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Hotel Imperial

BROADWAY AT 32ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY

Date
1905-06-15
Restaurant
Hotel Imperial
Place
BROADWAY AT 32ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DAILY MENU, DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; 6.5X10;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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BLUE POINTS$25.00
Broiled or fried$50.00
Stewed$0.40
Little neck$0.25
Stewed$0.40
Consommé, cup$0.25
Mock turtle soup$0.30 – $0.50
Chicken with rice soup$0.40 – $0.60
Green Turtle Soup$0.60 – $1.00
Julienne Soup$0.25 – $0.40
Tomato Soup$0.25 – $0.40
Strained gumbo$0.70 – $0.30
Clam Broth, Cup$0.25
Consomme$0.25 – $0.40
Consomme with vermicelli$0.25 – $0.40
Consomme with macaroni$0.25 – $0.40
Celery$0.30 – $0.50
Radishes$0.20
French olives$0.25
Spanish olives$0.25
Stuffed olives$0.35
Stuffed Mangoes$0.25
Caviar, plain$0.50
Caviar, on toast$0.60
Sardines$0.40
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Saucisson de Lyon$0.35
SALTED ALMONDS$0.30
Chow chow$0.20
Indian chutney$0.15
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Mixed Pickles$0.20
Pickled Walnuts$0.20
Pim-olas$0.25
Shad with roe$0.50 – $0.90
Shad roe$0.50 – $0.90
Sea bass$0.45 – $0.80
Salmon, broiled$0.50 – $0.90
Striped bass, broiled$0.45 – $0.80
Striped bass, boiled, Hollandaise$0.90
Fresh Codfish, broiled$0.40 – $0.75
Halibut steak$0.40 – $0.75
Lobster Croquettes$0.45 – $0.80
Lobster Newburg$1.25
Spanish mackerel$0.50 – $0.90
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50 – $0.90
Filet of sole, fried$0.45 – $0.80
Cold lobster, whole$0.60 – $1.00
Broiled Lobster$1.00
Curry of lobster$1.25
Stuffed Crab$0.45 – $0.80
Stuffed lobster$0.45 – $0.80
Frogs' Legs, Fried$0.60 – $1.00
Frogs' Legs, A La Poulette$1.25
Fried eels, tartare$0.40 – $0.75
Bluefish$0.45 – $0.80
Fresh mushrooms on toast$1.25
Roast chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Roast Lamb$0.50 – $0.90
Roast Duckling$1.25 – $2.50
Roast Turkey$0.60 – $1.00
Roast beef$0.40 – $0.75
Roast chicken$1.00 – $2.00
roast chicken cold$1.00 – $2.00
Roast Lamb cold$0.45 – $0.80
roast turkey cold$0.50 – $0.90
Roast beef cold$0.40 – $0.75
Pate de foie-gras$1.00
Galantine de dinde aux truffes$0.50 – $0.90
Corned Beef, cold$0.40 – $0.60
tongue or ham, cold$0.40 – $0.60
Virginia ham, cold$0.40 – $0.75
Sardine Sandwich$0.30
Chicken Sandwich$0.25
Tongue or ham sandwich$0.20
Corned beef sandwich$0.20
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.25
Club sandwich$0.40
Caviar sandwich$0.40
New Corn$0.50
New peas$0.30 – $0.50
French Artichokes$0.50
French string beans$0.30 – $0.50
French Flageolet Beans$0.30 – $0.50
French asparagus$1.50
French peas$0.30 – $0.50
American Peas$0.25 – $0.40
Spinach$0.30 – $0.50
Egg plant$0.25 – $0.40
Succotash$0.25 – $0.40
Corn fritters$0.30 – $0.50
Lima beans$0.25 – $0.40
Knob celery, fried$0.50
Potatoes, boiled$0.15
Potatoes, Fried$0.15
Potatoes, mashed$0.15
Potatoes, Browned$0.25
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.20
Potatoes, sautees$0.20
Potatoes, Saratoga$0.20
Potatoes, Hashed in cream$0.25
Potatoes hashed au gratin$0.30
potatoes hashed fried$0.25
Potatoes, stewed in cream$0.25
Potatoes Julienne$0.20
Potatoes Croquettes$0.30
potatoes soufflee$0.30
potatoes New$0.25
New asparagus$0.60
New string beans$0.30 – $0.50
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.75
Boiled Onions$0.25
