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Gillespie's Restaurant

266 8TH AVENUE, BETWEEN 23RD & 24TH STS, OPPOSITE GRAND OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY

Date
1907-01-01
Restaurant
GILLESPIE'S RESTAURANT
Place
266 8TH AVENUE, BETWEEN 23RD & 24TH STS, OPPOSITE GRAND OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; 6X11;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  6. Page 6

Dishes

Page 2

Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.15
Vegetable Soup$0.10
Chicken Soup$0.15
Green Turtle Soup$0.25
Plum Pudding$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Baked Apple Dumpling$0.10
rice pudding$0.10
lamb pot pie$0.15
Clam Chowder$0.10
Boiled Mutton, Caper Sauce$0.20
Corned beef and spinach$0.20
Boiled Tongue and Spinach$0.35
BOILED BACON AND SPINACH$0.25
Lamb stew and peas$0.20
Lamb Stew$0.15
Beef Stew$0.15
Roast beef$0.20
Roast Mutton$0.20
Prime rib roast beef$0.25
Roast Pork$0.20
Roast veal, stuffed$0.20
Chicken Fricassee$0.25
Chicken Pot Pie$0.25
Plain Lobster$0.30
Lobster salad$0.40
Potato salad$0.10
Chicken salad$0.40
Sliced onions$0.10
Olives$0.10
Sardines$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.10
French peas$0.15
Spinach$0.10
Fried onions$0.10
Boiled Onions$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Sweet Potatoes$0.10
Potatoes Boiled$0.05
Potatoes stewed$0.10
Saute Potatoes$0.10
Potatoes Lyonnaise Fried$0.10
Potatoes Hashed to order$0.10
Potatoes French fried$0.10
Mushrooms to order$0.15
Baked macaroni$0.10
Asparagus on Toast$0.15
Lima beans$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Cottage Pudding$0.10
Tapioca Pudding$0.10
Suet pudding$0.10
Currant Jelly$0.10
Home Made Cookies$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Boiled Apple Dumpling$0.10
All Kind of Pies in Season$0.05

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Chicken Soup$0.15
Turkey Giblet Soup$0.10
Consomme Tapioca$0.10
Green Turtle Soup$0.25
Broiled Finnan Haddie$0.25
Boiled Codfish Parsley Sauce$0.20
Fried smelts, tartar sauce$0.25
Fried Bluefish$0.20
Scollops, Bacon$0.30
Plain Lobster$0.30
Creamed Oysters$0.30
Roast Chicken, Apple Sauce$0.35
ROAST TURKEY, CRANBERRY SAUCE$0.40
Roast Turkey, All White Meat$0.45
Prime Ribs Beef, Peas$0.30
Roast Loin Pork, Apple Sauce$0.25
Chicken Fricassee, Asparagus$0.35
Chicken Pallies, Peas$0.30
Fried Chicken Livers, Bacon$0.25
Boiled Ham, Spinach$0.25
Calfs Liver and Bacon$0.30
Yankee Pot Roast, Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Celery$0.15
Lettuce$0.10
Spinach$0.10
Boiled Onions$0.10
Asparagus$0.15
String Beans$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Sweet Potatoes$0.10
Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce$0.10
Tapioca Custard$0.10
Cabinet Pudding$0.10
Baked Apple, Cream$0.10
Canned Peaches$0.10
Charlotte Russe$0.05
Oranges, sliced$0.10

