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Hotel Astor

Date
1933-02-17
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
34.5x23cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Stuffed Mushrooms with Crabmeat, Lorenzo, potatoes in cream$0.70
Puree of tomatoes with rice soup$0.30
Baba with whipped cream$0.25
Lady Lock$0.20
Cherry Biscuit Pie$0.25
Praline Ice Cream$0.30
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Cream Cheese$0.30
Cottage Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Imported Swiss cheese$0.25 – $0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20 – $0.35
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.40
Edam Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Swiss Gruyere cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20 – $0.35
Bel Paese Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25 – $0.40
Cheddar Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25 – $0.40
Crabflake Cocktail$0.65
Lobster Cocktail$1.10
Shrimp Cocktail$0.55
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Lobster salad$1.40
Scrambled eggs a la Creole$0.65
Oyster stew, cream$0.70
OYSTER STEW, HALF AND HALF$0.60
Okra Soup, Creole$0.30
Boiled New England Dinner$0.80
Chicken hash with poached egg, Times Square$0.70
Devilled Slice of Roast Beef with Lyonnaise potatoes, devilled sauce$0.85
Combination: Mixed Grill, English Style$0.90
Salisbury Steak of Veal saute, vegetables Jardiniere, mashed potatoes$0.80
Stuffed Tomatoes and Egg Plant with rice a la Grecque$0.65
Roast Ribs of Beef with fried sweet potatoes$0.95
Fresh Vegetable Lunch (Carrots, String Beans, Peas, Cauliflower and Beets), Astor$0.75
Cold Roast Spring Lamb with Potato Salad$0.75
Jersey Ham with jelly and tomato salad$0.75
Chicken salad$1.30
Raw Vegetable Lunch (Grated Carrots, String Beans, Chopped Celery, Sliced Tomatoes and Julienne of Lettuce)$0.65
Poached Eggs on Codfish Cakes$0.65
Savory Omelet$0.65
Cold Smoked Whitefish with cole slaw$0.60
Cold Egg, Ravigotte with fresh string bean salad$0.60
Filet of halibut with fresh vegetable salad, tartar sauce$0.80
Fried Scallops, tartar sauce, cole slaw, French fried potatoes$0.90
Boiled Live Codfish, sauce Dijonnaise, potato persillee$0.65
Broiled Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel, new peas in cream, boiled potato$0.80
Coffee with Cream$0.25
Fried Filet of Sole, tartar sauce, cole slaw, waffle potatoes$0.75
Minute Steak saute, Parmentier$1.30
Small Steak$1.30
Sirloin steak (for 2)$2.60
Filet Mignon$1.65
Squab Chicken$1.25
Spring chicken$1.10 – $2.15
Royal Squab$1.45
Long Island Duckling$3.00
Milk-Fed Chicken$1.20 – $2.40
Boned Half Guinea Hen$1.35
Breast of chicken$1.25
Cold Beef Consomme$0.20
Cold Tomato Broth$0.25
Hot Chicken Broth$0.25
Manhattan clam chowder$0.30
Puree of Split Peas$0.30
Hot Strained Okra$0.25
Hot Beef Consomme$0.20
Tomato Juice (plain)$0.25
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.25
Stewed Strawberries$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
ORANGE PEKOE TEA$0.25
Oolong Formosa Tea$0.25
Ceylon Tea$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.15
Acidophilus Milk Lederle$0.35
Sanka (97% caffein free)$0.35
Half Grapefruit$0.30
Tangerines$0.25
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.25
Pear$0.20
Supreme of Fruit, Astor$0.50
Strawberries and Cream$0.30
Orange$0.20
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.30
Malaga grapes$0.40
Assorted Fresh Fruit$0.60
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Pistachio Ice Cream$0.30
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Orange Water Ice$0.25
Apricot Water Ice$0.25
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.35
Genoise Glace$0.40
Fresh Strawberry, Melba$0.50
Meringue glacee$0.40
Strawberry short cake$0.35
Vanilla Cup Custard$0.20
Baba with cheese cake$0.25
Old Fashioned Strawberry Short Cake$0.40
Assorted Small Cakes$0.25
Pound cake$0.25
Raisin cake$0.25
Strawberry tartlet$0.25
Gugelhopf$0.20
Apple Pie$0.25
Danish Pastry$0.20
French Pastry$0.20
Green olives$0.30
Celery$0.35
Half Grapefruit$0.30
Supreme of Fruit Astor$0.50
Hors d'Oeuvre, Parisienne$0.75
Ripe Olives$0.40
Imported Senfgurken$0.20
Coupe of Fresh Strawberries, Favorite$0.45
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.25
Little Necks$0.25
Cherrystones$0.30
Lynnhavens$0.45
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Peconics$0.35
Cape Cods$0.40
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
COMBINATION SALAD$45.00
Tomato Salad$0.35
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.25
Hearts of Romaine Salad$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.25
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.50
Escarole Salad$0.35
Brussels Sprouts$0.35
Broccolis$0.50
Artichoke$0.40
Cauliflower, Polonaise$0.50
New string beans$0.35
Buttered new beets$0.25
New Lima Beans$0.40
Creamed Spinach$0.25
New green peas$0.40
Robespierre Salad$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.50
Imported Endive Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Field Salad$0.35
Chiffonade Salad$0.45
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
French fried potatoes$0.20
Potatoes Saute$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes in cream au gratin$0.25
Baked Idaho Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Candied Sweet Potatoes$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections