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Dorlon's

Date
1938-01-01
Restaurant
Dorlon's
Physical description
26.5x14.5cm folded; 26.5x43cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5
  6. Page 6
  7. Page 7

Dishes

Page 2

Shrimp Cocktail$0.40
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Seafood Cocktail$0.70
Lobster Cocktail$0.80
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.25
Pickles (Sweet)$0.20
Pickles (Dill)$0.20
Celery$0.25
Queen olives$0.25
Stuffed olives$0.25
Fresh Fruit Cup$0.25
Little Neck Clam Halfshell$0.30
Little Neck Clam Cocktail$0.35
Steamed Little Neck Clams$0.60
Steamed Tea Clams$0.60
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Steamed Soft Clams$0.60
Fried Little Neck Clams, Bacon$0.75
Clam fritters with bacon$0.75
Roast Clams$0.60
Oyster cocktail$0.40
Clam Chowder$0.25
Cream of tomato soup$0.25
Cream of Mushroom Soup$0.25
CLAM BROTH$0.20
Consomme$0.25
Chicken with rice soup$0.25
Broiled Lobster$1.50
Hot Steamed Lobster$1.50
Cold boiled lobster$1.25
Jumbo Fried Shrimp, Cole Slaw$1.00
Soft Shell Crabs (2) Cole Slaw$0.90
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Shrimp Salad$1.25
Crab Flake a la Newburg$1.25
Lobster salad mayonnaise$1.50
Crab Flake au Gratin$1.25
Lobster Cocktail$0.80
Shrimp Cocktail$0.40
Crab flake salad, mayonnaise$1.25
Broiled Blue Fish$1.00
Broiled Mackerel$0.75
Shrimp a la Newburg$1.25
Lobster a la Newburg$1.50
Scallops and bacon$1.00
Tenderloin Steak$1.50
Half Broiled Chicken, Toast$1.00
Sirloin Steak$1.25
Broiled spring lamb chops$0.90
Porterhouse Steak$1.75
Steak, a la Minute$1.00
Extra Porterhouse Steak$3.50
mushrooms$0.25
Onions$0.25
Chicken livers saute$1.25
French fried potatoes$0.25
Potatoes Stewed in Cream$0.30
German fried potatoes$0.25
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.30
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.30
Hashed au Gratin Potatoes$0.35
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.30
Julienne potatoes$0.35
Ice cream$0.20
Watermelon$0.25
Macaroon Biscuit$0.20
Fresh Fruit Pie in Season$0.20
Honey Dew Melon$0.25
Pie a la Mode$0.40
WEEK-DAY LUNCHEON, PER PERSON$1.00

Page 3

Celery
Olives
Fresh Fruit Cup
Crab flake
Shrimp
Little Neck cocktail
Clam Chowder
Soup
Broiled bluefish$1.75 – $1.75
Broiled Blue Fish$1.75
Jumbo Fried Shrimp$1.75
Broiled Chicken Dinner$1.75
Broiled Lamb Chop Dinner$1.75
Jumbo Fried Shrimp$1.75
Half Broiled Spring Chicken$1.75
Broiled Lamb Chops$1.75
Broiled Tenderloin of Steak$2.50
Between the Act Potatoes
Salad
Iced tea
Pie
Steamed Soft Clams, Clam Broth, Butter Sauce
Tomato and Lettuce Salad
Clam Chowder
Broiled Fish and French Fried Potatoes
Half cold boiled lobster
Soft Shell Crab on Toast
Broiled Spring Chicken on Toast
French fried potatoes
Pie
Coffee
Fresh Fruit Cup
Celery and Olives
Clam Chowder
Medium Whole Cold Lobster
Between the Act Potatoes
Salad
Pie
iced tea or coffee
Large Medium Lobster$0.50
Clam cocktail
Hoyo de Monterey
LA CORONA
Corona
Belvedere
Bock Panetela
Carl Upmann
Antonio Cleopatra
Admiration
Topstone
Blackstone
Robert Burns
Royalist
Dorlon's Cedar-Wrap
Fresh Vegetable
Ice cream
Cheese
Watermelon
Coffee
Steak Dinner$2.50
Shore Dinner, Less Crab and Chicken$2.50
Shore Dinner, Less Chicken$2.75
FULL COURSE DINNER$3.00
Fresh Fruit Cup
Little Neck cocktail
Coffee
Half Cold Broiled Lobster
Ice cream
Cheese
Watermelon
Lobster Dinner$2.50
Medium Whole Broiled Lobster
Ice cream
Cheese
Watermelon

Page 4

Fresh Shrimp Salad$1.25
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.30
Fresh Crab Flake Salad$1.25
Cucumber and Lettuce salad$0.30
Lobster salad mayonnaise$1.50
Plain Lettuce Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.30
Chicken salad$1.25
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.30
COMBINATION SALAD$0.40
Corn on Cob$0.20
Del Monte Asparagus$0.25
Stewed Corn$0.20
GREEN PEAS$0.30
Tomatoes, stewed$0.20
Baby Limas$0.30
fresh asparagus, drawn butter$0.40
String Beans$0.30
Soft Shell Crab Sandwich$0.40
Tongue Sandwich$0.30
Tenderloin Steak Sandwich$1.00
Corned beef sandwich$0.25
Club sandwich$0.75
Lettuce Sandwich$0.20
Chicken Sandwich$0.50
Tomato Sandwich$0.20
Ham Sandwich$0.25
Ham Sandwich with Cheese$0.30
Egg Sandwich$0.20
Eggs, boiled$0.25
Eggs, fried$0.25
Ham and eggs$0.75
Eggs, Scrambled$0.30
Plain Omelette$0.40
Eggs, Poached on toast$0.30
Omelette with Ham$0.60
Omelette with jelly$0.60
Bacon and eggs$0.60
Omelette with tomatoes$0.60
Gorgonzola Cheese, Imp.$0.30
Swiss Gruyere Cheese, Imp.$0.30
Camembert Cheese, Imp.$0.30
Roquefort Cheese, Imp.$0.35
Leiderkranz Cheese$0.30
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.30
Cream Cheese$0.30
coffee, per cup$0.15
Coffee, per pot$0.25
Tea, per cup$0.15
Tea, per pot$0.25
Iced tea$0.20
Iced coffee$0.20
Milk per glass$0.15
Dry Toast$0.15
Buttered toast$0.20
Iced tea$0.20
Iced coffee$0.20
Schlitz Beer$0.25
Budweiser Beer$0.25
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer$0.25
Burke's Ale$0.30
Basse's Dublin Ale, Imp.$0.50
Black Horse Ale Imp.$0.50
Guinness Stout$0.30 – $0.60
Lemonade$0.20
Soft Drinks$0.15
White Rock, pints$0.40
Ginger Ale, pints$0.40
Ruppert's Beer$0.20
SCHAEFER'S BEER$0.20
Piel's Draught Beer, Per Pitcher$0.50 – $0.75
Piel's Beer on Draught

Page 6

Live Lobster Broiled Over Hot Coal Fire

Page 7

Broiled bluefish$1.50
Boneless Shad$1.50
Half Broiled Spring Chicken$1.50
Whole Broiled Baby Lobster$2.00
Broiled Sirloin Steak$2.00
Cocktail
Dessert
Coffee
French fried potatoes
SALAD BOWL
Fresh Vegetable
Cream of Fresh Asparagus Soup
Clam Chowder
Little Neck cocktail
Fresh Fruit Cocktail
Shrimp Cocktail
Crab Flake Cocktail
Soup

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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