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Cafe Des Ambassadeurs

108-110 WEST 38TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY

Date
1905-06-11
Restaurant
CAFE DES AMBASSADEURS
Place
108-110 WEST 38TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU, DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; COL; 7X11;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Fonds d'Artichauts, Grand Duc (each)$0.40
Clams à la Favorite$0.40
Crab Flakes, Maryland Club style$1.25
Lobster, Neptune$0.70 – $1.25
Sea Bass, Montoy$0.50 – $0.90
Fresh Mushrooms, Juliette, per person$0.60
Sweetbreads, Béatrice$0.70 – $1.25
Tournedos des Ambassadeurs$0.70 – $1.25
Phila. Chicken au sautoir, Nouveau Genre$1.00 – $2.00
Royal Squab, Réjane$1.00
Surprise, Milady, each$0.50

Page 2

Demi-tasse
Cheese
Assorted fruits
Gâteau Génois
Glace de Fantaisie
SALADE DE SAISON
Terrine of Imp. Wookcock in jelly
Ribs of prime beef au jus
Boston Duckling roasted, apple sauce
Spaghetti à l'Italienne
Cauliflower, Hollandaise
Smoked Beef Tongue with plain spinach
Fried Squab Chicken, sauce crème
Broiled Halibut, Maître d'Hôtel, Pommes Rissolées
Olives
Batonets Nimrod
Radis
Consommé Frappé
Potage Windsor
Consommé Villageoise
Little Neck clams
Old Port$0.25
Cocktails$0.20
Zaza Cocktail$0.20
Amontillado, pale and dry$0.25
Amontillado Fino$0.35
Vermouth, Martini et Rossi$0.20
Vermouth, Noilly Prat$0.20
Dubonnet$0.20
Byrrh Wine$0.20
Amer Picon$0.20
Olga Cocktail$0.20

