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The Terrace Room

Date
1943-05-03
Restaurant
The Terrace Room
Physical description
28.5x22.5cm folded; 28.5x45.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 1

From the Halls of Montezuma

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Seafood Canape
Fruit Cup with Grenadine
Tomato Figaro
Clam juice
Pure Apple Juice
Potage St. Germain
Consomme Farmer Style
Cold Soup-Jellied Madrilene
Today's New Yorker Specialty - Roast Spring Chicken with Celery Dressing, Cranberry Sauce$1.60 – $2.75
Baked Filet of Sole with Fresh Tomatoes, Mushrooms Breval$0.85 – $2.00
Broiled Baby Flounder with Shallot Butter$0.95 – $2.10
Boiled Breast of Chicken with Curry Sauce, Rice$1.85 – $3.00
Stuffed Half Lobster Thermidor, Shoe String Potatoes$1.85 – $3.00
Broiled Calf's Sweetbread on Toast, Sauce Bearnaise$1.60 – $2.75
Mousse of Capon with Sauce Rebufera, Noodles$1.35 – $2.50
Roast Larded Sirloin of Beef, Hunter Sauce$1.85 – $3.00
Fresh Vegetable Dinner cooked and served to order in our new Pressure Cookers (10 min)$0.85 – $2.00
Fresh Vegetable Dinner cooked and served to order, with a Poached Egg extra$2.20
Cold - Galantine of Capon, Relish, Waldorf Salad$1.45 – $2.60
May-Time Cocktail: Rye Whiskey Orange Juice$0.50
Riesling Wine$0.40
Whipped Potatoes
Succotash
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Chiffonade Salad
Cup Custard with Crushed Strawberries
chocolate cream pie
Raspberry sherbet
Peach Pie
Up-side-down Pineapple Cake
Meringue Glace
Stewed Fruits
Chocolate Ice Cream
Chatterbox Pudding
Tea
Demi Tasse
Milk
Coffee
Frozen Flame Continentale$0.75
Crepes Suzette$0.75
Buttered String Beans, prepared in our pressure cookers (cooked to order)
Vanilla
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

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Imported Champagne - per glass or cocktail$1.60
Bread and Butter$0.15
Raspberry sherbet$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Frozen Fudge$0.40
Frozen Egg Nog$0.35
Fresh Strawberry Melba$0.50
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.30
Edam$0.45
Liederkranz$0.35
IMPORTED BLUE CHEESE$0.35
Camembert$0.35
Cream Cheese$0.30
Cream Cheese with Bar le Duc Jelly$0.50
Hickory Smoked Cheese$0.40
Bel Paese Cheese$0.35
Pot of coffee$0.25
Buttermilk$0.25
Demi Tasse$0.20
Golden Guernsey Certified Milk$0.30
Postum or Kaffee Hag$0.35
Acidophilus Milk$0.40
Tea (Cup)$0.20
SANKA COFFEE$0.35
chocolate milk$0.25
Imported Blue Cheese Dressing extra$0.20
Wine Vinegar Dressing extra$0.15
Chiffonade Dressing extra$0.20
Special Diet Dressing extra (Lemon juice, mineral oil, Veg-O-Salt, paprika, Worcesterchire)$0.15
Peach Pie$0.30
chocolate cream pie$0.30
Frozen Maple Pecan Pie$0.40
New Green Apple Pie$0.25
Rice Pudding, with Cream$0.25 – $0.35
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake$0.50
Chatterbox Pudding$0.35
Assorted Danish Pastry$0.25
Cup Custard with Crushed Strawberries$0.40
Up-side-down Pineapple Cake$0.30
Napoleon Pastry$0.25
Meringue Glace$0.35
Cup Custard$0.30
Petit Fours$0.35
Fresh strawberries with cream$0.50
Baked Apple, with Cream$0.35 – $0.40
Fresh Pineapple$0.40
Stewed Fresh Pears (2)$0.40
Fresh Grapes$0.40
Stewed Fresh Fruits$0.50
Half Grapefruit$0.35
Stewed rhubarb$0.35
Fresh Pear$0.20
Raw Apple$0.20
Little Neck clams$0.40
Crabmeat Cocktail$0.90
Fresh Fruit Cocktail$0.60
Tomato Juice$0.30
Orange Juice, Double$0.30 – $0.45
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail$0.30 – $0.45
Clam juice$0.30 – $0.45
Apple Juice$0.30
Cherrystone Clams$0.45
Shrimp Cocktail$0.70
Seafood Cocktail$1.00
Grapefruit Juice$0.30
Potage St. Germain$0.20 – $0.25
Consomme Farmer Style$0.20 – $0.25
Puree of Split pea$0.35
Cream of tomato$0.35
Clam Stew with Milk$0.70
Half and Half, with Cream$0.80 – $0.90
COLD - Jellied Madrilene$0.25
New Peas in Butter$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
French fried potatoes$0.30
Cauliflower$0.40
String Beans au Gratin$0.35
Broccoli$0.40
Artichoke$0.50
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes in Jacket$0.30
Corn Mexicain$0.40
Succotash$0.40
New Asparagus, Hollandaise sauce$0.80
Thousand Island Dressing
Mayonnaise
FRENCH DRESSING
Russian Dressing
Chef's Salad$0.55
Shrimp Salad$1.00
Maurice Salad$1.00
Fresh Cooked Vegetables Salad$0.80
Chicken salad$1.30
Lobster salad$1.75
French Bowl Salad$0.45
FRESH FRUIT$0.70
Lettuce and Tomato$0.45
Hearts of Lettuce$0.35
All White Meat (chicken) Salad$1.60
Crabmeat Salad$1.35
COMBINATION SALAD$0.45
Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
Romaine$0.40
Endive$0.45
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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