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Lake House

CHICAGO,ILL

Date
1854-06-11
Restaurant
LAKE HOUSE
Place
CHICAGO,ILL.
Event
DINNER MENU
Physical description
BROADSIDE
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Cold Ham
Mackinaw Trout,
Cold Corned Beef
Cold Mutton
Potatoes Boiled
Lettuce Relish
Redishes Relish
Fricandeau Veal larded, Madeira sauce.
Cucumbers
Strawberries
Heidsick Champaigne$1.25 – $2.50
Boucher, Fils & Drouet Champaigne$1.25 – $2.00
Table Sherry$1.50
Old Pale Sherry, light, dry and delicate, 1830$2.50
Amontillado, (X) pale and very delicate$2.50
Imperial Pale Sherry$2.50
Rum Soup
George IV Sherry$3.00
Vermacilla Soup
Amontillado Sherry 1825$2.50
Old Cortez$2.00
Manzanilla$2.00
White's Old Brown Sherry$2.00
Romano Sherry$2.00
Vega Sherry$2.50
South Side Madeira$1.50
Extra London Choice Particular$2.00
Black Warrior, old & Frinity Wine$2.00
Blackburn's Dry Reserve$2.00
Black draft, Vintage 1825$4.00
Old ondon Particular$2.00
Superior old vintage 3 y'rs in India$3.50
Bloodgood, Madeira$2.00
Godon$2.00
Blackburn's Mamsley, or Wedding Wine$2.50
Byass ondon Porter$0.25 – $0.50
Jelly roll
Jelly Cake
Cream Shells
Cearlotte Russe
Vanilla ice cream
Blancmange
Floating Island
Madeira Jelly
Cogniac Jelly
Campbell's Ale$0.30 – $0.60
Muir & Sons Ale$0.30 – $0.90
Falkirk$0.30 – $0.60
Tenant's D'ble strong Ale$0.30 – $0.60
Younger's West ndia Ale$0.30 – $0.60
rhubarb pie
Green Currant Pie
Peach Pie
Apple Pie
Blackberry Pie
Cabinet Pudding
Baked Batter Pudding
Potatoes Mashed
Potatoes Mashed and Baked
Rice Plain
Asparagus
Young Carrots
GREEN PEAS
Turnips
Young beets
Spinach
Onions
Hominy
Pepper Grass Relish
Young Gnions Relish
Pickles Relish
Gelandine of Lamb, Tomato sauce
Rib of Beef, larded, ala mode sauce
Maccaroni, with Cheese, au graten
Beef Kidneys in a form of bread
Barone of Veal, Piquant sauce
Lobster Salad, with Maconegre
Rice Croquetts, with sugar
Liver Larded, garnished with Young Onions
Boiled Leg of Mutton
Boiled corned beef
Boiled Chickens with Pork
Boiled Beef Tongue
Boiled Ham
Roast Pork
Roast Sirloin Beef
Roast Turkey
Roast Mutton
Roast veal
Roast Lamb
Roast Chickn
Roast Ham, Champaigne sauce
Old Port$2.00
o ndon Dock Port Wine in Bottles,$2.00
Binningers$2.00
Page's Port'$2.00
Grape Port$2.00
Table Port$1.50
Old Q Brandy$2.00
Very Old ondon, Dock Brandy in Bottles$2.00
Blackberry Brandy, very old$2.00
Abaynthe$2.00
Cherry Juice$1.50
St Julien, Claret$0.75
St Emillion, Claret$1.00
St Estiphe, Claret$0.75
Morgeaux, Claret$0.75
Rudsheimer$2.00
Hockheimer$2.50

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.