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Exchange Hotel And Ballard House

RICHMOND, VA

Date
1882-05-08
Restaurant
EXCHANGE HOTEL AND BALLARD HOUSE
Place
RICHMOND, VA
Event
DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; 4.5 X 7
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Asparagus soup
Baked Sturgeon, Brown Sauce
Pullets, Fine Herb Sauce
Corned beef
Shoulder of Mutton
Virginia Ham
Sugar-cured ham
Saddle of Mutton
Ribs of beef
Loin of Veal
Sirloin of beef
Lamb, mint sauce
Calf's Head, Plain Egg Sauce
Lamb Tongue, Sauce Piquant
Rolet of Beef a la Mode
Chickens, Fricassed
Beafsteak Pie
Cold Saddle of Mutton
Cold Virginia Ham
Cold Corned Beef
Cold Sugar-cured Ham

Page 3

Creamed Potatoes
Asparagus
Stewed tomatoes
Salad
Potatoes, plain
Hominy
Boiled rice
Stewed Apples
Stewed Peaches
Lettuce
Mixed Pickles
Worcestershire Sauce
Sour Pickles
Crosse & Blackwell's Chow-Chow
Peach Pies
Fruit Cake
Jelly Cake
Cherry Tarts
Pound cake
Boiled Sago Custard
Corn bread
French Coffee
Crackers and Cheese
Assorted nuts and raisins

Page 4

Maximum Champagne, Very Dry, quarts$4.00
Maximum Champagne, Very Dry, pints$2.25
Piper Heidseick, quarts$3.50
Piper Heidseick, pints$2.00
G.H. Mumm & Co., Verzenay, quarts$3.50
G.H. Mumm & Co., Verzenay, pints$2.00
Roderer, Carte Blanche, quart$4.00
Roderer, Carte Blanche, pints$2.25
Gold Seal, Extra Dry, quarts$2.00
Gold Seal, Extra Dry, pints$1.00
Amontillado$2.50
Topaz Sherry$3.50
Duff, Gordon & Co Sherry$2.00
Brown Top Sherry$1.00
St. Julien, Medoc, quarts$0.75
St. Julien, Medoc, pints$0.50
St. Julien, Bordeaux, quarts$1.00
St. Julien, Bordeaux, pints$0.75
Pontet Canet (Hue Lamargue), quarts$2.00
Pontet Canet (Hue Lamargue), pints$1.00
Blackberry Brandy$3.00
Cherry Brandy$2.50
Old Scotch Whiskey$2.00
Bourbon Whiskey, very old$2.00
Monongahela Whiskey, very old$1.50
Old Batavia Arrack$4.00
Jamaica Rum
St. Croix Rum
Dark Otard Brandy$3.00
Pale Otard Brandy
Hennessy Brandy
McEwen's Edinburg Ale$0.40
Portner's Beer$0.15
Guinness' Extra Stout$0.40
Cantrell and Cochrane's Ginger Ale$0.30
Bass & Co's Pale Ale$0.40
Draught Ale, per glass$0.15
Haute Sauterne, quarts$2.50
Haute Sauterne, pints$1.25
Chambertin$4.00
Chablis, quarts$3.00
Grape, pure$1.00
Hockheimer$2.00
Johannisberger$4.00
Absynthe
Persico
Maraschino
London Particular Madeira$3.00
Old Reserve Madeira$4.00
Victoria Madeira$2.50
Victoria Port$2.50
Queen's Port
Apollinaris$0.50
Congress Water$0.25
Seltzer$0.50
Hawthorne Water$0.25

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.