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Gillespie's Restaurant

272 EIGHTH AVE NY

Date
1889-04-29
Restaurant
GILLESPIE'S RESTAURANT
Place
272 EIGHTH AVE NY;
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; ILL; COL; 7.5X10
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Apple Sauce$0.05
Cranberry Sauce$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
coffee, per cup$0.05
Tea, per pot, (two cups) to order$0.15
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Iced coffee, per glass$0.10
Coffee, per pot, (two cups) to order$0.15
Chocolate, per cup$0.10
Cocoa, per pot, (two cups)$0.20
Iced Tea, per Glass$0.10
Tea, per cup$0.05
Chocolate, per pot, (two cups)$0.20
MILK, PER GLASS$0.05
Buttermilk, per glass$0.05
Buckwheat Cakes$0.10
Cold Boiled Ham$0.15
Cold Boiled Tongue$0.25
Pickled Lamb Tongues$0.15
Cold roast beef$0.10
Cold roast mutton$0.10
Cold Corned Beef$0.10
Cold Roast Veal$0.10
Cold Roast Pork$0.10
Cold pork and Beans$0.15
Fried Sausage Meat$0.15
Meat Ball, Tomato Sauce$0.20
Fried Tripe$0.15
Pork tenderloin$0.25
Lamb Fries on Toast$0.25
liver and bacon$0.20
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Ham and eggs$0.25
Hamburg steak$0.20
Hamburg steak with egg$0.25
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.30
Whole Broiled Chicken$1.00
Half of Broiled Chicken$0.50
Oysters, Raw, half doz.$0.15
Oysters, Raw, doz.$0.25
Oysters, Stew$0.20
Wheat Cakes$0.10
Indian cakes$0.10
Farina Cakes$0.10
Rice Cakes$0.10
Hominy Cakes$0.10
Flannel Cakes$0.10
Butter Cakes$0.05
Home-made Corn Bread$0.05
Milk rolls$0.05
Water Rolls$0.05
Tea Biscuit$0.05
Hot Muffin$0.05
Toasted Muffin$0.10
Milk Bread$0.05
Corn muffins$0.05
Rye Bread$0.05
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Oatmeal and milk$0.10
Rice and milk$0.10
Mush and Milk$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Butter Toast$0.10
Dipped Toast$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Fried hominy$0.10
Hominy and milk$0.10
Eggs, fried$0.15
Eggs, boiled$0.15
Eggs, shirred$0.20
Eggs, Spanish style$0.25
Eggs, poached$0.15
Eggs, Poach on toast$0.20
Eggs, Scrambled$0.15
Eggs, scrambled with ham$0.25
Omelet with Jelly$0.35
Omelet Spanish style$0.40
Eggs, scrambled with bacon$0.25
Eggs, scrambled with tomatoes$0.25
Frizzled Beef, with Eggs$0.25
German Pancake$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Omelet, plain$0.25
Omelet with ham$0.25
Omelet Souffle$0.30
Fried Eggs Souffle$0.30
Omelet, with onions$0.25
Omelet, with peas$0.25
Omelet, with Sugar$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
Oysters, Milk Stew$0.25
Oysters, Boston stew$0.25
Oysters, Box Stew$0.25
Oyster, Boston Box Stew$0.30
Oysters, Boston simmer$0.30
Oysters, fricassee$0.35
Little Neck clams, raw$0.20
Little Neck Clams, Stew$0.20
Oysters steamed$0.30
Oysters Boston Flip$0.30
Oysters fried$0.25
oysters broiled$0.25
Oysters Broiled, on Toast$0.30
Oysters Baltimore broil$0.30
Oysters Crumb Broil$0.25
Oysters Crumb Fry$0.25
Scollops$0.25
Little Neck Clams, Fry$0.25
Little Neck clams, steamed$0.30
Halibut, Fried$0.20
Halibut, Broiled$0.20
Codfish, Fried$0.15
Codfish, Broiled$0.15
Bluefish, Fried$0.15
Bluefish, broiled$0.15
Eels, fried$0.15
Eels, broiled$0.15
Fresh Mackerel$0.15
Salt mackerel$0.15
Codfish Cakes$0.10
Shad Fried$0.25
Shad Broiled$0.25
Shad Roes$0.25
Striped bass$0.25
Soft Shell Clams, fried$0.20
Fried smelts$0.15
Beef Steak$0.15
Veal Cutlet$0.15
Mutton Chops$0.15
Pork Chops$0.15
Fried Sausages$0.15
Fried Liver$0.15
Fried Calfs Liver$0.20
Corned Beef Hash$0.15
Spring Lamb Hash$0.20
Filet Steak a la Gillespie$0.20
Beefsteak with Onions$0.25
Beesteak with Mushrooms$0.30
Sirloin Steak$0.25
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.35
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.40
Sirloin steak with French peas$0.40
Sirloin steak a la bordelaise$0.45
Extra bone sirloin steak$0.40
Beefsteak a la Creole$0.30
Tenderloin Steak$0.30
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.45
Tenderloin Steak with French Peas$0.45
Tenderloin steak a la Bordelaise$0.50
English Mutton chop, single$0.25
English mutton chop Brace$0.40
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Golden buck$0.30
Yorkshire Buck$0.40
Poached Eggs on Fish Cakes$0.20
Fried Ham$0.20
Fried Bacon$0.15
Calfs Liver and Bacon$0.30
Minced Ham with Egg$0.25
Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.20
Poached Egg on Meat Ball$0.25
Sweet Bread on Toast$0.35
Bremmer Steak$0.30
Porterhouse Steak$0.50
Porterhouse Steak for Two$1.00
Lamb Chops$0.25
Lamb chops breaded$0.35
Lamb Chops, Breaded Tomato Sauce$0.40
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.25
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Broiled Ham$0.20
Broiled Bacon$0.15

