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Hotel Buffalo

Date
1941-07-16
Restaurant
Hotel Buffalo
Physical description
24x17cm folded; 24x34cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 2

Crabmeat Cocktail$0.35
Fresh Fruit Cocktail$0.30
Grapefruit Juice$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.15 – $0.20
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
Little Neck clams$0.35
Shrimp Cocktail$0.40
Clam Juice Cocktail
Mock turtle soup$0.15 – $0.20
Cream of tomato soup$0.15 – $0.20
Split pea soup$0.15 – $0.20
French Onion Soup with cheese crust$0.30
clam milk stew$0.40
Clam Milk stew with Half and Half$0.50
Clam Milk Stew with Cream$0.60
Fresh Shrimp Salad$0.75
Chicken and Vegetable Salad$0.65
Chef's Special Salad with Tunafish$0.45
Chicken salad$1.00
White Meat Chicken Salad$1.25
Hotel Buffalo Frozen Pudding, Rum Sauce$0.20
Cherry Cream Pie$0.15
Caramel Sundae$0.20 – $0.25
Chocolate Sundae$0.20 – $0.25
Fresh Cream Cheese$0.15 – $0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.15 – $0.30
Swiss cheese$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.30
Vegetable Plate$0.45
Baked Potato$0.20
Asparagus$0.45
New string beans$0.20
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Boiled Onions$0.20
New peas$0.25
Spinach$0.25
Corn Saute$0.25
Chocolate Pudding$0.15
APRICOT PIE$0.15
Assorted Eclairs$0.15
rice pudding$0.15
Assorted Cookies$0.15
Cocoanut cake$0.15
Fresh Strawberry Shortcake$0.30
Apple Pie$0.15
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.25
steamed prunes$0.15
Fresh strawberries with cream$0.35
Vanilla Cup Custard$0.15
Lemon Sherbet$0.20
Raspberry sherbet$0.20
Stewed rhubarb$0.25
Watermelon$0.25
Half Grapefruit$0.15
Sliced Orange$0.15
Cantaloupe$0.25
Sliced Banana$0.15
Sliced Banana with Cream$0.20
Whole Orange$0.10
Coffee with Cream$0.20
Tea$0.20
Ovaltine$0.20
Postum$0.20
Chocolate$0.25
Milk$0.10
Buttermilk$0.10
A Salad Bowl (Including Rolls and Butter, Coffee, Tea, or Milk): An assortment of Julienne Cold Meats, Salad Greens and Thin Slices of Raw Vegetables with Parmesan Cheese Dressing$0.75
Raspberry Ice$0.20
Lemon Ice$0.20
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.20
Burnt Almond Ice Cream$0.20
Butterscotch Ice Cream$0.20
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.20

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Burnt Almond Ice Cream
Crabmeat with Cocktail Sauce, with Dinners, extra$0.15
Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce, with Dinner, extra$0.15
Five Clams with Cocktail Sauce, with Dinner, extra$0.15
Fruit Cup
Tomato Juice
French Onion Soup with cheese crust
Chocolate Pudding
Green Apple Pie
Chocolate Sundae
Vanilla Custard
Milk
Heart of Lettuce, Russian Dressing
Fresh Fruit Salad in Jello, Cream Dressing
Tea
Coffee
Grapefruit
Cocoanut cake
APRICOT PIE
rice pudding
Cherry Cream Pie
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Butterscotch Ice Cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream
ConsommeBelle Helene
Half Grapefruit
Clam Juice Cocktail
Broiled Special Sirloin Steak Dinner$1.75
Hot or Cold Chicken Broth
Club or Filet Mignon Planked Jardiniere$1.15 – $1.50
Canape of Anchovies
Roasted Prime Rib of Beef Au Jue, Steamed Parsley Potato, Green Lima Beans in Butter$1.25
Half Roast Spring Chicken, Giblets Gravy, Currant Jelly, Baked Potato, New Cauliflower$1.35
Chopped Tenderloin Steak, Mushroom Sauce, Whipped Potatoes, String Beans, Fine Herbes$1.15
Swiss cheese
AMERICAN CHEESE
Cream Cheese
Sirloin Steak Minute Saute with Smothered Mushrooms, French Fried Potatoes, Green Peas au Beurre$1.30
Cold Sliced Sugar Cured Ham, Swiss Cheese and Beef Tongue, Potato Salad, Sliced Tomato, Stuffed Celery$1.25
Grilled Pork Tenderloin Sauce Piquante, Apple Fritter, Snowflake Potatoes, Buttered Green Lima Beans$1.20
Potage mongole
Fried Breaded Milk Fed Veal Cutlet with Fried Egg a la Holstein, French Fried Potatoes, New Peas au Beurre$1.20
Green Split Pea Soup
Browned Spring Lamb Stew in Casserole with Fresh Vegetables Parisienne$1.15
Orange and Pineapple Supreme
Fried Shrimps and Scallops Combination, Tartar Sauce, Long Branch Potatoes, New Cauliflower$1.10
Grapefruit Juice
RELISHES
Broiled Filet of Yellow Pike, Lemon Butter, Gaufrette Potatoes, Butter String Beans$1.10
Rolls and butter
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Broiled Filet of Yellow Pike$0.74
Fried Shrimps and Scallops Combination$0.75
Browned Spring Lamb Stew in Casserole$0.80
Fried Breaded Milk Fed Veal Cutlet with fried egg a la Holstein$0.85
Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Sauce Piquante$0.85
Cold Sliced Sugar Cured Ham, Cheese and Beef Tongue$0.90
Sirloin Steak Minute Sauce with Smothered Mushrooms$0.95
Chopped Tenderloin Steak$0.80
Half Roast Spring Chicken, Giblets Gravy$1.00
ROAST PRIME RIB OF BEEF AU JUS$0.90

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