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St. Nicholas Hotel

WASHINGTON PLACE AND MERCER STREET, [NY]

Date
1900-01-22
Restaurant
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL
Place
WASHINGTON PLACE AND MERCER STREET, [NY]
Venue
COMMERCIAL
Event
DINNER
Physical description
FOLDER; 7 X 11;
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 2

Vegetable Soup$0.15
Oyster Soup$0.15
Salt mackerel$0.30
Roast Lamb$0.30
Roast Pork$0.25
Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.50 – $1.00
Potatoes, boiled with meat or fish no charge$0.10
Mashed Potatoes with meat or fish no charge$0.10
Succotash$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Sp nach$0.10
New Cabbage$0.10
Boiled Onions$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Stewed rhubarb$0.10
Corned beef$0.20
Beef tongue$0.25
Ham$0.25
Chicken$0.35
Roast beef$0.25
Chicken salad$0.50
Lobster salad$0.40
Potato salad$0.10
Lettuce$0.01
Cold Slaw$0.10
Sandwiches, Beef$0.10
Sandwiches, tongue$0.10
Sandwiches, chicken$0.15
Sandwiches, turkey$0.15
American Cheese Sandwich$0.10
Corned Beef or Ham sandwich$0.10
Chow chow$0.05
Gherkins$0.05
Apple Pie$0.10
rice pudding$0.10
Oranges$0.10
Apples$0.10
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
PRUNES$0.10
Pound cake$0.10
Currant Jelly$0.10
Fruit Cake$0.10
Lemon Cream Pie$0.10
Sheepshead Fish$0.30
Whole Broiled Chicken on Toast$1.00
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Beef
Salad
Salad
Salad
Slaw
Beef
Chicken
Turkey
Cheese
sandwich
Beef
OR
Ham
sandwich
Chow
Pie
Cream
Pie
Cake
Jelly
Cake
Cheese

