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Hotel Manhattan

42ND STREET AND MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK

Date
1900-01-24
Restaurant
Hotel Manhattan
Place
42ND STREET AND MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BREAKFAST
Physical description
CARD; 6 X 9.25;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Grapes$0.30
Oranges$0.10
Apple Sauce$0.15 – $0.25
Ceylon Tea$0.15
Grape fruit$0.30 – $0.50
Baked Apples and Cream$0.20 – $0.30
Stewed prunes$0.20
Bananas with cream$0.30
2 Apples$0.15
2 Bananas$0.15
Malaga grapes$0.25 – $0.40
Pears, each$0.10
Goblet of Milk$0.10
Coffee$0.20
Cream$0.10
Chocolate$0.20
Cream$0.10
Goblet of buttermilk$0.10
Goblet of cream$0.20
Honey in comb$0.25
Currant Jelly$0.30
Radishes$0.20
Watercress$0.25
Pulled bread$0.10
All Kinds of Rolls$0.10
Coston Brown Bread$0.10
Graham bread$0.10
Corn bread$0.10
English Muffins$0.15
CRUMPETS$0.15
Rice Cakes$0.20
Buckwheat Cakes$0.20
Griddle cakes$0.20
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.20
Cream toast$0.30
Malt Breakfast Food$0.20
Shredded Wheat Biscuits$0.20
Wheatena$0.20
Cerealine$0.20
Granose$0.20
Oatmeal$0.15
Corn Meal$0.15
Hominy$0.15
Petti Johns$0.20
Cracked Wheat$0.15
Cream$0.10
oysters broiled$0.25 – $0.40
Oysters fried$0.25 – $0.40
Oysters, stewed plain$0.30
Oyster Milk Stew$0.35
Oyster Cream Stew$0.50
Stewed Clams$0.30
Scallops$0.30 – $0.50
Clam Fritters$0.30 – $0.50
Whitefish$0.30 – $0.50
Broiled sea bass$0.30 – $0.50
Salt Codfish with Cream$0.25 – $0.40
Fish balls$0.20 – $0.30
Codfish Hash, Plain$0.30
Codfish Hash, browned$0.30
Salt mackerel$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Codfish Steak$0.30 – $0.50
Smelts$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh salmon steak$0.30 – $0.60
Baltimore Roe Herring$0.25 – $0.40
Smoked Salmon$0.30 – $0.50
Kippered Herring$0.25 – $0.40
Halibut steak$0.30 – $0.50
Panfish$0.30 – $0.50
Fried Filet of Sole$0.30 – $0.50
Bluefish$0.30 – $0.50
Shad$0.35 – $0.60
Finnan Haddie$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Mackerel$0.30 – $0.50
Spring chicken, half$0.75
Spring Chicken, whole$1.50
Squab Chicken$1.25
Squab$0.75
Small sirloin$0.60
Sirloin$1.00
Extra sirloin$1.75
Small tenderloin$0.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.90
Filet Chateaubriand$1.75
Porterhouse Steak$1.50
Extra porterhouse$2.25
Hamburg steak$0.30 – $0.60
Ham$0.25 – $0.40
pig's feet$0.30
Tripe$0.30
English mutton chop$0.50
Two lamb chops$0.50
(1) Lamb Chop$0.30
Newport Sausages$0.30 – $0.50
Deerfoot Farm sausages$0.30 – $0.50
country sausages$0.25 – $0.40
Pork Chops$0.25 – $0.40
Spare Ribs$0.25 – $0.40
Pork tenderloin$30.00 – $0.50
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.40 – $0.70
Breakfast Bacon$0.25 – $0.40
Two mutton chops$0.50
(1) Mutton Chop$0.30
Mutton Kidneys$0.25 – $0.40
Calf's liver$0.25 – $0.35
Boiled eggs$0.10
eggs Canada$0.30 – $0.50
Plain Omelet$0.30
Fine Herbs omelet$0.40
Baked Potatoes$0.15
Hashed browned potatoes$0.25
Scrambled Eggs$0.30
eggs Gibson$0.30 – $0.50
Poached eggs$0.30
Eggs Meyerbeer$0.30 – $0.50
Fried Eggs$0.25
Shirred Eggs$0.30
eggs Sevigne$0.30 – $0.50
Ham Omelet$0.40
bacon omelet$0.40
Omelet with Parsley$0.30
Kidney omelet$0.40
Tomato Omelet$0.40
Clams omelet$0.40
Mushroom Omelet$0.60
Spanish omelet$0.60
Hashed potatoes with cream$0.25
Fried Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.20
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Potatoes Saratoga$0.15
Potatoes With cream au gratin$0.30
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Hashed Chicken in Cream, Plain$0.50 – $0.90
Hashed Chicken in Cream, Browned$0.50 – $0.90
Mutton Kidneys with Mushrooms$0.30 – $0.50
Lamb Hash$0.30 – $0.50
Smoked Beef with Cream$0.40
Hominy$0.15
Deerfoot Farm sausages$0.30 – $0.50
Veal Cutlets, Tomato Sauce$0.30 – $0.50
country sausages$0.25 – $0.40
Mush$0.15
Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Bacon and eggs$0.40
Ham and eggs$0.40
Calf's liver$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.30
Cucumbers$0.25
Cucumbers and Tomatoes$0.30
Apricot preserves$0.20
Cherry Preserves$0.20
Strained honey$0.25
Peach Preserves$0.20
Pear Preserves$0.20
Plum Preserves$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.20
Oolong Tea$0.15
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.15
GREEN TEA$0.15
Broma$0.20
Cocoa$0.20
Chicken livers with mushrooms$0.40
Roast Beef Hash$0.30
Tripe$0.30
Tripe a la Creole$0.50
Calf's Liver, Manhattan$0.45
Newport Sausages$0.30
Baked Pork and Beans$0.35
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Corned Beef Hash, Browned$0.20
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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