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Putnam House

Date
1900-01-29
Restaurant
PUTNAM HOUSE
Place
[NEW YORK, NY]
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; 6.75X10.0;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Oat-meal Porridge and Milk$0.10
Oat-meal Porridge and Cream$0.15
Hominy Porridge and Milk$0.10
Hominy Porridge and Cream$0.15
Rolls and butter$0.05
Bread and Milk$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10
Dipped Toast$0.10
Toast with Milk$0.15
Toast with Cream$0.20
Coffee and Cream per cup$0.05
Coffee and Cream per pot$0.10
Coffee and Cream per pot to order$0.20
Green Tea per cup$0.05
Oolong Tea per cup$0.05
English Breakfast Tea per pot$0.15
Extra cream$0.05 – $0.10
Chocolate per cup$0.10
Cocoa Per Cup$0.10
Chocolate per pot$0.15
Cocoa Per Pot$0.15
Milk per glass$0.05
Cream per glass$0.15
Cream per Bowl$0.20
Oranges, plain$0.10
Oranges, Sliced in Cream$0.15
Bananas, plain$0.10
Bananas, Sliced in Cream$0.15
Grapes
Eggs boiled$0.15
Eggs Fried$0.15
Eggs Shirred$0.20
Eggs scrambled$0.20
Eggs Poached on Toast$0.25
Omelet, plain$0.20
Omelet with Cheese$0.25
Omelet with ham$0.25
Omelet with Parsley$0.25
Omelet with kidney$0.30
Omelet with tomatoes$0.30
Omelet with oysters$0.30
Omelet with Jelly$0.30
Omelet with rum$0.35
Omelet with mushrooms$0.35
Spanish Omelet a la Dewey$0.35
Oysters, Half-shell$0.20
Oysters stewed$0.20
Oysters fried$0.30
Oyster-Roast$0.30
Oysters poulette$0.25
Little Neck Clams, Half-shell$0.20
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.60
Plain Lobster$0.30 – $0.50
Bluefish$0.25
Codfish and Cream$0.25
Fish cakes$0.20
Codfish$0.25
Halibut steak$0.25
Salt mackerel$0.25
American or Cream Cheese$0.10
Roquefort or Swiss Cheese$0.15
Camenbert Cheese$0.20
Stewed prunes$0.10
Honey in comb$0.15
Assorted Pies$0.50
Charlotte Russe$0.50
Frency Pancakes with jelly in 10 minutes$0.25
Chocolate or Cocoa per pot extra cream$0.50 – $0.10
Little Neck clams stewed$0.20
Little Neck Clams Fried$0.30
Little Neck Clams-Roast$0.30
Little Neck Clams Poulette$0.25

Page 3

Steak$0.20
Steak Top Sirloin$0.30
Steak Top Sirloin with Tomato sauce$0.35
Steak Top Sirloin Onions$0.40
Steak Top Sirloin Mushrooms$0.45
Straight Bone Sirloin Steak$0.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.50
Tenderloin steak with tomato sauce$0.55
Tenderloin steak onions$0.60
Tenderloin steak mushrooms$0.65
Porter House Steak, Plain$0.75
Porter House Steak, with Tomato sauce$0.85
Porter House Steak, Onions$0.85
Porter House Steak, Mushrooms$0.90
Half Broiled Chicken$0.50
Pork Chops Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.30
liver and bacon$0.25
Ham and eggs$0.25
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Broiled Ham$0.20
Frizzled Beef and Eggs$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Tripe, Stewed$0.20
Tripe, fried$0.20
Spring lamb chops (3)$0.35
Mutton chops (2)$0.25
Chicken Hash with Poached Eggs$0.30
Hamburger Steak$0.25
Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.25
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.30
Veal Cutlet, breaded Tomato Sauce$0.35
Fried Hominy with Bacon$0.20
Stewed Kidneys$0.25
Broiled Kidneys (lamb)$0.30
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Golden buck$0.30
Fried Country Sausages$0.25
Lobster à la Newburgh$0.60
Oyster and Chicken Patties (2)$0.20
German fried potatoes
Wheat Cakes$0.10
American Peas$0.10
String-Beans$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Celery
Olives$0.10
Mixed Pickles$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.10
French peas$0.15
Sliced onions$0.10
Buckwheat Cakes$0.10
Half Broiled Chicken Maryland style.$0.65
Pork Chops, Apple Sauce$0.25
Fried onions$0.15
mushrooms$0.20
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Potatoes sautees$0.10
Potatoes French fried$0.10
Potatoes hashed, browned$0.15
Potatoes, stewed$0.15
Potatoes, stewed in cream$0.20
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.15
POTATOES, SARATOGA CHIPS$0.15
Potatoes, fried sweet$0.20
Roast beef$0.25
Roast chicken$0.35
Broiled Corned Beef$0.20
Boiled Ham$0.20
Boiled Tongue$0.25
Olives$0.10
Olives$0.10
Potato salad$0.15
Chicken salad$0.40
Lobster salad$0.40
Sardines$0.25
Pickled beets$0.10
PLAIN LETTUCE
Sliced Tomatoes
SLICED CUCUMBERS
Sandwiches Sardine, Roast Beef, or Chicken$0.15
Sandwiches Club$0.20
Sandwiches Club$0.20
Sandwiches ham$0.10
Sandwiches Tongue$0.10
Sandwiches Cheese$0.10

