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United States Senate Office Building Restaurant

Date
1940-03-28
Restaurant
United States Senate Office Building Restaurant
Physical description
28x20.5cm
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Broiled Halibut Steak, Pepper Relish
Old-Fashioned Bean Soup, cup$0.10
Old-Fashioned Bean Soup, bowl$0.15
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.30
Celery$0.15
Shrimp Cocktail$0.30
Olives$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.10
Roast Prime Rib of Beef$0.45
Oyster Stew with Milk$0.30
Broiled calf's liver and bacon$0.35
Macaroni au gratin and Pineapple Fritter$0.25
Cottage Cheese and Peach Salad$0.20
Boiled Corned Beef and Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes$0.35
Ginger Muffins$0.05
Deep-Dish Cherry Pie$0.10
Fresh Sliced Pineapple$0.10
Baked Apple with Cream$0.20
Orange$0.10
Sliced Oranges$0.10
Jello with Whipped Cream$0.10
Pie a la Mode$0.15
Ice cream$0.10
Fruit salad$0.20
Grapefruit (one-half)$0.10
Peach Custard Pudding$0.10
Layer Cake$0.10
Cup Cake$0.05
Apple Pie$0.10
lemon meringue pie$0.10
Corn bread$0.05
Coca-Cola (bottle)$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Beets$0.10
Spinach$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Stewed Sweet Corn$0.10
Boiled rice$0.10
Sandwiches
bacon$0.20
Tongue$0.15
Bacon and Peanut Butter$0.25
Ham$0.10
Lettuce and Tomato$0.15
Fried egg$0.15
Lettuce$0.15
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
Olive and Cheese$0.15
Peanut Butter$0.10
Swiss cheese$0.10
Chicken$0.35
TUNA FISH$0.15
Corned beef$0.15
Pimento Cheese$0.15
Club$0.40
Combination: Ham, Lettuce, and Tomato$0.25
Cold Stuffed Tomato with Vegetable Salad, Cheese and Potato Chips$0.30
Cold Ham with Potato Salad$0.30
Avocado Pear and Grapefruit, French Dressing$0.30
Chicken salad$0.30
Grilled Cheese$0.20
Potato salad with onions$0.15
with bacon$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.15
Tomato Salad$0.20
Bread and Butter served only with meat and fish orders
Waldorf Salad$0.20
Raw Vegetable Salad$0.20
Potato salad$0.15
Tuna Fish Salad$0.30
Salmon Salad$0.20
Special Lunch, 45 cents
Chicken salad$0.40
Choice of
Cooked Vegetable Salad$0.20
Scalloped Tomatoes
Whipped Potatoes
Half Grapefruit -- Ice Cream -- Pudding -- Jello, Whipped Cream
Coffee, Tea, or Milk
Thirty-five cent Plate Lunch
Creamed Smithfield Ham and Eggs au gratin, Corn Fritter, Cubed Potatoes O'Brien
Bread and Butter -- Coffee
Today's Chef's Special, to order
Coleslaw$0.15
FRESH FRUIT$0.35
Small Fruit Salad$0.20
Spring Salad, bowl$0.20
Luncheon
United States Senate Office Building Restaurant
(Open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Chicken Broth Gumbo with Rice, cup$0.10
Chicken Broth Gumbo with Rice, bowl$0.15
Coffee or Tea, cup$0.05
Half and Half, glass$0.15
Milk or Buttermilk$0.05
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Crackers and half and half$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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