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Fishermen's Grotto

Date
1938-04-13
Restaurant
Fishermen's Grotto
Physical description
18x12.5cm folded; 18x25cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Ripe Olives$0.15
Green olives$0.20
California Shrimps in Shell$0.15
Tomato Juice$0.15
crab meat cocktail$0.20
Prawn Cocktail$0.20
Eastern Oyster cocktail$0.20
Coo-Coo Clam Cocktail$0.20
Small Combination Sea Food Cocktail$0.20
Large Combination Sea Food Cocktail$0.35
Shrimp Cocktail$0.20
Olympia Oyster Cocktail$0.20
Lobster Cocktail$0.25
Abalone Chowder (plain)$0.15
Boston Clam Chowder$0.15
Coney Island Clam Chowder$0.15
Fresh Clam Broth in Cup$0.15
Crab Salad$0.35 – $0.60
Shrimp Salad$0.35 – $0.60
Combination Sea Food Salad$0.35 – $0.60
CRAB LOUIE Salad$0.40 – $0.65
Shrimp Louie Salad$0.40 – $0.65
Picked Crab Meat Salad with Mayonnaise$0.40 – $0.65
Picked Shrimp Meat Salad with Mayonnaise$0.40 – $0.65
Lobster salad$0.65
Lobster Louie Salad$0.70
Fried Genuine New York Scallops, Italian Style$0.60
Shrimps a la New Burg$0.60
Shrimps a la Creole$0.60
Fresh Sandabs, Butter Sauce$0.40
Fried Filet of English Sole, Butter Sauce$0.40
Fried Rex Sole with Butter Sauce$0.40
Rock Cod, Broiled or Fried$0.40
Fried Crab Meat Ball a la Italiano$0.60
Fried Crab Legs a la Italiano$0.60
Fried Crab Legs, Parsley Butter$0.60

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Fried Crab Legs, Meuniere of Bordelaise$0.70
Picked Crab Meat Saute Bordelaise$0.60
Shell Fish Saute Bordelaise$0.70
Deviled Crab Meat Baked in Shell$0.60
Crab Meat a la King$0.70
Crab Meat a la Creole$0.60
Crab Meat a la New Burg$0.60
Cracked Crab with any Dressing desired, Whole$0.60
Cracked Crab with any Dressing desired, Half$0.35
Cold Prawns in Shell with Mayonnaise$0.40
Hot Prawns in Shell with Drawn Butter$0.50
Prawn Salad with any Dressing desired$0.60
Fried Shelled Prawns with Butter Sauce$0.60
Fried Abalone Steak with Tartar Sauce$0.50
Abalone Steak Bordelaise$0.60
Fried Abalone Steak Meuniere$0.60
Half Broiled Lobster with Melted Butter$0.75
Half Cold Lobster, Mayonnaise Dressing$0.75
Whole Baby Lobster$1.00
Lobster a la New Burg$0.75
Lobster a la King$0.85
Lobster a la Creole$0.75
Steamed Clams plain or Bordelaise$0.50
Special Fried Clams Bordelaise$0.65
Special Hangtown Fried Clams$0.70
Special Fried Clams, Butter Sauce$0.60
Little Neck Clam in Half Shell$0.35
Fisherman's Special Chioppino$0.70
Crab and Clams in Shell Chioppino$0.70
Rock Cod Chioppino$0.50
Clams in Shell Chioppino$0.60
Half Dozen Fried Eastern Oysters$0.50
Half Dozen Raw Eastern Oysters on Plate$0.40
Half Dozen Eastern Oysters on Half Shell$0.40
Half Dozen Eastern Oysters Stewed in Milk$0.50

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Olympia or California Oysters Raw on Plate$0.50
Olympia or California Oysters Stewed in Cream$0.60
Olympia or California Oysters Stewed in Milk$0.50
Olympia or California Oysters Fried in Butter$0.60
Abalone Sandwich$0.25
Filet of Sole Sandwich$0.25
Crab Meat Sandwich$0.25
Oyster Sandwich$0.30
Oyster Loaf Sandwich$0.35
shrimp sandwich$0.25
Combination Sea Food Sandwich$0.40
Crab Louie Sandwich$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.10
Cottage Fried Potatoes$0.25
Minced Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
German fried potatoes$0.15
Shoestring Potatoes$0.15
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Hash Brown Potatoes$0.15
Jello$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Coffee with Pure Cream$0.05
Tea$0.10
Milk per Bottle$0.10
Iced tea$0.10
Chocolate$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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