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Hotel George Washington

Date
1957-12-04
Restaurant
Hotel George Washington
Physical description
30.5x22cm folded; 30.5x44cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Chilled Tomato Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Western Sirloin Steak$5.00
Choice Western Tenderloin Steak$4.50
Fresh Ground Sirloin Steak$1.50
Roast Rib of Prime Beef, au Jus$3.00
Broiled Lamp Chops, Two$2.75
Broiled Pork Chops, Two$2.00
Grilled Ham Steak, Red Eye Gravy$2.00
SERVED WITH FRENCH FRIED OR BOILED POTATOES, CHOICE OF DINNER SALAD, HOT ROLLS, TEA OR COFFEE
Sliced Chicken Sandwich, all white meat$0.90
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato$0.70
Open Faced Fried Ham with Lettuce and Tomato$0.70
Grilled Cheese$0.65
Royal Club Sandwich, sliced breastof chicken, grilled bacon, tomato, lettuce, mayonnaise on triple toast slices$1.25
Grapefruit sections$0.25
Florida's finest freshly squeezed orange juice$0.20 – $0.35
Gulf shrimp cocktail, en supreme, our own snappy sauce$0.65
All fresh fruit cup, en supreme$0.40
Soup du Jour, cup$0.20
Soup du jour, bowl$0.35
Mammy's Chicken Dinner. Genuine Old Fashioned Skillet Fried Chicken, slow fried to a tender, sweet, deliciousness, French fried or Potatoes du jour, skillet gravy, a garden fresh vegetable, choice of today's salad, jelly, relishes and pickles, your choice$2.25
GOLDEN FRIED CHICKEN, One Half, Served with French Fried or Boiled Potatoes, Hot Rolls and Butter$1.90
Coffee$0.15
Pot for two$0.30
Tea, hot or iced$0.15
Milk$0.15
Postum$0.15
Sanka$0.15
Hot Chocolate$0.25
BROILED CHICKEN, One Half$1.90
CHICKEN LIVERS, Fried in Butter.
Stripped with Bacon$1.50
CHICKEN BREAST on Ham Supreme$1.90
SHRIMP SALAD. Tomato wedge and Sliced Egg$1.50
DELUXE FRESH VEGETABLE SALAD BOWL. Garden Vegetables, julienne of Chicken and Ham Slices. Choice of Dressing.$1.25
Served with French Fried or Boiled Potatoes.
Hot Rolls and Butter
Assorted Florida Fresh Fruits. With Choice of Sherbet or Cottage Cheese Center.$1.25
Manhattan$0.60
Old Fashioned$0.65
Whiskey Sour$0.65
Martini$0.60
Tom Collins$0.60
Gin Sour$0.60
Walker's Deluxe
Old Grandad
Old Taylor
Old Fitzgerald
Black and White
Dewars
HAIG AND HAIG PINCH
T. Walker Red
Cuban
Frozen Daiquiri
Bacardi Cocktail
Tall Cuban Libre
Planters Punch
GENUINE OLD FASHIONED SKILLET FRIED CHICKEN$2.25
THE FINEST VARIETY OF STRICTLY FRESH OCEAN FISH SEASONED WITH EXPERT CARE, FRIED OR BROILED GOLDEN BROWN, SATISFYING GENEROUS PORTION SERVED WITH TENDER FRIED POTATOES, A GARDEN FRESH VEGETABLE. CHOICE OF TODAYS SALD HOT BREAD COFFE OR TEA, HOT OR ICE$2.25

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A Millionaire Style Roast Beef Slab - It's a true Slab with Onion Rings
Roast rib of Prime Beef$3.50
Idaho Baked Potato (baked in Silver Foil with everlasting Butter
Heaping Green Salad with Roquefort Dressing
Home Made Rolls
Tea
Coffee

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AVOCADO PEAR, FILLED with FRESH FRUIT Cottage Cheese and Pecan Served with Cheese Thins$1.00
HALF AVOCADO PEAR Stuffed with Shrimp, Egg or Chicken Salad Lettuce and Tomato Salad Hot Rolls$1.50
COLD JULIENNE TURKEY With Potato Salad, Lettuce and Tomato Salad Hot Rolls$1.35
COLD BAKED SUGAR CURED HAM with Potato Salad, Deviled Egg, Crisp Head Lettuce, with French Dressing Hot Rolls$1.50
A CALORIC COUNTER PEACH SHERBERT SALAD BOWL Halves of Peaches filled with Raspberry Sherbert, Cottage Cheese and French Dressing Saltines or Ry-Krisp$0.75
FISH SANDWICH with PEACH SALAD Fried Fillet of fish on Bun with Tartar Sauce - Sliced Tomato, Peach and Cottage Cheese Salad$0.75
GEO'S SUMMER-IZED COOLERS

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ASSORTED HOME MADE PIES$0.25
LIME SHERBET$0.25
orange sherbet$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
Butter pecan ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Strawberry Parfait$0.35
Strawberry shortcake$0.35
Peach Shortcake$0.35
Chocolate Sundae$0.35
Maple Nut Sundae$0.35
Plain Jello$0.25
Fruit Jello$0.25
Snowball, Chocolate Sauce$0.35
Creme de Menthe Parfait$0.45
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.30
Fresh Opened Oysters en Stew$1.10
Fresh Florida Orange Juice$0.20
Grapefruit Juice$0.20
Chilled Cranberry Juice$0.20
Broiled Half Grapefruit$0.25
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.20
Fresh Tropical Fruit Cup$0.35
Fresh Gulf Shrimp Cocktail$0.65
Chicken gumbo soup$0.20
Jellied Madrilene$0.20
BAKED IDAHO POTATO
Mashed sweet potatoes
Buttered Lima Beans
Cream Style Corn
ROAST STUFFED YOUNG TURKEY, Cranberry Sauce$2.10
BROILED FILET OF RED SNAPPER, Lemon Butter$2.00
Dinner
Appetizers
BROILED PRIME DINNER STEAK, Fried Onion Rings$2.75
PAN FRIED CHICKEN LIVERS, Crisp Bacon$1.85
FRIED FILET OF SEA PERCH, Tartar Sauce$1.85
Choice of Potato, one Vegetable and Salad
Princess Salad
Tossed Mixed Green Salad
Roquefort Cheese Dressing 35c extra$0.35
Hot Dinner Rolls
Hot or Iced Tea
Coffee
Sanka
Milk$0.15
Poston
Desserts
$1.85 CHEF'S SPECIAL DINNER $1.85$1.85
Cup of Soup or Juice du Jour
SAUTE CALVES SWEET BREADS, Financiere
Choice of Potato and Vegetable
Tea
Rolls and butter
Jello, Whipped Cream
Coffee

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Baked Ham Sandwich$0.75
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.65
American Cheese Sandwich$0.45
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.75
Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.85
Bacon and Egg Sandwich$0.75
BACON, LETTUCE & TOMATO SANDWICH$0.75
Baked Ham and Cheese Sandwich$0.85
Fried egg sandwich$0.35
Sandwiches

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