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Two Guitars

Date
1949-10-09
Restaurant
Two Guitars
Physical description
33x25.5cm folded; 33x50.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5

Dishes

Page 2

Zakuska Two Guitars$0.75
Kholdyetz (Calf's feet jelly)$0.60
Chopped Chicken Liver$0.45
AMERICAN CHEESE WITH CRACKERS$0.35
Rum cake$0.30
Shrimp Cocktail$0.65
Coffee a la Alexis$0.30
Tea$0.15
Coffee$0.20
Pies$0.35
Kissel$0.30
Fruit Compote$0.35
Ice cream$0.25
Cherry Jubilee$1.75
Baklava$0.30
Steak sandwich$2.00
Hot Ham Sandwich with French Fried Potatoes and Peas$1.00
Melted Cheese on Toast$0.60
Chicken on Toast with Sweet Potatoes and Peas$1.40
Hot Turkey Sandwich, Served with Cranberry Sauce, Candied Sweets and Peas$1.50
Club sandwich$1.25
Ham and Cheese Sandwich$0.80
Chicken Sandwich$0.90
Ham Sandwich$0.70
Lake Sturgeon Sandwich$1.25
Imported Sardine Sandwich$0.80
Nova Scotia Salmon sandwich$1.00
Camembert Cheese with Crackers$0.40
Swiss Gruyere Cheese with Crackers$0.40
Roquefort Cheese with Crackers$0.40
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.50
Chicken salad$1.25
Two Guitars Special Salad$2.00
Shrimp Salad$1.50
Kasha$1.00
Kasha with Mushrooms$1.25
Olga's Sardine Elegante$1.50
Luli Kebab$1.75
Blini with Beluga Caviar$4.50
Blinchiki with Sour Cream$1.25
Cutlet Pojarsky$2.00
Special Two Guitars Shashlik$3.25
Siberian Pelmeny$2.00
Blini with Red Caviar and Sour Cream$1.50
Beef a La Stroganoff$2.50
Cutlet Kiev$4.00
Caucasian Shashlik$2.75
Lamb Chops$2.75
Broiled Sirloin Steak$3.50
Vienna schnitzel$2.00
Filet Mignon$3.75
Pirozhok (served with Soup)$0.15
Chicken consomme$0.40
Borscht$0.45
Pickled herring$0.45
Red Caviar, Garni$0.75
Royal Herring$0.60
Pressed Caviar$2.50
Fresh Fruit Cocktail$0.35
Fruit Juices$0.20
Fresh Beluga Caviar$4.00

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Demi-tasse
Tea
Coffee
FRENCH ICE CREAM
Kadota Figs
Kissel a la Russe
Baklava
Pies
Rum cake
Fruit Jello with Whipped Cream
Fruit Compote
Candied Sweet Potatoes
GREEN PEAS
String Beans
French fried potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Green Salad Bowl
Shashlik a la Tiflis$3.00
Caucasian Shashlik$2.50
Beef a La Stroganoff$2.25
Roast Duckling$2.00
Filet of sole$2.00
Luli Kebab$1.85
Cotelette de Volaille$2.75
Blinchiki with Sour Cream$1.75
Borscht with Pirozhok
Consomme
Shrimp Cocktail
Kholodyetz
Grapefruit Juice
Tomato Juice
Pickled herring
Fruit Cup
Chopped Egg Plant
Chopped Chicken Livers
Zakuska (Hors d'Oeuvres)
WHITE WINE$0.35
Red Wine$0.35
Old Grandad Bourbon$0.70
Black and White$0.70
Three Feathers Rye$0.55
Vodka, straight$0.65
Martini$0.45
Manhattan$0.45
Two Guitars Cocktail$0.60

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Bacardi Cocktail$0.65
Champagne Cocktail$1.00
Rum Collins$0.70
Cuba Libre$0.70
Smirnoff Vodka$0.70
Two Guitars Cocktail$0.70
Vodka Cocktail$0.70
Bell's Scotch$1.00
Haig & Haig Pinch$0.90
Johnnie Walker, Black Label$0.90
King's Ransom Scotch$0.90
Teacher's Scotch$0.80
Black & White Scotch$0.80
Ballantine Scotch$0.80
White Horse Scotch$0.80
Dewar's White Label$0.80
Cutty Sark$0.80
Vat 69$0.80
Imported Burgundy$5.00
Imported Sauterne$6.00
Imported Chablis$6.00
Imported Port$0.50 – $5.00
Imported Sherry$0.50 – $5.00
Harvey's Bristol Cream$0.80 – $7.50
Campas Wines$3.50
Dubonnet$0.50 – $3.50
DOMESTIC SHERRY$0.40 – $3.50
DOMESTIC PORT$0.40 – $3.50
DOMESTIC BURGUNDY$0.40 – $3.50
Domestic Sauterne$0.40 – $3.50
Domestic Chablis$0.40 – $3.50
Courvoisier$0.90
Hennessey Three Star$0.90
Martell$0.90
Bisquit Dubouche$0.90
Mumm's Cordon Rouge$14.00
Veuve Clicquot$14.00
Vintners$3.50 – $6.00
Great Western$3.50 – $6.00
Chauvenet Red Cap Sparkling Burgundy$3.50 – $6.00
Old Grandad$0.80
Old Taylor$0.80
I. W. Harper$0.80
Old Forrester$0.80
Creme de Cacao$0.80
Benedictine$0.80
Apricot Cordial$0.80
Creme de Menthe$0.80
Cointreau$0.80
Blackberry Cordial$0.80
Cherry Heering$0.80
B. & B.$0.90
Old Overholt$0.75
Seagram's V. O.$0.75
Canadian Club$0.75
Harwood$0.70
Lord Calvert$0.70
Four Roses$0.70
Mount Vernon$0.70
Calvert Reserve$0.65
SCHENLEY$0.65
Carstairs$0.65
Three Feathers$0.65
park & Tilford$0.65
Tom Collins$0.65
Vodka Collins$0.70
Whiskey Sour$0.70
Gin Fizz$0.65
Gin Rickey$0.65
Planter's Punch$0.85
Moscow Mule$0.85
Boyar Cocktail$0.70
Otchi Chornia Cocktail$0.70
Manhattan$0.60
Martini$0.60
Old Fashioned$0.75
Side Car$0.80
Dubonnet$0.60
Jack Rose$0.65
Daiquiri$0.65
Stinger$0.80
Brandy Alexander$0.85
Gin Alexander$0.65

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