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Fifth Avenue Hotel

NEW YORK, NY

Date
1900-01-27
Restaurant
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL
Place
NEW YORK, NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
MENU
Occasion
OTHER (DAILY MENU);
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; 6.5X9.25;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.25
Cold Slaw$0.15
Chicory$0.20
Lobster salad$0.60
Blue Point Oysters$0.25
Rockaway Oysters$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.25
Clam cocktail$0.25
Chicken salad$0.60
Radishes$0.15
BAKED SWEET POTATOES$0.20
Broiled Sea Trout, Maitre D'Hotel$0.45
Ribs of beef$0.40
Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$0.65
duckling$0.60 – $1.00
Stilton$0.20
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
Edam$0.15
Neufchatel$0.15
Cream Cheese$0.15
Gruyere$0.20
Brie$0.20
Gorgonzola$0.20
Roquefort$0.20
Cream cheese with bar-le-duc jelly$0.50
Baked apples$0.15
Baked apples with cream$0.20
Corned Beef and Cabbage with boiled potato$0.40
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.20
Sliced onions$0.15
Celery$0.30
Potato salad$0.20
Plain Lobster$0.60
Watercress Salad$0.15
Special salad$0.60
Lettuce and hot-house tomato Salad$0.50
Mallard Duck, half$0.75
Mallard duck, whole$1.50
Oxtail Soup a l'Anglaise$0.15 – $0.25
Italian soup$0.15 – $0.25
Puree of Split Peas$0.15 – $0.25
Consomme$0.25
Tomato Soup$0.15 – $0.25
CLAM BROTH$0.25
Boiled halibut, Sauce Joinville$0.40
Boiled Leg of Mutton, Caper Sauce with boiled potato$0.40
Ham, champagne sauce$0.40
Chicken, half$0.75
Chicken, whole$1.50
Leg of Southdown mutton$0.30
Leg of Southdown mutton with currant jelly$0.40
Saddle of Southdown Mutton, Currant Jelly$0.50
Stuffed egg plant a la Creole$0.35
Sirloin of beef larded, Luthuanienne$0.60
Sliced pineapple$0.20
Boiled turkey, sauce Demidoff with boiled potato$0.65
BOILED HAM And SPINACH with boiled potato$0.40
Chicken livers en brochette au truffe$0.50
Fried Scollops, tartar sauce$0.35
Lamb braise, St. Theodore$0.40
Spring Chicken in cases with fresh mushrooms$0.50
Spaghetti Napolitaine$0.25
Apricot fritters, jelly sauce$0.25
Turkey wings with rice$0.35
Mutton stew with Lima beans$0.35
Cromesqui of terrapin, Baltimore$0.50
Baked Potatoes$0.10
Stewed carrots$0.15
Fried Parsnips$0.15
Squash$0.15
New Bermuda potatoes$0.20
Boiled potatoes$0.10
New Bermuda Onions$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.10
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
French peas$0.30
Red kidney beans$0.20
Flageolets$0.30
Beets$0.20
June Peas$0.20
Corn$0.15
Asparagus (American)$0.40
Asparagus (French)$0.75
Chopped spinach with egg$0.25
Cauliflower au Gratin$0.25
Succotash$0.20
Lima beans$0.20
String Beans$0.20
Cold rice pudding, vanilla sauce$0.15
Delicate pudding, sauce Anglaise$0.15
Plain Rice Pudding$0.15
SLICED APPLE PIE$0.10
BLUEBERRY PIE$0.10
lemon meringue pie$0.10
Mince Pie$0.15
Hominy and milk$0.15
Sherry Wine Jelly$0.20
Crullers$0.10
Brandy jelly$0.20
Assorted cakes$0.15
Meringue a la creme$0.15
Meringue Glace$0.25
Boston Cream Puffs$0.15
Blanc-mange$0.15
Strawberry conserves$0.15
Baked apple dumpling, brandy and hard sauce$0.20
Raisins$0.15
Catawba Grapes$0.25
Grape fruit$0.30
New Layer Figs$0.20
Pears$0.20
Assorted fruit en compote$0.75
MIXED NUTS$0.15
Apples$0.10
Bananas$0.10
Malaga grapes$0.25
Mixed ice cream$0.25
Neapolitan ice cream$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.20
Sliced Bananas with Ice Cream$0.25
Plombiere aux fruits glaces$0.20
ORANGE ICE CREAM$0.20
pineapple sherbet$0.15
Dark Beer, Special Brew$0.30 – $0.75

