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John Doscher Restaurant

NEW YORK, NY

Date
1900-02-07
Restaurant
JOHN DOSCHER RESTAURANT
Place
NEW YORK, NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BILL OF FARE
Physical description
FOLDER; ILLUS; 8.25X12;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 2

Chicken Giblet with Okra$0.15
Purre of Split Pea with Ham$0.15
CONSOMME MACEDOINE$0.15
Consomme Plain$0.15
Broiled bluefish$0.35
Broiled Live Lobster half$0.40
Broiled Live Lobster while$0.75
Chicken halibut steak$0.40
Deviled crab (1)$0.25
Deviled Crabs (2)$0.40
Fried Boston Smelts$0.35
Scalopes & Bacon$0.35
Clam Fritters$0.35
Boiled Beef Horsradish Sauce & Boullion Potatoes$0.30
Haricote of Mutton Corn Fritters$0.30
Stewed Honeycomb Tripe a la Creole$0.35
Fricadelled Maderia Sauce & Red Cabbage$0.30
Calfs Head ou tortue German Potatoes,$0.40
Potted Beefsteak Financiere$0.35
Home Made Corned Ham & Sauer Lentils$0.40
Curry of Chicken with Rice$0.40
Koenigsberger Klops & Sardellen Sauce$0.30
Omelette aux fines herbes$0.35
Roast Phila Turkey Stuffed Cranberry Sauce$0.50
Roast Loin of Veal Kidney Part au jus$0.45
Roast Leg of Young Lamb & Stewed Turnips$0.40
Roast Leg of Canada Mutton 'rare & Baked Beans$0.40
Roast ribs of prime beef$0.35
Half spring chicken$0.50
English Mutton Chop Kidney & Bacon$0.50
Fried Honeycomb Tripe$0.35
Frankfuter Sausages & Sauerkraut$0.30
Chicken Liver aux Champignons$0.45
Schnitzel a la Holstein$0.45
Filet Mignon Saute Bordelaise$0.60
Lamb Kidneys eu brochette$0.45
Sauer Lentils$0.10
Corn fritters$0.10
Baked Beans$0.10
Red Cabbage$0.10
yellow turnips$0.10
Carrots & peas$0.10
Sauerkraut$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.10
Imported Westphalia Ham$0.40
Kalter Aufschnitt$0.50
Hamburger a la tartare$0.40
Eels in Gelee$0.35
Pickled Lambs Tongue$0.35
Smoked Beef Tongue$0.35
Ribs of beef$0.35
Boiled Ham$0.30
Corned beef$0.30
Table Celery$0.15
Lettuce$0.15
Mixed$0.15
Pickled beets$0.10
German Potatoes$0.10
Cabinet Pudding Wine Sauce$0.10
Cranberries$0.10
Stewed Apples$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.10
Apple Cake$0.10
Cheese Cake$0.10
Cranberry Cake$0.10
St. Honore$0.15
Chocolate Eclairs$0.10
Charlotte Russe$0.10
Napoleon$0.10
Apple Pie$0.10
Pumpkin Pie$0.10
Mince Pie$0.10
Cranberry Pie$0.10
lemon pie$0.10