Squash$0.30
Beets$0.25
Mashed Turnips$0.20
Boiled rice$0.15
Rice croquettes$0.20 – $0.35
Stewed tomatoes$0.25
Macaroni, Plain$0.30
Spaghetti, plain$0.30
Stuffed tomatoe$0.35 – $0.60
Stuffed green peppers$0.30 – $0.50

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Lettuce$0.25 – $0.40
Romaine Salad$0.30 – $0.50
Watercress Salad$0.25 – $0.40
Chicken salad$0.60 – $1.00
Lobster, salad$0.60 – $1.00
Fruit salad$1.00
Tomato Salad$0.30 – $0.50
Cucumber salad$0.30 – $0.50
Potato salad$0.30
Celery Salad$0.30 – $0.50
Shrimp Salad$0.50 – $0.90
Salad Russe$1.00
Cold Slaw$0.30
Salad Macedoine$0.50
Mayonnaise dressing$0.10
Omelette soufflée$0.75
Omelette au rhum$0.50
Omelette Celestine$0.60
Omelette with jelly$0.50
English walnuts$0.25
MIXED NUTS$0.35
Mixed Nuts and Raisins$0.50
Pound cake$0.20
Sponge Cake$0.20
Fruit Cake$0.25
Lady fingers$0.20
Almonds$0.25
Raisins or figs$0.25
Macaroons$0.25
Mixed Cakes$0.25
Charlotte Russe$0.25
Creme Meringue$0.25
Meringue panachee$0.35
Meringue glacee$0.30
Preserved Strawberries$0.30
Preserved raspberries$0.30
Preserved crab apples$0.30
Orange marmalade$0.30
Raspberry jam$0.30
Strawberry jam$0.30
Brandy figs$0.40
Brandy cherries$0.40
Brandy peaches$0.40
Guava jelly$0.25
Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Preserved figs$0.40
Preserved Pears$0.40
Preserved Peaches$0.40
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Currant Jelly$0.15
Chocolate Cream$0.25
Pistache cream$0.25
Vanilla Cream$0.25
Coffee Cream$0.25
Biscuit Tortoni$0.35
Mikado$0.40
Lemon Ice$0.25
Orange ice$0.25
Roman Punch$0.35
Lalla Rookh$0.40
Mixed cream$0.30
Pudding Nesselrode$0.40
Biscuit Glace$0.35
Tutti frutti$0.40
Neapolitan$0.35
Sorbet au Kirsch$0.35
Sorbet au marasquin$0.40
Stuffed banana$0.40
Orange Portugaise$0.40
Camembert$0.15 – $0.25
Roquefort$0.15 – $0.25
Neufchatel$0.15 – $0.25
Pont l'Eveque$0.25
Brie$0.15 – $0.25
Gruyere$0.15 – $0.25
Stilton$0.15 – $0.25
Gervais$0.25
American$0.15
Cheddar$0.25
Gorgonzola$0.25
Port du Salut$0.25
Strawberries and Cream$0.35 – $0.60
Grapes$0.25 – $0.40
Pears$0.20 – $0.35
Grape fruit$0.30 – $0.50
Apples$0.15 – $0.25
Sliced pineapple$0.30
Oranges$0.15 – $0.25
Bananas$0.20
Bananas with cream$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed Prunes with cream$0.30
Small Steak$0.75
Small steak bacon$0.90
Small steak onions$0.90
Small steak anchovy butter$1.00
Small steak mushrooms$1.10
Small steak marrow$1.00
Small steak a la Bearnaise$1.00
Small steak a la Bordelaise$1.00
Sirloin Steak$1.15
Sirloin Steak with bacon$1.40
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.50
Sirloin steak with marrow sauce$1.40
Sirloin steak a la bordelaise$1.40
Sirloin steak a la bearnaise$1.50
Extra sirloin steak$2.25
Extra sirloin steak with mushrooms$3.00
Club Steak$3.00
Tenderloin Steak$0.75 – $1.50
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$2.00
Tenderloin steak with truffles$2.50
Tenderloin steak a la Bearnaise$2.00
Tenderloin steak a la Bordelaise$2.00
Lamb Chops$0.50 – $1.00
Lamb Chops with peas$1.25
Mutton Chops$0.40 – $0.70
MUTTON CHOPS WITH TOMATO SAUCE$0.50 – $0.90
Mutton chops English (I)$0.70
Veal chops, broiled$0.50 – $0.90
Veal chop breaded tomato sauce$0.60 – $1.00
Vienna schnitzel, cream sauce$0.50 – $1.00
Pork Chops$0.35 – $0.60
pork chops sauce piquante$0.40 – $0.75
Pork Chops with Fried Apples$0.40 – $0.75
Pork tenderloin$0.40 – $0.75
Sweetbread, broiled$0.75 – $1.50
Sweetbread, au jus$0.75 – $1.50
Sweetbread, tomato sauce$0.75 – $1.50
