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The Commodore Hotel

Date
1933-05-18
Restaurant
The Commodore Hotel
Physical description
33x21.5cm
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Chopped clam, lobster and celery stew$0.65
Half spring chicken a la Francaise$1.55
Roast loin of veal with stuffed tomato and roast potato$1.20
Quarter of spring lamb braised with spinach Menagere$1.30
Emince of beef tenderloin, Point du Jour$1.30
Spring vegetable dinner with poached egg, Bearnaise$0.90
Sweetbread under bell, Eugenie$1.45
New asparagus, Maltaise$0.75
New Peas, Parisienne$0.55
Braised celery, Bordelaise$0.60
Fresh Spinach in Cream$0.50
BUTTERED BEETS$0.45
Artichoke Hollandaise$0.60
New String Beans in Butter$0.55
Fresh tomato a la Bocque$0.55
Fried Egg Plant$0.50
Mashed Turnips$0.50
Fresh pear Conde with Kirsch sauce$0.30
APRICOT PIE$0.30
Tutti-Frutti Boston Cream Pie$0.35
Hungarian Strawberry Cake$0.30
French Pastry$0.20
Danish Pastry$0.20
Petits fours$0.35
Omelette, Norvegienne, per person$0.85
Macaroons$0.35
Cup Custard$0.25
Cup custard au caramel$0.30
Green Apple Pie$0.25
GREEN APPLE PIE A la Mode$0.40
Pound cake$0.25
Fruit Cake$0.25
Old-fashion strawberry short cake$0.45
Fresh strawberries and cream$0.60
Cantaloupe (Half)$0.50
Honey Dew Melon$0.45
Pear$0.25
Grapefruit (Half)$0.30
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Figs in syrup$0.40
Malaga grapes$0.40
Orange$0.25
New England Apple$0.25
Delicious Apple$0.25
Lion's Pilsener$0.50 – $0.75
Freshed Stewed Rhubarb$0.35
Fresh Stewed Pears$0.35
Fresh stewed apples$0.35
Assorted stewed Fruit$0.50
Ruppert's Dark$0.50 – $0.75
Lion's Pilsner, bottle$0.25
Ruppert's Knickerbocker Bottle$0.25
Trommer's White Label Bottle$0.30
Anheuser Busch Budweiser, bottle$0.35
SCHLITZ, Bottle$0.35
Cherry Blossom Juice$0.25
Little Necks$0.35
Cherrystones$0.35
Fried Clams$0.75
Clams, Casino$0.85
Cocktail Sauce$10.00
Clam juice$0.25
Tomato Juice$0.25
Sauerkraut Juice$0.25
Celery$0.35
Celery, Stuffed$0.60
Olives$0.30
Ripe Olives$0.35
Filet of Herring, Provencale$0.75
Coupe of fruit, La Tosca$0.70
Celery$0.35
Radishes$0.25
Supreme of Melon$0.70
Scallions$0.25
Beluga Caviar$2.25
Hors D'Oeuvres, varies$0.75
Shrimp$0.80
Petite marmite soup$0.40
Chicken salad with sliced tomato, dill pickles$0.95
Chicken Algerienne soup$0.40
Assorted cuts, Commodore$1.15
Galantine of capon a la gelee with celery a la Grecque, chutney$1.30
Cream of spinach soup$0.40
Consomme Martha$0.40
Sorrel with vermicelli$0.40
Tomato Soup$0.40
Split peas Soup$0.35
Gumbo Creole$0.45
Beef consomme$0.40
Madilene$0.45
Broiled salmon, anchovy butter, Marquise potato$1.00
Baby halibut, Duglere with boiled potato$1.00
Fresh mackerel, Mirabeau$0.95
Sea bass saute, Caprice$0.95
Shad and roe, maitre d'hotel$0.90
Soft Shell crabs, Tartar sauce$0.90
Royal squab, Lavalliere$1.80
Fresh mushrooms, Florentine$1.05
Royal Squab, Crapaudine$1.80
Roast rib of beef with boiled potato$1.00
Long Island duckling, apple sauce(half)$2.35
spring lamb, mint sauce$1.00
Turkey$1.00
Broiled Chicken(Half)$1.50
Royal Squab$2.00
Lamb Chop$0.60
Extra thick lamb chop$1.00
Fresh baby chicken$2.50
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.25
Saute Potatoes$0.30
Mashed potatoes$0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.45
Potato Souffle$0.45
Baked Potato$0.30
Julienne potatoes$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad(half)$0.60
Fetticus and beets salad$0.40
Cooked Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.75
Endive Salad$0.50
Moderne Salad$0.50
Fruit salad$0.60
Golfer salad$0.50
Ellen salad$0.50
Chicken salad$1.45
Lobster salad$1.55
Long Island Salad$0.55
Dandelion Salad$0.45
Romaine and Orange Salad$0.55
Lettuce Salad$0.40
Valencia Salad$0.55
Mayonnaise dressing$0.15
Roquefort Cheese Dressing$0.25
Frozen strawberry ice cream, Romanoff$0.55
Frozen soufflet Normand, strawberry sauce$0.55
Frozen soufflet Normand, strawberry sauce$0.55
Coupe Helene$0.75
French ice cream, any flavor$0.40
Frozen Fig Pudding$0.65
Raspberry Water Ice$0.35
Philadelphia Ice Cream$0.25
Orange Surprise, Commodore$0.70
Frosted Chocolate$0.35
Imported Stilton cheese$0.45
Imported Primula cheese$0.30
Imported Swiss cheese$0.40
Cream cheese with Bar-le-Duc$0.60
Bel Paese Cheese$0.40
Brie cheese$0.40
Liederkranz Cheese$0.35
Port du Salut cheese$0.40
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.35
Petit Gruyere Cheese$0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.40
Fresh pot cheese with jelly$0.60
Commodore coffee with cream, served in percolator for one or two$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Pot of tea(p.p.)$0.25
Cocoa$0.25
Buttermilk$0.15 – $0.25
Certified Milk$0.20 – $0.30
Bread and Butter$0.15
Basy Bread(reducing) with butter$0.20
Chocolate$0.25
Commodore coffee with cream$0.25
Frosted Coffee$0.35
Lemon water ice$0.35
Orange Water Ice$0.35
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.35
Thousand Island Dressing$0.15
Russian Dressing$0.15
Escarole Salad$0.40
Chicory Salad$0.40
Romaine Salad$0.40
Roast rib of beef with mashed potato$1.00
Chicken consomme$0.40

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