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Dayton's Sky Room

Date
1949-09-30
Restaurant
Dayton's Sky Room
Physical description
30.5x23cm folded; 30.5x45.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 1

Creamed Fruit Salad with Walnut Dates, Minced Ham Sandwich, Chocolate Sundae, Coffee or Tea$1.25
Half of a Pike, Boned and Fried, Tartar Sauce, Parsley Potato, Roll, Lemon Ice, Coffee$1.55

Page 3

Little Boy Blue. Ground Sirloin Steak served with Toasted Bun, Mashed potatoes, New Peas, Pasteurized Guernsey Milk, Chocolate Sundae$0.50
Tommy Tucker, creamed Chicken in Mashed Potato Nest, New Peas, Buttered Toast, Pasteurized Guernsey Milk, Chocolate Sundae$0.50

Page 4

Half of a Broiled Stuffed Eastern Lobster, Long Branch Potatoes, Salad Bowl, Roll, Orange Ice, Coffee$2.35
Crabmeat Salad on Lettuce Bed with Toasted Potato Chips, Sweet Pickle Slices, Roll, Strawberry Sundae, Coffee or Tea$1.60

Page 5

Kaffee Hag$0.10
Pasteurized Guernesy Milk (from Boulder Bridge Farm)$0.10
Iced coffee$0.10
Coffee$0.10
Tea$0.10
Hot Chocolate$0.10
Postum$0.10
Buttermilk$0.10
Sanka$0.10
Iced tea$0.10
Mocha Ice Cream$0.25
Creme de Mint Parfait$0.35
Pineapple Ice$0.20
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Fresh Apple Pie$0.15
Wellesley Fudge Cake$0.20
Ice Cream Log, Crushed Strawberries$0.35
New Orleans Pecan Pie$0.25
Butterscotch Sundae$0.25
Maple Frango$0.30
Peppermint Ice Cream$0.25
Minced Tongue Sandwich$0.50
Sliced Ham Sandwich$0.70
Tea Room Special Sandwich$0.50
Minced Ham Sandwich$0.50
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.55
Sliced Chicken and Tomato Sandwich$0.65
Sliced Chicken Sandwich$0.70
White Meat of Chicken Sandwich$0.80
Hot Chicken on Toast with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy$0.85
Club House - Chicken and Bacon on Toasted White Bread, French Fried Potatoes$0.85
Russian Salad Bowl (Julienne Chicken, Ham, Tongue, Deviled Eggs, Quartered Tomatoes, Asparagus Tips, Anchovy Fillets, French Dressing)$1.60
Merry Widow Salad Bowl (Chicken Salad, Quartered Tomatoes, Asparagus Tips, Celery Hearts, Olives)$1.50
Whole Tomato Filled with Cottage Cheese and Almonds, Asparagus Tips, Chiffonade Dressing$0.90
Creamed Fruit Salad with Walnut Dates$0.95
A Plate of Fresh Fruit with Sweet French Dressing$1.15
Chicken salad$1.25
Fresh Rock Lobster Salad$1.35
Fresh Shrimp Salad$1.25
Fresh Eastern Lobster Salad on the Half Shell$1.85
Hot Vegetable Plate with a Cottage Cheese and Pineapple Center, Bran Muffin$0.85
Broiled Loin Lamb Chops with Buttered Fresh Spinach, Sliced Tomato, Bran Muffin$1.10
Half Broiled Stuffed Eastern Lobster, Long Branch Potatoes and a Salad Bowl$2.15
Hot Sea Food Plate of Fried Fresh Shrimps, Fried Scallops, Fried Rock Lobster, Creamed Crab Meat Puff, Tartar Sauce and French Fried Potatoes$1.95
Fried Salmon Steak and Tartar Sauce, French Fried Potatoes and a Cheese Tomato$1.25
Half of a Pike, Boned and Fried, Parsley Potato and Tartar Sauce$1.25
Fried Deep Sea Scallops, Tartar Sauce, French Fried Potatoes and a Salad Bowl$1.35
Rock Lobster Thermidor, Served in the Shell, French Fried Potatoes and a Salad Bowl$1.65
Sizzling Tenderloin Steak (5 oz.) with Grilled Onion Rings and French Fried Potatoes$2.00
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast with French Fried Potatoes$0.95
Chicken Breast, Ham and Fresh Mushrooms on Toast with Maryland Gravy, French Fried Potatoes$1.75
Creamed Chicken Patty with French Fried Potatoes and Buttered New Peas$1.25
Chicken Giblets with Fresh Vegetables en Casserole$0.70
Fried Chicken Livers in Hot Buttered Rice with Grilled Tomato Slice$1.10
Chicken Croquettes, Creamed Fresh Mushrooms, French Fried Potatoes, Buttered New Peas$0.95
Tomato soup with rice$0.20
Old-Fashioned Vegetable Soup$0.20
Cream of Fresh Mushroom Soup$0.20
Half Grapefruit$0.20
ROQUEFORT STUFFED CELERY$0.35
Cottage Cheese, Chives$0.20
Oyster cocktail$0.60
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.60
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.15
Crabmeat Cocktail$0.60
Fresh orange juice$0.30
Fresh Fruit Cup$0.45

Page 6

Apple Turnover, Whipped Cream$0.20
Coffee
Tea
Raspberry Parfait$0.35
Ice Cream Log with Maple Sauce$0.35
Cherry Pie$0.20
Boulder Bridge Pasteurized Guernsey Milk
Banana Cake, Fudge Icing$0.15
Southern Pecan Pie$0.20
No. 12. Vegetable Salad Combination with Ripe Tomato Slices, Green Pepper Rings, Cucumbers, Radishes, Asparagus Tips, Deviled Eggs and Shredded Carrots, Thousand Island Dressing, Chopped Olive and Nut Sandwich, Coffee or Tea$1.00
No. 11 Cool Plate of Fruit with Peach and Pear Crescents, Sliced Banana, Orange Rings, Avocado, Grapefruit Sections, Pineapple Cubes, Whipped French Dressing, Cinnamon Roll, Coffee or Tea$1.25
No. 10 - Crabmeat Salad on Lettuce with Potato Chips and Assorted Olives, Roll, Coffee or Tea$1.35
Mocha Ice Cream
Orange ice
Minted Pineapple Sundae
Southern Pecan Pie
Banana Cake, Fudge Icing
No. 6 - Deep Sea Scallops, Breaded and Fried, Tartar Sauce, Long Branch Potatoes, Chef's Salad Bowl$1.55
5. - Baked Meat Loaf with Whipped Potatoes and Gravy, Sliced Red Beets$0.95
No. 4 - Creamed Chicken over Grilled Tomato Slices, Candied Sweet Potato, Asparagus Spears$1.45
No. 3 - Seafood Croquettes in Mushroom Sauce, Buttered Kernel Corn, New Peas$0.85
No. 2 - Baked Lake Trout, Cole Slaw, Chive Potato, Diced Carrots$1.35
No. 1 - Roast Leg of Veal with Dressing, Mashed Squash and Buttered Broccoli$1.40
New peas$0.25
Buttered Broccoli$0.35
Chilled Fruit Cup$0.45
Asparagus Spears$0.35
sliced beets$0.25
Cream of Mushroom Soup$0.20
Iced Tomato Juice$0.15
Sliced Sweet Pickles$0.20
Maple Frango$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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