Page 4

Moet & Chandon, White Seal$1.75 – $3.50
Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial$2.00 – $4.00
G. H. Mumm's Ex. Dry$1.75 – $3.50
Pommery & Greno, Sec$1.75 – $3.50
Piper Heidsieck$1.75 – $3.50
Gold Seal$1.00 – $2.00
Wener's Ex. Dry (1/2 pt.)$0.25
Fine California Claret (our own Bottling$0.25 – $0.50
Medoc Claret, A. M. & C. Rising Sun Brands$0.40 – $0.75
St. Julien Claret, A. M. & C. Rising Sun Brands$0.50 – $0.85
Margaux Claret, A. M. & C. Rising Sun Brands$0.75 – $1.25
Medoc Claret, Barton & Guester's Brands$0.75 – $1.50
St. Julien, 1887 Claret, Barton & Guester's Brands$1.00 – $1.75
Pontet Canet, 1887 Claret, Barton & Guester's Brands$1.25 – $2.00
Chaeau Larose, 1874 Claret, Barton & Guester's Brands$2.00 – $3.50
Sauterne$0.40 – $0.75
Haut Sauterne$1.00 – $2.00
Sauternes, B. & G.$0.75 – $1.25
Laubenheimer Rhine Wine$0.65 – $1.25
Niersteiner Rhine Wine$0.75 – $1.50
Macon Burgundy$0.75 – $1.25
Pommard Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Chablis (white) Burgundy$1.50 – $3.00
Chambertin Burgundy$2.00 – $3.50
Table Port, Pale$0.40 – $1.50
Topaz$0.60 – $2.00
Oporto Port$0.50 – $1.50
Crystalized Dist. (Distilled) Water$0.20
Syphon Seltzer, Bolen & Byrnes'$0.20
Apollinaris Water$0.20 – $0.35
Bass' Ale, White Label$0.25
Guinness' Dublin Stout$0.25
Dog's Head Bass$0.25
Evans' Cream Ale$0.20
Lemp's St. Louis Beer$0.15
Pabst Milwaukee Beer$0.15
Pilsner Beer (Lion Brewery)$0.10
Stevenson's Sparkling Ale on Draught$0.05
Bass' Ale on Draught$0.10
Imported Pilsner, Bohemian Beer on Draught$0.10
Imported Wuerzburger Hofbrau Beer on Draught$0.10
Domestic Lion Brewery, Pilsner Beer on Draught$0.05
Old Jordan Whisky$0.15
Hunter Whisky$0.15
Old Crow Whisky$0.15
Canadian Club Whisky$0.15
Empire A. M. & C. Whisky$0.15
Pepper Whisky$0.15
Scotch or Irish Whisky$0.15
Jamaica Rum$0.15
Blackberry Brandy$0.15
Sherry or Port Wine$0.15
Kummel, Gilka$0.15
Chartreuse, Yellow$0.15
Chartreuse, green$0.15
Maraschino$0.15
Benedictine$0.15
Curacao$0.15
Creme de Menthe$0.15
Kirschwasser$0.15
Best Cognac, per pony$0.15
Best Cognac, per glass$0.25
Absinthe$0.15
Vermouth, Italian$0.10
Lemon Soda$0.10
Sarsaparilla$0.10
Ginger Ale$0.10
Russet Cider$0.05
Plain Soda$0.15
Whisky Cocktail$0.15
Whisky sour$0.15
Whisky Fizz$0.15
Gin Cocktail$0.15
Gin Sour$0.15
Gin Fiz$0.15
Gin Fiz, Silver or Gold$0.20
Brandy Cocktail$0.25
Brandy Sour$0.25
Brandy Smash$0.25
Claret Punch$0.20
Milk Punch$0.15
Milk Punch with egg$0.20
Milk Punch with brandy$0.25
Sherry Cobbler$0.20
Sherry and Egg$0.20
Sherry Flip$0.20
Martini Cocktail$0.15
Manhattan Cocktail$0.15
Soda Cocktail$0.15
Rum Sour$0.15
Egg Nogg$0.25
Seltzer Lemonade$0.15
Seltzer Lemonade with Egg$0.20
Plain Lemonade$0.10
Plain Lemonade with egg$0.15
Tom Collins$0.25
Pousse Cafe$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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