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Monte Proser's Copacabana

Date
1943-07-08
Restaurant
Monte Proser's Copacabana
Physical description
36x28.5cm folded; 36x57cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Lobster Cocktail$1.55
Shrimp Cocktail$1.20
Scrambled Eggs$1.00
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$1.35
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$1.35
Scrambled Eggs with Deerfoot Sausage$1.35
Spanish omelette$1.35
Omelette Copacabana$1.50
Omelette with chicken liver$1.50
Poached Eggs on Toast$1.00
Midnight Omelette$1.75
Shirred Eggs, Opera$1.25
Omelette nature$1.15
Eggs Benedict$1.60
Sea Food Copacabana$1.75
Smoked Nova Scotia salmon$1.25
Caviar$3.25
Melon in Season$0.85
Little Neck clams$0.65
Chicken Okra Creole Soup$0.60
Welsh rarebit$1.25
Vichyssoise$0.75
Onion Soup au gratin$0.65
Green Turtle Amontillado Soup$1.00
Cream of tomato soup$0.50
Cherrystones$0.70
Petite marmite soup$0.75
Cold: Jellied Madrilene$0.60
Chicken broth with rice$0.65
Cream of green peas soup aux croutons$0.60
Lobster Newburg$2.50
Sea Food a l'Americaine$2.00
Scallops in Chafing Dish, Poulette$1.75
Frog's Legs, Any Style$2.50
Stuffed Crab Fra Diavolo$1.75
Half Lobster Thermidor$2.50
Half Lobster Cardinal$2.50
Crab meat Dewey$2.15
Whole Broiled Lobster (According to Size)$3.00
Curried Shrimp Madras$1.75
Filet of Sole, Marguery$1.75
Baked Cherrystones, Copacabana$1.75
Long Island rarebit$1.35
Golden buck$1.35
Yorkshire Buck$1.25
Scotch Woodcock$1.25
Half Spring Chicken Cacciatore$2.50
Breaded Veal Cutlet, Liegeoise$2.40
Minced Tenderloin of Beef a la Stroganoff$2.50
Noisette of Lamb Saute, Andalouse$2.50
Fresh Vegetable Dinner$1.50
Chicken Livers Saute, Maison$1.75
Escallopini of Veal au Marsala$2.50
Raviolis au Gratin$1.25
Arroz con Pollo$2.65
Breast of Capon, Copacabana$2.75
Curry of Chicken a l'Indienne$2.60
Chicken a la King$2.60
Supreme of Chicken Under Bell, Marie Christine$2.60
Spaghettini, Chicken Livers, Caruso$1.50
Chicken Hash, Princesse$2.60
Crab Flake Cocktail$1.25
Hors d'oeuvres varies$1.50
Celery and Mixed Olives$0.85
Canape of Anchovies$1.10
Fruit Cocktail$0.75
Clam juice$0.60
Tomato Juice$0.60
Stuffed celery$0.85
Herring with Sour Cream$0.75
Broiled Sweetbreads, Virginienne$2.35
Minute Steak, Cabaret$3.25
Half Spring Chicken, Americaine$2.25
Mixed Grill a l'Anglaise$2.15
Filet Mignon$3.75
Chateaubriand (for 2)$7.00
Bearnaise Sauce$0.75
Choron Sauce$0.75
Sirloin Steak$3.75
Bouquetiere p.p.$0.75
(2) Lamb chops$2.25
Rack of Lamb Persillade (for 2)$5.00
Hamburger Steak$2.00
Caviar sandwich$2.75
Steak sandwich$2.35
Club sandwich$1.60
Chicken Sandwich$1.35
Western Sandwich$0.90
Salami sandwich$0.90
Virginia Ham Sandwich$1.15
Hot Turkey Sandwich$1.40
American Cheese Sandwich$0.75
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.75