Page 3

Café special$0.25
Turkish Coffee$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Little Neck clams$0.25
Shinnecock Bay Clams$0.25
Shinnecock Bay Clams à la Favorite$0.40
Clam cocktail$0.30
Fonds d'Artichauts, Grand Duc (each)$0.40
Astrachan Caviar (own importation)$1.50
Celery$0.50
Saucisson de Lyon$0.40
Canapé d'Anchois or Caviar (2)$0.40
Tunny Mariné$0.30
Garciofini$0.50
Salade d'anchois$0.60
Smoked Salmon$0.60
Hors d'Oeuvre Assortis (per person)$0.25
SALTED ALMONDS$0.30
Herring in White Wine$0.30
Sardellen$0.40
Veloutine Ambassadeur, cup$0.40
Consommé Villageoise$0.25 – $0.40
Potage Windsor$0.30 – $0.50
Cold Chicken Gumbo (cup)$0.30
Cold Celery Broth (cup)$0.30
Cold Consommé (cup)$0.25
Oignon gratinée (per person)$0.25
Petite marmite$0.50
Tomato Soup$0.30 – $0.50
Chicken with Okra soup$0.30 – $0.50
Strained Gumbo (cup)$0.30
Chicken with rice soup$0.30 – $0.50
Split pea soup soup$0.25 – $0.40
Julienne Soup$0.25 – $0.40
Clear green turtle soup$0.40 – $0.75
Kingfish, Ambassadeur, pommes au naturel$1.00
Planked shad$1.25 – $2.50
Live Codfish, Hollandaise$0.45 – $0.80
Kingfish, Marguery$1.00
L.I. Brook Trout (each)$0.60
Lobster, Neptune$0.70 – $1.25
Soft shell crabs (each)$0.25
Broiled shad with roe$0.40 – $0.70
Shad roe$0.50 – $0.90
Kingfish, Meunière$0.80
Spanish Mackerel, vert pré$0.40 – $0.70
Fresh Mackerel$0.70
Frog's legs$0.60 – $1.00
Kennebec salmon$0.40 – $0.70
Orange Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Sea bass$0.70
Macaroni au gratin$0.30
Spaghetti au Gratin$0.30
Macaroni à l'Italienne$0.30
Spaghetti à l'Italienne$0.30
Cold salmon, mayonnaise$0.40 – $0.70
Fresh Mushrooms Broiled$0.60 – $1.00
Fresh mushrooms under glass$0.75 – $1.25
Fried Potatoes$0.20
Boiled potatoes$0.20
Baked Potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Mignons, Bartholdi$0.70 – $1.25
Potatoes sautées$0.20
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.25
Minced sweetbreads, terrapin sauce$0.65 – $1.10
Milk lamb steak au sautoir à l'Estragon$1.10
Fried Squab Chicken, Maryland$1.25
Breaded Veal Chop, purée of tomatoes$0.50
Smoked beef Tongue, plain spinach$0.40 – $0.70
Poularde du Mans$5.00
Broiled Young turkey$1.50 – $2.75
Squab guinea-hen$0.90 – $1.75
Caneton de Rouen$5.00
Royal Squab$0.90
French partridge$2.25
Scotch Grouse$1.15 – $2.25
Squab Chicken$1.00
Philadelphia chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Princess duckling$1.25 – $2.50
Imp. Plover$0.90
Spring Duckling$1.30 – $2.00
Ribs of beef$0.40 – $0.70
French new potatoes rissolées$0.35
French Artichokes$0.60
NEW POTATOES$0.25
New asparagus$0.75
Green Corn$0.60
New string beans$0.60
Grilled Tomatoes$0.50
New peas$0.60
Fresh Lima Beans$0.60
Cauliflower$0.50
Stuffed tomatoes$0.50
Stuffed Egg Plant$0.40
French peas$0.50
French strings beans$0.50
Fried Egg Plant$0.40
French asparagus$1.25
German Asparagus$1.25
Cardons à la moëlle$0.60
Spinach$0.40
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.60
Beets$0.30
Flageolet Beans$0.50
Cèpes Bordelaise$0.60
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.30
Cheese (all varieties)$0.15
Hashed browned potatoes$0.25
Saratoga Potatoes$0.20
German fried potatoes$0.20
Potatoes Julienne$0.25
Potatoes Parisienne$0.30
Potato Croquettes$0.30
Potatoe Soufflées$0.30
Artichauts, vinaigrette$0.60
Alligator Pear$0.50
Ambassadeur salad$0.50
Macédoine salad$0.60
Cucumber salad$0.50
Tomato Salad$0.50
Lettuce Salad$0.50
Romaine Salad$0.50
Celery$0.50
Tomatoes en surprise (I)$0.35
Turquoise$0.50
Asparagus Tip$0.60
Gâteau Vatel$0.15
Cannelons Chantilly$0.15
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.15
Cherry tart$0.15
Assorted Pastry (per person)$0.15
Strawberry short cake$0.40
Fresh Strawberry Tartlets (I)$0.25
Fraises Melba$0.60
Peaches, Melba (each)$0.60
Peaches, Lucifer (each)$0.75
Bonbons$0.25
Napoleons$0.15
Omelette soufflée$0.75
Omelette Celestine$0.75
Eclairs$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.25
Tartlets (I)$0.15
Cold rice pudding$0.20
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Bombe Odette$0.40
Panier Madison$0.40
Macédoine Cardinal$0.40
Vanilla$0.30
Chocolate$0.30
Strawberry$0.30
Parfait au Café$0.30
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Coupe St. Jacques$0.40
Fancy forms$0.40
Asparagus en surprise$0.40
Meringue glacée$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Pistache$0.30
Kirsch sorbet$0.30
Maraschino Sorbet$0.30
RUM Sorbet$0.30
Cardinal sorbet$0.30
Lalla Rookh Sorbet$0.30
Bar-le-Duc jelly, red$0.40
Guava jelly$0.30
Currant Jelly$0.30
Orange Jelly$0.30
Strawberries in cream$0.40 – $0.75
Cantaloupe$0.50
Cherries$0.25
Peaches in cream$0.40 – $0.75
peaches$0.60
Pears$0.30
Oranges (each)$0.15
Apples$0.20
Sliced pineapple$0.30
Bananas$0.20
Blackberries$0.50
Assorted fruit (per person)$0.30
Chiffonnade salad$0.60
Bar-le-Duc jelly, white$0.40

