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Tip Toe Inn

Date
1954-12-09
Restaurant
Tip Toe Inn
Physical description
31.5x21.5cm folded; 31.5x43cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Fried Selected Box Oysters on Toast, Tartar Sauce$1.60
Fried scallops with tartar sauce$1.60
Crab Meat and Mushrooms au Gratin$1.60
Fried Filet of Sole with Tartar Sauce and Spinach$1.50
Broiled Long Island Flounder with Parsley Butter, Vegetable and Potato$1.50
Shrimps a la Newburg en Casserole$2.00
Whole Broiled Live Lobster with Drawn Butter, French Fried Potatoes$2.25
CHEF'S SPECIAL NEPTUNE COCKTAIL: Blue Point Oysters, Cherystone Clams, Florida Shrimps, De Luxe Crab Meat)$1.00
Oyster Stew$1.00
OYSTER STEW IIN CREAM$1.25
FRIED SPRING CHICKEN MARYLAND (Half Chicken) with Supreme Sauce, Corn Fritter, Broccoli, Bacon$2.35
Home Made Pies in Season$0.30
Home Made Pies in Season a la Mode$0.40
French Pastry$0.25
Danish Pastry$0.25
Tip Toe Inn Cheese Cake$0.30
Nut Strudel$0.20
Cherry Cheese Cake$0.30
French Toast$0.65
Southern Waffle$0.45
Wheat Cakes$0.35
Cheese Omelette$0.75
Cinnamon Toast and Marmalade$0.30
Potato Pancakes with Apple Sauce$0.75
Cheese Blintzes Tip Toe Inn, with Sour Cream$0.70
Spanish omelette$0.75
Mushroom Omelette$0.75
Ice Cream with Fudge Sauce
Hot Mince Pie with Fruit Sauce
Pumpkin Pie
chocolate cream pie
Baked Apple with Cream, extra charge$0.15
Chees Coffee Cake
Apple Pie
Fruit Jello
Chocolate rum cake
Cherry Cheese Cake
Pineapple Cheese Cake
rice pudding
Tip Toe Inn Coffee Cake
Victory layer cake
Apple Crumb Cake
Lemon Chiffon Pie
STRAWBERRY CHEESE PIE
Banana Cream Pie
Sacher Layer Cake
Chocolate Pudding and Whipped Cream
Fruit Compote
Cheese Cake
Rum Babka
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
Coffee Ice Cream
Rum Raisin Ice Cream
LOBSTER PLATTER: Half Maine Lobster, Mayonnaise, Florida Shrimps, De Luxe Crabmeat, Lettuce, Potato Salad, Tomato$2.85
LUSCIOUS CHICKEN A LA KING OMELETTE with Garden Green Peas and Candied Sweets$1.75
Whole Cold Boiled Maine Lobster, Nicely Garnished$2.25
Tomato Stuffed with Crab Meat$1.75
Tomato Stuffed with Shrimp$1.75
Tomato Stuffed with Chicken$1.75
Fresh Lobster Salad$2.50
Shrimp Salad$1.75
Crab Meat salad$1.75
Toasted American Cheese Sandwich$0.55
Cream Cheese and Jelly Sandwich$0.50
Fresh California Red Snapper Off The Grill Hoteliere
Schnitzel a la Holstein$2.00
Anchovy Garni
French fried potatoes
Garden Peas
Pot of Tea$0.10
Broiled Chopped Sirloin Steak with Fried Onions, Vegetable and French Fried Potatoes$1.60
Broiled Half Spring Chicken with Vegetable and Potatoes$1.85
Fried Chicken Livers with Fried Onions, Vegetable and Potatoes$1.75
CHICKEN AND SOUP IN POT with Vegetables and Matzoh Ball$2.00
Blue Point Oysters$0.55
Cherrystone Clams$0.55
Shrimp Cocktail$0.85
crab meat cocktail$0.75
COMBINATION FRY: Sea Scallops and Selected Box Oysters on Toast, Sauce Tartare, Fancy Cauliflower, Rissole Potatoes$2.10
BROILED FRESH FILET OF BOSTON SOLE with Parsley Butter, Carrots and Peas, Home Fried Potatoes$2.00
