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Cesapeake Restaurant

Chesapeake Restaurant

Date
1955-12-01
Restaurant
Cesapeake Restaurant
Physical description
47x31.5cm folded; 47x63cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Mumm's Champagne Cocktail (for two)$2.00
Mumm's Champagne$3.25 – $5.95
Cresta Blanca Champagne$2.50 – $4.95
Very Dry In-and-Out Martini$0.85
Oysters on Half Shell (6)$0.90
Oysters Half and Half Stew$1.50
Fried Oysters (6) Cole Slaw, Sour Pickle Slice$1.75
Chef's Mixed Green Salad$0.40
Hollywood Salad$0.50
Caesar Salad$0.85
Steamed Oysters, with Hot Butter, 4 qt. kettle$2.50
Oysters au gratin$2.50
Butter Panned Oysters$2.50
Oysters Newberg$2.50
Hot Buttered Lobster Lumps$3.25
Jumbo Live-Broiled Lobster (2-3 1/2 lbs.)$2.25
Baked Stuffed Chicken Lobster, with Crab Meat$3.50
Lobster Imperial, Deep Dish$2.50
Lobster Thermidor$3.75
Lobster Newberg$2.50
Lobster Gratin$2.50
Filet of Chesapeake Bay Flounder$1.75
BREADED DEEP SEA SCALLOPS$1.75
Breaded Fresh Jumbo Shrimp$1.75
Combination Platter No. 3 - Fried Chesapeake Oyster, Breaded Deep Sea Scallops, French Fried Shrimp, Filet of Bay Sole$1.75
Combination Platter No. 5 - Half Broiled Lobster, Fried Chesapeake Oyster, Breaded Scallops, Fried Jumbo Shrimp$3.25

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Famous French Onion Soup$0.50
Marinerete Herring, Cream Sauce$0.50
French Fried Onions - A crisp Chesapeake specialty you MUS try. Plenty for two$0.75
Steak-sliced Tomatoes$0.50
Steak-sliced Tomatoes with Bermuda Onion$0.75
Garlic Toast - Specially baked sour rye, sliced wafer-thin; toasted and basted with Chesapeake's own inimitable garlic sauce. Basket$0.35
Garden Vegetables, Butter Sauce$0.25
Fresh Crab Lump Cocktail$1.25
Blue Ribbon Sirloin (22 oz.) for one$6.25
Baked Whole Chicken Lobster, Stuffed with Deliciously Seasoned Crab Lumps, French Fried Potatoes$3.50
Double Blue Ribbon Sirloin - for two$12.50
Chauvenet Red Cap, 1/5$8.95
Broiled Stuffed Flounder Stuffed with Crab Meat, Cole Slaw, Lemon Butter$2.25
Jumbo Imperial Crab, Cole Slaw, French Fried Potatoes$2.25
Prime Sirloin Steer Steak (14 oz.)$4.95
Chicken Chesapeake In Casserole - Generous slices of white breast meat, layered with tender green broccoli and topped with a delicious Mornay Sauce, then baked in casserole.$2.50
Steamed Shrimp, in shell (cold)$0.85
Fresh Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail$1.25
Oysters on Half-Shell (6)$0.90
clams on half-shell$0.75
Steamed Clams, Butter, Broth$1.75
Clam Chowder, Chesapeake$0.30
TWO CHICKEN LOBSTERS with Melted Butter and French Fried Potatoes$4.25
PRIME SIRLOIN STEER STEAK (14 oz.), Planked with Garden Vegetables$5.70
B&G Pommard (Burgundy)$2.95 – $5.75
DOUBLE SIRLOIN STEER STEAK - For Two$9.25
DOUBLE SIRLOIN STEER STEAK - For Two, Planked with Garden Vegetables$10.00
PRIME TENDERLOIN STEAK (14 oz.)$4.95
PRIME TENDERLOIN STEAK (14 oz.), Planked with Garden Vegetables$5.70
B&G Macon (Burgundy)$2.00 – $3.50
Fresh Fruit Cocktail$0.50
Hearts of Celery, per person$0.50
Jumbo Green, or Ripe, Olives$0.50
CHOPPED BEEFSTEAK...Smothered Onions - A deliciously seasoned chopped steak made from the same prime beef as our famous steaks - no ordinary hamburg this!$2.25
Filets of Portuguese Anchovies$1.00
Hot Fresh Clam Broth$0.40 – $0.50
CHOPPED BEEFSTEAK...Smothered Onions, Planked with Garden Vegetables$2.95
Famous French Onion Soup$0.50
Almaden Cabernet (Dry Red)$1.25 – $2.25
PLANKED STEAK "A Meal On A Board" - A generous cut (14oz.) of aged Prime Tenderloin, charcoal broiled, then beautifully garnished with selected vegetables and bordered with fluffy whipped potatoes$5.75
CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN, Baked In Individual Casserole$0.50
Lancer's Crackling Rose$2.75 – $4.95
CALIFORNIA BROCOCLI, With Cheese Sauce$0.40
JUMBO RIB OF ROAST BEEF - This is that famous "Diamond Jim Brady" super-colossal cut of beef (rib and all!) orginated in Baltimore many years ago by the Chesapeake$4.75
B&G Macon$2.00 – $3.50
PRIME RIBS OF BEEF, Regular Cut - Generous, he-man portion of the same prime, luscious beef as above$3.95
HAM STEAK, Extra Thick Cut$2.50
DOUBLE-RIB LAMB CHOPS (2)$3.75
B&G Medoc (Claret)$1.50 – $2.75
FRIED MARYLAND CHICKEN, Disjointed - Tender springers fresh from Maryland's Eastern Sho', disjointed in easy-to-eat hand-sized pieces. Slowly sizzled in an old-fashioned pan, farm style, 'til crisp, golden-brown outside and juice tender inside.$1.75
B&G Graves$1.75 – $2.95
B&G Sauterne$2.25 – $3.95
ON REQUEST - Sour Cream and Chives Served With Your Baked Potato
Home fried potatoes$0.50
Hash Browned Potatoes$0.50
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.50
Whipped Potatoes$0.25
Baked Potatoes$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.25
FRESH MUSHROOMS, on Toast$1.00
Fresh Mushrooms, on Toast - Side Order$0.50
VODKA MARTINI - The new cocktail that is the "rage" in Hollywood and on New York's Park Avenue. Made with Smirnoff Vodka.$0.75
Broiled South African Lobster - Tender, luscious, white meat, ready to eat - no claws to pick, no shells to wrestle. (Exclusive with the Chesapeake. Do not confuse with ordinary Cuban or North African Tails!) With Melted Butter, French Fries$2.75
Sauteed Calf Liver, Smothered Onions, Whipped Potatoes, Vegetable$2.25
Almaden Grenache Rose - SERVED CHILLED$1.25 – $2.25
Fresh vegetable soup$0.30
Chilled Juices$0.25
Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp, Cole Slaw, French Fried Potatoes, Lettuce, Tartar Sauce$2.50
Cresta Blanca urgandy$1.25 – $2.25
B&G Graves Sauternes$2.00 – $3.50
B&G Margaux$2.75
B&G Macon$2.00 – $3.50
B&G Medoc$1.50 – $2.75
B&G Beaujolais$2.00 – $3.75
B&G Pommard$2.95 – $5.75
Brolio Chianti$1.75 – $2.95
B&G Chateau Yquem$8.95
B&G Graves$1.75 – $2.95
B&G Sauternes$2.25 – $3.95
Kayser Piersporter Riesling$2.00 – $3.95
Kayser Liebfraumilch$2.00 – $3.95
Sichel Blue Nun Liebfraumilch$5.25
G.W. Sparkling Burgandy$2.50 – $4.95
Great Western Champagne$2.50 – $4.95
Chauvenet Red Cap$4.75 – $8.95
Lancer's Crackling Rose$2.75 – $4.95
Lanson Champagne$12.00
Mumm's Champagne$3.25 – $5.95

