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Sherman House

CHICAGO, ILL

Date
1885-09-22
Restaurant
SHERMAN HOUSE
Place
CHICAGO, ILL
Venue
COM
Event
DAILY DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; ILL; 5.5X8.5
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Tomato, with Rice soup
Vermicelli Soup
Baked Whitefish, a la Colbert
Boiled Fresh Codfish, oyster sauce
Boiled leg of mutton, caper sauce
Boiled corned beef
Boiled Chicken, egg sauce
Roast Spring Chicken, Stuffed
Roast Beef, with gravy
ROAST LOIN OF PORK, APPLE SAUCE
Roast Veal, with Dressing
Roast Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Ham, Champagne Sauce
Cold Beef Tongue
Cold Ham
Cold Spiced Oysters
Cold Chicken Salad
Cold roast beef
Cold Potato Salad
Ribs of Beef braize, with browned potatoes
Baked Pork and Beans
Apple Fritters, Rum Sauce
Calf's Feet Soused, a la Vinaigrette
Veal Kidneys broiled, with salt pork
Blanc Mange
Sweetbreads fricassee, with green peas
Coffee
Roast Venison, currant jelly
Edam Cheese
Boiled Sweet Potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Buttermilk
Turnips
Boiled potatoes
Beets
Tea
Stewed tomatoes
Boiled rice
Cabbage
lemon jelly
Green Corn
Squash
Raisins
Onions
MIXED NUTS
Horseradish
Creamery Cheese
Sliced Tomatoes
Celery
Fruit
Olives
Orange ice
Cold Slaw
Cucumbers
Watermelon
CREAM MERINGUE PIE
Rice Pudding, Vanilla Sauce
French Vanilla Cream
Apple Pie
Macaroons
Chocolate Eclairs
Pound cake
Angel Food
Jelly roll

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Gold Lack (Sec) Champagne$1.50 – $3.00
Scotch Ale$0.30
George Goulet Champagne$1.50 – $3.00
Chapin and Gore's Best Champagne$1.50 – $3.00
Bass' Pale Ale, White Label$0.35
G. H. Mumm's Dry Verzenay Champagne$1.50 – $3.00
Bass' Pale Ale$0.30
G. H. Mumm's Ex. Dry Champagne$1.75 – $3.00
Guinness' Brown Stout$0.30
Heidsieck, Piper & Co Champagne$1.50 – $3.00
LAGER BEER$0.15 – $0.30
Roederer, Carte Blanche Champagne$2.00 – $3.50
Dry Monopole champagne$2.00 – $3.50
Bass' Eng. Ale on dgt. per glass$0.15
Pommery, (Sec) Champagne$2.00 – $3.50
Veuve Clicquot Champagne$2.00 – $3.50
Cider, per glass$0.15
Table Claret$0.40 – $0.75
Medoc Claret$0.40 – $0.75
Curaçao
Margaux Claret$0.50 – $1.00
Chartreuse
Bouliac Claret$0.60 – $1.25
St. Julian Claret$0.75 – $1.50
Vermouth
Pontet Canet claret$1.00 – $2.00
Absinthe
Chateau Leoville Claret$1.50 – $3.00
Anisette
Chateau Margaux Claret$4.00
Chateau Lafitte Claret$5.00
Maraschino
Chateau Larose Claret$4.00
Benedictine
Kummel
Angelica Native Wine$0.50 – $1.00
Sweet Catawba Native Wine$0.50 – $1.00
Booth's Tom Gin$2.00
Kelly Island Catawba, dry Native Wine$0.50 – $1.00
Sparkling Imperial, Cook's Native Wine$1.00 – $2.00
Great Western Ex. Dry Native Wine$2.00
Niersteiner Hock and Moselle$0.75 – $1.50
Hochheimer Hock and Moselle$1.00 – $2.00
Zeltinger Hock and Moselle$1.00 – $2.00
Rudesheimer Hock and Moselle$1.25 – $2.50
Marcobrunner Hock and Moselle$1.50 – $2.50
Johannisberger Hock and Moselle$2.00 – $4.00
Table Sherry$1.00 – $2.00
Topaz Pale Sherry$1.50 – $2.50
Pemartin Sherry$1.75 – $3.00
Amontillado, Dry sherry$2.00 – $3.50
Duff Gordon, old Sherry$2.25 – $4.00
Howard March Madeira$2.00 – $4.00
Howard March
Blackburn's Old Reserve Madeira$2.25 – $4.00
Burgundy Port$1.00 – $2.00
Sandeman's Port$1.50 – $2.50
Chamisso, "Pale" Port$3.00
Sandeman's Old Reserve Port$1.75 – $3.00
Old London Dock Port$2.25 – $4.00
Pommard Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Beaune Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Chablis, white Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Chambertin Burgundy$2.00 – $3.50
Chambertin Sparkling burgundy$2.25 – $4.00
Romanée Burgundy$2.25 – $4.00
Clos de Vougeot Burgundy$2.50 – $4.00
Sauterne$0.75 – $1.50
Haut Sauterne$1.00 – $2.00
Latour Blanche Sauterne$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau Yquem Sauterne$4.00
Congress Water$0.25
Hathorne Water$0.30
Apollinaris Water$0.25 – $0.40
Bitter Water$0.35
Hunyadi-Janos Water$0.40
Seltzer Water$0.30
Vichy Water$0.30
McBreyer Bourbon$1.50
Sour Mash Whisky, 1873$2.00
Rye Whisky$1.50
Old Cuthbert Rye Whisky, 1852$3.00
Jas. Hennesey & Co, V.S.O.P Whisky$4.00
Planet & Co Whisky, 1840$5.00
Scotch Whisky$2.00
Irish Whisky$2.50
Holland Gin$1.50

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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