York ham sandwich$0.90
Tongue Sandwich$0.90
bacon sandwich$0.90
Ham and Cheese Sandwich$1.00
Imported Sardine Sandwich$1.00
Melted Cheese with Bacon Sandwich$1.25
Hamburger with Spanish Onion$1.50
Roast Beef Sandwich$1.50
Roast beef sandwich (hot)$1.75
Smoked Nova Scotia Salmon Sandwich$1.50
Ham and Egg Sandwich$1.00
Baked Pomme de Terre$0.50
Hashed Brown Pomme de Terre$0.60
Mashed Pomme de Terre$0.50
Lyonnaise Pomme de Terre$0.60
Pomme de Terre Hashed in Cream$0.50
Pomme de Terre Au Gratin$0.55
Julienne Pomme de Terre$0.50
French Fried Pomme de Terre$0.50
Fried Sweet Pomme de Terre$0.60
Candied Sweet Pomme de Terre$0.60
Broiled Sweet Pomme de Terre$0.60
Allumette Pomme de Terre$0.50
Louisiana Pomme de Terre$0.70
Imperial Pomme de Terre$0.70
Fresh New Asparagus, Butter Sauce$1.00
Fresh New Asparagus, Hollandaise Sauce$1.15
Broiled Mushrooms on Toast$1.25
Broiled Mushrooms on Toast (in cream)$1.50
Supreme of Grapefruit$0.75
Assorted Canapes$1.50
String Beans$0.55
Broiled Egg Plant$0.40
Succotash$0.50
Braised Hearts of Celery$0.60
Lima beans$0.50
Stewed Corn$0.50
Oyster Bay Asparagus, Hollandaise sauce$0.90
Spinach plain$0.40
Spinach Creamed$0.50
GREEN PEAS$0.50
BUTTERED BEETS$0.40
Grilled Tomato$0.50
Stewed Fresh Tomatoes$0.50
Creamed White Onions$0.75
Broccoli or Cauliflower Hollandaise$0.90
Supreme of Grapefruit$0.75
A la Russe$2.25
Clam Broth or Bellevue$0.60

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Parfait Copacabana$1.00
Peach Melba$1.00
fruit tart$0.75
Frozen Eclair$0.75
Coupe aux Marrons$1.00
Crepes Suzette$1.50
Cerises Jubilée$1.25
Baba au rhum$0.60
Baba au Rhum Flambee$1.25
Petits fours$0.50
Raspberry sherbet$0.50
pineapple sherbet$0.50
Fruit Compote$0.60
Baked Alaska Flambee (for two)$3.00
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.60
Vanilla ice cream$0.60
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.60
Demi-tasse$0.30
Coffee with Cream$0.40
Tea with cream$0.40
Brazilian Coffee$0.40
Iced tea$0.50
Iced coffee$0.50
Milk$0.25
Sanka$0.50
Kaffee Hag$0.50
Cafe Diable$1.25
Crab flake salad$1.75
Shrimp Salad$1.50
Lobster salad$2.10
Chiffonade Salad$0.85
Chef's Salad$1.50
Chicken salad$2.00
Chicken Salad (White Meat)$2.65
Escarole Salad$0.85
Chickory Salad$0.85
Romaine Salad$0.85
Lettuce Salad$0.85
Cold Half Lobster, Mayonnnaise$2.00
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.35
Cream Cheese with Guava$0.75
Cream Cheese with Bar le Duc$0.75
Cold Sliced Chicken (white meat), String Bean Salad$2.65
Cold Roast Beef, Potato Salad$2.50
Cold Roast Half Spring Chicken, String Bean Salad$2.50
Stuffed Tomato with Chicken$1.90
Steak Tartar$2.40
Vegetable Salad$1.00
Tomato and Lettuce Salad$0.85
Fruit salad$1.25
Mixed Green Salad$0.85
Asparagus Tips Salad$0.75
Roquefort Dressing$0.50
Thousand Island Dressing$0.50