Page 4

Dubonnet$0.20
Byrrh Wine$0.20
Amer Picon$0.20
Zaza Cocktail$0.20
Vermouth, Martini et Rossi$0.20
Vermouth, Noilly Prat$0.20
Cocktails$0.20
Amontillado Fino$0.35
Amontillado, pale and dry$0.25
Old Port$0.25
Chianti$0.75 – $1.50
Moët & Chandon, White Seal$2.00 – $4.00
Moët & Chandon, Brut Imperial$2.25 – $4.50
Moët & Chandon, 1893, cuvée 3$5.00
Moët & Chandon, Cuvée 36$9.00
Irroy, Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Irroy, carte d'or extra sec, 1898$2.25 – $4.50
Irroy, brut special reserve cuvee. 1893$3.00 – $6.00
Pol Roger, Dry Special$2.00 – $4.00
Pol Roger, Brut Special, 1893$6.00
Pol Roger Brut, 1898$2.00 – $4.00
Pommery, Sec$2.00 – $4.00
Pommery, vin brut$2.00 – $4.00
Pommery, brut, 1892$8.00
G. H. Mumm's, Extra Dry$2.00 – $4.00
G. H. Mumm's, selected brut$2.25 – $4.50
King brut, private cuvée$2.00 – $4.00
Monopole, Club Dry$2.00 – $4.00
Duc de Montebello$2.00 – $4.00
Ruinart, brut (Père & Fils)$2.00 – $4.00
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.00 – $4.00
Veuve Clicquot Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Piper Heidsieck Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Piper Heidsieck, brut extra, 1898$2.50 – $5.00
Piper Heidsieck brut, 1892, magnums$12.00
Roederer Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Paul Ruinart, vin brut$2.00 – $4.00
Cook's Imperial, Extra Dry$1.25 – $2.50
Grand Vin des Goisses$2.00 – $4.00
Perrier Jouet brut$2.00 – $4.00
White Top$1.25 – $2.50
Imp. Pilsener$0.15 – $0.75
Imp. Wurzburger$0.15 – $0.75
Bass Ale, White Label$0.35
Dog's Head Ale$0.35
Scotch Ale$0.35
Guinness' Stout$0.35
Anheuser Budweiser$0.25
Beadleston & Woerz, Imperial Beer$0.20
Schlitz Milwaukee$0.20
Ginger Ale, C. & C.$0.25
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
White Rock$0.15 – $0.40
Rosbach$0.15 – $0.25
French Vichy, Célestins$0.25 – $0.40
Poland Water$0.25 – $0.40
German Seltzer$0.25 – $0.40
Paulding Cider$0.30
Syphon$0.15 – $0.25
Hunter Rye$0.20
Youngs Y. P. M. Rye$0.25
Clover Bottom$0.20
Maryland Rye$0.20
Mount Vernon$0.20
Wilson Rye$0.20
Highspire Whiskey$0.20
Hermitage$0.20
Canadian Club, Walker & SOn$0.20
Hannis$0.20
Green River$0.20
Scotch, Dewar's White Label$0.20
Scotch, Dewar's Special$0.20
Scotch, Usher's Glenlivet, special reserve$0.20
Muir's Scotch Whiskey$0.20
Scotch Usher's Exceptional$0.25
Sanderson Mountain Dew$0.25
Scotch, King William V.O.P.$0.20
Scotch, Dreadnough, special reserve$0.20
Irish, John Jameson & Sons$0.20
Irish, Bushmills$0.20
Nicholson Gin$0.20
Gordon Gin$0.20
Plymouth Gin$0.20
Elbart Gin$0.20
Martell$0.25
Otard Dupuy$0.25
Private Stock, 1795, Boutelleur Fils pony$1.00
Private Stock, 1820, pony$0.75
Grand fine Champagne$0.25
Grand Fine Champagne 1870$0.40
Grand Fine Champagne 1865$0.50
Old Grand Reserve, 1858$0.75
Original vintage, 1838$1.00
Crème Yvette$0.25
Chartreuse, Yellow$0.25
Curacao, Orange$0.25