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One half dozen Blue PointS$0.15
Oysters, Raw on half shell$0.20
Plain Stew$0.25
Milk Stew$0.30
Boston Stew$0.30
Little Neck half shell$0.20
Little Neck Stew$0.25
Little Neck broil$0.35
Codfish steak$0.30
Halibut steak$0.35
Plain Lobster Whole$0.60
Plain Lobster Half$0.35
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.60
Box Stew$0.35
Boston box stew$0.40
Fry$0.35
Crumb Fry$0.35
Little Neck Fry$0.35
Little neck steamed$0.40
Little neck roast$0.40
Broil$0.35
Baltimore broil$0.40
Pan roast$0.35
Fancy Roast on Toast$0.40
Little neck fritters$0.35
Scallops fried or broiled$0.35
Scallops fricasseed$0.35
Picked up codfish with cream$0.30
Fish cakes$0.25
Bluefish$0.35
Salt mackerel$0.35
Filet of Sole, tartarsauce$0.35
Spanish mackerel$0.35
Fresh Mackerel$0.35
Fried Eels$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Graham Crackers and Milk$0.10
Oatmeal and milk$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10
Eggs Boiled Two$0.20
Eggs Boiled Three$0.25
Eggs, Scrambled$0.25
Eggs, fried two$0.20
Eggs, Fried three$0.25
Eggs, shirred$0.25
Eggs, Poached on toast$0.25
Eggs, Poached plain$0.20
Omelette Plain$0.25
Omelette with Ham$0.35
Omelette with tomatoes$0.30
Omelette with parsley$0.30
Omelette with cheese$0.30
Omelette with rum$0.40
Omelette Spanish$0.35
Omelette soufflée$0.40
German Pan Cake$0.35
French Pan Cake$0.35
Small Steak$0.30
Hamburger Steak$0.35
Sirloin Steak$0.40
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.45
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Extra sirloin$0.60
Extra Sirloin with onions$0.70
Extra sirloin with mushrooms$0.80
Small tenderloin steak$0.40
Small tenderloin steak onions$0.50
Small tenderloin steak mushroom$0.60
Extra Tenderloin Steak$0.60
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.70
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.80
Porterhouse for one$0.75
Porterhouse for one with onions$0.85
Porterhouse for one with mushroos$0.90
Porterhouse for two$1.25
Porterhouse for two onions$1.35
Porterhouse for two mushrooms$1.50
2 Mutton Chops$0.30
3 Lamb Chops$0.40
Veal cutlet plain$0.30
Veal Cutlet Breaded$0.40
Veal Cutlet breaded with Tomato Sauce$0.45
Pork Chops$0.30
Ham, broiled$0.30
Ham, fried$0.30
Breakfast bacon broiled$0.30
Breakfast bacon fried$0.30
Ham and eggs$0.35
Bacon and eggs$0.35
Calves Liver and Bacon$0.30
Pigs feet, broiled$0.30
Pig's Feet Fried$0.30
Honeycomb tripe, broiled$0.30
Honeycomb Tripe, fried$0.30
Golden buck$0.30
Yorkshire Buck$0.35
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Tripe stewed a la lyonnaise$0.25
Tripe Fried in Batter$0.30
Frizzled Beef with Eggs$0.30
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.35
Corned Beef Hash$0.25
Corned beef hash poached egg$0.30
Fish cakes$0.25
Sausage, country style$0.30
Calfs Brains brown butter$0.40
Broiled Spring Chicken, half$0.50
Broiled Spring Chicken, whole$1.00
Eng. Mutton Chop$0.35
Eng. Mutton Chop, Brace$0.60
FriedChicken,Maryland Style, half$0.50
FriedChicken,Maryland Style, whole$1.00
Potatoes Boiled$0.10
Potatoes Mashed$0.10
Potatoes with meat or fish no charge
Potatoes French fried$0.10
Potatoes stewed$0.10
Potatoes Saute$0.10
Potatoes Saratoga$0.10
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.10
Potatoes hashed brown$0.10
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.15
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
String Beans$0.10
French peas$0.20
Stewed Mushrooms$0.20
Succotash$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Cold boiled Rice$0.10
Cabbage$0.10
SLICED BERMUDA ONIONS$0.10
2 hot rolls and butter$0.10
3 tea biscuits and butter$0.10
2 corn muffins and butter$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Bread and mild [pint]$0.10
Rice and milk$0.10
milk crackers and milk$0.10
Boiled Hominy$0.10
Boiled hominy and milk$0.10
Fried hominy$0.15
Wheat cakes and maple syrup$0.15
Oat flakes and milk$0.15
Oat cakes and maple syrup$0.15
Pot of tea, [English Breakfast$0.15
Pot of tea [Oolong]$0.15
Pot of tea, [green]$0.15
Cup of Tea$0.05
Goblet of iced coffee$0.10
Goblet of iced tea$0.10
Cup of Coffee$0.05
Pot of coffee$0.15
Cup of chocolate$0.10
Pot of chocolate$0.15
Cup of Breakfast Cocoa$0.10
Pot of Breakfast Cocoa$0.15
Goblet of ice cold milk$0.05
Goblet of ice cold milk and cream$0.10
Goblet of ice cold cream$0.15

