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Canary Cottage

Date
1940-05-24
Restaurant
Canary Cottage
Physical description
28x20.5cm folded; 28x41cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5
  6. Page 6

Dishes

Page 2

Prime Rib of Western Beef Roasted at its Finest, Rare, Medium or Well Done...With French Fried Potatoes, Chefs Special Salad, Hot Rolls and Butter, Coffee, Tea, or Milk$0.75
Shore Dinner - Tomato Juice, Clam Chowder or Shrimp Cocktail, Fried Maryland Crab, Fried Gulf Shrimp, Grilled Whitefish, Filet of Sole, Fried Scallops, Chefs Salad, Shoestring Potatoes, Hot Rolls or Corn Sticks and Butter, Coffee or Tea$0.95
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.15
Tomato Juice
Kraut Juice
Canape of Crabmeat and cheese
Noodle soup with chicken
Orange Ambrosia
fruit juice with sliced banana
Two Croquettes of Veal with Spanish Sauce$0.50
Chicken Fricassee (Dark Meat) In Casserole$0.50
Fresh Vegetable Plate, Choice of Salad$0.60
Fried Filet of Sole with Tartar Sauce$0.60
Grilled Boston Whitefish, Lemon Parsley Butter$0.50
Creole Round Steak, Tender and Juicy$0.65
Roast Sirloin of Beef, Natural Brown Gravy$0.65
Breaded Lamb Fries, Mushrooms, Bacon on Cream Toast$0.65
Fresh Green Beans
Coffee
Tea
Pecan Toffee Ice Cream
Milk
Southern Spoon Bread
Old Fashioned Peppermint Ice Cream
Churned Buttermilk
Rye Krisp
Toasted Macaroon Ice Cream
Hot Rolls
Chocolate Ice Cream
Whole Wheat Bread
Rye Bread
Hot Whole Wheat Rolls
Old English Cheese
Pineapple Ice
Vanilla ice cream
fresh strawberry ice cream
Head Lettuce with Roquefort Cheese (no cost on dinners $1 and up)$0.10
Buttered New Cabbage
French fried potatoes
Sweet Potato Delight
Fresh Green Peas with Beets
New Potatoes Poulette
Corn muffins
Fresh Raspberry Ice
Choice from Our Tray of Desserts

Page 3

French Omelet with Cheese and Mushrooms$0.75
Ham Asparagus Roll With Rarebit Sauce$0.75
Roast Native Veal, Dressing, Pan Gravy$0.75
Fresh Sea Scallops, Fresh Shrimp, Fried with Tartar Sauce$0.85
Live Soft Shell Crabs Fried with Tartar Sauce$0.85
Special Cut Rib Roast At its Finest..Rare, Medium or Well Done$0.95
Half Milk Fed Chicken, Fried Slowly, Unjointed, Country Gravy$1.10
U.S. Prime T-Bone Steak Broiled, With French Curled Onions$1.45
Broiled Fresh Pompano Filet in Lemon Butter$1.15
Our Famous Sirloin Steak Broiled As You Like It$1.45
Live Maine Lobster Broiled, with Drawn Butter$1.45
Old Kentucky Ham, Sliced Cold with Potato Salad$1.00
Assorted Fruit Cup
fruit juice with sliced banana
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail (no charge on dinners $1 and up)$0.10
Orange Ambrosia
Noodle soup with chicken
Tomato Juice
Canape of Crabmeat and cheese
Celery
Fresh Green Beans
Coffee
Whole Wheat Rolls
French fried potatoes
Chocolate Ice Cream
Hot Rolls
Corn muffins
Tea
Milk
Churned Buttermilk
Toasted Macaroon Ice Cream
fresh strawberry ice cream
Vanilla ice cream
Toasted Rolls
Pecan Toffee Ice Cream
Kosher Rye Bread
Rye Krisp
Southern Spoon Bread
Gruyere Swiss Cheese
Pineapple Ice
Old English Cheese
Old Fashion Peppermint Ice Cream
Buttered New Cabbage
Fresh Green Peas with Beets
New Potatoes Poulette
Sweet Potato Delight
Head Lettuce with Roquefort Cheese (no cost on dinners $1 and up)$0.10
Raspberry Ice
Olives
Radishes
Kraut Juice
Choice from Our Tray of Desserts

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Sirloin Steak$1.15 – $1.40
SPECIAL T-BONE STEAK$1.25 – $1.50
EXTRA THICK SIRLOIN STEAK$1.50 – $1.75
French fried potatoes
Shoestring Potatoes
Head Lettuce, French Dressing
Head Lettuce, 1000 Island Dressing
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Choice of Hot Breads

Page 5

Kentucky Special - HALF MILK FED CHICKEN (Cooked to order) Unjointed -- Fried Slowly, Country Gravy, Whipped Potatoes, Chef's Special Salad, Hot Rolls, Butter, Jelly, Coffee$0.75

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