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The Coffee Shop

Date
1940-09-27
Restaurant
The Coffee Shop
Physical description
28.5x22.5cm folded; 28.5x45cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Lemon Sherbet, 10
Lobster salad$1.15
Shrimps salad$0.60
Crabmeat Salad$0.85
Cream Cheese and Jelly Sandwich$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.15
Chicken salad$0.75
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.15
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.15
Ice Cream with Home-made Cookies$0.20
Fresh Pineapple Sundae$0.20
Casaba or Spanish Melon$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Coffee Ice Cream$0.15
Butter pecan ice cream$0.15
Meringue Glace$0.20
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.20
Golden Guernsey Certified Milk$0.10
Buttermilk$0.10
Hot Chocolate or Ovaltine$0.15
Kaffee Hag or Sanka (10 min.)$0.20
Coffee or Tea$0.10
Sour Cream with Boiled Potato$0.30
Pot Cheese in Sour Cream, Boiled Potato$0.35
Berries or Fruit in Season with Sour Cream$0.35
Sour Cream with Pot Cheese, Sharp Vegetables, Boiled Potato$0.38
Blueberries$0.30
Switzerland Swiss Cheese$0.20
Hot Pot Roast Sandwich with Mashed Potatoes and Green Peas$0.38
Coffee Shop Club Sandwich (Chopped Virginia ham, lettuce, tomato, melted cheese and currant jelly)$0.35
Creamed Egg, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich with Mayonnaise$0.25
Little Neck clams$0.25
Liederkranz$0.20
Camembert$0.20
Roquefort$0.20
Roquefort Cheese Dressing$0.10
Special Diet Dressing (lemon juice, mineral oil, Veg-O-Salt, paprika, Worcestershire Sauce)$0.10
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.20
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.20
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.40
Salads with Choice of Thousand Island, Mayonnaise, French or Russian Dressing
Crabmeat Cocktail$0.40
Chicken Salad on Toast$0.40
Baked Apple$0.15
Baked Apple with Cream$0.20
Raw Apple$0.10
Persian Melon$0.35
Half Grapefruit$0.15
Fig and Prune Compote$0.25
Chopped Ham and Egg on French Toast$0.35
Cold Sliced Flank Steak Sandwich$0.30
Club sandwich$0.60
Tokay or Malaga Grapes$0.25
Tongue, Liverwurst and India Relish Sandwich$0.35
Fresh Pineapple$0.20
Cantaloupe$0.20
Watermelon$0.25
Honeydew Melon$0.30
Deviled Ham and Cream Cheese Sandwich$0.25
Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.25
Western Sandwich (Chopped Ham and Olive with Egg)$0.25
Melted Cheese and Currant Jam Sandwich$0.25
Chicken and Lettuce Sandwich$0.40
Bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich$0.25
Ham and Cheese Sandwich$0.25
Sardines or Ox Tongue Sandwich$0.25
American Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Salami or Bologna Sandwich$0.15
Corned beef sandwich$0.20
Sliced Ham or Liverwurst Sandwich$0.15
Fried Cherrystone Clams (9), Tartar Sauce$0.60
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.35
FRIED CAPE COD OYSTERS, TARTAR SAUCE$0.50
Oysters Panroast New Yorker$0.50
Oyster Cream Stew$0.60
Seafood Cocktail$0.50
Clam Stew with Cream$0.60
Clam Stew, Half and Half$0.50
Clam Stew with Milk$0.45
Cup of Clam Broth$0.15
Cherrystone Clams$0.25
Oysters, Half and Half$0.50
Oyster Milk Stew$0.45
Fried Oyster Sandwich$0.30
Cape Cod Oysters on Half Shell$0.30
Blue point oysters on half shell$0.25

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PEACH DELIGHT Cuban rum fresh fruit peach fresh fruit lime juice sugar$0.25
Mixed Seafood Newburg, Rice and New Peas, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.45
Macaroni in Cream with Fresh Mushrooms au Gratin, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.35
Butterscotch Cream Pie$0.15
Frozen Burnt Almond Pie$0.20
Ice Cream with Homemade Cookies$0.20
Cocoanut Layer Cake$0.15
Chocolate Nut Pudding$0.15
Stewed pears$0.20
Plum Cake$0.15
Cheese Cake New Yorker$0.15
Clam Chowder$0.15
imported sardines$0.20
Natural Apple Juice$0.10
Grapefruit Juice$0.15 – $0.20
Fruit Cocktail$0.20
BLUEBERRY PIE$0.15
Lemon Sherbet$0.10
Pound cake$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Fresh Pineapple Sundae$0.20
Dainty Danish Pastries (3 pieces)$0.15
New Green Apple Pie$0.15
New Green Apple Pie a la Mode$0.20
rice pudding$0.15
Fresh pumpkin pie$0.20
French Pastry$0.12
Brownies (2)$0.15
Chatterbox Pudding$0.15
Browned Roast Beef Hash, Baked Beans, Candied Sweet Potato, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.33
Roast Fresh Ham, Apple Sauce, Whipped Potatoes and Sauerkraut, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.46
Sour Pot Roast of Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Red Cabbage, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.47
Combination Delicatessen Platter with Potato Salad, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.42
Eggs Salad on Lettuce, Sliced Tomato, Mayonnaise, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.42
Special Jumbo Sandwich: Egg and Cheese Sandwich, Candied Sweet Potatoes and Health Salad, Served on a Giant Roll$0.27
Today's Blue Plate: Codfish Cake with Tomato Sauce, Fried Egg, Whipped Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Including Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.33
Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Garnished, Yorkshire Pudding$0.85
Today's Salad Plate: Salmon Salad with Celery, Mayonnaise, Sliced Egg, Tomato, Potato Salad; Bread or Rolls and Butter; Coffee, Tea or Milk$0.42
Fresh Vegetable Luncheon with Poached Egg, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.49
Fresh Vegetable Luncheon, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.39
Marinated Herring, Sour Cream, Sliced Onions and Apple, Boiled Potato, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.40
Braised Roulade of Beef, Vegetable Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Peas, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.44
Spanish Omelette, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Spinach, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.41
Fried Deep Sea Scallops, Tartar Sauce, Potatoes and Cole Slaw, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.39
Grilled Salmon English Style, Boiled Potato, Lima Beans, Bread or Rolls & Butter$0.42
Clam Chowder, when served with Plate Luncheon$0.09
Consomme with Noodles$0.10
Puree of Split Peas$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.10 – $0.20
Orange Juice$0.15 – $0.20
Marinated Herring$0.20
Celery and Olives$0.15

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Bluepoint Oysters on the Half Shell$0.25
CAPE COD OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL$0.30
Oyster and Mushroom Pot Pie with light, flaky crust$0.55
Broiled Bluepoints on Toast, Chatham style$0.50
Golden-brown fried Cape Cods with Tartar Sauce and Julienne Potatoes$0.45

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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