Sweetbread, a la Bearnaise$1.50
Sweetbread, with peas$1.50
Sweetbread, en coquille$0.75 – $1.50
Broiled Chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Chicken Croquettes$0.40 – $0.75
Chicken Croquettes with peas$0.50 – $1.00
Small Chicken Patties$0.50 – $0.90
Vol-au-vent of chicken$0.80
Scalloped chicken$0.60 – $1.00
Filet Chateaubriand$3.00
Filet Chateaubriand with mushrooms$4.00
Calf's head a l'Huile$0.50 – $0.90
Filet Chateaubriand with truffles$5.00
Calf's head en tortue$0.50 – $0.90
Porterhouse Steak$2.50
Calf's head a la poulette$0.50 – $0.90
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$3.00
Calf's brains fried, tomato sauce$0.45 – $0.80
Extra Porterhouse Steak$4.50
Welsh rarebit$0.40
Golden buck$0.50
Extra Porterhouse Steak with Mushrooms$5.50
Hamburger Steak$0.45 – $0.80
Hamburger steak horseradish sauce$0.50 – $0.90

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ambassador brandy, 1835$0.50 – $10.00
commandon brandy, 1828$0.30 – $6.00
CORDIALS$0.25
cordials on ice$0.30
Pousse Cafe$0.30
schweppes soda$0.25
Delatour Soda$0.15
apenta, splits$0.15
Red Raven, Splits$0.15
Cider$0.30 – $0.60
Syphons$0.15 – $0.25
Hunyadi Janos$0.40
Congress$0.25
Hathorn$0.25
Celestins Vichy$0.25 – $0.50
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
White Rock$0.15 – $0.40
Londonderry$0.25 – $0.40
buffalo lithia, 1/2 gal.$0.60
Clysmic$0.25 – $0.40
Johannis Lithia$0.25 – $0.40
Bethesda$0.25 – $0.40
poland half gal.$0.25 – $0.40
ober selters$0.25 – $0.50
Rosbach$0.15 – $0.40
Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.00 – $4.00
Clicquot, Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Veuve Clicquot, 1899$2.50 – $5.00
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry$2.00 – $4.00
G. H. Mumm's Brut$2.25 – $4.50
Pommery Sec$2.00 – $4.00
Pommery Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Dominy Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Dry Monopole$2.00 – $4.00
Club Monopole$2.00 – $4.00
Perrier Jouet Spec. Reserve$2.00 – $4.00
Perrier Jouet brut$2.25 – $4.50
Bouche Fils & Co. Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Moet & Chandon White Seal$2.00 – $4.00
Moet & Chandon Brut$2.25 – $4.50
Duc de Montebello, Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Ruinart Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Paul Ruinart$2.00 – $4.00
Jules Mumm$1.00 – $4.00
Delmonico, half pint$1.00
Delbeck Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Piper Heidsieck Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Piper Heidsieck Brut, 1898$2.50 – $5.00
L. Roederer grand vin sec$2.00 – $4.00
L. Roederer brut$2.00 – $4.00
Pol Roger, dry$2.00 – $4.00
Pol Roger, Brut, 1898$2.25 – $4.50
Pol Roger, Brut, 1893$2.50 – $5.00
Irroy Carte d'Or, '98$2.50 – $5.00
Irroy Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Gold Lack Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Cazanove Brut, 1893$2.50 – $5.00
Krug & Co., Private Cuvee$2.00 – $4.00
Gold Seal Brut$1.25 – $2.50
Cook's Imperial$1.25 – $2.50
Grand Imperial Sec$1.25 – $2.50
Grand Imperial Brut$1.25 – $2.50
Chateau Bellefond$0.65 – $1.25
St. Julien Superior$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Lafitte$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau Leoville$2.25 – $4.50
Medoc$0.50 – $1.00
Chateau Bouliac$0.75 – $1.50
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
G. V. Ch. Giscours$1.75 – $3.50
G. V. Ch. Lafitte$2.50 – $5.00
Medoc$0.50 – $1.00