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Vegetable Soup$0.10
Boiled codfish$15.00
Boiled Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.15
lamb pot pie$0.15
Lamb Stew$0.15
Chicken Soup$0.15
Green Turtle Soup$0.25
Bouillon$0.10
Boiled Halibut$0.20
Clam Fritters$0.15
Baked bluefish$0.15
Roast beef$0.15
Roast Veal, plain$0.15
Boiled Ham, Cold$0.15
Boiled mutton with caper sauce$0.20
Boiled Tongue, Cold$0.25
lamb stew with peas$0.20
BAKED LAMB PIE$0.15
Baked Steak Pie$0.15
Lamb Patties with Peas$0.25
Stewed Beef$0.15
Prime rib roast beef$0.25
Roast veal, stuffed$0.15
Roast Mutton$0.15
Roast Pork$0.15
ROAST TURKEY, CRANBERRY SAUCE$0.30
Roast Chicken, Apple Sauce$0.30
Chicken Fricassee$0.25
Chicken Pot Pie$0.25
Pies
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Sliced onions$0.05
Lettuce$0.10
Radishes$0.05
Watercresses$0.05
Pickled Lamb Tongues$0.15
imported sardines$0.25
Assorted Pickles$0.05
Chow chow$0.05
Pickled onions$0.05
Cucumber salad$0.10
Potato salad$0.10
Tomato Salad$0.10
Lobster salad$0.30
Chicken salad$0.35
ONION SALAD$0.10
Plain Lobster$0.25
French olives$0.10
French peas$0.15
Potatoes, boiled$0.05
Potatoes, Hashed to order$0.10
Potatoes, French fried$0.10
Potatoes, Lyonaise Fried$0.10
Potatoes, stewed$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Asparagus on Toast$0.15
Green Corn$0.10
Spinach$0.05
Onions Fried to order$0.10
Saute Potatoes$0.10
Sweet potatoes, boiled$0.10
Sweet Potatoes, Fried$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Stewed Corn$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Cauliflower on Toast$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Mushrooms to order$0.15
rice pudding$0.10
Plum Pudding$0.10
Boiled Apple Dumpling$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Stewed rhubarb$0.05
Bread Pudding$0.10
Suet pudding$0.10
Baked Apple Dumpling$0.10
Cup Custard$0.10
Cranberry Sauce$0.10
Tapioca Pudding$0.10
Cottage Pudding$0.10
Apple Sauce$0.05
Home-Made Cookies$0.05
CURRENT JELLY$0.10
Vegetable$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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