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Governors Club

Date
1962-04-11
Restaurant
Governors Club
Physical description
35.5x25cm folded; 35.5x51cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3

Dishes

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Clam cocktail$1.25
Marinated Herring$1.25
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail$1.50
Oysters on the half shell$1.50
Soup du Jour$0.35
GOVERNORS CLUB CRAB SOUP$0.75 – $1.50
V-8 Juice$0.30
Celery and Olives$0.50
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.30
Fresh Fruit Cup Supreme$0.75
Vichyssoise$0.35
Broiled Rock Fish$1.50
Backfin Crab Cakes$2.50
Chicken Chow Mein$1.50
Yankee Pot Roast with Noodles$1.75
Tomato Stuffed with Turkey Salad$1.50
Grilled Chicken Legs$1.50
Spareribs with Sauerkraut$1.75
Charcoal Broiled Hamburgers Deluxe$1.50
Beef Frankfurters with Oven Baked Beans$1.50
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Mashed potatoes
French fried potatoes
GREEN PEAS
Cauliflower in butter
Cream Spinach
Tomato Stuffed with Crab Meat$2.50
Governors Club Special$2.25
Assorted Pies$0.50
Frozen Eclair$0.50
FROZEN ICE CREAM CAKE$0.50
Assorted Ice Cream or Sherbert$0.40
Baked Apple with Cream$0.50
Crenshaw Melon$0.60
Sliced Elberta Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream$0.65
Coffee$0.25
Tea$0.25
Sanka$0.25
Milk$0.25

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Pot Coffee$0.25
Sanka$0.25
Iced Coffee or Tea$0.25
Cafe Diable$0.50
Pot Tea$0.25
Milk$0.25
Cafe Expresso$0.75
Buttermilk$0.25
SAUTE MILK FED VEAL CUTLET - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.50
Assorted Ice Cream$0.40
Assorted Sherbet$0.40
Assorted Pies$0.50
FROZEN ICE CREAM CAKE$0.50
CHERRY JUBILEE FLAMBE$1.50
Liederkranz$1.00
IMPORTED DANISH BLEU$0.60
Frozen Eclair$0.50
Parfait$0.70
Baked Apple with Cream$0.50
Fresh Fruit in Season$0.50
FLAMING PEACHES IN BRANDY$1.75
Camembert$0.60
Strawberry Sundae$0.65
Hot Fudge Sundae$0.55
Crepe Suzette$2.25
Pie a la Mode$0.75
SLICED ALBERTA PEACHES WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM$0.65
Compote of Stewed Fruit$0.50
CHARCOAL BROILED CHOPPED SIRLOIN ground from prime sirloin - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$4.00
Roquefort Dressing extra$0.50
CHARCOAL BROILED MINUTE STEAK Cooked exactly One Minute on each side - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$5.50
CHARCOAL BROILED PRIME SIRLOIN STEAK, for one - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$6.95
Double Prime Sirloin Steak, carved at your table - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$14.00
Double Prime Sirloin Steak, Bouquetiere carved at your table - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$16.00
CHARCOAL BROILED FILET MIGNON, the tender heart of prime beef - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$6.00
ROAST PRIME RIB OF BEEF, with rich natural gravy - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$5.50
CHARCOAL BROILED LAMB CHOPS, the very finest: with mint jelly, of course - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$5.00
BROILED HALF SPRING CHICKEN - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.50
BROILED FRESH MAINE LOBSTER (per lb.) - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.00
BROILED FRESH MAINE LOBSTER (per lb.) stuffed with crab meat - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$4.00
BROILED JUMBO NEW JERSEY PORK CHOPS, with chilled apple sauce - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.50
VIRGINIA HAM STEAK - HAWAIIAN STYLE - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.50
BEEF KA-BOB$6.00
LOBSTER KA-BOB$6.00
BROILED BABY CALVES LIVER - BACON STRIPS - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.50
TARTAR STEAK - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.50
CHICKEN A LA KING - ALL WHITE MEAT - CHOICE OF POTATO, FRESH VEGETABLE OR SALAD$3.00
Roquefort Dressing extra$0.50
SPECIAL CLUB SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.50
SMITHFIELD HAM SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.50
FRESH SHRIMP SALAD SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.50
SLICED CHICKEN SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.25
GRILLED CHEESE & BACON SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.00
RAW BEEF SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.25
BAKED VIRGINIA HAM & SWISS CHEESE SANDWICH GARNISHED WITH SLICED TOMATO, LETTUCE, CRISP POTATO CHIPS, ASSORTED PICKLES$1.50
ALL LUMP MEAT CRAB IMPERIAL$3.50
TANGY SHRIMP CREOLE SERVED OVER STEAMED RICE$3.50
SAUTE VIRGINIA SMITHFIELD HAM WITH BACK FIN CRAB MEAT$3.50
BROILED SOUTH AFRICAN LOBSTER TAILS (two)$3.75
JUMBO GULF SHRIMP STUFFED WITH BACK FIN CRAB MEAT$3.50
FRESH LOBSTER NEWBURG, WINE SAUCE$5.00
BROILED THICK FILET OF CHESAPEAKE BAY ROCK FISH$2.75
FROG'S LEGS, SAUTEED IN BUTTER, (garlic) WHITE WINE$3.50
Oyster cocktail$1.50
Clam cocktail$1.25
SELECT KEY SHRIMP COCKTAIL$1.50
Chopped Chicken Livers Maison$1.00
Half Grapefruit$0.50
Lobster Cocktail$2.50
NORWEGIAN MARINATED HERRING$1.25
FLORIDA FRUIT CUP SUPREME$0.75
Celery and Olives$0.50
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.30
ALL BACKFIN CRAB MEAT COCKTAIL$1.50
Chilled Melon$0.60
CHILLED MELON WITH PROSCIUTTO HAM$1.50
Soup du Jour$0.35 – $0.60
Chilled Vichyssoise$0.35
French Onion Soup au Gratin$0.50
Consomme Madrilene$0.40
GREEN TURTLE MADEIRA$0.60
GOVERNORS CLUB CRAB SOUP$0.75 – $1.50
CHICKEN SALAD, WHITE MEAT$2.50
Fresh Lobster Salad$4.50
Tuna Fish Salad$2.00
Heart of Palm$0.75
Shrimp Salad$2.75
Crab Salad$3.00
Caesar Salad$1.75
BELGIUM ENDIVES$0.60
GOVERNORS CLUB SPECIAL SALAD$2.25
Red Table Wine
White Table Wine

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