Maraschino$0.25
Benedictine$0.25
Absinthe, green$0.25
Kümmel$0.25
Anisette$0.25
Kirschwasser$0.25
Crème de Cacao$0.25
Crème de Menthe, White$0.25
Prunelle Brandy$0.25
Apricot Brandy$0.25
Sloe Gin$0.25
Forbidden Fruit$0.25
Grand Marnier$0.25
Eau de Dantzig$0.25
Alfonso Solera$1.00 – $2.00
Vino de Pasto (own bottling)$0.80 – $1.50
Amontillado, fino$1.00 – $3.00
Amontillado, pale and dry$1.25 – $2.50
PORT$1.25 – $2.50
Port, Old White$1.25 – $2.50
Château Yquem, 1847$10.00
Château Yquem, crème de tête,1870$8.00
Château Yquem, 1892$4.00
Château Yquem, lur saluces,1893$4.00
Château Rabaud, 1899$1.00 – $2.00
Château Vigneau, 1888$1.00 – $2.00
Château Oliver (Dry)$1.00 – $2.00
Haut Sauternes, 1896 (own bottling)$0.65 – $1.25
Haut Barsac, 1900 (own bottling)$0.55 – $1.00
Montrachet, 1870$5.00
Montrachet, 1880$3.50
Chablis, 1889$1.05 – $2.00
Meursault, 1880$2.50
Chablis, 1885$0.65 – $1.25
Chartreuse, green$0.25
Curacao, White$0.25
Absinthe, white$0.25
Crème de Menthe, Green$0.25
Pink Cap Chauvenet$2.00 – $4.00
Red Cap Chauvenet$2.00 – $4.00
Sparkling Moselle$1.75 – $3.50
Oeil de Perdrix$2.00 – $4.00
Sparkling Chambertin$1.75 – $3.50
Sparkling Pommard (red)$1.75 – $3.50
Sparkling Chablis$1.30 – $2.50
Grunhauser Maximin Auslese$1.75 – $3.50
Piesporter Auslese$1.50 – $3.00
Berncastler Doctor$1.00 – $2.00
Erdener Treppchen$1.00 – $2.00
Wawerner Herrenberg$1.00 – $2.00
Brauneberger$0.80 – $1.50
Graacher$0.80 – $1.50
Zeltinger$0.55 – $1.00
Johannisberger Schloss Cabinet$4.00
Assmannshauser, Ausbruch, 1886, (red)$1.60 – $3.00
Hochheimer, Dom Dechaney, 1895$1.40 – $2.75
Marcobrunner, 1895$1.15 – $2.25
Steinwein, "Bocksbeutel" 1898$1.00 – $2.00
Liebfraumilch, 1897$1.00 – $2.00
Rudesheimer Engerweg$0.80 – $1.50
Rauenthaler, 1895$0.90 – $1.75
Hochheimer, 1895$0.80 – $1.50
Deidesheimer, 1895$0.75 – $1.50
Niersteiner$0.55 – $1.00
Château Lafite, 1878$8.00
Château Latour, 1878$8.00
Château De Carmes Haut Brion, 1878$6.00
Château Lagrange, 1878$5.00
Château Mouton Rothschild, 1880$5.00
Pichon Longville$5.00
Château Mouton Rothschild, 1881$4.00
Château Margaux, 1890$1.25 – $2.50
Château Palmer, 1899$1.15 – $2.25
Château Lagrange, 1887$1.05 – $2.00
Château Montrose, 1900$1.05 – $2.00
Pontet Canet, 1887, (own bottling)$0.80 – $1.50
St. Julien, 1896, (own bottling)$0.55 – $1.00
Médoc, (own bottling)$0.40 – $0.75
Chambertin, 1878$7.00
Volnay, Sautenot, grant vin, 1865$7.00
Richebourg, grand vin, 1878$6.00
Romanée Conti, Monopole, 1893$6.00
Corton, 1878$4.50
Clos-Vougeot, 1887$3.50
Musigny, 1885$1.60 – $3.00
Nuits, 1889$1.40 – $2.75
Chambertin, 1886$1.30 – $2.50
Chambertin, 1880$3.00
Musigny, 1881$3.00
Corton, 1885$3.00
Pommard, 1887$1.15 – $2.25
Nuits, 1892, (own bottling)$0.90 – $1.75
Volnay, 1892, (own bottling)$0.80 – $1.50
Beaune, 1889, (own bottling)$0.65 – $1.25
St. Martin (own bottling)$0.55 – $1.00

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