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The Great Caruso

Date
1978-12-26
Restaurant
The Great Caruso
Physical description
31x25.5cm folded; 31x67cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Avocado St. Tropez ripened avocado filled with fresh crabmeat diplomate annointed with an aromatic lime sauce$4.25
Hearts of Artichoke Argentina artichoke hearts in egg batter fried crisply and crowned with sauce hollandaise$3.25
Shrimp Scampi Oreganato fresh jumbo shrimp sauteed in a finely spiced Sicilian-style herb sauce$4.50
Giant Shrimp Cocktail Louisiana iced Gulf shrimp with Cajun red sauce$3.75
Escargots Provencale escargots simmered in white wine and seasonings and baked in hot garlic butter$4.25
Authentic Iranian Beluga Caviar the world's finest black caviar presented in ice garni and a sampling of chilled 100° Russian vodka$18.50

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Baked Spinach à la Crème$2.00
Fresh Fried Zucchini with Hollandaise$2.25
Baked French Onion Soup aux Fromage$2.75
Salad Caesarine$2.50
Salade de Gourmet -- a bouquet of hearts of palm, gourmet-sized mushrooms, beefsteak tomato, watercress and delicate chef's dressing$3.75

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Baked Chicken Caruso half of a succulent farm chicken baked with a delicious Italian herb sauce$8.75
Veal Valdostana select milk-fed white veal cutlet, breaded lightly and sauteed with imported ham, mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce$11.50
Veal Palermo continental milk-fed white veal sauteed in egg batter and finished with an aromatic lemon-butter sauce$10.75
Scampi Oreganato giant Gulf shrimp sauteed with fresh garlic and white wine in a finely spiced Sicilian-style herb sauce$10.50
Dover Sole Meuniere filets of Dover sole dipped in egg batter, panfried and finished with a fine lemon-butter sauce$10.50
Southern Batter-Fried Jumbo Shrimp large count, morning fresh Gulf shrimp fried in a beer-herb batter recipe stolen from Fat Ernie's$9.50
Fresh Fish du Jour freshly-caught fish of the day prepared at the whim of our chef
Le Grand Duck crisp oven-baked duck at its plumpest, encloaked with a stunning warm bing cherry sauce$10.75
DeLuxe Prime Ribs of Beef a splendid section of quality, aged, special cut -- actual prime -- rib of beef, laden with a fine hot natural jus and our famous creamed horseradish sauce$12.75
Steak Sinatra a hefty prime aged sirloin strip smothered in a piping hot bordelaise and mushroom sauce$13.50
Tournedos Pagliacci two prime quality centercut tenderloins -- one topped with bearnaise sauce, the other with bordelaise sauce$13.75
Prime Grade New York Sirloin Strip nearly one pound of the best, prime, aged sirloin strip available serves with natural jus$13.25
Prime Ribeye Cafe de Paris a large prime quality steak broiled with a pat of herb-seasoned butter and jus$12.50
Prime Filet Mignon au Jus$11.50
Tuborg, the bottle$1.75
Bottled Heineken's$2.00
Imported house wine, a large glass$2.00
Orange Pekoe hot Tea, per pot$1.25
Cafe Viennese$1.50
Soft Drinks$1.00
salade de maison
Potatoes Du Jour
pasta with Italian sauce and freshly grated cheese
Guiness' Stout$2.00
Bottled Perrier$1.25
cold tea$1.00
American hot coffee, per cup$1.00

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Vouvray, Estate, Loire, half dry$12.50
Meursault Burgundy, dry$16.50
Puligny Montrachet Burgundy, dry$19.50
Entre Deux Mers, Chateau de Costis Bordeaux, dry$10.50
Corton Charlemagne Burgundy, very dry$28.50
Dr. Lueger 'Original' Gumpoldskirchner Austria, dry$11.50
Blanc de Blancs, Cordonniu Spain, sparkling, dry$15.50
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Estate Rhone, dry$17.50
Le Chambertin Burgundy, full, dry$32.00
St. Emilion, Chateau de Lescours Bordeaux, dry$15.50
Bardolino, Bertani Verona, mellow, dry$9.50
St. Julien, Chateau Talbot Bordeaux, smooth, dry$26.50
Chateau LaFite Rothschild Premier grand cru Carruades, Pauillac, dry$37.50
Rose d' Anjou France, demi-sec$9.50
Korbel California, brut$16.50
Mumm's France, brut$26.50
Dom Perignon France, brut$58.00
Chablis half-dry$2.00
Burgundy dry, full body$2.00
Rose demi-sec$2.00

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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