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Hotel America

Irving Place and 15Th Street, New York, NY · January 24, 1900

On this menu 57 dishes

Aceitunas
Encurtidos
Rabo de Buey
Tallarines
Purgo frito
Pollo chamfaina
Potage de Garbanzo
Roast beef
Berros
Criadillas a la Milanesa
Crema
Pure de Papas
Ciruelas en Alminar
Manzanas
Arroz en blanco
Roase Beef
PRUNES
Olives
Pickles
Rice
Mashed potatoes
Water Cresses
Ox Tail
Fried fish
Chick Peas
Fruits in Season
Lamb Fries Milanesa
Tallarines
Navarro$0.75
Medoc$0.75
Margaux$1.50
St. Julien$0.75
Oporto$1.50
Catalan$1.00
Niersteiner$1.00
Pedro Jimenez Moscatel$2.00
POMMERY$2.00 – $4.00
Mumm, Extra dry$2.00 – $4.00
Piper Heisieck$2.00 – $4.00
Cliquot$2.00 – $4.00
St. Estephe$0.75 – $1.25
Pontet-Canet$1.50
Rioja$1.25
Valdepenas$1.25
Jerez Amontillado seco$1.50
Chianti$0.75 – $1.25
Sauterne$0.75 – $1.25
Graves$0.75 – $1.25
Cognac, per bottle$2.50
Cognac, per glass$0.20
Chartreuse, per glass$0.20
Maraschino, Per Glass$0.20
Vermouth, Per Glass$0.15
Bass & Co. India Pale Ale, per bottle$0.30
Wm. Peter Brau, per bottle$0.20
Ginger Ale, per bottle$0.20
Apollinaris$0.25