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Hotel Astor

Date
1933-04-23
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
34x23cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Boiled Jersey Ham with fresh spinach and boiled potato$0.75
Fresh asparagus, Hollandaise$0.50
Broiled Lamb Chop, potatoes rissolees, fresh string beans$0.75
Breaded Veal Cutlet a la Holstein$0.90
Slice of Beef Tenderloin, fresh mushroom sauce, potatoes rissolees, asparagus tips$1.25
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast, broccolis Hollandaise$0.70
Roast Ribs of Beef with baked potato$0.90
Fresh Vegetable Lunch (Carrots, String Beans, Peas, Cauliflower and Beets), Astor$0.75
Homemade Headcheese with potato salad$0.75
Pig's Knuckle in Jelly with cole slaw$0.75
Fresh Asparagus, Polonaise$0.50
Caramel custard$0.25
Orange Cream Cake$0.25
Assorted Small Cakes$0.25
Strawberry short cake$0.35
Chocolate eclair$0.20
Pear pie$0.25
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.40
Apple Pie$0.25
Gugelhopf$0.20
Strawberry tartlet$0.25
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Strawberries and Cream$0.30
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Tangerines$0.25
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.25
Pear$0.20
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Orange$0.20
Poached Egg, Benedict with new asparagus tips$0.65
Shirred Eggs with sausages, Bercy$0.65
Scrambled Eggs with fresh mushrooms in cream$0.65
Chicken salad$1.25
Raw Vegetable Lunch (Grated Carrots, String Beans, Chopped Celery, Sliced Tomatoes and Julienne of Lettuce)$0.65
Boiled Chicken Halibut, egg sauce and potato$0.70
Broiled Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel, French fried potatoes, stewed tomatoes$0.75
OYSTER STEW, HALF AND HALF$0.60
Oyster stew, cream$0.70
Fried Soft Shell Crabs (3), tartar sauce, cole slaw, Saratoga potatoes$1.10
Supreme of Salmon, Renaissance, tartar sauce$0.80
Anchovy, Tomato and Egg Salad$0.60
Lobster salad$1.40
Herring, Captain Cook$0.65
Lobster Cocktail$1.00
Minute Steak saute, Parmentier$1.20
Small Steak$1.20
Sirloin steak (for 2)$2.40
Filet Mignon$1.60
Artichoke$0.40
Royal Squab$1.45
Boned Half Guinea Hen$1.20
Squab Chicken$1.25
Okra Creole$0.30
Puree of Split Peas$0.30
Cold Beef Consomme$0.20
Puree of Tomatoes with rice$0.30
Baked Apple$0.20
Ripe Olives$0.40
Imported Senfgurken$0.20
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.25
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Broccolis$0.50
Acidophilus Milk Lederle$0.35
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb$0.30
Stewed Kumquats$0.35
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed Hothouse Rhubarb and Strawberries (mixed)$0.30
Tomato Broth$0.25
strained okra$0.25
Half Grapefruit$0.25
Cauliflower, Polonaise$0.50
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Stewed Assorted Fruit$0.50
Green olives$0.30
Long Island Duckling$3.00
Breast of chicken$1.15
Milk-fed Spring Chicken$2.15
Milk-fed Spring Chicken half$1.10
New asparagus, Hollandaise$0.50
New string beans$0.35
New green peas$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Buttered new beets$0.25
Creamed Spinach$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.20
Saute Potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes in cream au gratin$0.25
BAKED IDAHO POTATO$0.20
Fried Sweet Potaotes$0.20
Boiled Sweet Potaotes$0.20
Candied Sweet Potatoes$0.25
"My Lady" Salad$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.50
Imported Endive Salad$0.30
Escarole Salad$0.30
COMBINATION SALAD$0.45
Dandelion Salad$0.35
Chiffonade Salad$0.45
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Cucumber salad$0.35
Romaine and Orange 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
French Pastry$0.20
Pound cake$0.25
Fresh Strawberry, Melba$0.50
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.35
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Meringue glacee$0.40
Genoise Glace$0.40
Stewed pears$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.40
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.35
Cream Cheese$0.30
Coffee with Cream$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Sanka$0.35
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.25
Bread and Butter$0.10
Ceylon Tea$0.25
Oolong Formosa Tea$0.25
Kaffee Hag$0.35
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
Bel Paese Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
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
Baked Apple with Cream$0.25
Stewed Strawberries$0.30
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.60
Apricot Water Ice$0.25
Orange Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Pistachio Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Praline Ice Cream$0.30
Raisin cake$0.25
Danish Pastry$0.20
Chicken broth$0.25
Hot Beef Consomme$0.20
Chicken Soup, Family Style$0.30
Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Crabflake Cocktail$0.65
Tomato Juice (plain)$0.25
Filet of Herring, Remoulade$0.60
Celery$0.35
Bismarck Herring$0.65
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Mackerel, Captain Cook$0.75
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Cape Cods$0.40
Peconics$0.35
Hors d'Oeuvre, Parisienne$0.70
Little Necks$0.25
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Cherrystones$0.30

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, bottle$0.35
Beadleston & Woerz Bottle$0.25
Eichler Bottle$0.25
Liebmann, Rheingold, Light Bottle$0.25
Liebmann, Rheingold, Dark Bottle$0.25
Ruppert's Knickerbocker Bottle$0.25
Schaefer Bottle$0.25
Trommer's White Label Bottle$0.30
Bass & Co. Dog's Head Ale(Imp.)$0.65
Bass & Co. Burke's Red Label$0.65
Pickwick Ale$0.45

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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