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Hotel Duane

Date
1940-10-28
Restaurant
Hotel Duane
Physical description
27x17cm folded; 27x24.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 2

Celery$0.20
Half Grapefruit$0.20
Bread and Butter Per Person$0.10
Demi-tasse$0.10
Iced coffee$0.15
Iced tea$0.15
Tea (Pot)$0.15
Postum (Pot)$0.15
Sanka Coffee (Pot)$0.20
Coffee (pot - 1)$0.15
Chocolate$0.20
Individual Bottle Milk$0.10
Cream Cheese and Jelly$0.35
Imported Swiss$0.25
Philadelphia cream$0.20
Swiss Gruyere, Individual$0.25
Sliced Banana Cream$0.20
Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate sauce$0.30
Camembert, Individual
Roquefort$0.25
Sliced Orange$0.20
Melon in Season$0.30
Duane Parfait$0.25
Baked Apple with Cream$0.20
Stewed Figs$0.20
Bisque Tortoni$0.20
Raspberry Ice$0.25
Special ice cream$0.20
Coupe Duane$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.20
Spumoni$0.25
Ice Cream Parfait$0.30
Fresh Apple Pie$0.20
Fresh Apple Pie a la Mode$0.35
Cold Virginia Ham with Asparagus$0.90
Cold Sliced Chicken$0.90
Cold cuts with potato salad$1.00
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.50
Combination Sandwich$0.35
Tunafish Salad Sandwich$0.30
Tongue Sandwich$0.30
Imported Sardine Sandwich$0.30
Ham Sandwich$0.30
Cream Cheese and Jelly$0.30
Imported Swiss Cheese Sandwich$0.30
Club sandwich$0.65
Chicken (white meat) Sandwich$0.50
Lettuce and Tomato, Mayonnaise Sandwich$0.30
Chef's Salad$0.45
Shrimp Salad$0.75
COMBINATION SALAD$0.50
Chicken (white meat) salad$0.90
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.40
Crab Meat salad$0.75
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.30
Salads Served with French or Russian Dressing
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.25
Boiled potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
French fried potatoes$0.25
Au Gratin Potatoes$0.30
Baked Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes O'Brien$0.25
Lima beans$0.30
Cauliflower au Gratin$0.30
New peas$0.30
Spinach$0.30
String Beans$0.30
Lamb Chop with French Fried Potatoes$0.45 – $0.75
Sirloin Steak with French Fried Potatoes (per person)$1.75
Half Broiled Chicken with French Fried Potatoes$1.00
Spaghetti, Any Style$0.75
FRESH VEGETABLE PLATE$0.75
Minute Steak, O'Brien Potatoes$1.50
Planked Sirloin Steak per person$2.75
Chicken saute, Chasseur$1.25
Minced Chicken a la King$1.00
Ham and eggs$0.60
French Toast$0.45
Spanish omelet$0.65
Fresh Shrimps, Any Style$0.75
Filet of sole$0.75
Fried scallops with bacon, tartar sauce$0.75
Soup du Jour$0.20 – $0.30
OYSTER STEW, HALF AND HALF$0.50
Cream of tomato$0.30
Bisque of Oysters$0.45
Petite marmite$0.45
Onion Soup au gratin$0.40
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Chicken broth$0.30
Lobster Cocktail$0.35
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
Cranb Meat Cocktail$0.35
Pineapple Juice$0.15
Grapefruit Juice$0.15
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.15
Olives$0.20
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.15
Hors d'Oeuvres per person$1.00
Little Neck clams$0.35
Canape of Anchovies$0.45
Melon in Season$0.30
Fruit Cocktail$0.30
Shrimp Cocktail$0.35

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Coffee
Tea
Milk
Buttermilk
Roquefort, Gruyere, Brie, Camembert or Cream Cheese
Chocolate, Vanilla or Egg Nog Ice Cream
TORTONI ICE CREAM
Raspberry Ice
ICE CREAM ROLL
Apple Pie
Orange ice
Fig Sundae
Preserved plums
Silver Lake Cake
Apple Pudding, Caramel Sauce
Pineapple Cheese Pie
Romaine and Grapefruit Salad
BOULANGERE Potatoes
stewed tomato
Broccoli Italienne
Smoked Beef Tongue, Raisin Sauce$1.00
Turkey Croquette, Cream Sauce, Bacon$0.85
Minute Steak Saute, Bercy$1.15
Baked Lobster, Thermidor$1.00
Broiled Halibut Steak, Mirabeau$0.95
Grilled Breast of Chicken, Ham and Mushrooms$1.05
Omelette Portugaise$0.85
Braised Beef a la Mode, Potato Pancake$1.00
Puree of Split Peas$0.10
Celery Broth$0.10
Cherrystone Clam Cocktail$0.10
Pineapple Juice$0.10
Fruit Cup$0.10
Tomato Juice$0.10
Grapefruit$0.10
Blue Point Cocktail$0.10
Clam juice$0.10
Stuffed celery$0.10
Imported Medoc$0.15
Havana Cocktail, Bacardi Rum, Pineapple Juice$0.40

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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