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Plaza

Date
1900-02-01
Restaurant
Plaza
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU
Physical description
CARD; ILLUS; 6.5 X 10;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Mock Turtle au Madere$0.30 – $0.50
Garbure of lettuce$0.20 – $0.30
Clear green turtle, to order$0.65
Rockaways$0.25
Oyster cocktail$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.25
Consomme Andalouse$0.25 – $0.40
Chicken with Tomatoes$0.25 – $0.40
Beef tea, cup$0.30
Ox-tail with barley$0.25 – $0.40
Mongole$0.20 – $0.30
Chicken Broth, Cup$0.30
Bouchee, Montglas$0.25 – $0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast$0.60 – $1.00
Fresh mushrooms in cream$0.60 – $1.00
Planked Florida shad$1.25
Terrapin, Maryland style$2.50
Terrapin, Philadelphia Style$2.50
Terrapin, Plaza style$3.00
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.75
Fried green smelts$0.50
Filet of capon, Regence$0.75 – $1.25
Fried Scallops$0.30 – $0.50
Broiled Spanish mackerel, sauce Colbert$0.35 – $0.65
Deviled Whitebait$0.35 – $0.65
Smelts, Normande$0.40 – $0.75
Broiled Florida shad$0.60 – $1.00
Oyster Crabs, Newburg$1.00
Broiled green smelts$0.50
Scallops, poulette$0.35 – $0.60
Bluefish au gratin$0.50
Chicken halibut, cream sauce$0.30 – $0.50
Perch sautee, fines herbes$0.30 – $0.50
Fried Green Smelts, Tartar Sauce$0.60
Oyster crabs, Newburg in chafing dish$1.25
Saddle of Mutton, Currant Jelly$0.35 – $0.65
Baked pork and beans, Boston style$0.30 – $0.50
Sweetbreads with peas$0.60 – $1.00
Calf's head en tortue$0.40 – $0.75
Fried Chicken, Maryland Style$0.75 – $1.25
Coquille of fresh mushrooms in cream$0.45 – $0.80
Hamburg steak, sasuce Clermont$0.35 – $0.60
Croute of apricots, fruit sauce$0.25 – $0.40
Ribs of prime beef$0.35 – $0.60
Long Island Duckling, Apple sauce$0.75 – $1.50
Boston gosling, orange compote$0.40 – $0.75
Philadelphia chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Cafe Turque$0.20
Lamb, mint sauce$0.40 – $0.75
Sweet buttermilk, glass$0.10
Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$0.40 – $0.75
Ham, Port Wine Sauce$0.35 – $0.60
Demi-tasse$0.15
Philadelphia squab$0.75
Waffles$0.25
English snipe$0.65
Red-head duck$2.50
Genuine Gruyere cream cheese$0.35
English Pheasant$2.50
Rail birds$0.75
Teal duck$0.75
Gervais cheese, Bar-le-Duc jelly$0.65
Golden plover$0.75
Mallard Duck$1.50
Sliced pineapple$0.40
Reed-Birds$1.00
Canvas-Back Duck$3.50
Catawba Grapes$0.40
Ruddy Duck$1.50
Apples$0.30
Brandt duck$1.75
English pheasant en cocote$3.00
California pears$0.40
Game patty truffled$0.75
Bananas$0.25
Hothouse chicken, roast$1.50
Hothouse chicken en cocote$1.75
Bananas and cream$0.35
Hothouse chicken, broiled$1.25
Oranges$0.30
Hothouse tomatoes with Spanish onions$0.30 – $0.50
Romaine$0.40 – $0.25
Escarole$0.25 – $0.40
Fetticus$0.20 – $0.30
Chiffonnade$0.30 – $0.50
Mexicaine$0.25 – $0.40
Chicory$0.25 – $0.40
Lettuce$0.25 – $0.40
Plain Celery$0.25 – $0.40
Celery Salad$0.25 – $0.40
Strawberries and Cream$0.75
Hothouse Cucumber$0.30 – $0.50
Baked Apples and Cream$0.35
Cauliflower, sauce supreme$0.50
Artichauts, Hollandaise$0.50
Grape fruit$0.40
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
String Beans$0.30
Malaga grapes$0.40
Spinach au veloute$0.35
Coffee Mousse$0.30
Mashed winter squash$0.25
Fried Egg Plant$0.35
Stewed Parsnips$0.25
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Fried Oyster Plant$0.25
Stewed Beets in Butter$0.25
Grape fruit, Macedoine$0.70
Lima beans$0.25
Boiled potatoes$0.20
Ice St. Jacques$0.40
Baked Potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Hazelnut Ice Cream$0.25
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
BAKED SWEET POTATOES$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
English plum pudding, hard and brandy sauce$0.40
Lemon Ice$0.25
Pudding Parisienne, sauce cognac$0.25
Orange ice$0.25
Apple Pie$0.25
Pumpkin Pie$0.25
Mince Pie$0.25
cocoanut pie$0.25
Frozen peach pudding$0.30
Tutti frutti tarts$0.25
Cherry Tarts$0.25
Benedictine Sorbet$0.30
Chocolate Eclairs$0.25
Vanilla Eclairs$0.25
Orange Eclairs$0.25
Philadelphia Ice Cream$0.25
Ginger Bread$0.25
Ginger Bread$0.25
Cup Custard$0.25
Peach ice$0.25
Glass$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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