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The Birch Room

Date
1948-03-02
Restaurant
The Birch Room
Physical description
29.5x23.5cm folded; 29.5x47cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Crab cocktail$0.85
Shrimp Cocktail$0.80
Chilled V-8 Vegetable Juice$0.30
Prawns Cocktail Supreme$0.85
Fruit Cocktail$0.50
Half Grapefruit$0.30
Marinated or Bismark Herring$0.70
Canape Parisienne$0.60
Tomato Juice$0.30
Clam juice$0.30
Smoked Salmon$0.60
*Boiled Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise, Boiled Potatoes$1.10
Steamed Kippered Alaska Cod, Melted Butter$1.10
Broiled Mountain Trouts, Maitre d'Hotel$1.50
*Poached Eggs on Toast with Chicken Livers$0.90
Home-made Meat Loaf with Country Gravy and Noodles$1.25
*Calf's Liver Saute with Onion Sauce, Lyonnaise Potatoes$1.40
*Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Jelly and String Beans$1.50
Broiled Spring Half Chicken on Toast with Garden Peas$1.60
Chicken Salad Mayonnaise with Sliced Egg and Tomato$1.10
Butterfried Monte Cristo Sandwich with Fruit Salad$1.00
Crumbed Fried Eastern Scallops, Tartar Sauce$1.40
Creamed Lobster Newburg with Fleuron$2.00
Baked Eastern Oysters in Shell Kirkpatrick$1.50
Cracked Crab with Mayonnaise$1.00
*Minestra Milanaise$0.20 – $0.30
*Consomme Madrilene Frappee$0.30
*Consomme with Rice$0.20 – $0.30
Deep Blackberry Pie$0.30
Pineapple Layer Cake$0.30
French Pastry$0.30
Diplomat Pudding, Apricot Sauce$0.30
Old Fashion Pound Cake$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.35
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
COMPOTE OF FRESH FRUIT$0.35
Cream Caramel$0.30
Strawberry Jell-O
orange sherbet$0.30
pineapple sherbet$0.30
Apple or Vanilla Custard Pie$0.30
Apricot Sauce$0.30
Apple (1)$0.20
Banana (1)$0.20
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Pineapple$0.50
Rolls Per Person$0.10
FAIRMONT SPECIAL BURGUNDY
Fairmon Special Sauterne (1/2 bottle for 2)$1.00

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Coffee, Pot$0.25
Demi Tasse
Sweet Milk$0.15
Buttermilk$0.15
Iced tea$0.25
Iced coffee$0.25
Cocoa$0.25
Chocolate$0.25
Tea, Pot$0.25
Gorgonzola$0.50
Camembert$0.40
Brie$0.50
Brie$0.50
Domestic Roquefort$0.55
Domestic Swiss$0.55
Old American Cheese$0.30
Monterey Cheese$0.30
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.40
Cottage Cheese$0.30
Edam$0.45
Bread and Butter Per Person$0.10
Cheddar Cheese$0.45
Oyster Milk Stew$1.25
Oyster Stew Half and Half$1.35
Oyster Cream Stew$1.50
Half Lobster with Mayonnaise$2.00
Lobster salad$1.50
Crab Salad$1.15
Clear green turtle soup$0.70
Mock turtle soup$0.45
California Oysters$1.40
Mixed Seafood Supreme$0.85
Shrimp Cocktail$0.80
Crab cocktail$0.85
BLUE POINTS$1.40
Lamb Chops (2)$1.90
Whole Squab Chicken$1.70
Half spring chicken$1.60
Club Steak$2.50
New York Cut Steak$3.00
Filet Mignon$3.00
Tenderloin Steak$3.00
Sliced Chicken, White Meat Only$1.65
Ham$1.25
Tongue$1.25
Corned beef$1.25
Tongue$0.50
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.40
Ham$0.50
Sardine$0.45
Swiss cheese$0.50
Chicken$0.85
Monte Cristo$0.85
Fried egg$0.50
Deviled Egg$0.30
Club$0.90
Manhattan$0.90
FRESH PEAS$0.25 – $0.45
Fresh String Beans$0.25 – $0.45
Broccoli, Hollandaise$0.45
Summer Squash$0.40
French fried potatoes$0.25
Asparagus, Hollandaise$0.80
Shoestring Potatoes$0.25
Asparagus, Butter Sauce$0.80
Artichoke$0.50
Spinach$0.25 – $0.40
Corn Saute$0.40
Zucchini Saute$0.40
Hashed in Cream Potatoes$0.30
Au Gratin Potatoes$0.30
Boiled potatoes$0.25
Baked Potatoes$0.25
Hashed browned potatoes$0.25
Carrots$0.40
Turnips$0.40
Onions in Butter$0.40
Lettuce$0.45
Francaise Salad$0.55
Chicory$0.45
Avocado (half)$0.70
Combination$0.70
Shrimp$1.10
cole slaw$0.45
Potato salad$0.45
Beets Salad$0.45
Waldorf$0.80
Romaine$0.45
Escarole$0.45
Mixed Greens$0.50
Fresh Vegetable$0.90
FRESH FRUIT$0.85
Asparagus$0.60
Chicken$1.20
Sliced Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.50
Hearts of Artichoke$0.90
Crab Louis$1.50
Artichoke$0.50
Special Dressing$0.30
Roquefort$0.30
Russian$0.30
Consomme Printaniere$0.35
Cream of tomato$0.40
Puree of Tomato$0.40
Onion Soup au gratin$0.50
CLAM BROTH$0.45
Petite marmite$0.50
Chicken Okra$0.45
Chicken broth$0.45
Tomato Juice$0.30
Fruit Supreme$0.75
Sauerkraut Juice$0.30
Clam juice$0.30
Orange Juice$0.30
V-8 Vegetable Juice$0.30
Grapefruit Juice$0.30
Lobster Cocktail$1.00
Toke Points$1.40
Oysters, Kirkpatrick$1.50
Toast Per Person$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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