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Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant

Date
1964-01-01
Restaurant
Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant
Physical description
35x21cm folded; 35x64cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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dry martini (you may request an anchovy olive)$0.75
Manhattan$0.75
bonded manhattan$0.85
Rob Roy$0.85
Bourbon Old Fashioned$0.75
Scotch Old Fashioned$0.85
Daiquiri$0.75
Bacardi$0.75
Whiskey Sour$0.75
bourbon whiskey - don roth's private stock - 4 years old - aged and bottled at the beam distillery, clermont, kentucky
Scotch Whiskey Bell's Well-Aged and Superbly Mellow
Gin Gordon's
Fresh Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail$1.25
fresh fruit of the season cocktail$0.75
Marinated Herring in sour cream$0.75
chilled tomato juice (large glass)$0.50
soup du jour - tureen$0.50

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Roast prime ribs of beef from the cart, roasted in a rock salt cast to preserve all the delectable natural juices, choose the cut you prefer - right from the cart...rare-medium-well...baked Idaho potato, fresh vegetable$4.25
"Diamond Jim" Brady's cut, roasted in a rock salt cast to preserve all the delectable natural juices, choose the cut you prefer - right from the cart...rare-medium-well...baked Idaho potato, fresh vegetable$5.25
sirloin steak no.1 (over one lb.)$5.50
sirloin steak double (over two lbs.)$11.00
sirloin steak no.2 (boneless, 13 oz.)$4.95
filet mignon with fresh mushroom$4.95
special prime beef butt steak$3.95
Two double chops from prime lamb, delicately crisp-seared on the outside, juicely tender within$4.25
One double chop$3.25
genuine fresh thick calves liver steak with crisp bacon or french fried onions$2.95
1/2 Spring Chicken fresh from the farm - battery raised$2.85
Two thick center cut chops from young pork$2.95
Large succulent lobster tail (one lb.) specially prepared - melted butter$3.95
fresh whitefish (10 oz.)$3.25
Creamed Fresh Spinach
Baked Idaho potato, seasoned with sour cream and chive dressing
French fried potatoes
The spinning salad bowl (served with all entrees) a delicious combination of crisp, fresh greens - thoroughly chilled, served with our own special dressing - blended with chopped egg, bleu cheese, and topped with anchovies...21 ingredients in all...mixed at your table...and seasoned just for you.
Buttered Garden Peas

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A Symphony of Flavor, Broiled chopped steak from prime beef, golden brown French fried potatoes, freshly prepared vegetable, topped with crisp french fried onions$2.85
French Fried Butterfly Shrimp on a platter, jumbo gulf shrimp, fried golden brown, served with tartare sauce, lemon slices, and french fried potatoes$2.75
blackhawk special blend coffee (as much as you like)$0.25
Tea$0.20
Milk$0.20
Postum$0.20
Sanka$0.20
creme de menthe frappe (heublein)$0.75
Brandy and Benedictine$0.85
King Alphonse$0.85
Cointreau$0.75
Stinger$0.85
creme de cocoa (heublein)$0.75
Drambuie$0.85
Grand Marnier$0.85
kahlua (coffee liqueur)$0.85
Cherry Heering$0.85
Green Chartreuse$0.95
Galliano$0.95
Strega$0.95
Yellow Chartreuse$0.95

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