CAPON A LA KING IN BUTTERCRUST PATTY SHELL with Garden Green Peas and Candied Sweet Potato$2.25
FANCY PRIME CORNED BRISKET OF BEEF, New Cabbage, Boiled Potato, Pickled Hot Beets$2.40
TOMATO SUPRISE WITH CHICKEN SALAD A LA CHEF DE CUISINE$2.25
TOMATO SUPRISE WITH SHRIMP SALAD A LA CHEF DE CUISINE$2.25
TOMATO SUPRISE WITH CRABMEAT SALAD A LA CHEF DE CUISINE
ROAST BREAST OF MILK FED VEAL with Brown Gravy, Creamed Spinach Florentine and Whipped Potatoes$2.25
ROAST MARYLAND TURKEY LEG with Mushroom Sauce, Creamed Spinach Florentine, Candied Yams, Cranberry Sauce$2.25
BRAISED OX JOINTS RAGOUT BOURGEOISE EN CASSEROLE$2.25
TIP TOE INN SPECIAL SPAGHETTI WITH CHICKEN LIVERS, Garden Peas and Grated Parmesan Cheese$1.75
LAMB CHOPS BAVARIAN (2 Chops) on Mount of Whipped Potatoes, Fried Onions, Garden Peas$2.85
YOUR CHOICE: ROAST BLUE RIBBON PRIME RIBS OF BEEF, Pan Gravy, Baked Idaho Potato, Green Beans$2.90
SLICED BEEF TONGUE AND EGGS PANCAKE STYLE, Fried in Buter, Garden Peas and Candied Sweets$1.75
CHICKEN CHOW MEIN with Strips of Chicken, Fried Crispy Noodles and Carolina Rice$1.85
BROILED FRESH FANCY MUSHROOMS ON TOAST with Broiled Bacon, String Beans and Candied Sweet Potato$1.75
STEAMED SPECIAL MADE KNOCKWURST with Sauerkraut and Boiled Potato$2.85
TURKEY LIVERS AND FRESH MUSHROOMS SAUTE FINANCIERE EN CASSEROLE, Green Peas and Candied Sweets$2.35
COMBINATION COLD CUTS, Nicely Garnished, and Served a la Tip Toe Inn$2.50
COLD LARGE SECOND JOINT OF VERMONT TURKEY on Lettuce, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw and Sliced Cucumber$2.35
Fresh Green peas$0.25
New Carrots and Peas$0.25
New Creamed Spinach$0.15
Blue Point Oyster Cocktail
Cherrystone Clam Cocktail
Broiled Mushrooms on Toast with Vegetable and French Fried Potatoes$1.15
Fresh Vegetable Dinner$1.00
Fresh Vegetable Dinner with Poached Egg$1.10
Tip Toe Inn Chicken Chow Mein with Rice$1.35
Chicken a la King en Casserole$1.75
Coffee$0.15
Milk$0.15
SANKA COFFEE$0.15
Iced coffee$0.20
Iced tea$0.15
Fruit Cocktail$0.30
Ice cream$0.25
Camembert$0.40
Roquefort$0.60
Long Island rarebit$1.00
Welsh rarebit$1.00
Swiss cheese$0.40
Liederkranz$0.35
Toasted Crackers Served with Cheese
Stewed prunes$0.25
Baked Apple with Cream$0.30
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Tip Toe Fruit Compote$0.40
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.25
New Cauliflower$0.25
String Beans$0.25
Fried Onions, Garni$0.25
Broccoli$0.50
O'Brien Potatoes$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.20
Julienne$0.25
Baked Potato$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.15
BUTTERED BEETS$0.25
PUREE OF GREEN PEA SOUP, SOUFFLE CROUTONS$0.25
TIP TOE INN CHICKEN CONSOMME, Egg Barley$0.25
TIP TOE INN CHICKEN CONSOMME, Egg Barley with Matzoh Ball$0.35
Onion Soup$0.35
Tunafish Salad Sandwich$0.65
Egg Salad Sandwich$0.65
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.80
Ham and Turkey Sandwich$1.20
Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich$0.70
Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.75
Baked Virginia Ham sandwich$0.70
Ham and Cheese Combination Sandwich$0.90
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.75
Salami sandwich$0.55
Bologna Sandwich$0.55
Turkey Sandwich, Russian Dressing$0.90
Toasted American Cheese Sandwich with Fruit Salad$0.70
Toasted American Cheese Sandwich with Bacon$0.90
Imported Swiss Cheese Sandwich$0.55
Two Eggs, any style$0.50
Bacon and eggs$1.00
STURGEON AND EGGS$1.25
Steamed Special Frankfurters with Baked Beans$1.00
Chopped Beef Steak with Fried Onions and Vegetable$1.60
Schnitzel a la Holstein$2.00
Nova Scotia Salmon sandwich$0.75
Nova Scotia Salmon Sandwich with Cream Cheese$0.95
Nova Scotia Salmon Sandwich with Sturgeon$1.50
Tenderloin Steak Sandwich$2.10
Virginia Ham Steak Glace$2.00
Straight Bone Sirloin Steak$3.50
Hip steak$2.50
Spring lamb Chops$1.50 – $2.35
Knockwurst and Sauerkraut$1.35
(Bread and Butter 10c Extra)
Bismarch Herring$0.30
Filet of Maatjes Herring$0.45
Chopped Herring$0.35
Chopped Chicken Livers$0.50
Smoken Salmon with Onions$0.50
Nova Scotia Salmon with Sliced Tomato$0.85
Pickled herring$0.45
Sturgeon$1.25
Table Celery$0.25
Genuine Lake Sturgeon and Nova Scotia Salmon on Lettuce, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Slice Tomato$2.50
Luscious Chicken a la King Omelette with Graden Green Peas and Candied Sweet Potato$1.75
Lobster Platter: consisting of Half Maine Lobster, Mayonnaise, Florida Shrimps, De Luxe Crabmeet, Lettuce, Potato Salad, Tomato$2.85
BROILED FRESH FANCY MUSHROOMS ON TOAST with Broiled Bacon, String Beans and Candied Sweet Potato$1.75
Capon a la King in Buttercrust Patty Shell with Graden Green Peas and Candied Sweet Potato$2.25
Always in Season: Combination Cold Cuts, Nicely Garnished, and served a la Tip Toe Inn$2.50
Heineken's Pilsner (Bottle)$0.50
Coffee Tea or Milk$0.25
PUREE OF GREEN PEA SOUP, SOUFFLE CROUTONS
Tip Toe Inn Chicken Consomme Egg Barley (with Matzo Ball 10 cents extra)
Pineapple Juice
V-8 Vegetable Juice
Tomato Juice Cocktail
Fruit Cup
Bismark Herring
Prune Juice
Cranberry-Aple Juice
Maatjes Herring
Pickled herring
Chopped Chicken Livers
Smoked Whitefish with Lettuce, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Sliced Tomato$1.85
Sandwiches on Rolls or Baglels (10 cents extra)
Strawberries and Sour Cream$1.00
Brisket of Corned Bee$1.75
Assorted Cold Cuts$2.00
Pot Cheese with Sour Cream
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.90
Sliced Tomatoes
Genuine Lake Sturgeon, Sliced Onions and Tomato$2.00
Chef's Special Neptune Cocktail (Blue Point Oysters, Cherrystone Clams, Florida Shrimps, De Luxe Crab Meat)$1.00

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Champagne Cocktail$0.80
Bacardi Cocktail$0.55
Dubonnet$0.55
Coffee cocktail$0.60
Rum Collins$0.65
Cubra Libre$0.60
Cuba Libre (Jamaica)$0.70
Bacardi Collins$0.75
Hunter Blended Rye$0.60
Philadelphia Blended Rye$0.55
Ballantine Scotch$0.70
