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Library Room

Restaurant
Library Room
Place
Library Room
Venue
RESTAURANT
Event
dinner
Physical description
photocopy (2 pages); 8.5 x 14 inches
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

French Crepe filled with Crabmeat, Herbs and Wine, Topped with Cream Shrimp Sauce
Chicken Liver Pate de la Maison
Lox and Cream Cheese
Italian Proscuitto and Melon
Mixed Seafood Cocktail
Bisque of Shrimp
French Onion Soup au Gratin
Conesomme au Sherry
Cardinal Sole Mousse
Salad, Sliced Tomato on Romaine
Salad, Watercress with Quail Eggs
Club Special Salad: Pulled Crisp Hearts of Romaine and Boston Lettuce, Toasted Sesame Seeds, Grated Romano Cheese, Fine Herbs Dressing

Page 2

Veal a la Oscar: Sauteed Slices of Veal topped with crabmeat and glaced with Hollandaise Sauce$20.00
ROAST YOUNG DUCKLING a la Orange, Flambe$20.00
Roast Leg of Veal Laced with a light Cream Sauce$20.00
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb with Mint Sauce$19.00
Filet Mignon en Chemise Wrapped in a Thin Pancake with Duxelle and Goose Liver Pate$17.50
Tournedos Favorite, Sauce Perigueux with Slice of Foie Gras, Bouquet of Asparagus$20.00
Baby Frog Legs, Provencale; Sauteed with Tomato and Touch of Garlic$18.00
Rainbow Trout, Regency: Broiled Rocky Mountain Trout Stuffed with Deviled Alaskan King Crabmeat$18.00
Broiled French Turbot Filet Laced with tiny shrimp$20.00
Sliced Tenderloin of Beef, Marchand de Vin, Topped with Mushrooms$20.00
Fresh Idaho Rainbow Trout Sauteed in Dill Butter$15.00
Stuffed Prawns Lorenzo: Giant Shrimp baked with au gratin of Crabmeat Florentine$20.00
Filet of Fresh Red Snapper: FLorida's Fomest, sauteed and served with special Brandy and Chablis Sauce$18.00
Fresh Lemon Sole, Adrienne, Poached in Chablis and glazed with a Noisette Sauce of Bay Shrimp and Lobster$18.00
Noisettes of Spring Lamb, Julienne of Artichokes ad Mushrooms, Sauce Madere$20.00
Emince of Beef, Old French Market Style, Prepared in a Tantalizing Red Wine Sauce$18.00

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.