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Hotel Empire

BROADWAY AND 63RD ATREET

Date
1900-01-24
Restaurant
HOTEL EMPIRE
Place
BROADWAY AND 63RD ATREET
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BREAKFAST
Physical description
CARD; 7 X 9.25;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Bananas, each$0.10
Baked Apples and Cream$0.15 – $0.25
Stewed prunes$0.20
Grape fruit$0.30
Bananas and cream$0.25
Apples, each$0.10
Oranges, each$0.10
Honey in comb$0.20
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Strained honey$0.25
Brandy peaches$0.30
Brandy cherries$0.30
Brandy pears$0.30
Brandy figs$0.30
Raspberry jam$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.20
Vienna Crescents, each$0.05
Guava jelly$0.25
Canton Ginger$0.25
Orange marmalade$0.20
Broiled Pig's Feet$0.30 – $0.50
Milk Rolls, each$0.05
Dry Toast$0.10
Malt Breakfast Food with Cream$0.25
Tomatoes$0.40
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.25
Indian cakes$0.15
English Muffins$0.10
French rolls$0.05
Corn muffins$0.05
GRAHAM ROLLS$0.50
Rice Cakes$0.15
Wheat Cakes$0.15
Buckwheat Cakes$0.15
Buttered toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.20
Cream toast$0.25
Small pot coffee$0.15
Small pot coffee with cream$0.20
Large pot coffee$0.25
Large pot tea with cream$0.35
Glass milk$0.10
Glass cream$0.20
Pettijohn with cream$0.25
Wheaten Grits$0.15
Wheaten grits with cream$0.20
Oatmeal$0.15
Wheaten grits with cream$0.20
Shredded whole wheat biscuits and cream$0.20
Hominy$0.15
Fried hominy$0.20
Fried Hominy with Cream$0.20
Boiled (2 Eggs)$0.20
Fried (2 eggs)$0.20
Shirred (2 Eggs)$0.20
Poached (2 Eggs)$0.25
Scrambled (2 eggs)$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.45
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.40
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with kidneys$0.40
Scrambled eggs with chicken livers$0.40
Scrambled Eggs Benedictine$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a la Turque$0.50
Scrambled Eggs Buckingham$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a la Mornay$0.50
Scrambled Eggs a la Tripe$0.45
Scrambled Eggs a l'Empire$0.50
Scrambled Eggs en Cocotte$0.40
Scrambled Eggs a l'Aurore$0.40
Plain Omelet$0.30
Omelet with Parsley$0.30
Omelet with tomatoes$0.35
Omelet with Cheese$0.35
Plain omelet with ham$0.35
Omelet with kidneys$0.40
Omelet with mushrooms$0.45
Omelet with oysters$0.50
Omelet with Chicken Livers$0.50
Spanish omelet$0.60
Yarmouth Bloater$0.25 – $0.45
Kippered Herring$0.30 – $0.50
Salt mackerel$0.25 – $0.45
Salt Codfish in cream$0.40
Finnan Haddie, melted butter$0.40
Scrambled Eggs Meyerbeer$0.50
Omelet with Bacon$0.35
Small Pot Tea$0.15
Small pot chocolate$0.15
Small pot tea with cream$0.20
Small pot chocolate with cream$0.20
Large pot tea$0.25
Large pot chocolate$0.25
Large pot coffee with cream$0.35
Large pot chocolate with cream$0.35
Kennebec salmon$0.40 – $0.60
Bluefish$0.25 – $0.45
Panfish$0.25 – $0.45
Striped bass$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Codfish$0.25 – $0.45
Fried Scallops$0.50
Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce$0.30 – $0.50
Fresh Mackerel Maitre d'Hotel$0.30 – $0.50
Sea bass saute, Meuniere$0.30 – $0.50
Codfish Cakes$0.20 – $0.30
Smoked Salmon$0.40 – $0.60
Broiled Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Small Sirloin, plain$0.60
Small Sirloin, with onions$0.70
Small Sirloin, with bacon$0.70
Small sirloin, tomato sauce$0.70
Sirloin, plain$0.85
Sirloin, with onions$0.95
Sirloin, with bacon$0.95
Sirloin, tomato sauce$0.95
Extra sirloin$1.50
Extra Sirloin with onions$1.75
Extra Sirloin with bacon$1.75
Salisbury Steak$0.60
Small tenderloin$0.60
Tenderloin Steak$0.90
Chateaubriand$1.75
Philadelphia squab$0.60
Porterhouse$1.25
Porterhouse extra$2.00
Mutton Chops$0.30 – $0.50
English mutton chops, each$0.50
Lamb Chops$0.40 – $0.60
Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.30 – $0.50
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.35 – $0.60
Pork Chops$0.25 – $0.40
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Corned beef hash with egg$0.40
Lamb Hash$0.35
Lamb hash with egg$0.45
Chicken hash$0.35 – $0.60
Chicken Hash with egg$0.40 – $0.75
Fried Pig's Feet$0.30 – $0.50
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.35 – $0.65
Broiled Ham$0.35
Broiled Ham with egg$0.45
Broiled Bacon$0.35
Broiled Bacon with egg$0.45
Calf's liver$0.40
Calf's liver with bacon$0.50
Calf's Liver saute, fines herbes$0.50
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.40
Broiled Lamb Kidneys with bacon$0.50
Stewed Mushrooms$0.50
Broiled Tripe$0.40
Tripe Saute a la Creole$0.50
Country Sausage$0.25 – $0.40
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.40
Baked Potatoes$0.15
Fried Potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.25
Saratoga Potatoes$0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.20
Parisienne Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Potato Croquettes$0.25
Stewed Potatoes in Cream$0.25
Hash Potatoes in cream$0.25
Hash Brown Potatoes$0.25
Sweet Potatoes, Baked$0.15
Sweet Potatoes, Fried$0.20
Sweet Potatoes, sautees$0.20
Grapes$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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