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.60
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.60
Bel Paese Cheese$0.50
Port du Salut cheese$0.50
Imported Swiss cheese$0.60
White Meat Chicken Chow Mein with Mushrooms, Water Chestnuts and Bamboo Shoots$2.85
Moo Goo Gai Pan$2.85
Lobster Chop Suey with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots$2.15
Lobster Chow Mein with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots$2.00
Shrimp Chow Mein with Mushrooms$1.85
Crab Meat Chop Suey with Mushrooms$1.85
Crab Meat Foo Young, Water Chestnuts, Mushroom Sauce$1.75
Shrimp Foo Young, Water Chestnuts, Mushroom Sauce$1.75
Roast Pork Foo Young, Water Chestnuts, Mushroom Sauce$1.75
Lobster Foo Young, Water Chestnuts, Mushroom Sauce$2.00
Lobster Cantonese$3.75
Chicken Foo Young Dun, Water Chestnuts, Mushroom Sauce$1.50
Lobster Fried Rice$1.85
Shrimp Fried Rice$1.50
Chicken Chow Mein$1.75
Assorted Cold Cuts, String Bean and Potato Salad$2.50
Sliced Ham or Tongue, Potato Salad$1.35
Smoked Nova Scotia salmon$2.00
Subgum Chicken Chop Suey with Almonds$2.25
Subgum Chicken Chow Mein (white meat only) with Almonds$2.75
Chinese Cabbage with Roast Pork$1.75
Chicken Chop Suey with Mushrooms$2.00
Roast Pork Chow Mein with Mushrooms$2.00
Green Pepper Steak with Mushrooms$2.25
Chicken Lichee$3.75
Gai Fan Gong Soup$0.50
Won Ton Soup$1.00
Mein Gong Soup with Roast Pork$1.00
Gai Mein Gong (chicken noodle)$1.00
Gai Choy Gong Soup with Poached Egg$0.75
Dun Fa Gong Soup$0.75
Yoko Min Soup with Egg and Roast Pork$1.50
Chinese Roast Pork$1.75
Egg Roll$1.25
Roast Pork Fried Rice$1.50
Chicken Fried Rice$1.50
Lichee (Preserved with Ice)$0.50
Dried Lichee Nuts$0.50
Kumquat$0.75
Bor lo$0.65
Golden Lime$0.50
Chinese Mixed Fruit$0.75
Bread & Butter, after 10 O'Clock$0.25

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fruit tart
Petits fours
Assorted cheese
Fruit Compote
Chilled Half Cantaloupe
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Coupe St. Jacques
Raspberry sherbet
pineapple sherbet
New Carrots and Peas, Mixed
Pomme au Gratin
Tea
Milk
Coffee
Filet of Herring, Sour Cream
Chilled Honey Dew Melon
Fresh Shrimps a la Russe
Cherrystone Clams, Cocktail Sauce
Tomato Juice Frappe
Fruit Cup Hawaienne
Cream of Asparagus Soup aux Croutons
Cold Jellied Madrilene
Consomme with barley
Onion Soup au gratin
Filet of Lemon Sole Saute, Amandines$2.50
Grilled Fresh Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel$3.00
White Meat Chicken Chow Mein with Back Choy, Water Chestnuts, Bamboo Shoots and Almonds$3.50
Broiled Veal Kidney, Vert-Pre$3.00
Home Made Spaghetti with Chicken Livers Caruso in Chafing Dish$3.25
Roast Spring Chicken en Casserole, Bonne Femme$3.50
Noisettes of Lamb Poele, Reforme$3.35
Cold: York Ham and Turkey, Macedoine of Vegetables and Potato Salad$3.40
