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Hotel New Yorker

Date
1938-03-12
Restaurant
Hotel New Yorker
Physical description
28.5x22.5cm folded; 28.5x45cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Sauerkraut Juice$0.20
Lobster Cocktail$0.75
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Ripe Olives$0.25
Canape of Domestic Caviar$1.00
Celery$0.25
Crabmeat Cocktail$0.65
Stuffed celery$0.45
New Yorker Herring$0.35
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.20
Hors d'Oeuvres Parisienne$0.75
Green olives$0.20
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
Little Neck clams$0.35
Tomato Juice$0.20
Fruit Cocktail Supreme$0.45
Lynnhaven Oysters$0.45
Blue Point Oysters$0.30
Cape Cod Oysters$0.35
Chicken broth$0.25
Tomato Soup$0.25
CLAM BROTH$0.25
BOILED KENNEBEC SALMON, HOLLANDAISE SAUCE$0.85
Sea Food Saute Meuniere with Pressed Cucumbers$0.75
Lobster Newburg$1.40
Filet of Sole Marguery$0.90
Poached Egg on Toast$0.45
Plain Omelette$0.55
Spanish omelette$0.70
Poached Egg Benedict (1)$0.45
Omelette with fines herbes$0.70
Omelette with Ham$0.70
Tenderloin Steak (for 1)$1.90
Lamb Chop (1)$0.60
Sirloin Steak (per person)$2.15
Steak Minute$1.50
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.70
Grilled Ham$0.85
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.15
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.85
Creamed Chicken on Toast$1.00
Pork Chop (1)$0.45
Veal Chop (1)$0.85
Mixed Grill$1.25
Welsh rarebit$0.55
Fresh mushrooms$0.75
Broiled Breakfast Bacon$0.50
Cold Sliced White Meat of Chicken$1.25
Cold Smoked beef tongue$0.70
Assorted Cold Cuts$1.10
Cold Sugar-cured Ham$0.75
Cold Lamb$0.95
Cold Rib of Beef$1.00
Cold Corned Beef$0.65
Cold Ham and Swiss Cheese$0.70

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Chicken salad$1.15
Maurice Salad$0.70
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.55
COMBINATION SALAD$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.50
Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Lobster salad$1.40
Romaine$0.30
Hearts of Lettuce$0.30
Special diet dressing (lemon juice, mineral oil, veg-o-salt, paprika, worcestershire sauce) extra$0.15
Roquefort Dressing (extra)$0.15
Toasted Bacon, Egg and Tomato Sandwich$0.60
Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.45
Club sandwich$0.65
Hot roast beef sandwich$1.00
Chicken Sandwich$0.55
Toasted ham and cheese sandwich$0.45
Ham Sandwich$0.30
Sardine Sandwich$0.45
Tongue Sandwich$0.40
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.35
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.25
Sherbet$0.20
Petits fours$0.25
French Pastry$0.15
Cup Custard$0.20
rice pudding$0.20
Rice Pudding with Cream$0.30
Pound cake$0.25
Fruit Cake$0.25
Assorted Home-made Pies$0.25
Grapefruit$0.25
Raw Apple$0.15
Sliced pineapple$0.30
Whole Orange$0.15
Sliced Orange$0.20
Baked Apple$0.20
Baked Apple with Cream$0.30
Imported Swiss cheese$0.30
Brie cheese$0.35
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.20
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.20
Tea with cream$0.20
Demi Tasse$0.10
Chocolate$0.25
Cocoa$0.25
Buttermilk (Bottle)$0.15
Iced tea$0.20
Goblet of Half and Half$0.40
Acidophilus Milk (bottle)$0.30
Golden Guernsey Certified Milk (bottle)$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
Iced coffee$0.20
Saccharine
Veg-O-Salt

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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