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.50
St. Estephe$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Larose$1.25 – $2.50
Chateau Margaux$2.50 – $5.00
Ordinaire$0.40 – $0.75
Chateau Montlys$0.75 – $1.50
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.50
Margaux$0.90 – $1.75
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau LaGrange$1.50 – $3.00
Grand Vin Chateau Pontet Canet$1.25 – $2.50
Grand Vin Chateau Leoville$2.50 – $5.00
Grand Vin Chateau Mouton Rothschild$3.00 – $6.00
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Beychevelle$1.50 – $3.00
Haut Bommes$0.75 – $1.50
Latour Blanche$1.25 – $2.50
Chateau Yquem$2.00 – $4.00
Grand Vin Chateau Latour Blanche$1.75 – $3.50
Grand Vin Chateau Yquem$2.00 – $4.00
Grand Vin Chateau Yquem, Monopole$4.00 – $8.00
Laubenheimer$0.65 – $1.25
Deidesheimer$0.65 – $1.25
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.50
Liebfraumilch$1.00 – $2.00
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.50
Ruedesheimer$1.25 – $2.50
Graefenberger$1.25 – $2.50
Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Haut Sauternes$1.25 – $2.50
Latour Blanche$1.25 – $2.50
Sauternes$0.50 – $1.00
Barsac$0.65 – $1.25
Chateau Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Cerons$0.50 – $1.00
Vin de Graves$0.75 – $1.50
Haut Sauternes$1.25 – $2.50
Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Barsac$1.00 – $2.00
Haut Sauternes$1.25 – $2.50
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.50
Ruedesheimer$1.25 – $2.50
Johannnisberger [sic]$2.00 – $4.00
Steinwein$1.25 – $2.50
Steinberger Cab't$2.00 – $4.00
Schloss Johannisberger, 1893. Prince Metternich$6.00
Asmanshauser, Red$1.25 – $2.50
Deidesheimer$0.65 – $1.25
Hochheimer$0.75 – $1.50
Marcobrunner$1.50 – $3.00
Geisenheimer$1.50 – $3.00
Steinwein$1.25 – $2.50
Foster Riesling$0.75 – $1.50
Liebfraumilch$1.00 – $2.00
Ruedesheim$1.25 – $2.50
Rauenthal Berg$1.50 – $3.00
Steinwein$1.50 – $3.00
Zeltinger$0.75 – $1.50
Brauneberger$0.75 – $1.50
Josephshofer$1.00 – $2.00
Berncastler Doctor$1.25 – $2.50
Sparkling Moselle$1.50 – $3.00
Beaune$1.00 – $2.00
Pommard$1.25 – $2.50
Chambertin$1.75 – $3.50
Montrachet, White$2.00 – $4.00
Claret$0.50 – $1.00
Sauterne$0.50 – $1.00
Riesling$0.50 – $1.00
Spark'g Burgundy$1.00 – $2.00
Hock$0.40 – $0.75
Macon$0.75 – $1.50
Pommard$1.25 – $2.50
Chablis$1.25 – $2.50
Chambertin$1.75 – $3.50
La. T. Romanee$2.25 – $4.50
Spk'lg Chambertin$2.25 – $4.50
Spk'lg Montrachet$2.25 – $4.50
Macon Vieux$1.00 – $2.00
Beaujolais$1.00 – $2.00
Nuits$1.50 – $3.00
Chambertin$2.00 – $4.00
Romanee$2.25 – $4.50
Sp'klg Chambertin red or white$2.25 – $4.50
Macon$0.75 – $1.50
Volnay$1.25 – $2.50
Chablis, White$1.25 – $2.50
Clos de Vougeot$1.50 – $3.00
Hermitage$2.00 – $4.00
Red Cap Sparkling Burgundy$2.00 – $4.00
Pink Cap$2.00 – $4.00
Misa$0.60 – $2.00
Amontillado$1.00 – $4.00
Palma Fina$5.00
Old Family Reserve Madeira$1.50 – $3.00
Dry Special Port$0.50 – $2.00
Sandeman's Old Port$1.00 – $4.00
Old London Dock Port$1.00 – $4.00
Reserve Madeira, 1840$5.00
Old Tawny Port$5.00
"C. & C." Ginger Ale$0.25
White Label, Bass$0.35
Dog's Head, Bass$0.35
Burke's Guinness's Stout$0.00
Scotch Ale$0.35
Evans' Pale Ale$0.25
Bass Ale, glass$0.20
Harvard Brewing Co., Green Label$0.20
Anheuser-Busch Budw'ser$0.25
Lemp's Ex. Pale St. Louis$0.20
Pabst's Milwaukee$0.20
"Imperial" Beer, B. & W.$0.20
Ruppert's Beer$0.20
Kaiser Beer$0.30
Pilsener Beer$0.30
Munchener Beer$0.30

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