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The Jefferson

Date
1940-04-03
Restaurant
The Jefferson
Physical description
25x19cm folded; 25x38.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Tomato Juice
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
SAUER KRAUT JUICE
Prune Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Baked Apple
Sliced Banana
Sliced Oranges
Stewed prunes
Apple Sauce
Half Grapefruit
Old Virginia Breakfast - Orange Juice, Hot Buckwheat Cakes, Virginia Syrup, Country Sausage Cakes, Coffee, Tea, or Milk$0.60
Fruit and Cereal$0.15
Coffee
Chocolate
Tea
Milk
Corn muffins
Dry Toast
Buttered toast
Assorted Rolls
Choice of One Fruit$0.35
Choice of One Fruit and One Cereal$0.45
One Egg, any style with 2 Strips of Bacon$0.50
Smithfield Ham and Eggs$1.00
Two Eggs, any style, with Ham$0.75
Broiled Lamb Chop (1)$0.75
Hot Cakes with Pork Links$0.65
Fried Salt Roe Herring$0.65
Boiled Salt Mackerel$0.65
Two Eggs, any style$0.60
Smithfield Sausage Cakes$0.50
Little Pig Sausage (Four)$0.50
One Egg with Sausage$0.50
Griddle Cakes with Bacon$0.50
Two Eggs, any style, with 4 strips of bacon$0.75
Choice of One Cereal$0.35

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Chocolate$0.30
Cocoa$0.30
Buttermilk$0.10 – $0.15
Milk$0.10 – $0.15
Instant Postum$0.20
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.20
Kaffee Hag$0.30
Ceylon Tea$0.20
SANKA COFFEE$0.30
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.20
Demitasse$0.15
Coffee, per pot$0.20
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.20
French fried potatoes$0.20
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.20
Saute Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.30
Broiled Flounder$0.65
Kippered Herring$0.50
Broiled Sea Trout$0.65
Codfish Cake$0.25 – $0.40
Salt mackerel$0.50
Fresh Mackerel$0.50
Panfish$0.40 – $0.60
Fried Roe Herring$0.50
Breakfast Steak$1.00
Broiled Smithfield Ham$1.00
Broiled Bacon$0.50
Fried Bacon$0.50
Sausage cakes$0.50
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.65
Broiled Chicken, half$0.80
Lamb Chops$0.40 – $0.75
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.50
Pork Link Sausage$0.50
Calf Liver and Bacon$0.75
Broiled Ham$0.50
Fried Ham$0.50
Veal Chop$0.40 – $0.75
Corned Beef Hash$0.50
Boiled Eggs (2)$0.25
Fried Eggs$0.30
Bacon and eggs$0.55
Omelette, ham$0.55
Omelette, bacon$0.55
Omelette, chicken livers$0.65
Poached eggs$0.30
Scrambled Eggs$0.30
Smithfield Ham and Eggs$0.75
Omelette, tomato$0.60
Omelette, Current Jelly$0.60
Omelette, creole$0.75
Shrried Eggs$0.35
OMELETTE$0.35
Ham and eggs$0.55
Omelette, cheese$0.60
Omelette, Spanish$0.70
Omelette, mushroom$0.75
Rice Krispies$0.25
Puffed rice$0.25
Puffed Wheat$0.25
Oatmeal$0.25
Hominy Grits$0.25
Bran Flakes$0.25
Grape Nuts$0.25
Corn Flakes$0.25
Cream of Wheat$0.25
Shredded Wheat$0.25
All-Bran and Others$0.25
French Toast$0.35
Waffles$0.30
Buckwheat Cakes$0.25
Corn Meal Cakes$0.25
Dry Toast$0.15
English Muffins, Toasted$0.20
Milk toast$0.20
Jefferson Melba Toast$0.15
Assorted Rolls$0.10
Cream toast$0.25
Cinnamon Toast$0.25
Buttered toast$0.15
Wild Bramble Jelly$0.30
Guava jelly$0.30
Assorted Wine Jelly$0.25
Bar le Duc Jelly$0.30
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.25
Orange marmalade$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.30
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Blackberry Preserves$0.25
RASPBERRY PRESERVES$0.25
Orange Juice$0.20
Pineapple Juice$0.20
Grapefruit Juice$0.20
Prune Juice$0.20
Tomato Juice$0.20
Kraut Juice$0.20
Banana$0.15
Banana with cream$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.15
Strained honey$0.25
Honey Dew Melon$0.30
GRAPEFRUIT HALF$0.20
Baked apples with cream$0.25
Strawberries with cream$0.35
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Orange$0.15
Sliced Orange$0.15
Delicious Apple$0.15
Stewed Prunes with cream$0.25
California Peaches$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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