frizzled beef with egg$0.50
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.60
Chicken livers sautes$0.60
Chicken hash$0.60
Chicken hash with eggs (2)$0.75
Fried Bananas$0.25
Fried Apples and Salt Pork$0.45

Page 4

Olives$0.15
Anchovies in Oil$0.30
Pickled onions$0.15
Gherkins$0.20
Pickles$0.15
Chow chow$0.20
Sweet Pickles$0.15
Pickled Walnuts$0.30
Caviar on Toast$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Watercress Salad$0.25
Hot-house Cucumber Salad$0.30
Hot-House Tomato Salad$0.50
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.50
Potato salad$0.30
Macedoine salad$0.50
Russian salad$0.60
Chicken salad$0.75
Lobster salad$0.75
Broiled Phila. Spring Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Philadelphia squab$0.75
Mallard Duck$1.50
Potatoes, Fried$0.20
Potatoes, baked$0.20
Potatoes, stewed$0.20
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.20
Potatoes, Saratoga$0.20
Potatoes, Sarah Bernhardt$0.30
Potatoes, julienne$0.30
Potato Croquettes$0.25
Potatoes Benedictine$0.30
German fried potatoes$0.25
Hashed Potatoes in Cream$0.25
Hased potatoes au gratin$0.30
Browned Hashed Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes, parisienne$0.30
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Philadelphia Spring Chicken, whole$1.50
Roast Beef, cold$0.60
Turkey, cold$0.75
Lamb, cold$0.60
Smoked Tongue, cold$0.60
Pressed Corned Beef$0.40
Chicken, cold$0.90 – $1.75
Pickled lambs' tongues$0.40
Sardines$0.35
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.20
Corned beef sandwich$0.15
Chicken Sandwich$0.25
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Sardine Sandwich$0.20
Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Club sandwich$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.