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The Empire Tea Room

Date
1943-12-21
Restaurant
The Empire Tea Room
Physical description
29x22.5cm folded; 29x45cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Roast Spring Chicken with Sage Dressing, Grape Jelly$1.00 – $1.50
Boiled Kennebec Salmon wiht Sauce Hollandaise$0.70 – $1.20
Broiled Halibut Steak with Pimento Butter$0.75 – $1.25
Poached Eggs with Cauliflower au Gratin DuBarry$0.85 – $1.35
Chicken Liver saute Turkish Style, Stewed Tomatoes, Eggplant, Rice$0.85 – $1.35
Cremed Fresh Mushroom Patty with Asparagus Tips$0.85 – $1.35
Fresh Vegetable Dinner cooked and served to order in our new Pressure Cookers (10 min.)$0.65 – $1.75
Fresh Vegetable Dinner cooked and served to order in our new Pressure Cookers (10 min.) with a Poached Egg$0.80 – $1.30
Cold--Fried Chicken, New Yorker Dressing, Sliced Tomato, Asparagus Tips$1.00 – $1.50
Rissole Potatoes
Buttered Corn and Lima Beans
Whipped Potatoes
Mashed Rutabaga
Romaine and Beet Salad
Apple and Blackberry Deep Dish Pie
Graham Cracker Cream Pie
Tutti Frutti Rice Pudding
Chocolate Layer Cake New Yorker
pineapple sherbet
Maple Pecan Sundae
Stewed Peaches
Chocolate Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Chatterbox Pudding
Tea
Demi Tasse
Milk
Coffee
Assorted Hors D'oeuvres
Fruit Cup Grenadine
Grapefruit Juice
Consomme Julienne
Potage Longchamps
Cocktail: THE YULETIDE: Imported White port Wine, Cuban Rum$0.50
Riesling Wine, glass$0.30

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Potage Longchamps$0.15
Consomme Julienne$0.15
Puree of Split Peas$0.25
Cream of tomato$0.25
Acidophilus Milk$0.30
Golden Guernsey Certified Milk$0.15
Skoal Bread (Swedish Rye Bread)$0.10
Oyster or Clam Stew with Milk$0.60
Oyster and Clam Stew with Half and Half$0.70
Oyster or Clam Stew with Cream$0.80
Jellied Madrilene$0.20
Chocolate Layer Cake New Yorker$0.20
Tutti Frutti Rice Pudding$0.20
Chocolate Log Pastry$0.15
Chatterbox Pudding$0.20
Petit Fours$0.20
rice pudding$0.20
Cup Custard$0.20
Apple and Blackberry Deep Dish Pie$0.20
Graham Cracker Cream Pie$0.20
Pumpkin Pie$0.20
Mince Meat Pie$0.25
New Green Apple Pie$0.20
Stewed Pears (2)$0.30
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Fresh Plums (3)$0.30
Fresh Grapes$0.30
Baked Apple$0.25
Fresh Pear$0.15
Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Raw Apple$0.15
Stewed Fresh Fruits$0.40
Stewed Peaches, New Yorker's Preserve$0.40
Fruits Served with Cream, 5c extra$0.05
Blue Point Oysters$0.30
Cape Cod Oysters$0.35
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
Fruit Cup$0.40
Crabmeat Cocktail$0.80
Orange Juice$0.20
Orange Juice$0.20
Orange Juice Double$0.30
Tomato Juice$0.20
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail$0.20
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail double$0.30
Grape Juice$0.20
Apple Juice$0.20
Clam juice$20.00
Clam Juice double$0.30
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.60
Sauerkraut Juice$0.20
Coffee (Cup)$0.10
Pot of Tea$0.15
SANKA COFFEE$0.25
Imported Blue Cheese Dressing$0.15
Wine Vinegar Dressin$0.15
Chiffonade Dressing$0.15
Demi Tasse$0.10
Chocolate or Cocoa$0.25
Frozen Toasted Almond Pie$0.30
pineapple sherbet$0.15
Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry Ice Cream$0.20
Caramer Nut Sundae$0.25
Frozen Fudge$0.30
chocolate milk$0.15
Special Diet Dressing$0.15
Cream Cheese, Pimento and Nuts on Whole Wheat Bread with Relish$0.40
Chicken Salad on Toast$0.50
New Peas in Butter$0.25
Lima beans$0.30
Cauliflower$0.30
French fried potatoes$0.20
Broccoli$0.30
Succotash$0.30
Artichoke$0.40
String Beans au Gratin$0.25
Brussels Sprouts$0.25
Corn Mexican$0.30
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes in Jacket$0.20
Maurice Salad$0.80
Chef's Salad$0.45
Fresh Cooked Vegetables Salad$0.70
Shrimp Salad$0.85
Chicken salad$1.10
Lobster salad$1.55
All White Meat Salad$1.35
Crabmeat Salad$1.10
French Bowl Salad$0.35
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.60
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.25
COMBINATION SALAD$0.35
Sliced Tomatoes Salad$0.25
Romaine Salad$0.30
Endive Salad$0.35
Bibb Lettuce Salad$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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