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Hotel Astor

Date
1933-04-15
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
34x23cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Almond Blanc Mange, Melba sauce$0.25
Streusselkuchen (Butter Crumb Cake)$0.20
Soup, Cream of Fresh Mushrooms, Forestiere$0.30
Consomme double aux nouillettes$0.30
Bread and Butter$0.10
Acidophilus Milk Lederle$0.35
Fresh Beluga Caviar$1.75
Imported Filet of Anchovies$0.45
Hors d'Ouevre, Parisienne$0.70
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Boiled Chicken Halibut, egg sauce and Bermuda potato$0.90
Broiled Filet of Flounder, potatoes allumettes, fresh mushrooms, green peppers$0.90
Curry of Shrimps and Crabflakes with rice, Calcutta$1.00
Filet of Sea Bass with asparagus tips, Cecilia, potatoes Duchesse$1.00
Fried Soft Shell Crabs, tartar sauce, cole slaw, Saratoga potatoes$1.10
Cold: Crabflakes, Ravigotte with sliced tomatoes$0.90
Filet of Gaspe Salmon with cucumber salad$0.85
Lobster salad$1.40
Fresh asparagus, Hollandaise$0.60
Combination Grill: Loin Lamb Chop, Kidney, Sausage, Egg Plant, Tomato, Baked Potato and String Beans$0.95
Steak saute, Minute, potatoes Parmentier, new peas$1.35
Half Spring Chicken a la Creola, rice pilaff$1.15
Long Island Duckling, sage dressing, candied yams, apple sauce, cauliflower au gratin$1.10
Casserolette of Sweetbreads and Lobster, Mikado, fresh asparagus tips$1.00
Breast of Guinea Hen, fresh mushrooms, Virginia bacon, currant jelly$1.35
Fresh Mushrooms saute on Toast, broccolis Hollandaise, baked tomato$0.80
Roast Ribs of Beef with fried sweet potatoes$0.90 – $1.25
Half Milk-fed Chicken, roasted on the spit, sage dressing$1.10
Roast Loin of Lamb with potatoes with mint sauce$0.80
Fresh Vegetable Dinner (Carrots, String Beans, Peas, Cauliflower and Beets), Astor$0.75
Cold: Old-Fashioned Cured Virginia Ham, celery salad$0.90
Broiled Spring Chicken, fresh string bean salad$1.20
Roast Spring Lamb, mint jelly, broccolis salad$0.90
Chicken salad$1.25
Raw Vegetable Dinner (Grated Carrots, String Beans, Chopped Celery, Sliced Tomatoes and Julienne of Lettuce)$0.65
Minute Steak saute, Parmentier$1.20
Small Steak$1.20
Filet Mignon$1.60
Sirloin steak (for 2)$2.40
Reindeer Steak$1.20
Native Pheasant (for 2 or 3)$3.50
Mallard Duck (for 2)$3.50
Long Island Duckling$3.00
Breast of chicken$1.15
Royal Squab$1.45
Royal Squab$1.45
Squab Chicken$1.25
Boned Half Guinea Hen$1.20
Milk-fed Spring Chicken$1.10 – $2.15
Squab Chicken$1.25
New asparagus, Hollandaise$0.60
Artichoke$0.40
Broccolis$0.50
French fried potatoes$0.50
New string beans$0.35
New green peas$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Creamed Spinach$0.25
Buttered new beets$0.25
Cauliflower, Polonaise$0.50
Sautee potatoes$0.20
Boiled Beamuda Potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Potatoes in cream au gratin$0.25
BAKED IDAHO POTATO$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Candied Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Lobster Cocktail$1.00
Crabflake Cocktail$0.65
Tomato Juice (plain)$0.25
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.25
Filet of Herring, Remoulade$0.60
Bismarck Herring$0.65
Herring, Captain Cook$0.65
Mackerel, Captain Cook$0.75
Imported Senfgurken$0.20
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Ripe Olives$0.40
Green olives$0.30
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Stuffed celery$0.45
Celery$0.35
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
French Pastry$0.20
Danish Pastry$0.20
Apple Pie$0.25
Gugelhopf$0.20
Strawberry tartlet$0.25
Raisin cake$0.25
Pound cake$0.25
Deep-dish Strawberry Pie$0.25
Assorted Small Cakes$0.25
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.40
genoise cake$0.25
Vanilla Cup Custard$0.20
Strawberry short cake$0.35
Strawberry Ice Cream, strawberry sauce$0.35
Peconics$0.35
Cape Cods$0.40
Cherrystones$0.30
Little Necks$0.25
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Petite marmite$0.35
Strained Petite Marmite with marrow$0.35
Chicken broth$0.25
Chicken okra, Creole$0.30
Puree of Tomatoes$0.30
Louise salad$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.50
Imported Endive Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Escarole Salad$0.30
COMBINATION SALAD$0.45
Dandelion Salad$0.35
Chiffonnade salad$0.45
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Cucumber salad$35.00
Cucumber 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
Ice Cream Coupe, Emma Calve$0.40
Ice Cream Plombiere, Mexicaine$0.35
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Cointreau Sherbet$0.25
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Pistachio Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Pralinee Ice cream$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.35
Apricot Water Ice$0.25
Orange Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Fresh Strawberry, Melba$0.50
Peach Melba$0.45
Green Turtle Soup$0.50
Puree of Split Peas$0.30
Cold Beef Consomme$0.25
strained okra$0.25
Hot Beef Consomme$0.25
Tomato Broth$0.25
Fresh Asparagus, Polonaise$0.60
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Tangerines$0.25
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.25
Pear$0.20
Strawberries and Cream$0.30
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Orange$0.20
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.60
Baked Apple$0.20
Baked Apple with Cream$0.25
Stewed Strawberries$0.30
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb$0.30
Stewed Kumquats$0.35
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb and Strawberries (mixed)$0.30
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed pears$0.25
Stewed Assorted Fruit$0.50
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.40
Bel Paese Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Port-du-Salut$0.25 – $0.40
Swiss cheese$0.20 – $0.35
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
Cream Cheese$0.30
Coffee with Cream$0.25
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.25
Oolong Formosa Tea$0.25
Ceylon Tea$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Sanka$0.35
Kaffee Hag$0.35

Page 2

Trommer's White Label$0.15 – $1.00
Ruppert's Knickerbocker$0.15 – $1.00
Ruppert's Ruppiner, Dark$0.15 – $1.00
Budweiser$0.35
Trommer's White Label$0.30
Eichler$0.25
Liebmann, Rheingold, light$0.25
Liebmann, Rheingold, dark$0.25
Beadleston & Woerz$0.25
Ruppert's Knickerbocker$0.25
Schaefer$0.25

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