William Penn Blended Rye$0.55
Gibson$0.65
Bronx$0.55
Stinger$0.70
Daiquiri$0.55
CORONATION$0.55
Martini$0.55
Manhattan$0.55
Jack Rose$0.55
ALEXANDER No. 1$0.60
ALEXANDER No. 2$0.70
Rob Roy$0.85
Clover Club$0.60
Old Fashion$0.55
Side Car$0.60
Pink Lary$0.65
Perfect$0.55
Sherry Flip$0.55
Whiskey Sour$0.75
Scotch sour$0.85
Tom Collins$0.65
Ward "8"$0.65
Gin Rickey$0.50
Gin Fizz$0.60
Planter's Punch$0.80
Claret Punch$0.50
Claret Lemonade$0.50
Whiskey Milk Punch$0.70
Brandy Milk Punch$0.85
Sherry Egg Nog$0.60
Piel's (Glass)$0.15
Ruppert's (Glass)$0.15
Schlitz (Bottle)$0.35
Budweiser (bottle)$0.35
Trommer's (Bottle)$0.35
Pabst (Bottle)$0.35
Prior (Bottle)$0.35
Miller's Hi-Life (Bottle)$0.35
Ballantine's Ale (Bottle)$0.35
Carling's Ale (Bottle)$0.35
Ginger Ale (Split)$0.15
Ginger Ale (Pint)$0.25
Coca Cola or Pepsi Cola$0.15
Club Soda$0.15
Saratoga Vichy$0.25
Harvey's Bristol$0.90
Harvey's Bristol Dry$0.80
Sandemans Ruby Port$0.55
Sandemans Sherry$0.45
Duff Gordon Sherry$0.40
Dubonnet$0.45
Sherry$0.25 – $2.50
PORT$0.30 – $2.50
Claret$0.25 – $2.50
Muscatel$0.25 – $2.50
Tokay$0.25 – $2.50
Riesling$0.25 – $2.50
Sauterne$0.25 – $2.50
BURGUNDY$0.25 – $2.50
Apple Brandy$0.45
Courvoisier V S O P$0.65 – $0.90
Hennessy$0.65 – $0.90
Martell$0.65 – $0.90
Metaxa$0.65 – $0.90
Napoleon$0.65 – $0.90
Apricot$0.45 – $0.60
Creme de Menthe$0.45 – $0.60
Creme de Cacao$0.45 – $0.60
Blackberry$0.45 – $0.60
Kummel$0.45 – $0.60
Anisette$0.45 – $0.60
Benedictine D.O.M.$0.65 – $0.90
Cointreau$0.65 – $0.90
Grand Marnier$0.65 – $0.90
PERNOD$0.45 – $0.60
Vodka$0.45 – $0.60
Drambuie$0.65 – $0.90
J & B SCOTCH$0.70
House of Lords Scotch$0.70
White Horse Scotch$0.70
Grand McNish Scotch$0.70
Peter Dawson Scotch$0.70
John Jameson, Irish$0.70
Chivas Regol$0.85
Cutty Sark$0.70
Highland Queen Scotch$0.70
King's Ransom Scotch$0.80
Ambassador Scotch (12 years old)$0.85
Ballantine Scotch (17 years old)$1.00
Ballantine Scotch (28 years)$1.40
Bell's Special Scotch$0.70
Bell's Scotch (12 years)$0.85
Bell's Scotch (20 years)$1.00
Haig & Haig 5 Star Scotch$0.70
Teacher's Highland Cream Scotch$0.70
Martin's V.V.O. Scotch$0.70
King George V Scotch$0.70
Martin's Scotch (12 years)$0.80
Johnnie Walker, Red Label Scotch$0.70
Johnnie Walker, Black Label Scotch$0.80
Dewar's White Label Scotch$0.70
Kinsey Blended Rye$0.55
Paul Jones Blended Rye$0.55
Lord Calvert Blended Rye$0.65
Calvert's Reserve Blended Rye$0.60
Carstair's Blended Rye$0.55
Golden Wedding Blended Rye$0.55
Imperial Blended Rye$0.55
Park & Tilford Private Stock Blended Rye$0.65
Park & Tilford Reserve Blended Rye$0.55
Gallagher & Burton Blended Rye$0.55
Schenley Reserve Blended Rye$0.60
Seagram's 7 Crown Blended Rye$0.60
Four Roses Blended Rye$0.60
Rock & Rye$0.70
Seagram's V.O.$0.70
Old Taylor$0.70
Old Forester$0.70
Southern Comfort$0.65
Kentucky Tavern$0.70
Old Crow Bourbon$0.70
Harwood$0.65
Charter$0.70
Harper$0.70
Old Overholt$0.70
Old Grand-Dad$0.70
Canadian Club$0.70
Old Crow Rye$0.70

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