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Benedictine$0.15
Moet & Chandons White Seal$2.00 – $4.00
Dry Monopole Extra$2.00 – $4.00
Monopole Club Dry$2.00 – $4.00
Brandy$0.15 – $3.00
Fleur de Lys Fine Old Pale Brandy*$2.00
Fleur de Lys Fine Old Pale Brandy**$2.50
Heidsieck, Piper & Co., sec$2.00 – $4.00
Fleur de Lys Fine Old Pale Brandy***$3.00
Apple Brandy$0.15 – $1.50
Pommery and Greno, dry$2.00 – $4.00
Surrey Plantation Kingston Old Jamica [sic] Rum$2.00
G. H. Mumm & Co's Extra Dry$2.00 – $4.00
Old Jamaica Rum$0.15 – $1.50
Old St. Croix Rum$0.15 – $1.50
Old Holland Gin$0.15 – $1.50
Old Tom Gin$0.15 – $1.50
Antediluvian Whiskey$0.20 – $2.50
Old Irish Whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
Old Scotch Whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
Old Crow Whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
Old Hermitage Whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
Wilson Rye 1881$0.15 – $1.50
Orient Maryland rye whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
Westmoreland Club Whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
I. W. Harper, Nelson County, Ky.$1.50
Martini Rossi Vermouth$1.00
Red Seal$1.50
Gold Seal$1.50
Mt. Vernon$1.75
Zinfandel$0.35 – $0.60
BURGUNDY$0.50 – $1.00
Gutedel$0.50 – $1.00
Hock$0.15 – $0.30
Riesling$0.35 – $0.60
Sherry$0.35 – $0.60
Best Sherry$0.50 – $1.00
PORT$0.35 – $0.60
Best Port$0.50 – $1.00
Muscat$0.35 – $0.60
Best Muscat$0.50 – $1.00
Anjelica$0.50 – $1.00
Sauterne$0.50 – $1.00
Scuppernung$0.50 – $1.00
St. Julien$0.15 – $0.75
Chateau Noel$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$1.00 – $2.00
Budai cream imported by D. A. Mayer, pint$0.75
Budai imported by D. A. Mayer, pint$0.75
Haut Sauterne, Brandenburg Freres$0.75 – $1.50
Rising Sun$0.65 – $1.25
Pale Sherry, on draught$0.15 – $1.50
Old Reserve$1.00 – $2.00
Vermouth$0.15
Maraschino$0.15
Chartreuse$0.15
Anisette$0.15
Absinthe$0.15
Curacoa$0.15
Hot Drinks$0.15
Cocktails$0.15
Sours$0.15
Fizzes$0.15
Punches$0.20
Apolinaris$0.10 – $0.40
Saratoga victoria spring water$0.20 – $0.30
Hunyadi Janos$0.10 – $0.40
Congress Water$0.25
Hathorn Water$0.25
Buffalo Lithia Water$0.10 – $0.50
Jackson lithia water$0.05
Deidesheimer$0.15 – $1.00
Laubenheimer$0.50 – $1.00
Niersteiner$0.75 – $1.50
Hochheimer$0.75 – $1.50
Macon Vieux$0.65 – $1.25
Chablis White$1.00 – $2.00
Old London Dock$0.15 – $2.00
Kummel$0.15
Creme de Menthe$0.15
Creme de Cacao Chouas$0.15
Cream D'Abrico$0.15
Cream de Rose$0.15
Kirschanwasser$0.15
Pausse [sic] Cafe$0.20
Cobblers$0.20
Milk punches$0.20
Egg Noggs$0.25
Lemonade$0.10
Seltzer Lemonade$0.15
Mineral Waters$0.10 – $0.20
Imported Ginger Ale$0.20
Domestic Ginger Ale$0.10
Plain Soda$0.10
Lemon Soda$0.10
Sarsaparilla$0.10
J. F. Betz & Sons Philadelphia Brown stout$0.05 – $0.15
J. F. Betz & Sons Genuine old Half & Half$0.15
F. & M. Schaefer B'wg Co. Wiener beer on draught$0.05 – $0.10
Imported Culmbach beer, pint bot.,$0.25
Imported Kaiser beer, pint bot.,$0.25
Anheuser Busch Lager beer, pint bot.,$0.15
Bass India Pale Ale, pint bot.,$0.25
Bass Ale, Dog's head bottling, pint bot.,$0.25
Bass Ale, McMullen's white label, pint bot.,$0.25
Guinness Stout, McMullen's, pint bot.,$0.25
Guinness Stout, E. & J. Burke, pint bot.,$0.25
Champagne cider John Rogers$0.15 – $0.50

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