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Small Sirloin Steak$0.50
Sirloin Steak$0.70
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.80
Sirloin Steak with bacon$0.85
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.90
Club sandwich$0.30
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.20
Sweetbread patties$0.60
Chow-chow$0.15
Mutton Chops$0.40
Raw Oysters$0.25
Stewed Oysters$0.25
Fried oysters$0.35
Fried Clams$0.35
Broiled oysters$0.40
Baltimore broil$0.50
Oyster cocktail$0.25
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.35
Oysters a la Poulette$0.40
Boston Stew$0.40
Box Stew$0.30
Oyster Patties$0.50
Stewed Oysters$0.40
Cream Broil$0.50
Steamed oysters on toast$0.45
Roast oysters on Shell$0.40
Roast oysters on toast$0.45
Clam Fritters$0.40
Fried Scollops$0.35
Scollops with bacon$0.45
Broiled scollops$0.40
Broiled Scollops with bacon$0.50
Scollops a la Poulette$0.50
Broiled Sweetbreads$1.00
Broiled sweetbreads with French peas$1.25
Chicken patties a la reine$0.50
Boned capon$0.50
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.40
Broiled Ham$0.35
Broiled ham and eggs$0.40
Broiled bacon and eggs$0.40
Broiled Bacon$0.35
Pork Chops$0.40
English Mutton chop, single$0.40
English mutton chop, brace$0.75
Veal Cutlet$0.50
Veal chop tomato sauce$0.60
Broiled calf's liver and bacon$0.40
Broiled or fried spring chicken, half$0.65
Broiled or fried spring chicken, whole$1.25
Broiled Kidneys$0.35
Broiled or Fried Pig's Feet$0.30
Broiled or fried pig's feet piquante$0.40
Broiled Honeycomb Tripe$0.30
Fried Honeycomb tripe in batter$0.45
Tripe, Lyonnaise$0.45
Tripe stewed with oysters$0.50
Porterhouse steak, single$1.00
Double sirloin steak$1.10
Baked Beans and Pork$0.30
Porterhouse Steak, Single with Mushrooms$1.25
Porterhouse steak, double$1.50
French fried potatoes$0.15
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.15
HAM OR TONGUE SANDWICH$0.15
Sardines (quarter box)$0.35
Sardines (half box)$0.50
Codfish steak$0.40
German Pancake$0.35
Smoked Beef with Cream$0.40
Corned beef$0.30
Chicken Croquettes$0.50
Olives$0.15
Broiled Finnan Haddie$0.35
Pickled Walnuts$0.20
Kippered Herring$0.40
Broiled bluefish$0.40
Broiled Salt Mackerel$0.35
Smelts$0.50
Broiled Salmon$0.50
Broiled Striped Bass$0.45
Yarmouth Bloaters$0.40
Fish cakes$0.30
Fish Cakes with Poached Egg$0.40
Halibut steak$0.40
Hashed Chicken on toast$0.50
Hashed chicken on toast with poached egg$0.60
Chicken Croquettes with French Peas$0.75
Brochette of lobster on toast$0.60
Lobster a la Newburg$0.75
Lobster in chafing dish (extra)$0.25
Lobster a l'Americaine$0.75
Lobster Croquettes$0.60
Deviled lobster$0.60
Stuffed green peppers$0.40
Broiled sardines on toast$0.40
Stewed fresh mushrooms in cream on toast$1.00
Pate de foie-gras$0.65
Chicken Pie$0.65
Tongue$0.40
Chicken, half$0.75
Ham$0.40
Roast beef$0.40
Salmon$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.40
Caviar$0.40
Turkey$0.65
Chicken Sandwich$0.25
Asparagus (American)$0.40
Asparagus (French)$0.75
Grilled potatoes$0.25
Potato Croquettes$0.15
Potatoes Benedictine$0.20
Stewed potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
Duchesse or Julienne potatoes$0.20
Parisian brown potatoes$0.20
Hashed Potatoes in Cream$0.20
Sautees Potatoes$0.15
Saratoga Chips$0.20
Mashed Potatoes au gratin$0.20
Hashed Potatoes in Cream au Gratin$0.25
Canape Lorenzo$0.60
Pickled onions$0.15
Canape of Caviar$0.40
Canape of Anchovies$0.40
Sweet mixed pickles$0.10
Stuffed Mangoes$0.15
Euchred Figs$0.20
Gherkins$0.10
Pim-olas$0.15
Bar-le-duc jelly, pot$0.40
Coffee, demi-tasse$0.10
Coffee, single pot$0.10
Coffee, double pot
Coffee, large pot
Coffee, large pot (fresh made)$0.30
Cream, per portion$0.05
Tea, (all kinds) single pot$0.10
Tea, (all kinds) double pot$0.20
Chocolate, single pot$0.15
Chocolate, double pot$0.25
Glass milk$0.10
Glass cream$0.20
Darling Farm Buttermilk, per glass$0.05
Broiled Squab on Toast$0.60
Mallard Duck$1.50
Roast Teal Duck$0.90
Roast Ruddy Duck$1.25
Red-head duck$2.50
Canvas-Back Duck$3.50
Welsh rarebit$0.35
Golden buck$0.40
Yorkshire Buck$0.50
Scotch Woodcock$0.40
Jelly omelette$0.40
Spring chicken, Maryland style, half$0.75
Spring chicken, Maryland style, whole$1.50
Double sirloin steak with mushrooms$1.35
Extra Large Sirloin Steak$1.50
Extra large sirloin steak with mushrooms$2.00
Extra large sirloin steak with mushrooms$2.00
Family porterhouse steak$2.50
Filet chateaubriand, plain$1.50
Filet Chateaubriand, with mushrooms$2.00
Tenderloin Steak$0.60
Lamb Chops$0.50
Lamb Fries Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.50
Frizzled Beef and Eggs$0.40
Fried Veal and Pork$0.45
French pancake$0.25
Rum Omelette$0.50
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.75
Stewed Kidneys, Wine Sauce$0.40
Scrambled brains with eggs$0.50
Hamburg steak$0.50
Fried onions$0.15
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Young chicken en casserole$1.50
Sausage cakes$0.35
Sirloin steak en casserole$1.00
Country Sausage$0.35
Mushroom Omelette$0.50
Kidney Omelette$0.40

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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