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The French Village

Date
1940-05-25
Restaurant
The French Village
Physical description
28x20.5cm folded; 28x41cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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SIRLOIN STEAK Deluxe - French Fried or Shoestring Potatoes, Head Lettuce with French or 1000 Island Dressing, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Choice of Hot Breads$1.25
SPECIAL T-BONE STEAK Deluxe - French Fried or Shoestring Potatoes, Head Lettuce with French or 1000 Island Dressing, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Choice of Hot Breads$1.50
EXTRA THICK SIRLOIN STEAK Deluxe - French Fried or Shoestring Potatoes, Head Lettuce with French or 1000 Island Dressing, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Choice of Hot Breads$1.75

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Tom Collins$0.25
Old Fashioned$0.25
Whiskey Sour$0.25
Shore Dinner: Tomato juice, clam chowder or shrimp cocktail, fried scallops, fresh gulf shrimp, filet of sole, Fresh Crab Meat Salad, broiled lobster tail, shoestring potatoes, tartar sauce, slaw, rolls, cornsticks, butter & coffee$0.95
Special To-Night: Roast Young Blue Grass Turkey, Sage Dressing & Giblet Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Peas & Carrots, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Choice of Hot Breads$0.75
Shrimp Cocktail, (extra except on One Dollar Dinner)$0.10
Tomato Juice
SAUER KRAUT JUICE
Chilled Fruit Juice
Port Wine
Sardines with Sauce Arnaud
Celery & Radishes
Assorted Olives
Hot Consomme, Madrilene
Chilled Consomme, Madrilene
1/2 Pink Texas Grapefruit
Fresh vegetable soup
*BREADED VEAL CUTLET, BROWN GRAVY$0.75
*FRIED MEDIUM FROG LEGS, TARTAR SAUCE$0.75
Roast Long Island Duckling, Dressing, Apple Sauce$0.75
*BROILED FILET OF MIGNON, BUTTER SAUCE$0.85
*BROILED LOBSTER TAIL, 2 HALVES, DRAWN BUTTER$0.85
Roast Prime Ribs of Western Beef, au Jus$0.95
ROAST YOUNG BLUE GRASS TURKEY, DRESSING, CRANBERRY JELLY$1.00
*1/2 FRIED SPRING CHICKEN, UNJOINTED$1.00
*COLD SLICED BAKED COUNTRY HAM, SPICED CRABAPPLE$1.10
SHRIMP ARNAUD sauce SHIPPED DIRECT FROM ARNAUD'S FAMOUS RESTAURANT IN NEW ORLEANS, HOT ROLLS, BUTTER$0.40
Fresh asparagus
Corn on the cob
French Browned Potatoes
Escalloped Tomatoes
New Green Beans
Choice From Salad Tray - We Serve Fresh Garden Vegetables
Hot rolls with butter
Corn muffins with butter
Kosher Rye Bread With Butter
Coffee
Tea
Ewings Marlbank Farm Milk
Madrilene

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Alive Soft Shell Crabs (2) (served with) Tartar Sauce, Shoestring Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Rolls-Muffins-&-Butter, Coffee, Tea or Milk$0.65

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Kentucky Special (NO SELECTIONS FROM MENU) - Half Fried Chicken, Country Gravy, Mashed Potatoes With Cole Slaw, Hot Rolls & Jelly, Coffee$0.75
Tomorrow Special Plate Luncheon$0.35
BROILED FRESH FLORIDA POMPANO, LEMON BUTTER$0.75
CREAMED BREAST OF TURKEY, In Pattie$0.65
MEAT BALLS & SPAGHETTI, Italienne$0.50
Macaroon Sundae
Devil Food Cake
Layer Cake Ala Mode
Baked Apple
Old Fashioned Spice Cake, Caramel Sauce
Revel Fudge Ice Cream
Fresh Pineapple Sundae
BLUEBERRY PIE
Chocolate Mint Parfait
pineapple sherbet
LIME SHERBET
Peppermint Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Corn Sticks with Butter
Hot rolls with butter
Kosher Rye Bread With Butter
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.15
All Fresh Vegetable Plate$0.50
BREAST OF LAMB, En Casserole$0.50
BROILED FILET OF HADDOCK, Lemon Butter$0.50
Fried Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce$0.55
ROAST LOIN OF PORK, Dressing, Apple Sauce$0.65
ASSORTED COLD MEAT PLATE, Potato Salad, (No Salad Choice Below)$0.65
Fresh vegetable soup
Fresh Fruit Cup
Half Grapefruit
Tomato Juice
SAUER KRAUT JUICE
Fresh Pineapple Cup
Honey Dew Melon
Fresh Canteloupe
Fresh asparagus
Escalloped Tomatoes
French Browned Potatoes
Corn on the cob
New Green Beans
SALAD FROM TRAY
Grade A Paasteurized Milk
ANY PASTRY FROM OUR TRAY

