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The Butler's Canvasback Inn

Date
1955-11-02
Restaurant
The Butler's Canvasback Inn
Physical description
32x24cm folded; 32x48cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Lobster Cocktail$1.25
Back Fin Crab Cocktail$0.90
Shrimp Cocktail$0.90
Cherrystone Clams$0.60
Back Fin Crab Salad$1.65
Lobster salad$2.00
Jumbo Soft Shell Crab Sandwich$1.00
Shrimp Salad$1.50
Chicken salad$1.50
Tuna Fish Salad$1.50
Fruit salad$1.25
Tossed Green salad$0.75
cole slaw$0.35
Green Vegetables$0.30
Club Steak Platter$2.40
Fruit Cocktail$0.50
Jellied Consomme$0.40
Soup du Jour$0.25
Fruit juice$0.20
Hamburger de Luxe$0.75
Junior Club Sandwich$1.00
Large Club Sandwich$1.25
Hot Turkey Sandwich$1.25
Fruit juice, toast and butter, preserves, coffee, tea, milk$0.60
Hot cakes, country sausage or bacon, coffee, tea, milk$1.00
Corned beef hash, poached egg, toast and butter, coffee, tea, milk$1.15
Fruit juice, cereal and cream, ham or bacon, fresh country eggs, toast and butter, preserves, coffee, tea, milk$1.50
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.75
TUNA FISH SALAD SANDWICH$0.75
Roast Turkey sandwich$0.90
Bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich$0.75
GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH$0.75
French fried potatoes$0.30
Vegetable Plate$0.75
Ham or Bacon, Eggs$1.00
Welsh rarebit$1.75
Home-Made Pie$0.30
Pie a la Mode$0.45
Ice Creams$0.25
Cheese and Crackers$0.35
Coffee (per pot)$0.25
Milk Shake$0.35
Tea (per pot)$0.00
Tea (per pot)$0.20
Milk$0.20
Toast or rolls and butter$0.15
Toast or Rolls and Butter, with Preserves$0.25

Page 3

Imperial Crab, Canvasback$2.25
Jumbo Soft Shell Crabs, Chesapeake$2.50
Lobster Newberg$3.00
Our Famous Bacardi Cocktail (Made with Cuban Bacardi Rum)$0.75
Broiled Fresh Rock Fish, Lemon Butter, Cole Slaw, Vegetables, Rolls, Coffee$2.00
Broiled Fillet of Flounder Lemon Butter$1.90
Champagne Cocktail (For 2)$2.50
Wines by the Glass or Bottle
Roast Long Island Duckling, Apple Sauce$2.50
Roast Vermont Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$2.75
Half Fried Chicken, Maryland$2.50
Potatoes
Broiled Lamb Chops$3.75
Broiled Choice Club Steak$2.90
Broiled Choice Filet Mignon$4.25
BROILED CHOICE SIRLOIN STEAK$4.75
Green Vegetables
Salad
Rolls and butter
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Martini$0.65
Manhattan$0.65
Benedictine$0.75
Old Fashioned$0.75
Whiskey Sour$0.65
Creme de Menthe Frappe$0.65
Stinger$0.95

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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