Page 3

Raw Oysters$0.20
Oyster Stew$0.25
Oyster Milk Stew$0.25
Oyster Boston stew$0.30
Oyster Box Stew$0.30
Fried oysters$0.30
Pan Roast Oysters$0.30
Broiled oysters$0.35
Broiled Oysters on Toast$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.20
Raw Blue Point Oysters$0.20
Blue Point Oyster Stew$0.30
Escalloped (Blue Point) Oysters$0.35
2 (Blue Point) Oyster Patties$0.35
Blue Point Oyster Cocktail$0.25
Raw Saddle Rocks Oysters$0.30
Saddle Rocks Oyster Stew$0.35
Fried Saddle Rocks Oysters$0.40
Pan Roast Saddle Rocks Oysters$0.40
Shell Roast Saddle Rocks Oysters$0.45
Broiled Saddle Rocks Oysters$0.45
Sirloin Steak, plain$0.30
Sirloin Steak, with Onions$0.40
Sirloin Steak, with Eggs$0.45
Sirloin Steak, with Mushrooms$0.50
Fromage de Brie$0.10 – $0.20
Swiss cheese$0.10 – $0.20
Münster Cheese$0.10 – $0.20
Roqueforte$0.10 – $0.20
Camembert$0.15 – $0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10 – $0.20
Coffee, a Cup$0.10
Tea, a Cup$0.10
Cocoa$0.15
Bread and Butter, extra$0.10
Chocolate$0.15
Pot of Coffee, to order$0.20
Pot of Tea, to order$0.20
GREEN PEAS$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Fried onions$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Smothered Onions$0.10
French peas$0.20
Asparagus$0.25
Mushroom Sauce$0.25
Stewed Mushrooms$0.40
Roast beef$0.35
Imported Westphalia Ham$0.40
Corned beef$0.30
Smoked Beef Tongue$0.35
Boiled Ham$0.30
Liver Sausages$0.30
Chicken salad$0.40
Lobster salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.15
Potato salad$0.10
Table Celery$0.15
Pickled beets$0.10
Sardines à l'Huile, Quarter Box$0.30
Sardines a l'Huile, Half Box$0.40
Bone Sirloin Steak, plain$0.50
Bone Sirloin Steak, with Onions$0.60
Bone Sirloin Steak, with Eggs$0.65
Bone Sirloin Steak, with Mushrooms$0.70
Tenderloin Steak, Plain$0.50
TENDERLOIN STEAK, WITH ONIONS$0.60
Tenderloin Steak, with Eggs$0.65
Tenderloin Steak, with Mushrooms$0.70
Porterhouse steak for one$0.75
Porterhouse Steak for one with Onions$0.85
Porterhouse steak for one with Mushrooms$0.95
Porterhouse Steak for two, plain$1.25
Porterhouse Steak for two, with onions$1.35
Porterhouse Steak for two, with mushrooms$1.50
Family porterhouse steak$2.00
Chateaubriand a la Jardiniere$1.00
Double Sirloin Entr Côte à la Bordelaise$1.00
Filet Mignon à la Bearnaise$0.60
Hamburger steak, plain$0.35
Hamburger Steak, with Onions$0.40
Hamburger Steak with Eggs$0.45
Steak a la Tartar, with Egg$0.45
½ Philadelphia Spring Chicken, Vienna Style$0.60
½ Philadelphia Spring Chicken, Saute à la Chasseur$0.60
English chop, single$0.30
Brace of Chops$0.50
2 Rib Mutton Chops$0.30
3 Lamb Chops, broiled$0.40
Lamb Chops, breaded, Tomatoe Sauce$0.45
Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.35
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.35
Veal Cutlet, with Tomato Sauce$0.40
Veal Steak, Sauté$0.35
Veal Steak Sauté, with Egg$0.45
Wiener Schnitzel$0.35
Wiener Schnitzel, with Tomato Sauce$0.40
Welsh rarebits$0.30
Golden buck$0.35
Yorkshire Buck$0.40
Calf's Liver and Bacon, fried$0.35
Bacon, broiled or fried$0.30
Bacon and eggs$0.35
Ham, boiled or fried$0.30
Ham, with Eggs$0.40
Dry Toast$0.10
Butter Toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.10
French fried potatoes$0.10
German Potatoes$0.10
Lyonaise Potatoes$0.10
Satatoga Chips$0.10
Julienne potatoes$0.10
Potato Chateau$0.10
Potato parisienne$0.10
Hash Lyonaise$0.10
Hash in cream$0.10
Hash in Cream, au Gratin$0.10
Stewed potatoes$0.10
Stewed Potatoes, in Cream$0.10
Maitre d'Hotel Potatoes$0.10
3 Boiled Eggs$0.25
3 Fried Eggs$0.25
3 Fried Eggs, au beurre Noir$0.30
2 Poached Eggs on Toast$0.25
3 Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Shirred Eggs$0.25
French pancake$0.30
German Pancake$0.30
Apple pancake$0.35
Omelette, plain$0.25
Omelette, with parsley$0.30
Omelette, with ham$0.30
Omelette, with tomatoes$0.30
Omelette, au rum$0.35
Omelette, with mushrooms$0.40
Omelette, with Oysters$0.40
Omelette, Spanish$0.40

