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Aviation Terrace

Date
1940-08-26
Restaurant
Aviation Terrace
Physical description
25.5x17.5cm folded; 25.5x35.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Special - Potted Leg of Veal with Brown Gravy$1.00
Broiled Whitefish with Lemon Butter$1.20
Boiled Fresh Salmon, Mousseline Sauce$1.30
Grilled Half Spring Chicken, Maitre d'Hotel$1.50
Roast Rack and Loin of Spring Lamb$1.65
Baked Ham Steak with Glaced Peach$1.45
Small Filet Mignon Saute, Mushroom Sauce$1.85
Fresh Vegetable Dinner with Poached Egg$1.00
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef with Natural Gravy$1.50
Celery
Olives
Jellied Madrilene
Consomme Mille Fanti
Grapefruit Juice
Potage Parmentier
Canape Moderne
Iced Cantaloupe
Coffee
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Raspberry sherbet
French Pastry
rice pudding
New Green Apple Pie
Stewed Fruit
Pistachio Ice Cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Vanilla ice cream
Pear and Grapenut Pudding
FRESH PEACH PIE
Orange Chiffon Pie, Florida Style
Home-Made Chocolate Layer Cake
Plum Cake
Choice of Dessert
Coffee$0.15
Milk$0.15
Tea$0.15
Liederkranz Cheese.3
Liederkranz Cheese$0.30
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.30
Switzerland Swiss Cheese$0.30
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.30
COMBINATION SALAD
Whole Cold Lobster, Mayonnaise, Sliced Tomato, Egg
Whole Broiled Alive Lobster with Drawn Butter, Julienne Potatoes and New Peas
Celery
Radishes
Olives
CLAM BROTH
Lettuce and Tomato
Half Broiled Chicken, Vegetable Salad, Relish$1.50
Esto Ham with Potato Salad and Dill Pickle$1.45
Halibut Steak, Sauce Gribbish, Sliced Tomato$1.25
Pistachio Ice Cream$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.25
Raspberry sherbet$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Compote of fruits$0.35
French Pastry$0.20
Cake$0.25
rice pudding$0.20
Assorted Pies$0.25
Chateau Potatoes
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Braised celery
Carrots and peas
Mashed potatoes
Succotash
Thistle Cocktail, Scotch, Vermouth and Angostura Bitters$0.40
Planked Steak Dinner$2.50
Tomato Juice
Fruit Cocktail
Grapefruit Juice
Cherry Juice
Shrimp Cocktail
Crabmeat Cocktail
Crabmeat Cocktail
Fruit Cocktail
Lobster Dinner$2.50
Coffee
Hydroponic Tomatoes, stuffed with cream cheese and served with Jelly Sandwiches$0.55
Chef's Salad$0.40
Chicken salad$1.15
Shrimp Salad$0.80
Chiffonade$0.40
Crabmeat$1.15
Maurice Salad (Julienne of Chicken, Ham, Lettuce, Tomato, Egg)$0.70
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef$1.15
Fresh Mushrooms on Toast with Bacon$0.75
Choice of Dessert
Chef salad
Planked Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms and Fresh Garden Vegetables
Celery
Radishes
Olives
Lanb Chop (1)$0.50
Grilled Ham Steak$1.00
Veal Chop$1.00
Pork Chop$0.50 – $0.90
Consomme Mille Fanti
Potage Parmentier
Tomato Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Shrimp Cocktail
Cherry Juice
Half Broiled Chicken$1.25
Steak Minute$1.60
Tenderloin Steak (per person)$1.80
Sirloin Steak (per person)$1.85
Cream of tomato soup$0.20 – $0.30
Chicken broth$0.20 – $0.30
Clam juice$0.25 – $0.40
Grapefruit Juice$0.25 – $0.40
Marinated Herring$0.35
Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Orange Juice$0.25 – $0.40
Tomato Juice$0.25 – $0.40
Fruit Cocktail$0.30
Hearts of Celery$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.35

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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