Mixed Green Salad

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Pierre Courbet Champagne, Extra Dry 1928$10.00
Dry Imperator Champagne, Pink 1928$12.00
Champagne Cocktail$1.75
CHAMPAGNE MAGNUMS$28.00
Cuba Libre$0.85
Rum Collins$0.85
New Orleans Fizz$1.00
Planter's Punch$1.00
RAMOS GIN FIZZ$1.00
Pina Colada & Rum, Copacabana$1.25
House of Lords Scotch$0.85
Holt's Mountain Cream$0.85
Renault, Private Cuvee, Brut$8.00
Great Western, Special Reserve$3.50 – $7.00
Cook's Imperial Brut$3.50 – $7.00
La Boheme, Extra Cuvee$3.50 – $7.00
Jacques Bonet et Cie$7.00
Korbel Brut 1933$4.50 – $8.00
Renault$3.50 – $7.00
F. Chauvenet, Red Cap$7.00
Sparkling Burgundy Lango$3.50 – $7.00
B & G Royal Purple$7.50
Guichard Sparkling Burgundy$15.00
Pommery & Greno, Brut 1929 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Dry Monopole, Brut Special N. V. Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Cliquot Yellow Label, Extra Dry 1929 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Piper Heidsieck, Brut 1928 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Lanson, Extra Dry 1933 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Bollinger, Extra Dry 1929 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Ayala, Extra Dry 1928 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Dry Imperator, 1928 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
G.H. Mumm, Extra Dry N. V. Champagne$7.00 – $14.00
Cordon Rouge, 1929 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Cordon Rouge, 1933 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Charles Heidsieck, Brut 1928 Champagne$7.50 – $15.00
Chablis$1.75 – $3.50
Claret$1.75 – $3.50
Muscatel$1.75 – $3.50
Sauterne$1.75 – $3.50
Rhine Wine$1.75 – $3.50
Chianti$1.75 – $3.50
MEDOC RED BORDEAUX$3.75 – $7.00
St. Julien Red Bordeaux$3.75 – $7.00
Chateau Pontet Canet Red Bordeaux$3.75 – $7.00
Chateau Margeaux Red Bordeaux$4.25 – $8.00
Chateau La Fitte Rothschild Red Bordeaux$8.00
Graves White Bordeaux$3.75 – $7.00
Haut Sauterne White Bordeaux$3.75 – $7.00
Barsac White Bordeaux$3.75 – $7.00
Sauternes White Bordeaux$3.75 – $7.00
Chateau Filhot, 1926 White Bordeaux$8.00
Macon Red Burgundy$3.75 – $7.00
POMMARD RED BURGUNDY$3.75 – $7.00
Chambertin Red Burgundy$3.75 – $7.00
Beaune Red Burgundy$3.75 – $7.00
Chianti Red Burgundy$3.75 – $7.00
Chablis White Burgundy$3.75 – $7.00
Pouilly Fuisse White Burgundy$7.00
Montrachet 1928 White Burgundy$4.25 – $8.00
Duff-Gordon Nina Sherry$0.75
Duff-Gordon Pinta Sherry$0.75
Sandeman, 5-Star, pleasantly dry Sherry$0.75
Williams & Humbert Dry Sack Sherry$0.75
Pedro Domecq, la Ina$0.75
Harvey's Briston Cream Sherry$1.00
Duff-Gordon Amontillado Sherry$1.00
Duff-Gordon Anniversary Sherry$1.00
Cockburn No. 25 Port$0.75
HARVEY'S HUNTING PORT$0.75
Cockburn Aldouro Port$0.85
