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Hotel Astor

Date
1933-04-14
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
34x23cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 1

Poached Eggs on Codfish Cakes, cream sauce$0.65
Scrambled Eggs with shrimps, Joinville$0.65
Manhattan clam chowder$0.30
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Peconics$0.35
Cape Cods$0.40
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Cherrystones$0.30
Little Necks$0.25
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Bread and Butter$0.10
Acidophilus Milk Lederle$0.35
Sanka$0.35
Kaffee Hag$0.35
Demi-tasse$0.15
Ceylon Tea$0.25
Oolong Formosa Tea$0.25
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.30
Bel Paese Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Swiss Gruyere cheese$0.20 – $0.35
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25 – $0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20 – $0.35
Cheddar Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Edam Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Cottage Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Imported Swiss cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Baked Apple$0.20
Baked Apple with Cream$0.25
Strawberries$0.30
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb$0.30
Stewed Kumquats$0.35
Hothouse Rhubarb and Strawberries (mixed)$0.30
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed pears$0.25
Assorted Fruit$0.50
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Tangerines$0.25
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.25
Pear$0.20
Orange$0.20
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.30
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.60
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Strawberries and Cream$0.30
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Fresh Strawberry, Melba$0.50
Meringue glacee$0.40
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.35
Genoise Glace$0.40
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Orange Water Ice$0.25
Apricot Water Ice$0.25
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Pistachio Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Praline Ice Cream$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Old-fashioned Rice Pudding$0.20
Strawberry short cake$0.35
Assorted Small Cakes$0.25
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.40
Pound cake$0.25
Raisin cake$0.25
Strawberry tartlet$0.25
Gugelhopf$0.20
French Pastry$0.20
Apple Pie$0.25
Danish Pastry$0.20
Cherry Biscuit Pie$0.25
Baba with whipped cream$0.25
Cheese Cake$0.25
Junket and Crushed Strawberries$0.25
Kuroki Salad$0.40
Dandelion Salad$0.35
Romaine Salad$0.25
Hearts of Romaine Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.25
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
Chiffonade Salad$0.45
Alligator Pear$0.50
Imported Endive Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Escarole Salad$0.30
COMBINATION SALAD$0.45
BAKED IDAHO POTATO$0.20
Candied Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes in cream au gratin$0.25
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes$0.20
Boiled potatoes$0.25
Mashed potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Saute Potatoes$0.20
French fried potatoes$0.20
Artichoke$0.40
Broccolis$0.50
Cauliflower, Polonaise$0.50
New string beans$0.35
Buttered new beets$0.25
New green peas$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Creamed Spinach$0.25
New asparagus, Hollandaise$0.60
Squab Chicken$1.25
Milk-fed Spring Chicken$1.10 – $2.15
Royal Squab$1.45
Boned Half Guinea Hen$1.20
Long Island Duckling$3.00
Breast of chicken$1.15
Filet Mignon$1.60
Sirloin steak (for 2)$2.40
Small Steak$1.20
Minute Steak saute, Parmentier$1.20
Raw Vegetable Dinner (Grated Carrots, String Beans, Chopped Celery, Sliced Tomatoes and Julienne of Lettuce)$0.65
Chicken salad$1.25
Jersey Ham with jelly and tomato salad$0.75
Roast Spring Lamb with potato salad$0.75
Fresh Vegetable Lunch (Carrots, String Beans, Peas, Cauliflower and Beets), Astor$0.75
Roast Ribs of Beef with baked potato$0.90
Fresh Mushrooms on Toast, fresh asparagus tips, grilled tomato$0.75
Chicken Cutlet with fresh vegetables, Macedoine$0.75
Salisbury Steak of Veal with creamed new peas$0.80
Broiled Pork Tenderloin with puree of peas, sauce piquante$0.75
Devilled Roast Beef Bones with Lyonnaise potatoes$0.75
Baked Loin Lamb Chop with potatoes, Champvallon, cole slaw$0.80
Fresh asparagus, Hollandaise$0.60
Fresh Asparagus, Polonaise$0.60
Egg, Ravigotte with fresh string bean salad$0.60
Omelet with blackberry jam$0.65
Lobster salad$1.40
Smoked Whitefish with cole slaw$0.60
Filet of halibut with fresh vegetable salad, tartar sauce$0.80
Fried Soft Shell Crabs (3), tartar sauce, cole slaw, Saratoga potatoes$1.10
OYSTER STEW, HALF AND HALF$0.60
Oyster stew, cream$0.70
Broiled Halibut Steak, lemon butter, potatoes Julienne, stewed tomatoes$0.75
Supreme of Live Codfish with fresh vegetables, Suchet, boiled potato$0.75
Escalloped Striped Bass with fresh mushrooms and lobster, Waleska, potatoes bordure$0.75
Hot Beef Consomme$0.20
Cold Tomato Broth$0.25
strained okra$0.25
Cold Beef Consomme$0.20
Chicken broth$0.25
Puree of Tomatoes with rice$0.30
Puree of Split Peas$0.30
Okra, Creole$0.30
Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Tomato Juice (plain)$0.25
Lobster Cocktail$1.00
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.25
Crabflake Cocktail$0.65
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Filet of Herring, Remoulade$0.60
Celery$0.50
Bismarck Herring$0.65
Green olives$0.30
Herring, Captain Cook$0.65
Ripe Olives$0.40
Mackerel, Captain Cook$0.75
Imported Senfgurken$0.20
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Hors d'Oeuvre, Parisienne$0.70
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50

Page 2

Budweiser$0.35
Schaefer$0.25
Ruppert's Knickerbocker$0.25
Beadleston & Woerz$0.25
Liebmann, Reingold, Dark$0.25
Liebmann, Reingold, Light$0.25
Eichler$0.25
Trommer's White Label$0.35
Ruppert's Ruppiner, Dark$0.15 – $1.00
Ruppert's Knickerbocker$0.15 – $1.00
Trommer's White Label$0.15 – $1.00

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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