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Cherries Jubilee - Huge Black Bing Cherries, plumped to bursting from having soaked up all the Kirsch (Cherry Brandy) they can hold - then flamed with brandy and spooned, still flaming, over French Vanilla Ice Cream$1.25
PEACH JUBILEE, as above, with luscious Peach Halves$1.25
Coconut Snowball - French Vanilla Ice Cream, rolled in Hot Chocolate Fudge and covered with fresh-grated Coconut. Topped with Whipped Cream$0.60
Peach Melba - French Vanilla Ice Cream garnished with Jumbo Peach Half, topped with a delectable Melba Sauce and Whipped Cream$0.50
Cresta Blanca Triple Cream Sherry (brown, sweet)$0.50
Solera Pale Dry Sherry (Shoonmaker)$0.30
Cresta Blanca Sherry (medium)$0.30
Chilled Dubonnet (medium sweet aperitif)$0.40
Pedro Domecq Celebration Cream (brown, sweet)$0.85
Harvey's Bristol Cream, or Milk (brown, sweet)$1.00
Duff Gordon No. 28 (medium dry)$0.50
Duff Gordon Amontillado (dry)$0.50
Pedro Domecq La Ina (very dry)$0.50
Boordy Vineyard "Maryland's Own"$0.30 – $1.25
Almaden Vin Rose (Schoonmaker)$0.30 – $1.25
Beaulieu Vineyard Riesling (very dry)$0.30 – $1.25
Beaulieu Vineyard Sauternes (medium dry)$0.30 – $1.25
Cresta Blanca Riesling (very dry)$0.30 – $1.25
Cresta Blanca Chablis (dry)$0.30 – $1.25
Cresta Blanca Sauternes (medium dry)$0.30 – $1.25
Cresta Blanca Haut Sauterne (medium sweet)$0.30 – $1.25
Chateau Cresta Blanca (sweet)$0.30 – $1.25
Almaden Dry Semillon$1.75 – $2.75
Beaulieu Vineyard Chateau Sauternes$1.75 – $2.75
Almaden Cabernet (Shoonmaker)$0.30 – $1.25
Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet$0.30 – $1.25
Cresta Blanca Claret$0.30 – $1.25
Cresta Blanca Burgundy$0.30 – $1.25

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