Cockburn Duchess No. 150 Port$1.00
Bushmill Irish Whiskey$0.85
John Jameson Irish Whiskey$0.85
Wm. Jameson Irish Whiskey$0.85
John Powers Irish Whiskey$0.85
Bisquit Dubouche 3 Star Cognac$0.90
HENNESSY 3 STAR COGNAC$0.90
Martel 3 Star Cognac$0.90
Remy Martin 3 Star Cognac$0.90
Monnet 3 Star Cognac$0.90
Otard 3 Star Cognac$0.90
Hine Cognac$0.90
Pedro Domecq-Fundador Cognac$0.90
Metaxa 5 Star Cognac$0.90
Pascal Combeau VSOP, 20 Year Cognac$0.90
Remy Martin VSOP, 20 Year Cognac$1.00
Otard V.S.O.P. (20 year) Cognac$1.00
ANISETTE LIQUEUR$0.90
B & B Liqueur$0.90
Benedictine liqueur$0.90
COINTREAU LIQUEUR$0.90
Creme Yvette Liqueur$0.90
DRAMBUIE LIQUEUR$0.90
Grand Marnier Liqueur$0.90
Kirsch Liqueur$0.90
Kummel Liqueur$0.90
Maraschino liqueur$0.90
Triple Sec Liqueur$0.90
Vodka Liqueur$0.90
Brandy (Apricot) Liqueur$0.90
Brandy (Blackberry) Liqueur$0.90
Brandy (Cherry) Liqueur$0.90
Brandy (Peach) Liqueur$0.90
Creme de Cacao Liqueur$0.90
Creme de Cassis Liqueur$0.90
Orange Curacao Liqueur$0.90
Creme de Menthe (green) Liqueur$0.90
Creme de Menthe (white) Liqueur$0.90
Chartreuse (Yellow) Liqueur$1.00
Chartreuse (Green) Liqueur$1.00
Mint Julep$1.50
Zombie$1.25
Trommers Beer$0.75
Schlitz Beer$0.75
Carta Blanca (Imported Mexican) Beer$0.75
Budweiser Beer$0.75
Guinness Extra Stout$0.75
Ballantine Ale$0.75
Heinekens (Imported) Beer$0.85
Black & White Scotch$0.85
Dewar's White Label Scotch$0.85
White Horse Scotch$0.85
Johnny Walker Red Label Scotch$0.85
Haig & Haig, 5 Star Scotch$0.85
Vat 69 Scotch$0.85
Ballantine's Scotch$0.85
Martin's V. V. O. Scotch$0.85
Cutty Sark SCOTCH$0.85
TEACHERS SCOTCH$0.85
Peter Dawson Scotch$0.85
Old Angus Scotch$0.85
Hanky Bannister Scotch$0.85
Gilbey's Spey Royal Scotch$0.85
Highland Queen Scotch$0.85
Sandy McDonald Scotch$0.85
Bellows Scotch$0.85
Spalding Scotch$0.85
Johnny Walker Black Label Scotch$0.90
King's Ransom Scotch$0.90
Haig & Haig Pinch Scotch$0.90
Black & White, 12 Year Scotch$0.90
Old Rarity, 12 Years Old Scotch$0.90
Justerini & Brooks, Old Rare Scotch$0.90
Victoria Vat Scotch$0.90
St. James Scotch$1.00
SCHENLEY whiskey$0.85
Old Overholt Whisky$0.85
Mt. Vernon Whiskey$0.85
Four Roses Rye Whiskey$0.85
Fleischman Preferred Whiskey$0.85
Kinsey Whiskey$0.85
Park & Tilford Private Stock Whiskey$0.85
Calvert Reserve Rye Whiskey$0.85
Imperial Rye Whiskey$0.85
Wilson Rye Whiskey$0.85
Carstairs White Seal Whiskey$0.85
I. W. Harper Bourbon Whiskey$0.85
Rock & Rye Whiskey$0.85
Old Grandad Bourbon$0.90
Canadian Club Rye Whiskey$0.90
Seagrams V. O. Whiskey$0.90
Old Taylor Bourbon Whiskey$0.90
Bourbon de Luxe, 17 Years Old Whiskey$1.25
Tom Collins Tall Drink$0.85
Whiskey Sour Tall Drink$0.85
Rickeys, Tall Drinks$0.85
Fizzes, Tall Drinks$0.85
Major Bailey Tall Drink$1.00
Brandy Flip Tall Drink$1.00

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