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House Of Representatives Restaurant

Date
1940-07-04
Restaurant
House Of Representatives Restaurant
Physical description
25x16cm folded; 25x31.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Queen olives$0.20
Ripe Olives$0.20
Tomato Juice$0.20
Green Shrimp Cocktail$0.50
Combination Sea Food Cocktail$0.60
Fresh Lobster Cocktail$0.60
Cherrystone Clams$0.25
Cherrystone Clams, Cocktail$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.25
Little Neck Clams, Cocktail$0.30
Lump Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Clam juice$0.20
Fruit Cup$0.25
Hearts of Celery$0.20
Half Dozen Fried Clams with Coleslaw$0.45
English Beef Broth with Barley$0.15
Chicken Broth with ABC$0.15
Minced Clam Stew with Milk$0.35
Minced Clam Stew with Cream$0.50
White Navy Bean Soup$0.15
Cold Jellied Tomato Bouillon Soup$0.15
Genuine Calf's Liver Saute with Bacon, Lyonnaise Potatoes, Buttered String Beans, Choice of Pie or Jello, Coffee, Tea, or Milk$0.60
London Mixed Grill with Lamb Chop, Baked Stuffed Fancy Tomato, French-Fried Potatoes, Choice of Pie or Jello, Coffee, Tea, or Milk$0.75
Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast and Poached Egg, Mashed Potatoes, Sifted June Peas, Bread and Butter, Coffee, Tea, or Milk$0.45
Fresh Green Shrimp Salad, Mayonnaise, Graham Bread, Cottage Cheese, Apple Sauce, Milk, or Buttermilk, or Tea, or Cafe au lait$0.65
Lettuce, Egg, and Tomato Salad$0.25
Sliced Pineapple and Cottage Cheese Salad$0.20
Fresh Shrimp and Grapefruit Salad$0.25
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.25
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.15
Waldorf Salad$0.25
Hearts of Lettuce and Sliced Tomatoes Salad$0.25
Stuffed Tomato with Apple and Celery Salad$0.25
Old-Fashioned Corn Bread$0.10
Broiled Boneless Bluefish, Lemon Butter, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.50
Fried Scallops and Bacon, Remoulade Sauce$0.50
Cold Boiled Salmon Steak, Mayonnaise, Potato Salad$0.45
Omelette with Creamed New Peas and Potatoes$0.50
Roast Beef Hash with Fried Egg and June Peas$0.45
Smothered Spring Chicken, Mushrooms, Mashed Potatoes, and Vegetables$0.60
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Mint Jelly, New Parsley Potatoes, New Lima Beans$0.60
Hog's Head Cheese and Potato Salad$0.35
Assorted Cold Cuts and Potato Salad$0.65

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Shrimp Salad$0.60
Chicken salad$0.75
Coleslaw$0.20
Potato salad$0.20
Fruit Salad, Mayonnaise Dressing$0.50
Asparagus Tips$0.30
Mayonnaise, extra order$0.10
Mashed or boiled potatoes$0.15
French-Fried Potatoes$0.15
Sweet Potatoes, Fried or Candied$0.15
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Sifted Peas$0.20
Cauliflower$0.20
String Beans$0.15
BUTTERED BEETS$0.15
Fresh Spinach with Egg$0.25
Boiled rice$0.15
Fried eggplant$0.20
Fleischmann's Yeast Cake$0.05
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese with Gauva Jelly$0.35
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.15
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.15
Swiss Gruyere cheese$0.25
Iced coffee$0.10
Iced tea$0.10
Coffee, cup$0.05
Coffee, Pot$0.10
Postum, cup$0.10
Kaffee Hag$0.15
Chocolate Milk Shake$0.15
Vanilla Milk Shake$0.15
Half and Half, glass$0.15
Half and Half, pint, with crackers$0.20
Tea--Oolong, pot$0.10
Tea--Orange Pekoe, pot$0.10
Tea--Green, pot$0.10
Tea--English Breakfast, pot$0.10
Nestle's Cocoa, cup$0.10
Nestle's Cocoa, pot$0.15
Malted Milk Shake$0.20
chocolate milk$0.05
Buttermilk, glass$0.05
Milk, glass$0.05
Minced Ham Salad with Lettuce Sandwich$0.20
Grilled American Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Grilled American Cheese with Ham Sandwich$0.25
Grilled American Cheese with Bacon Sandwich$0.25
Peanut Butter Sandwich$0.15
Baked Virginia Ham sandwich$0.20
Peanut Butter and Jelly 3-Decker Sandwich$0.20
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Fried egg sandwich$0.15
Liver sausage sandwich$0.15
Cream cheese with jelly and olives sandwich$0.20
Cream Cheese with Jelly and Nuts Sandwich$0.20
Cold Sliced Chicken Sandwich$0.70
Club sandwich$0.50
Chicken Loaf Sandwich$0.15
tuna fish sandwich$0.15
American Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Imported Swiss Cheese Sandwich$0.20
Pimento cheese sandwich$0.15
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.35
Chicken, Lettuce, and Mayonnaise Sandwich$0.45
Chicken Sandwich$0.40
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Lettuce and Egg Sandwich$0.20
Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, and Mayonnaise Sandwich$0.25
Combination Sandwich$0.25
Salmon Salad Sandwich$0.15
Anheuser-Busch Budweiser$0.20
NATIONAL PREMIUM BEER$0.20
Genesee Beer$0.20
Genesee Ale$0.20
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer$0.20
Piel's Lager Beer$0.20
Schlitz$0.20
Ballantine Ale$0.20
Ballantine Ale$0.20
Orange Juice (Glass)$0.20 – $0.35
Tomato Juice$0.15 – $0.25
Ram's Head Pale Ale$0.20
Pineapple Juice$0.20
Grapefruit Juice$0.20
Canada Dry Ginger Ale$0.25
White Rock$0.15 – $0.25
Red Raven Split$0.15
Grape Juice$0.15
Dr. Pepper$0.10
Coca-Cola$0.10
7 up$0.10
Green Apple Pie$0.15
APRICOT PIE$0.15
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.15
Ice Cold Watermelon$0.15
Fruit Jello, Whipped Cream$0.15
Ice Cold Cantaloup$0.15
Cantaloup a la mode$0.25
Apple dumpling with cream$0.20
Pie a la Mode$0.20
Banana Split$0.25
Baked Apple$0.20
Pineapple Float$0.20
Parfait Chantilly$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Apple Sauce$0.15
Half Grapefruit$0.15
JAMS$0.20
Marmalades$0.20
Preserves$0.20
Chocolate Sundae$0.20
Strawberry Sundae$0.20
Pineapple Sundae$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.15
Fresh Peach Ice Cream$0.15
Raspberry sherbet$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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