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Persian Room

Restaurant
Persian Room
Place
Persian Room
Venue
RESTAURANT
Event
dinner
Physical description
folder; 8.25 x 11.25 inches; metal fastners (bottom, recto, verso)
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Cape Cod Oysters$1.60
Cherrystone Clams$1.15
crab meat cocktail$2.70
Tomato Juice$0.75
Shrimp Cocktail$2.20
Fresh Fruit Supreme$1.45
Blue Point Oysters$1.35
Little Neck clams$1.10
Lobster Cocktail$3.85
Crab Meat Remick$3.90
Caviar$6.35
Nova Scotia smoked salmon$2.45
Herring with Sour Cream$1.45
Imported Filet of Tunafish$2.70
Mixed Olives$0.80
Canape of Anchovies$1.70
Smoke Sturgeon$3.15
Salami$1.75
Pate de Foie gras de Strasbourg$4.85
imported sardines$2.20
Celery$0.85
Prosciutto Ham$3.10
Hearts of Artichoke, Vinaigrette$1.60
Chicken or Beef Consomme$0.90
Cream of tomato$1.00
Cold Vichyssoise$0.90
Strained gumbo$1.00
CLAM BROTH$0.90
Onion Soup au gratin$1.00
Borscht a la Russe$1.30
St. Germain$1.00
Omelete Forestiere$1.90
Broiled Whole Lobster$7.00
L.I. Duckling (for 2)$8.45
Brook Trout Meuniere$4.10
English Sole Amandine$4.30
Lobster Newburg$5.70
Spaghetti Bolognese or Caruso$2.35
Filet mignon aux champignons$7.35
Chicken a la King$3.85
Poussin Diable$4.10
Scrambled Eggs wtih Bacon or Sausage$1.90
L.I. Scallops, Nicoise$5.35
Crab meat Dewey$4.75
Curry of Shrimps a l'Indienne$3.85
Loin Lamb Chop, Mixed Grill$4.20
Cornish Game Hen, Veronique$5.20
Creamed Chicken Hash$2.95
Royal Squab Vert Pre$4.85
Scotch Woodcock$2.00
L.I. Welsh Rarebit$2.20
Welsh rarebit$2.10
Golden buck$2.20
Yorkshire Buck$2.30
Service Charge$0.50

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Crab Ravigotte$4.10
Smoked Beef Tongue$2.85
Virginia Ham$3.95
Assorted Cold Cuts$3.50
Steak Tartar Plaza$4.60
Prime rib of beef$4.90
Lobster Mayonnaise (half)$4.35
Sliced Roast Turkey$3.75
Imported Danish Ham$3.95
Roast Chicken (half)$3.25
Hamburger$2.25
Combination Sandwich$2.15
Roast Beef Sandwich$2.85
Tongue Sandwich$1.15
Turkey Sandwich$1.70
Steak sandwich$5.20
Club sandwich$2.25
Chicken Sandwich$1.70
Ham and Egg Sandwich$1.45
Sardine Sandwich$2.15
Tartar sandwich$3.85
Swiss cheese sandwich$1.15
Ham Sandwich$1.15
Western Sandwich$1.35
Tunafish sandwich$1.15
Romaine$1.10
Vegetable Salad$1.75
Shrimp Salad$3.80
Belgian Endive salad$1.45
Lettuce and Tomato$1.15
Chicken salad$3.70
Mixed Green Salad$1.10
Crab Meat salad$4.60
Lobster salad$5.85
Alligator Pear and Grapefruit salad$1.35
Imported White Asparagus Vinaigrette$3.10
Cheddar$1.00
Camembert$1.00
Blue Cheese$1.00
Bel Paese Cheese$1.10
Swiss cheese$1.05
Swiss Gruyere cheese$1.00
Port du Salut cheese$1.00
Cream Cheese$1.05
Frozen Cake, Plaza$1.75
Frozen Filled Orange a la Hilton$1.50
Coupe Mimosa$1.15
Parfait$1.15
Cherries Jubilee Flambee$2.45
Peach Melba$1.35
Profiteroles, Chantilly$1.15
Imported Marrons Flambee au Kirsch$2.35
French Pastry$0.60
Petits fours$0.80
Neapolitan Delight, Sabayon Sauce$1.85
Ice cream$1.00
Sherbet$0.95
Omelette Norvegienne with Cherries Jubilee$3.10
Vanilla Souffle, Apricot Sauce$2.35
Pear Cardinal$1.35
Compote of fruits$1.15
Texas Figs a la Fine Champagne$2.35
Coffee$0.65
Demi Tasse$0.55
Infusion de Menthe$0.65
Tea$0.60
cafe filtre$0.75
Argentine Mate$0.65
Cafe Diable$1.75
Cafe Turque$1.40
Milk, Half Pint$0.40
DESERTS

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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