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Hotel Lexington

Date
1941-09-06
Restaurant
Hotel Lexington
Physical description
28.5x22.5cm folded; 28.5x45cm open
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

The Lexington Chef's Salad Bowl with Toasted Cheese Rolls$0.50
The Lexington Chef's Salad Bowl with Garniture of Shrimps, Anchovies or Sardines$0.65
Fresh Fruit Plate, Stuffed Dates, Honey Cream Dressing$0.65
Cape Cod Farms--Cape Celery and Tomato Cocktail Served in Bottle$0.30
Watermelon$0.20
Pineapple Juice$0.10
Prune Juice$0.10
Chilled Tomato Juice$0.10
Fruit Cup$0.15
Apple Juice$0.15
Chopped Chicken Livers$0.20
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail$0.20
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cantaloupe Melon$0.20
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
Cream of Fresh Pea soup$0.15
Consomme Printaniere$0.15
Jellied Tomato Broth$0.20
Jellied Chicken Broth$0.20
Jellied Beef Broth$0.20
Biscuits
MUFFINS
Romaine Salad$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Lettuce Salad$0.40
Chicken salad$1.25
All White Meat Chicken Salad$1.60
COMBINATION SALAD$0.40
Coronation Salad (Diced Chicken, Celery, Carrots, Peas)$0.75
Julienne of Chicken, Ham, Tongue, New String Beans$1.00
Lobster salad$1.50
Crab Meat salad$1.25
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Shrimp Salad$0.90
Sardine Sandwich$0.50
Tongue Sandwich$0.45
Club sandwich$0.70
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.35
Nut Bread, Cream Cheese Sandwich$0.30
Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.50
Corned Beef, Cole Slaw Sandwich$0.40
Ham and Swiss Cheese Sandwich$0.50
Caviar sandwich$1.75
Ham Sandwich$0.35
Chicken Sandwich$0.60
Smoked Tongue, Sliced Tomato, Russian Dressing Sandwich$0.55
Toasted Tenderloin Steak with Sliced Tomato and Onion$1.35
Broiled Boston Scrod, Au Gratin Potatoes and Pickled Young Beets$0.70
Sliced Ham and Eggs a la King on Leaf Spinach, Glace Mornay$0.65
Freshly Cooked Garden Vegetables, Poached Egg Hollandaise$0.75
Liver Dumplings, Mashed Potatoes, New Carrots, Onion Sauce$0.65
Broiled Pork Chops, Apple Fritters, Candied Sweet Potatoes and Kohlrabi$0.75
American Pot Roast with Potato Pancakes and String Beans$0.75
Chicken Cutlets, Creamed Mushrooms and New Peas$0.75
Lexington Special (Bacardi, Benedictine, Lime Juice)$0.45
Hellzapoppin Cocktail (Four Roses Whiskey, Swedish Punch and ? ?)$0.55
Old Fashioned Cocktail (Bonded 4-year-old Bourbon)$0.50
Bunker Hill (Dry Gin, French Vermouth, Lemon Juice, Grenadine)$0.35
Pa-Pi-A (Dry Gin, Lemon Juice, Pa-Pi-A Syrup)$0.30
Minute Men Cocktail (Bacardi Rum, Absinthe, Lime and Pineapple Juice)$0.45
Kill Devil Cocktail$1.05
Cold: Baked Ham with Marinated Vegetable Salad$0.75
Cold: Peach Halves Filled with Cream Cheese, Watercress, Peanut Butter$0.70
Hotel Lexington Deep Dish Cherry Pie
Apple Pie
Chocolate Boston Cream Pie
Almond Cake slice
Blueberry Cup Cake Chantilly
Stewed Peaches
Peach Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Chocolate Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream
Coffee Ice Cream
Cocoanut Ice Cream
Frozen South American Coffee
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Chocolate Frappe
Fried Soft Shell Crabs, Tartar Sauce, Parsley Potato and Cole Slaw$1.25
Skewer of Chicken Livers on French Toast, Canadian Bacon, String Beans$0.85
Cheeseburger Steak (Hamburger with Melted Cheese), French Fried Potatoes, Chef's Salad$0.80
Fresh Asparagus with Julienne of Virginia Ham and Turkey Poulette$0.90
Cold: Assorted Cold Cuts with Sliced Turkey and Potato Salad$1.10
Pineapple 'Aloha' Filled with Pacific Crab Meat, Neptune Dressing$1.00
Coffee$0.25
Demi-tasse coffee$0.15
Certified Milk$0.20
Kaffee-Hag$0.25
Tea$0.25
India Tea$0.25
Grade "A" Milk (bottle)$0.20
Buttermilk$0.20
Cocoa$0.30
Acidophilus Milk$0.30
Postum$0.25
Chocolate$0.30
Smoked Kaukauna Cheese$0.30
Hotel Lexington Deep Dish Cherry Pie$0.25
Almond Cake slice$0.25
Chocolate Boston Cream Pie$0.25
rice pudding$0.25
Cup Custard$0.25
Assorted Cookies$0.25
Apple Pie$0.25
Peach Ice Cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Chocolate Parfait$0.40
orange sherbet$0.25
Marron Sundae$0.40
Pineapple Ice$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.25
Cocoanut Rum Ice Cream$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Sliced Peaches in Cream$0.35
Fruit in Season with Cream$0.40
Grapes$0.30
Honey Dew Melon$0.30
CRANSHAW MELON$0.35
Half Cantaloupe$0.30
Watermelon$0.30
Fresh Pineapple$0.35
Fruit Compote$0.40
Creamed Cottage Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Edam Cheese$0.35
roquefort cheese sandwich$0.40
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.30
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.30
Port du Salut cheese$0.35
Gouda Cheese$0.30
Genuine Switzerland Swiss Cheese$0.25
Bel Paese Cheese$0.35
Stilton Cheese$0.45
Broiled Breast of Turkey with Sugar Cured Ham, Fresh Mushrooms, Sauce Colbert, Parisienne Potatoes, New Asparagus Tips$1.30
Veal Cutlet, Lexington: Broiled with Sliced Fresh Mushrooms, Spaghetti in Butter and Parmesan Cheese, New Spinach, Spring Salad$0.90
Southern Mixed Grill: Pork Chop, Banana, Grilled Sweet Potato, Stuffed Pepper, Succotash$0.95
Hot Turkey Sandwich Poulette: Sliced Roast Turkey on Toast with Fresh Asparagus Tips Topped with a Light Supreme Sauce, Mushrooms and Chives, Petite Fruit Salad$0.90
Calf's Liver Plate: Genuine Calf's Liver Sauted in Sweet Butter, Breakfast Bacon, Lyonnaise Potatoes, New Vegetables Vinaigrette$0.90
Frozen Chocolate Frappe
Frozen South American Coffee
Lamb Chop Grill: Broiled English Lamb Chop, Canadian Bacon, Little Pig Sausage, French Fried Potatoes, Bouquet of Chef's Salad$0.90

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