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Coffee, per pot$0.05
Coffee, per pot (2 cups) to order$0.10
Tea, per pot (2 cups) to order$0.10
Tea, per pot$0.05
Chocolate, per cup$0.10
Chocolate, per pot (2 cups)$0.20
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Cocoa, per pot (2 cups)$0.20
Ice Coffee, per glass$0.05
Ice Tea, per glass$0.05
MILK, PER GLASS$0.05
Buttermilk, per glass$0.05
Buckwheat Cakes$0.10
Wheat Cakes$0.10
Indian cakes$0.10
Farina Cakes$0.10
Rice Cakes$0.10
Flannel Cakes$0.10
Water Rolls$0.05
Dry Toast$0.10
Butter Toast$0.10
Gilded Toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Dipped Toast$0.10
Corn muffins$0.05
Honey with Cakes, 5c extra$0.05
French rolls$0.05
Force and Milk$0.10
Tea Biscuits$0.05
Rice and milk$0.10
Oatmeal and milk$0.10
Hominy and milk$0.10
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Two Eggs, Fried$0.15
Two Eggs, Boiled$0.15
Two Eggs, Shirred$0.20
Two Eggs, Poached$0.20
Two Eggs, Poached on Toast$0.20
Two Eggs, Scrambled$0.15
Two Eggs, Scrambled with Ham$0.25
Eggs scrambled with bacon$0.25
Eggs scrambled with tomatoes$0.25
Omelet Plain$0.25
Omelet with ham$0.25
Omelet with onions$0.25
Omelet with peas$0.25
Omelet with tomatoes$0.25
Omelet with mushrooms$0.35
Omelet with Parsley$0.25
Omelet with oysters$0.30
Omelet au Rhum$0.35
Omelet with Cheese$0.30
Omelet with Jelly$0.35
Omelet Spanish style$0.40
Frizzled Beef with Eggs$0.25
German Pancake$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Oysters, raw$0.20
Oysters, Stew$0.20
Oysters, Milk Stew$0.25
Oysters, Boston stew$0.25
Oysters, Box Stew$0.25
Oysters, Boston Box Stew$0.30
Oysters, Escalloped$0.35
Oysters, fricassee$0.35
Oysters, Fried$0.25
Oysters, broiled$0.30
Oysters, Baltimore broiled$0.30
Oysters, Crumb Broiled$0.30
Oysters, Crumb Fry$0.25
Oysters, pan roast$0.30
Oysters, Steamed$0.30
Scallops with bacon$0.30
Little Neck Clams, stewed$0.20
Little Neck clams, fried$0.25
Little Neck Clams, Broiled$0.30
Cod Fish Fried$0.20
Cod Fish Broiled$0.20
Halibut Fried$0.25
Halibut Broiled$0.25
Bluefish Fried$0.20
Bluefish Broiled$0.20
Eels fried$0.20
Eels Broiled$0.20
Salt Mackerel Fried$0.25
Salt Mackerel Br'd$0.25
Codfish Cakes$0.15
Poached Eggs on Fish Cakes$0.25
Beefsteak$0.20
Beefsteak with Onions$0.30
Beefsteak with Mushrooms$0.35
Sirloin Steak$0.30
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.40
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.45
Top Sirloin Steak$0.35
Bone Sirloin Steak$0.35
Extra bone sirloin steak$0.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.50
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Tenderloin Steak with French Peas$0.55
Porterhouse Steak$0.60
Porterhouse Steak (For Two)$1.20
Mutton Chops$0.20
Loin Mutton Chops$0.30
English mutton chops, single$0.30
English mutton chops, brace$0.50
Pork Chops$0.20
Broiled or Fried Bacon with any steak or chop, 5c extra$0.05
Lamb Chops$0.30
Lamb chops breaded$0.35
Lamb Chops, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Veal Cutlet$0.20
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.25
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.30
Fried Liver$0.15
liver and bacon$0.20
Fried calf's liver$0.25
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.30
Fried Ham$0.20
Broiled Ham$0.20
Fried Bacon$0.20
Broiled Bacon$0.20
Ham and eggs$0.25
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Half of Broiled Chicken$0.50
Whole Broiled Chicken$1.00
Corned Beef Hash$0.15
Fried Tripe$0.15
Pork Tenderloin, Tomato Sauce$0.30
Hamburger Steak$0.25
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Golden buck$0.30
Yorkshire Buck$0.40
Minced Ham with Eggs$0.25
Minced Chicken with Egg$0.30
Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.25
Filet Steak a la Gillespie$0.20
Bremmer Steak$0.30
Fried Chicken$0.25
Fried Chicken a la Maryland$0.30
Beefsteak a la Creole$0.30
Cold Boiled Ham$0.20
Cold Boiled Tongue$0.25
Cold Boiled Roast Pork$0.20
Cold Prime Rib Roast Beef$0.25
Cold roast beef$0.20
Cold roast mutton$0.20
Cold Roast Veal$0.20
Cold Corned Beef$0.15
Cold pork and Beans$0.15
Ham Sandwich$0.10
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.10
Roast Mutton Sandwich$0.10
Roast Veal Sandwich$0.10
Corned beef sandwich$0.10
Turkey Sandwich$0.15
Chicken Sandwich$0.15
Club sandwich$0.20

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