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Hotel Astor

Date
1933-04-19
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
34x23cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Sour Pot Roast (Sauerbraten) with potato pancake and fresh string beans$0.85
Fresh asparagus, Hollandaise$0.50
Fresh Asparagus, Polonaise$0.50
Roast Baron of Spring Lamb with stuffed cabbage and Bermuda potatoes rissolees$0.90
Broiled Spring Chicken with fresh string beans, Viennoise, and French fried potatoes$1.15
Breaded Veal Cutlet with spaghetti and crushed tomatoes$1.00
Slice of Beef Tenderloin saute, Ballard$1.35
Sweetbread Corquettes with new peas in cream$0.85
Stuffed Tomato, Green Pepper, Cucumbers and Rice, Syrienne style$0.75
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 and mint sauce$0.80
Fresh Vegetable Dinner (Carrots, String Beans, Peas, Cauliflower and Beets), Astor$0.75
Roast Milk-fed Chicken with fruit salad, Astor$1.15
Old-fashioned Cured Virginia Ham with celery salad$0.85
Chicken salad$1.25
Raw Vegetable Dinner (Grated Carrots, String Beans, Chopped Celery, Sliced Tomatoes and Julienne of Lettuce)$0.65
Boiled Chicken Halibut, egg sauce, boiled potato and cauliflower$0.85
Broiled Shad Roe, Maitre d'Hotel, Bermuda potato and fresh vegetables, Macedoine$1.15
Supreme of Gray Sole with rice and egg plant, Persian style$0.85
Patty of Lobster a la Victoria, waffle potatoes and new asparagus tips$1.10
Fried Soft Shell Crabs, tartar sauce, cole slaw, Saratoga potatoes$1.10
Filet of Gaspe Salmon with cucumber salad and tartar sauce$0.85
Lobster salad$1.40
Minute Steak saute, Parmentier$1.20
Small Steak$1.20
Sirloin steak (for 2)$2.40
Reindeer Steak$1.20
Filet Mignon$1.60
Native Pheasant (for 2 or 3)$3.50
Mallard Duck (for 2)$3.50
Squab Chicken$1.25
Royal Squab$1.45
Long Island Duckling$3.00
Boned Half Guinea Hen$1.20
Breast of chicken$1.15
Milk-fed Spring Chicken$1.10 – $2.15
Squab Chicken$1.25
Royal Squab$1.45
New asparagus, Hollandaise$0.50
Artichoke$0.40
New string beans$0.35
New green peas$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Broccolis$0.50
Cauliflower, Polonaise$0.50
Buttered new beets$0.25
Creamed Spinach$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.20
Potatoes sautee$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
Mozart 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
Romaine Salad$0.25
Chiffonnade salad$0.45
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
Hearts of Romaine Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.25
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.30
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Tomato Salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
Fresh Beluga Caviar$1.75
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Celery$0.35
Filet of Herring, Remoulade$0.60
Tomato Juice (plain)$0.25
Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Imported Filet of Anchovies$0.45
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Green olives$0.30
Bismarck Herring$0.65
Ripe Olives$0.40
Herring, Captain Cook$0.65
Lobster Cocktail$1.00
Hors d'Oeuvre, Parisienne$0.70
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Imported Senfgurken$0.20
Mackerel, Captain Cook$0.75
Tomato Juice, Cocktail$0.25
Crabflake Cocktail$0.65
Cream of cauliflower soup, Dubarry$0.30
Green Turtle Soup$0.50
Puree of split peas soup$0.30
Chicken okra soup, Creole$0.30
Puree of tomatoes soup$0.30
Consomme double, Croute-au-pot$0.30
Petite marmite$0.35
Strained Petite Marmite with marrow$0.35
Hot Beef Consomme$0.25
In Cup (cold) -- Tomato Broth$0.25
strained okra soup$0.25
Cold Beef Consomme$0.25
Chicken broth$0.25
Savarin with cherries$0.25
Peach Cake$0.25
Old-fashioned Rice Pudding$0.20
Strawberry short cake$0.35
Fruit Tartlet$0.20
Boston Cream Pie$0.25
Assorted Small Cakes$0.25
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.40
French Pastry$0.20
Danish Pastry$0.20
Apple Pie$0.25
Pound cake$0.25
Raisin cake$0.25
Gugelhopf$0.20
Strawberry tartlet$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream with caramel sauce$0.35
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Peconics$0.35
Cape Cods$0.40
Cherrystones$0.30
Little Necks$0.25
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Cocktail Sauce (extra)$0.10
Coupe, Bresilienne$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Neapolitan Tutti Frutti$0.35
Maraschino Sherbet$0.25
Fresh Strawberry, Melba$0.50
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.35
Peach, Melba$0.45
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Strawberries and Cream$0.30
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.60
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Tangerines$0.25
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.25
Pear$0.20
Orange$0.20
Stewed Strawberries$0.30
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb and Strawberries (mixed)$0.30
Baked Apple$0.20
Baked Apple with Cream$0.25
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb$0.30
Stewed Kumquats$0.35
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed pears$0.25
Stewed Assorted Fruit$0.50
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Bel Paese Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.30
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Coffee with Cream$0.25
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Sanka$0.35
Acidophilus Milk Lederle$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.15
Swiss Gruyere cheese$0.20 – $0.35
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20 – $0.35
Edam Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Cottage Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Pralinee Ice cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Pistachio Ice Cream$0.30
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Orange Water Ice$0.25
Apricot Water Ice$0.25
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25 – $0.40
Cheddar Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Imported Swiss cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Kaffee Hag$0.35
Ceylon Tea$0.25
Oolong Formosa Tea$0.25

Page 2

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

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