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Willis' Restaurant And Cocktail Lounge

Date
1955-04-20
Restaurant
Willis' Restaurant And Cocktail Lounge
Physical description
28x21.5cm folded; 28x43cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5

Dishes

Page 2

Chilled Tomato Juice$0.20
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.75
Fresh crabmeat cocktail$0.75
LOBSTER TAILS, Potato, Salad, Fresh Vegetable and Hot Breads and Butter$2.75
Chopped Chicken Livers$0.45
Chilled Orange Juice$0.25
Soup of the day$0.20 – $0.30
Consomme$0.20 – $0.30
Broiled Filet Mignon (Choice), Potato, Salad, Fresh Vegetable and Hot Breads with Butter$3.50
Broiled Sirloin Steak (Choice), Potato, Salad, Fresh Vegetable and Hot Breads and Butter$3.50
Half Southern Fried Chicken (disjointed), Potato, Salad, Fresh Vegetable and Hot Breads and Butter$1.75
Head Lettuce with Choice Dressing$0.30
Tomato and Lettuce Salad$0.35
HOT GERMAN POTATO SALAD$0.30
Fresh Green peas$0.25
Fresh Lima Beans$0.30
French fried potatoes$0.25
Fresh Green Beans$0.25
Fresh Mixed Vegetables$0.25
French Fried Onion Rings$0.35
(The above served with Potato, Salad, Fresh Vegetable and hot Bread

Page 3

Shrimp Cocktail$0.75
Seafood Cocktail$0.75
Turkey Chow Mein, Chinese Noodles, Chef's Salad$1.25
Chopped Chicken Liver$0.45
Fresh orange juice$0.25
Fruit Juice Cocktail$0.20
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.20
Homemade Fresh Vegetable Soup$0.20 – $0.30
Onion Soup au gratin$0.20 – $0.30
Short Ribs of Beef, Potatoes and Jelled Fruit Salad$1.25
Breaded Pork Cutlet, Brown Gravy, Potatoes and Chef's Salad$1.00
Pan Fried Jax Salmon, Potatoes and Chef's Salad$1.00
Southern Hot Brown in Casserole - Sliced Turkey, Bacon, Mushrooms, Melted Cheese, Chef's Salad$1.35
Special Pie$0.30
Homemade Apple Pie$0.25
Chocolate Sundae$0.30
Sherbet$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Ice Cream Shortcake$0.25
Strawberry Sundae$0.35
Fruit Jello with Cream$0.25
Coffee$0.15
Tea (Pot)$0.15
Hot Chocolate$0.20
Milk$0.15
Iced tea$0.15
Iced coffee$0.15

Page 4

Sliced Chicken Sandwich (All White Meat)$0.75
Baked Ham Sandwich$0.55
Combination Sandwich of Baked Ham, and Swiss Cheese (double deck)$0.65
Bacon and Tomato Sandwich with Lettuce$0.55
Club Sandwich, (Chicken, Tomato, Bacon and Lettuce on Double Deck)$0.90
Assorted Pies$0.25 – $0.30
Assorted Pies with Cheese$0.35 – $0.40
Assorted Pies ala mode$0.35 – $0.40
Fruit Jello with Cream$0.25
Ice cream$0.25
Fruit Cup$0.25
Chocolate Sundae$0.30
Strawberry Sundae$0.35
Coffee$0.10
Tea$0.10
Hot Chocolate$0.15
Iced tea$0.15
Iced coffee$0.15
Sweet Milk$0.15

Page 5

Bacardi Rum$0.50
Ron Rico Rum$0.50
Myers RUM$0.60
Bacardi Cocktail$0.50
Rum Collins$0.50
Cuba Libre$0.50
Planters Punch$0.75
Imported Champagne$8.00

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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