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Hotel Lexington

Date
1934-12-20
Restaurant
Hotel Lexington
Physical description
28x20.5cm folded; 28x41cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Old Fashioned Cocktail$0.50
Blue Moon Cocktail$0.35
Mocha Layer Cake
Cranberry Criss Cross Pie
Steamed Suet Pudding, Brandy Sauce
Filet of Flounder, Stuffed Turban Style with Wine Sauce$1.25
Salmi of Duckling on Brown Sauce$1.40
Broiled Half Squab Chicken, Drawn Butter Sauce$1.40
Daniel Boone Ham Steak$1.00
English Loin Lamb Chop$0.70
Calf's Sweetbreads$1.25
Lexington Mixed Grill$1.00
Sirloin steak (1)$1.60
Filet Mignon$1.60
Steak Minute$1.35
Broiled half chicken$1.20
French Lamb Chop$0.60
Grilled fresh mushrooms on toast$0.85
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Crackers with Choice of Cheese
Ice cream
Ice Cream Cake, Caramel Sauce
Diced Fresh Pineapple
Preserved Peach, Cookie
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
maple parfait
Apple Pie a la Mode
Mixed Green Salad
Whipped Potato
Chocolate Bavarian Cream
Scalloped Yellow Onions
Fresh Spinach with Chopped Egg
Parsley Potato
Stuffed Baked Potato au Gratin
Cauliflower, Butter Sauce
Brown Rice
A Complete Planked Steak Dinner$2.25
Yankee Pot Roast, Gravy, Potato Pancake$1.25
A Fresh Vegetable Plate with Poached Egg$1.25
A Grilled Loin Lamb Chop on Toast with Canadian Bacon$1.60
Prime Rib of Beef, Pan Gravy, Mustard Pickle$1.75
Veal Steak Smothered in Mushroom Sauce$1.75
Puree Mongole
Tomato Bouillon
Fresh vegetable soup
Olives
Tomato Juice
Celery
Blue Point Oyster Cocktail
Half Grapefruit
Glass of Burgundy California$0.30
Glass of Michelob Beer$0.15
Tokay, Ausbruch, Palugyai, Budapest$3.50

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Fresh Shrimp and Celery Salad$0.75
Crabmeat Salad$0.85
Banana, Chopped Peanuts Salad$0.50
Chicken and Vegetable Salad$0.65
Steamed Suet Pudding, Brandy Sauce$0.25
Mocha Layer Cake$0.20
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.25
Switzerland Cheese$0.25
Clam Stew$0.45
Oyster Stew$0.45
Oyster Stew All Cream$0.75
Clam Stew All Cream$0.75
Cranberry Criss Cross Pie$0.20
Chicken salad$0.75
Egg and Romaine Salad$0.40
Chef salad$0.40
French endive salad$0.65
Special Fresh Fruits Salad$0.60
Small Heart Lettuce Salad$0.25
Tomato and Lettuce Salad$0.40
Tomato Filled with Sea Food$0.95
Salmi of Duckling, Brown Sauce$0.85
Bread and Butter$0.10
Milk$0.15
Buttermilk$0.15
Chocolate$0.30
Coffee$0.20
Acidophilus Milk$0.25
India Orange Pekoe Tea$0.20
Fresh Pineapple$0.30
PRESERVED FRUIT$0.25
Honey Dew Melon$0.35
Fresh Grapes$0.35
Fresh Pear$0.15
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Fresh Apple$0.15
Stewed Fruit$0.20
Baked Apple$0.25
Port du Salut cheese$0.30
Bel-Paese Cheese$0.30
Liederkranz Cheese$0.30
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.30
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.30
Apple Pie$0.20
Chocolate Bavarian Cream$0.20
Ice cream cake$0.30
Banana Tart with Whipped Cream$0.20
Cookies$0.20
Ice cream$0.25
Buttered Carrots$0.20
Hashed Brown Potato$0.25
Lyonnaise potato$0.25
Baked Potato$0.20
Broccoli$0.40
Artichoke$0.40
Lima beans$0.40
Pickled beets$0.20
GREEN PEAS$0.35
Cauliflower$0.35
String Beans$0.30
A Fresh Vegetable Plate, a Poached Egg Hollandaise$0.75
Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Apple Sauce, Buttered Carrots$0.85
Broiled Lamb Chop, Mashed Potato, Scalloped Onions$0.75
Smothered Veal Steak in Mushroom Sauce, Cauliflower$0.95
Eggs Benedict$0.85
Prime Rib of Beef, Pan Gravy$0.85
Fried Filet of Sole, Sauce Tartare, Baked Stuffed Potato Au Gratin$0.75
Grilled Sea Scallops, Green Peas$0.65
Broiled Fresh Mackerel, String Beans$0.65
Yankee Pot Roast, Potato Pancake, Gravy, Spinach with Egg, Bread and Butter, Tea or Coffee$0.75
Broiled Half Squab Chicken, Scalloped Onions, Whipped Potato, Bread and Butter, Coffee, Tea or Milk$1.00
Grilled Fresh Red Snapper, String Beans, Stuffed Potato au Gratin, Bread and Butter, Coffee, Tea or Milk$1.00
Puree Mongole$0.20
Tomato Bouillon$0.20
Tureen of Soup$0.30
Cape Cod Oysters$0.45
Blue Point Oysters$0.40
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.35
Cocktail Sauce$0.05
Lobster Cocktail$0.90
Shrimp Cocktail$0.65
crab meat cocktail$0.75
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Chilled Celery$0.25
Tomato Juice$0.20
Sauerkraut Juice$0.20
Special Fruit Cup$0.45
Fresh vegetable soup$0.20
Ripe and Green Olives$0.35
Herring Appetizer$0.30

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Port, Fine Invalid, Robertson's$2.50
Kingsbury (Pale)$0.40
Gevrey Chambertin (1925)$3.50
Cabernet, Beaulieu Vineyard, Callifornia$1.50
Claret, Italian Swiss Colony, California$1.25
Grand Vin Mousseux, (Red Cap), Chauvenet$3.00 – $5.25
St. Julien, Cruse et Fils Freres$1.25 – $2.25
Great Western, Special Reserve$2.25 – $4.00
Heidsieck Dry Monopole$6.75
Ruppert's (Light) Knickerbocker$0.35
Trommer's (Light or Dark)$0.35
Chablis, Cruse et Fils Freres$1.75 – $2.75
Dry Sauternes, Beaulieu Vineyard, California$1.50
Chateau Yquem, Lurs Saluces (1927), Cruse et Fils Freres$3.50 – $6.25
Sauternes, Barton & Guestier$1.50 – $2.50
Reisling, Beaulieu$1.50
Niersteiner (Deinhard's)$1.25 – $2.25
Ruedesheimer, Anheuser & Fehrs$2.75

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