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Spencer Dining Hall Co.

53 VESEY STREET, [NEW YORK, NY]

Date
1905-05-17
Restaurant
SPENCER DINING HALL CO.
Place
53 VESEY STREET, [NEW YORK, NY]
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; COL; 6 X 10;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Dry or buttered toast$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Crackers and Milk, part cream, (Soda, Milk or Graham)$0.15
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.10
Power, Force or Grape Nuts, with milk, with cream$0.05 – $0.10
Shredded Wheat and Milk$0.10
Oat Meal and Milk$0.10
Butter Cakes$0.05
Golden Waffles - Sap Maple Syrup$0.10
Buckwheat, Rice, Wheat or Corn Cakes with sap maple syrup$0.10
Chicken$0.10
English Beef$0.10
Clam Chowder (Fridays)$0.10
Chicken Croquettes, Cream sauce, Green Peas$0.15
Ham Croquettes, tomato sauce$0.10
Roast Sirloin of Beef, Mashed Potatoes$0.15
Fish Cakes, Tomato Sauce (Fridays)$0.10
Frizzled Beef and Cream$0.15
Beef Stew$0.10
Corned Beef or Ham and Boston Beans$0.10
Corned Beef or Ham and N. Y. Beans$0.10
Corned Beef Hash, Steamed$0.10
Corned Beef Hash, Browned$0.15
Corned Beef Hash, with poached egg$0.20
liver and bacon$0.15
Country Sausage and potatoes$0.15
Country Sausage, wheat or buckwheat cakes$0.20
Coffee with Pure Cream$0.05
Tea, in pots, made fresh$0.05
Cocoa, Beef Tea, Lemonade, Apple Juice$0.05
Milk, pure and rich$0.05
part Cream$0.10
Pure Cream$0.15
Vineland Grape Juice$0.05
Ham, Chicken, Corned Beef Sandwich$0.05
Oyster, Cheese, Cold Roast Beef Sandwich$0.05
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.10
Hot Chicken Sandwich$0.10
Salmon, Sardine Sandwich$0.10
Egg Sandwich$0.10
Club Sandwich [to order]$0.15

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2 Boiled Eggs$0.15
2 Fried Eggs$0.15
2 Scrambled Eggs$0.15
2 Poached Eggs$0.15
2 Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Plain Omelet$0.15
Ham Omelet$0.20
Chicken Omelet$0.25
Oyster Omelet$0.20
Chipped Beef and Scrambled Eggs$0.20
Raw Plate$0.15
Raw, Half Shell$0.20
Stew, Plain,$0.20
Stew, Milk$0.20
Stew, Box$0.25
Stew, Cream$0.25
Boston Stew$0.25
Boston box stew$0.30
Panned$0.20
Dry Pan$0.20
Three Fried$0.10
Small Fry$0.20
Large Fry$0.25
Plain Broil$0.20
Crumb Broil$0.25
Pan roast$0.25
Shell Roast$0.30
Broiled Blue Fish$0.20
Half Shell, little necks$0.15
Stew$0.20
broth$0.15
Oyster cocktail$0.15
Small Steak, with Onions if desired$0.20
Sirloin Steak, with Onions if desired$0.30
Tenderloin Steak, with Onions if desired$0.40
Lamb Chops$0.20
Hamburger Steak$0.15
Hamburger Steak and Onions$0.20
Ham and eggs$0.20
Bacon and eggs$0.20
Ham, fried or broiled$0.20
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.20
Chicken$0.25
Potato$0.10
Salmon$0.20
Peas$0.05
Corn, stewed$0.05
Tomatoes$0.05
Potatoes$0.05
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.10
Cold Corned Beef$0.15
Cold Boiled Ham$0.15
Cold roast beef$0.15
All Pies in Season$0.05
Stewed prunes$0.05
Stewed Prunes and Cream$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Baked Appled with cream$0.05
Vanilla Cornstarch$0.05
Chocolate Cornstarch$0.05
rice pudding$0.05
Tapioca Pudding$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Crullers$0.05
Napoleon$0.05
Chocolate eclair$0.05
Sliced Orange$0.05
Large Baked Apple in Bowl with Cream$0.10
Ice cream$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.