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Dobbs House

Date
1955-09-21
Restaurant
Dobbs House
Physical description
29x23cm folded; 29x46cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Oyster Stew In Cream and Butter$1.25
Dobbs Style Oysters Baked in the Half Shell$1.85
Fresh Florida Pompano en Papillote$2.75
Mammy's Fried Chicken, batter fried$1.25
Fried Special Breast of Chicken, Spiced Melba Peach$1.95
Dobbs House Creamed Chicken: a diced chicken dish blended with sweet cream, rich chicken broth, butter, chopped mushrooms and seasoning$1.50
Top Sirloin Club Steak, Parsley Butter, individual hashed brown potatoes, tossed vegetable salad, hot breads$3.00
Remoulade Sauce$0.80
Dobbs Sauce$0.80
Ranch Style Barbecue Sauce$0.80
Honey French Dressing$0.75
Blue Cheese Dressing$0.80
Broiled Tenderloin Steak Wrapped in Bacon$1.60
Dobbs Special Chopped Sirloin Steak, Smothered Onions$1.75
Choice Filet Migonon Wrapped in Bacon, Parsley Butter Sauce$3.50
Choice Sirloin Strip Steak, Parsley Butter Sauce (12 ounces)$4.00
Southern Hot Chicken and Ham Sandwich on Corn Bread$1.45
Fried Calves Liver With Smothered Onions$1.75
Fried Calves Liver with Bacon$1.75
Baked Ham Steak, Our Special Gravy, Potato, Vegetable, Mixed Green Salad, Choice of Dressings, Oven Hot Rolls and Corn Sticks$1.65
Ranch Style Barbecued Chicken Marinated in Our Tasty Barbecue Sauce, Potato, Vegetable, Crisp Salad with Choice of Dressings, Oven Hot Breads$1.80
Fresh Colorado Mountain Trout, Toasted Almond Butter Sauce, Potato, Vegetable, Mixed Salad, Choice of Dressings, Oven Hot Rolls and Corn Sticks$2.50
Potato
Vegetable
Salad
Dinner Rolls
Corn Sticks
Hot Breads
Pastries
sauces in jars
Fried Calves Liver With Smothered Onions or Bacon$1.75

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Homemade Fresh Apple Pie$0.25
Homemade Fresh Apple Pie Served with Melted Cheddar Cheese$0.35
Karo Pecan Pie$0.25
Fresh Lime Pie$0.25
Chocolate Ice Box Cream Pie$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.20
Sherbet$0.20
Chocolate Sundae$0.30
Black Bottom Pie$0.30
Dobbs Special Sampler Shrimp Cocktail: three distinctive sauces (remoulade, cocktail and dobbs sauce) served over fresh louisiana shrimp$1.00
Regular Shrimp Cocktail with remoulade sauce$0.50 – $0.85
Homemade Fresh Vegetable Soup$0.20 – $0.30
Onion Soup au gratin$0.20 – $0.30
Shrimp and Vegetable Salad, Remoulade Sauce, served with saltines or hot bread$1.25
Dobbs House Steakburger: select cuts of corn fed beef, ground. Served on large toasted bun, potato chips, pickles$0.50
Fruit Cocktail$0.40
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.20
Chilled Orange Juice$0.20
Half Grapefruit$0.20
Dobbs Shrimp Bowl, Dobbs Sauce, Saltines or Hot Breads$1.25
Dobbs House Special Salad Bowl, Shredded chicken and chopped bacon covering a garden fresh combination salad, choice of dressing, granished with olives, pickles and hard boiled egg$1.25
Mixed Green Salad, Blue Cheese or Honey French Dressing$0.60
Assorted Fruit Plate, with Creamy Cottage Cheese, Frozen Fruit Sala, Homemade Mayonnaise$1.25
Cheese-in-Burger: a steakburger with melted cheese$0.55
Broiled Steakburger Plate, with Potato Salad and Pickle Chips$0.65
Dobbs House Club Sandwich (Double Deck)$1.00
Breast of Chicken Sandwich - Sliced Chicken, tomato and Lettuce$0.90
Baked Ham and Cheddar Cheese Sandwich$0.70
Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich$0.55
Coffee$0.10
Sweet Milk$0.15
Hot Chocolate$0.15
Iced tea$0.10
Iced coffee$0.10
Hot Tea (Pot)$0.15
Buttermilk$0.15
Regular Shrimp Cocktail with dobbs sauce$0.50 – $0.85
Regular Shrimp Cocktail with cocktail sauce$0.50 – $0.85
Dobbs House Steakburger: select cuts of corn fed beef, ground. Served on large toasted bun, potato chips, onions$0.50
Dobbs House Steakburger: select cuts of corn fed beef, ground. Served on large toasted bun with lettuce and tomato, potato chips, pickles$0.55
Dobbs House Steakburger: select cuts of corn fed beef, ground. Served on large toasted bun with lettuce and tomato, potato chips, onions$0.55

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