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The
French Village Bar

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Martell Brandy$0.35
Loquessy Brandy$0.35
Cherry Brandy$0.35
Hennessy Brandy$0.35
Courvoisier Brandy$0.35
Otadd Brandy$0.35
Kentucky Mint Julep$0.50
Old Forester Bourbon Whiskey, 4 yrs$0.30
Old Grandad Bourbon Whiskey, 4 yrs$0.30
Old Taylor Bourbon Whiskey, 4 yrs$0.30
Ronrico Cocktail$0.25
Daiquiri Cocktail$0.30
Perfect cocktail$0.30
Bronx Cocktail$0.30
Daiquiri (West Indies) Cocktail$0.35
Commodore Cocktail$0.30
Bacardi Cocktail$0.35
Millionaire Cocktail$0.30
Paradise Cocktail$0.30
Rum Collins$0.30
Cherry Cordial$0.25
Gold Seal Champagne$4.00
Cooks Extra Dry Champagne$4.00
Dry Monopole champagne$7.50
Mums Extra Dry Champagne$8.00
Mt. Vernon Rye$0.30
Falls City$0.15
Oertels '93$0.15
Fehrs$0.15
Sterling$0.15
Blue Ribbon$0.20
Budweiser$0.20
Ballatnie Ale$0.20
Drewrys Ale$0.20
Old Overholt$0.30
Canadian Club$0.35
Seagrams V.O.$0.35
Domestic Wine$0.20
Imported Wine$0.40
PORT$0.30
Claret$0.30
Burgandy$0.30
Dolly Madison$0.30
Imported Sherry$0.30
Sherry$0.30
Sauterne$0.30
Muscatel$0.30
Tokay$0.30
Virginia Dare$0.30
Blackberry Cordial$0.25
Peach Cordial$0.25
Apricot Cordial$0.25
Triple Sec$0.25
Creme de Menthe$0.25
Cointreau$0.35
Benedictine$0.35
Haig & Haig (Pinch)$0.40
Johnnie Walker (Black Label)$0.40
Cutty Sark$0.40
Ballantines$0.40
Black & White$0.35
Haig & Haig$0.35
Johnnie Walker$0.35
White House$0.35
De Wars White Label$0.35
Vat 69$0.35
TEACHERS$0.35
Old Anges$0.35
Tom Collins$0.25
Gin Rickey$0.25
Silver Fizz$0.30
Golden Fizz$0.30
Planter's Punch$0.35
Brandy Flip$0.40
Gin Fizz$0.25
Gin Sour$0.25
GIN BUCK$0.20
Sloe Gin Fizz$0.30
Brandy Sour$0.35
Royal Fizz$0.30
Sherry Flip$0.30
Stinger$0.40
Jack Rose$0.30
Alexander$0.30
Old Fashion$0.25
Martini$0.20
Manhattan$0.25
Side Car$0.35
Orange Blossom$0.25
Pink Lady$0.25
Whiskey Sour$0.25
Kentucky Par, 4 yrs.$0.25
Heaven Hill, 4 yrs.$0.25
Old Sport, 4 yrs.$0.25
Fortuna, 4 yrs$0.25
Old Fitzgerald, 4 yrs.$0.25
Colonel Beam, 4 yrs$0.25
Kentucky Tavern, 4 yrs$0.25
Yellowstone, 4 yrs.$0.25
Old Baker, 4 yrs.$0.25
Boots & Saddle, 4 yrs.$0.25
Old McKenna, 4 yrs.$0.25
T.W. Samuels, 4 yrs.$25.00
Old Elk, 4 yrs.$0.25
Four Roses (blend)$0.25

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