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Willards Hotel

WASHINGTON,D.C

Date
1864-02-12
Restaurant
WILLARDS HOTEL
Place
WASHINGTON,D.C.
Event
DINNER MENU
Physical description
ILLUS. FOLDER
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

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Coffee
Figs
English walnuts
Apples
Almonds
Filberts
Oranges
Raisins
Pine Apple Ice Cream
Lady Cake
Cranberry Pies
Jelly Tarts
Apple Pies
Corn Starch Pudding
Custard pudding
Cream Pies
Olives
Worcestershire Sauce
Celery
Cold Slaugh
Pickles
French Mustard
Beets
Stewed tomatoes
Rice
Hominy
Mashed Turnips
Boiled Onions
Boiled potatoes
Roast Venison Currant Jelly
Cabbage
Spinach
Mashed potatoes
Apple Fritters
Fillet of Pork with Beans
Oyster Patties, a la Bechamel
Chicken, Saute, a la Marengo
Harricot of Mutton, with Vegetables
Quails, broiled a la Maitre d'Hotel
Veal Cutlets, Breaded, Sauce Tomato
COLD BEEF TONGUES
Cold roast mutton
Cold Chicken Salad
Cold a la mode Beef
Cold roast beef
Cold Boned Turkey
Cold Pressed Corned Beef
Boiled leg of mutton, caper sauce
Boiled Corned Beef and Cabbage
Boiled Chickens Egg Sauce
Boiled Ham
Boiled Beef Tongue
Boiled Tukeys, Oyster Sauce
Boile Haddock, Hollandaise Sauce
Baked Pike, Claret Sauce
Oyster Soup
Rice soup
Roast Geese, apple sauce
Roast beef
Leg of Mutton
Roast Turkeys, Cranberry Sauce.
Roast chicken
Roast Ham, Champagne Sauce

Page 3

Barclay & Perkins' Brown Stout, pints$0.50
Hibbert's London Brown Stout, pints$0.50
Tennant's Ale, pints$0.50
Tennant's XX Porter, pints$0.50
Pale India, pints$0.50
Younger's Scotch, pints$0.50
Fine Champagne from the eminent House of E. Bethman & Co., Bordeaux$4.00
Old Cognac from the eminent House of E. Bethman & Co., Bordeaux$4.00
Old London Dock, vintage 1822$5.00
Old Pale Paulding, vintage 1812, very fine$5.00
Martell, from Cochran & co., Philadelphia, vintage 1800$5.00
Brandy, Private Stock, very old and fine$5.00
Imperial, thirty-five years old$3.50
Old Alpha$3.00
Old Q Pale$2.50
Chartruise$3.00
Absinthe$2.50
Kirschenwasser$1.50
Maraschino, Italian$3.50
Curacoa, Dutch, White$1.00
Curacoa, Dutch, Red$2.00
BURGUNDY$2.50
Chambertin$3.50
Sparkling Muscatel, Scharzberg, from D. Leiden, of Cologne$3.00
Clos Vougeot$4.00
Sparkling Moselle, Muscatel, pts$1.50
Sandeman's$2.50
Sparkling Moselle, Muscatel, qts$3.00
Hunt & Co.$3.50
victoria$3.00
White$3.00
Pedro Ximenes, or Gold Sherry, Vintage of 1840, W. Chillingworth & Son, London$3.00
Cochran's A., very fine$4.00
Clun House Sherry, Vintage of 1840, said to be the finest Pale Sherry imported, W. Chillingworth & Son$4.00
Hidalgo Senr, pale, light and delicate$5.00
N. Y. Hotel Sherry, very fine$4.00
Rain Drop, 30 years old, rich and delicate$4.00
Imperial Amontillado, dry & delicate$4.00
Vino de Pasto, pale and delicate$3.50
Topaz, pale and delicate$3.00
Harmony, Pale$2.50
Yriarte, Pale$2.50
Table Sherry$2.00
Grand Vin, Chateau Coutet, 1858, E Guilhou Freres$5.00
Chateau Yquem, Brandenburg Freres$4.00
Latour Blanche, Fink & Co.$3.50
Haut Sauterne, pints$1.25
Haut Sauterne, quarts$2.50
Sauterne, Pints$0.75
Sauterne, quarts$1.50
Silver Seal Hock$10.00
Gold Seal Hock$7.00
Green Seal Hock
Grunhauser, 1848$3.00
Yellow Seal, 1846 Hock$5.00
Liebfraumilch, 1848 Hock$3.50
Sparkling Johannisberg$4.00
Sparkling Hockheimer$3.00
Sparkling Johannisberg$3.50
Marcobrunner$3.00
Rudisheimer$3.00
Hockheimer$3.00
Niersteiner$2.00
Finest Alto Douro Port, Vintage 1840, very extra, W. Chillingworth & Son, London$3.50
Funchel Madera, very delicate, and of exquisite flavor, W. Chillingworth & Son, London$3.50
Cochran's Old Madeira, extra fine, No. 42$10.00
Cochran's Old Madeira, No. 45$6.00
Howard, very delicate Madeira
Gratz Grape Juice Madeira$5.00
Oliviera, very old Madeira$4.00
Reserve, very choice Madeira$3.50
Blackburn Madeira, old$3.00
Old South Side Madeira$2.50
Old South Side Madeira$2.50
Chateau La Rose quarts$2.00
Chateau Lafitte, 1848, quarts$4.50
Chateau Margaux 1848 quarts$4.50
Chateau Margaux 1851 quarts$4.00
Chateau Margaux pints$1.50
Chateau Margaux quarts$2.00
St. Julien, Pints$1.00
St. Julien, quarts$1.50
Superior Table Claret, pints$0.75
Superior Table Claret, quarts$1.00
Ernest Irroy & Co's Golden Star pints$1.00
E. Laiblin & Co's Neckar White Seal, pts$1.00
Longworth's Sparkling Catawba pints$1.75
Longworth's Sparkling Catawba$3.00
Sillery, superior, Chs Farre pints$1.75
Sillery, superior, Chs Farre$3.50
Vin Imperial, Chs Farre pints$2.00
Vin Imperial, Chs Farre$4.00
Vin de Cabinet, Chs Farre pints$2.00
Vin de Cabinet, Chs Farre$4.00
Veuve Cliquot, Ponsardin pints$2.00
Veuve Cliquot, Ponsardin$4.00
Carte Blanche St. Marceaux & Co.$3.00
Red Lac de St. Marceaux & Co.$3.00
Heisdieck, Piper & Co.$3.00
Grand Vin Imperial, Eugene Clicquot pints$4.00
Grand Vin Imperial, Eugene Clicquot$4.00
Heidsieck & Co. pints$1.75
Heidsieck & Co.$3.00
G. H. Mumm & Co.'s Verzenay dry pints$1.75
G. H. Mumm & Co.'s Verzenay dry$3.00
G. H. Mumm & Co.'s Cabinet pints$2.00
G. H. Mumm & Co.'s Cabinet$3.50
G. H. Mumm & Co.'s Verzenay pints$1.75
G. H. Mumm & Co.'s Verzenay$3.00
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Green Seal pints$2.00
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Green Seal$3.50
Charles Heidsieck pints$1.75
Charles Heidsieck$3.00
Bouche Fils & Co.'s Cabinet pints$1.75
Bouche Fils & Co.'s Cabinet$3.00

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