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Fifth Avenue Hotel Cafe

NEW YORK, NY

Restaurant
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL CAFE
Place
NEW YORK, NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
BREAKFAST
Physical description
FOLDER; 5.5 X 8.75;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

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Stewed prunes$0.15
Sliced pineapple$0.20
Oranges$0.10
Bananas$0.10
Apples$0.10
Malaga grapes$0.25
Catawba Grapes$0.25
Pears$0.20
Apple Sauce$0.20
Apple Sauce with cream$0.25
Grape fruit$0.30
Baked apples$0.15
Baked apples with cream$0.20
Fried Clams$0.35
Stewed Clams$0.25
Little Neck clams$0.25
Clam cocktail$0.25
Oyster cocktail$0.25
Escaloped oysters$0.50
Blue Points oysters$0.25
Fried oysters with bacon$0.45
Fried oysters, selects$0.45
Fried oysters$0.35
Stewed Oysters$0.25
Cream Stew$0.40
Box Stew$0.30
Broiled oysters$0.40
Broiled oysters with bacon$0.45
Fried Scollops$0.35
Fried Scollops and bacon$0.45
Broiled scollops$0.40
Broiled scollops and bacon$0.50
Scollops a la Poulette$0.50
Codfish steak$0.40
Broiled Smoked Salmon$0.50
Broiled Salt Mackerel$0.35
Oysters Broiled on toast$0.45
Broiled bluefish$0.40
Fish cakes$0.30
Broiled Finnan Haddie$0.35
Yarmouth Bloaters$0.40
Smelts$0.50
Salt fish with cream$0.35
Halibut steak$0.40
Digby Herrings$0.30
Broiled Salmon$0.50
Kippered Herring$0.40
Panfish$0.40
Fried fresh pig's feet, tomato sauce$0.35
Small Sirloin Steak$0.50
Sirloin Steak$0.70
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.80
Sirloin Steak with bacon$0.85
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.90
Double sirloin steak$1.10
Extra Large Sirloin Steak$1.50
Extra large sirloin steak mushrooms$2.00
Porterhouse steak, single$1.00
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$1.25
Porterhouse steak, double$1.50
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$2.00
Family porterhouse steak$2.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.60
Filet chateaubriand, plain$1.50
Filet Chateaubriand with mushrooms$2.00
Lamb Chops$0.50
Mutton Chops$0.40
English Mutton chop, single$0.40
English mutton chop Brace$0.75
Pork Chops$0.40
Veal Cutlet$0.50
Veal Cutlet Tomato Sauce$0.60
Chicken Croquettes$0.60
Broiled calf's liver and bacon$0.40
Broiled Squab on Toast$0.60
Broiled Chicken Livers$0.40
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Broiled Ham$0.35
Broiled ham and eggs$0.40
Broiled Bacon$0.35
Broiled bacon and eggs$0.40
Broiled Kidneys$0.35
Broiled Pig's Feet$0.30
Broiled pig's feet, piquante$0.40
Broiled Honeycomb Tripe$0.30
Fried Honeycomb tripe in batter$0.45
Tripe, Lyonnaise$0.45
Tripe saute$0.45
Smoked Beef with Cream$0.30
Stewed Kidneys, Wine Sauce$0.35
Hamburg steak$0.50
Fried onions$0.15
Fried Veal and Pork$0.45
Scrambled brains with eggs$0.50
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.40
Broiled Spring Chicken, half$0.65
Broiled Spring Chicken, whole$1.25
Spring chicken, Maryland style, half$0.75
Spring chicken, Maryland style, whole$1.50
Lamb Fries Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.50
Baked Beans and Pork$0.30
Sausage cakes$0.35
Country Sausage$0.35
Fried Spring Chicken, whole$1.25
Fried Spring Chicken, half$0.65
Fried pig's feet, piquante$0.40
Fried Pig's Feet$0.30
Fish Cakes with Poached Egg$0.40

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Fried Eggs$0.25
Boiled eggs$0.25
Eggs, Scrambled with beef$0.35
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Scrambled Eggs$0.30
Eggs Benedictine$0.50
Poached eggs$0.25
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.30
Poached Eggs on Anchovy toast$0.50
Omelette, plain$0.30
Omelette with parsley$0.35
Omelette with Ham$0.40
Omelette with bacon$0.40
Omelette with kidneys$0.40
Omelettes with mushrooms$0.50
Omelettes with truffles$0.75
Omelleters with cheese$0.40
Omelettes with Oysters$0.40
Honey in comb$0.25
Honey strained$0.25
Omelette with rum$0.50
Omelette with currant jelly$0.40
Omelette with onions$0.40
Omelette with tomatoes$0.40
Spanish style omelette$0.50
Roast chicken, half$0.75
Roast chicken, whole$1.50
Corned beef, rump or brisket$0.35
Roast beef$0.40
Lamb$0.40
Ham$0.40
Pressed Corned Beef$0.35
Tongue$0.40
Lambs' Tongues$0.35
Turkey$0.65
Boned capon$0.50
filet of beef$0.60
Radishes$0.15
Watercress$0.15
Cucumbers and Tomatoes$0.50
Cucumbers$0.15
PLAIN LETTUCE$0.25
Romaine$0.20
Celery$0.30
Sliced onions$0.15
Lettuce and Tomato$0.50
Tomatoes$0.40
Pickled beets$0.15
Currant Jelly$0.25
Red pitted cherries$0.25
Guava jelly$0.25
Green gage$0.25
Strawberry jam$0.25
Raspberry jam$0.25
Orange marmalade$0.25
Pears$0.25
peaches$0.25
Cider apple sauce$0.20
Baked Potatoes$0.10
Stewed potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.20
Hashed browned potatoes$0.15
Grilled potatoes$0.20
Saute Potatoes$0.15
Saratoga Potato Chips$0.20
French fried potatoes$0.15
Rolls$0.10
Corn muffins$0.10
Graham Muffins$0.15
English Muffins$0.10
Milk cakes$0.15
Rice Cakes$0.15
Buttered toast$0.15
Buckwheat Cakes$0.15
Whole Wheat Bread$0.15
Dry Toast$0.10
Milk toast$0.20
Cream toast$0.25
Dipped Toast$0.15
Oat Meal and Milk$0.15
Oat Meal with Cream$0.25
Cracked Wheat and Milk$0.15
Cracked Wheat with Cream$0.25
Cream of wheat and milk$0.15
Cream of wheat with cream$0.25
Malt breakfast food and milk$0.15
Malt breakfast food and cream$0.25
Shredded wheat biscuit with milk$0.15
Shredded Wheat Biscuit with cream$0.25
Wheatena and milk$0.15
Wheatena with cream$0.25
Pettijohn's breakfast food and milk$0.15
Pettijohn's Breakfast Food with Cream$0.25
Hominy and milk$0.15
Hominy and Cream$0.25
Cream, per portion$0.05
Coffee, single pot$0.10
Coffee, double pot$0.20
Coffee, large pot$0.25
Coffee, large pot, fresh made$0.30
Coffee, demi_tasse$0.10
Tea, (all kinds) single pot$0.10
Tea, (all kinds) double pot$0.20
Chocolate, single pot$0.15
Chocolate, double pot$0.25
Glass milk$0.10
Glass cream$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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