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The Waldorf Astoria

Date
1949-12-30
Restaurant
The Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
29.5x20.5cm folded; 29.5x40.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5
  6. Page 6

Dishes

Page 5

Shrimp Cocktail$1.20
crab meat cocktail$1.50
Lobster Cocktail$1.90
Sea food cocktail$1.60
Poached Eggs with Lobster Sauce$0.60
French Fried Eggs with Tomato Sauce$1.05
Broiled Lobster, Colbert Sauce$3.50
Chicken Reine$7.00
Mussels Mariniere in Chafing Dish and Pilaff Rice$1.70
Cape Cods$0.75
Smoked Nova Scotia salmon$1.80
Tomato Juice$0.30
BLUE POINTS$0.70
Caviar$3.25
Little Necks$0.70
V-8 Cocktail$0.30
Fruit Supreme$0.75
Cherrystones$0.70
Clam juice$0.40
Sauerkraut Juice$0.30
Bismarck Herring$0.85
Manhattan clam chowder$0.50
Onion au gratin soup$0.45
Chicken broth$0.40
Chicken broth with barley$0.45
Clam Stew$0.80
Omelette with Diced Potato$1.25
New England Clam Chowder$0.55
Steak Minute$4.00
Loin Lamb Chop$1.90
Creamed Chicken on Waffle, Buttered Asparagus$1.70
Hamburger Steak$2.30
Lemon Meringue Pudding$0.45
Braised Veal Chop with Fresh Vegetables$1.80
Prune Whip$0.45
Young Chicken (half) Poele on Milanaise Risotto$1.80
EMINCE of FINNAN HADDIE, MORNAY$1.50
Broiled Lamb Kidneys with Bacon, Deviled Sauce and Broccoli$1.40
Grilled Fresh Mackerel, Diablotine$1.60
Duckling Livers Saute with Mushrooms, Sausage and Corn Fritters$1.40
Bouillabaisse (Fish Stew with Lobster) and Toasted Bread$1.80
Emince of Filet of Beef, Cream and Fresh Tomato, Pilaff Rice$1.95
Filet Mignon$5.25
Brook Trout, Meuniere with Banana, Parisian Potatoes$2.25
Half Broiled Chicken$2.25
Lamb Chop$1.80
Glazed Filets of Lemon Sole, White Wine, Green and Sweet Pepper$1.60

Page 6

Vanilla Boston Cream Pie$0.45
Rum and Raisin Ice Cream with Vanilla Wafers$0.75
Chiffonade Salad$0.70
Crab Meat salad$1.95
Chicken salad$2.20
Crab Meat, Louis$1.95
Lobster salad$3.10
Shrimp Salad$2.10
Persimmon Salad$0.70
Waldorf Salad$0.70
Endive Salad$0.95
Romaine Salad$0.60
Starlight Salad
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.60
Fruit salad$0.85
Rum Raisin Ice Cream$0.60
Coffee$0.40
String Beans$0.75
Lima beans$0.75
Tea$0.40
Asparagus Tips$0.75
Chocolate$0.40
Artichoke$0.75
Sanka$0.45
Kaffee-Hag$0.45
Flageolets (preserved)$0.75
GREEN PEAS$0.65
Instant Postum$0.45
Creamed Spinach$0.65
Certified Milk, Half Pint$0.25
Stewed Fresh Tomatoes$0.55
Buttermilk, Half Pint$0.25
Stewed Fresh Spinach$0.55
Bread and Butter$0.25
Broiled Mushrooms$1.00
Creamed Mushrooms$1.00
Brussels Sprouts$0.70
Cauliflower$0.70
Corn Saute$0.60
Creamed Corn$0.60
Broccoli$0.80
Fresh Vegetable Luncheon with Poached Egg$1.35
Au Gratin Potatoes$0.40
Boiled potatoes$0.30
Potatoes, Jackets on$0.30
French fried potatoes$0.30
Baked Potatoes$0.40
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.40
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.40
Saute Potatoes$0.40
Broiled Sweets Potatoes$0.40
Mixed Green Salad$0.60
Raw Vegetable Salad$0.60
Chef's Salad$1.50
Green Asparagus Tips Salad$0.75
Avocado Pear (half)$0.70
COMBINATION SALAD$0.65
Escarole Salad$0.60
Lettuce Salad$0.60
Tomato Salad$0.60
Cucumber salad$0.60
Russian Dressing$0.15
Lorenzo Dressing$0.15
Mayonnaise dressing$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.60
Archiduc Ice Cream$0.60
Coffee Ice Cream$0.60
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.60
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.60
French vanilla ice cream$0.60
French Coffee Ice Cream$0.60
pineapple sherbet$0.55
orange sherbet$0.55
Lemon Sherbet$0.55
Raspberry sherbet$0.55
Cheese Cake$0.60
Brioche Pudding$0.45
Strawberry shortcake$0.70
Pot de Creme$0.45
Plum pie$0.45
Nesselrode Pie$0.70
Palm Beach Cake$0.70
French Pastry$0.35
Danish Pastry$0.35
Caramel custard$0.45
Profiterolles, Chocolate Sauce$0.75
Compote of Assorted Fresh Fruits$0.95
Baked Apple$0.35
Baked Apple with Cream$0.45
Macedoine of Fruits with Liqueur$1.00
Fresh Pear$0.35
Grapes$0.70
Stewed Fresh Pineapple$0.75
Stewed Fresh Apricots$0.75
Stewed Fresh Pear$0.75

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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