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A good assortment of fine imported and domestic cigars
Choice California Riesling$0.25 – $0.50
Virginia Seedling$0.25 – $0.50
Bodenheimer$0.15 – $0.25
Oberingelheimer, Red$0.15 – $0.25
Zeltinger Moselle$0.15 – $0.30
Table Claret$0.15 – $0.25
G. H. Mumm's Ex. Dry$0.17 – $3.50
Jacquesson & Fils Ex. Dry$1.75 – $3.50
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Dry$1.75 – $3.50
Pommery - Sec$1.75 – $3.50
Cook's Imperial Am. Champagne$1.00 – $2.00
Werner's Half Pint Champagne$0.25
Bodenheimer$0.35 – $0.65
Durkheimer$0.40 – $0.75
Schloss Boeckelheimer$0.55 – $1.00
Budai$0.50 – $1.00
Laudenheimer$0.60 – $1.00
Erbacher$0.75 – $1.50
Liebfrauenmilch$1.00 – $2.00
Forster Jesuitengarten$2.50
Steinberger Cabinet, 1868$4.00
Oberingelheimer, 1889, Red$0.80 – $1.50
Assmannshauser, red$1.25 – $2.50
Zeltinger$0.35 – $0.65
Winuinger$0.60 – $1.00
Graacher$0.85 – $1.50
Scharzhofberger$2.75
St. Estephe$0.25 – $0.50
Fronsac$0.40 – $0.75
St. Julien$0.50 – $1.00
St. Emillion$0.75 – $1.50
Chateau Leoville$2.50
Good Old Port$0.40 – $1.50
Commendador$1.75
Very Old Port$2.50
Sandeman's Ex. Port, 1915$5.00
Pauillac$0.40 – $0.75
Pontet Canet$0.80 – $1.50
Chateau Margaux, 1884$2.25 – $4.00
Manzanilla Sherry$0.25 – $1.00
Vino de Pasto Sherry$0.40 – $1.25
Royal Yacht Club$0.50 – $1.75
Harmony Brown$0.40 – $1.50
Very Old Amontillado$0.70 – $2.50
Pando a Brut Sherry$2.00
Rudesheimer Enger Weg$0.40 – $0.75
Rudesheimer Berg$2.00
Rudesheimer Hinterhaus$1.65 – $3.00
Beaujolais$0.85 – $1.50
Chablis, White$0.85 – $1.50
Chambertin, 1870$1.60 – $3.00
Chateau Paillet$0.40 – $0.75
Haut Sauternes$0.60 – $1.00
Chateau Yquem Cashet, 1882$1.30 – $2.50
Palhetinho$0.45 – $1.50
Bual$0.60 – $2.00
Old South Side$5.00
Old Champagne Cognac, 1824$0.25 – $0.40
Otard Duepuy Brandy, 1875$0.15 – $0.25
Chartreuse, Yellow$0.15 – $0.25
Chartreuse, green$0.15 – $0.25
Maraschino$0.15 – $0.25
Anisette$0.15 – $0.25
Creme de Menthe$0.15 – $0.25
Cream de Cocoa$0.15 – $0.25
Curacoa$0.15 – $0.25
Benedictine$0.15 – $0.25
Vermouth$0.15
Berlin Kummel$0.15
Orange Bitters$0.15
Hostetter Bitters$0.15
Boonekamp Bitters$0.15
Kirschwasser$0.15
Absinthe$0.15
Bass Ale$0.10 – $0.15
Guinness's Stout$0.10 – $0.15
Malcom Brewing Co., B'klyn, Ales$0.05 – $0.10
Malcom Brewing Co., B'klyn, Columbian Beer$0.05
Imported Pilsner$0.10
Imported Pilsner, Pschorr Brau$0.10
Anheuser Busch, St. Louis$0.05
Bass Ale, Bulldog Brand$0.25
Bass Ale, Red Label$0.25
Scotch Ale, Wm. Younger's$0.25
Guinness's Stout, Bulldog Brand$0.25
Malcom Brewing Co. Lager$0.10
Pure Golden Russet Champagne Cider$0.25 – $0.45
Rhens Water$0.15 – $0.25
Taunus Water$0.15 – $0.25
Siphon Seltzer or Vichy$0.15
Imported Apollinaris$0.20 – $0.30
Imported Ginger Ale, Cantrell & Cochrane's (Bottle)$0.20
Domestic Ginger Ale (Bottle)$0.10
Domestic Sarsaparilla$0.10
Domestic Soda$0.10

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