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Hotel Mc Alpin

Date
1932-12-07
Restaurant
Hotel Mc Alpin
Physical description
34x26cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Sterling Points$0.40
Blue Point Oysters$0.35
Lynnhavens$0.45
Cape Cods$0.40
Robbins Island$0.40
Spanish Melon$0.55
Little Necks$0.40
Supreme of Melon$0.40
Cherrystones$0.45
Tomato Juice Cocktail$0.25
Celery$0.30
Maywood Ripe Olives with or without Garlic$0.40
Scotch Mutton Broth with Barley$0.30
Leek and Potato Soup Parisienne$0.35
Puree of peas with croutons$0.35
Cream of tomato soup$0.40
Onion Soup au gratin$0.45
Green Turtle Soup$0.50
Spumoni$0.45
Coupe Jacques$0.45
Boston Cream Pie, Raspberry Sauce$0.30
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Cider
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.40
Imported Cream Gruyere Cheese$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.35
Cream cheese with bar-le-duc jelly$0.60
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.40
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.35
Liederkranz Cheese$0.35
Swiss cheese$0.35
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.35
Bel Paese Cheese$0.40
Coffee with Cream$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Demi Tasse with Brandy Flavor$0.30
Kaffee Hag$0.40
Tao Tea$0.25
Turkish Coffee$0.30
Cuban Coffee$0.30
SANKA COFFEE$0.40
Chocolate$0.35
Cocoa$0.35
Iced tea$0.30
Iced coffee$0.30
Stoneleigh Farm Milk$0.20
Walker Gordon Milk$0.20
Buttermilk$0.15
Acidophilus Milk (Lederle)$0.25
Imported Zweiback$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
BLUEBERRY PIE
rice pudding
FRESH FRUIT
Baked Apple
Ice cream
Cup Custard
Cheese Cake
Cheese
Fresh strawberries and cream$0.60
Fresh Grapes$0.45
Brandied cherries$0.75
Pear$0.20
California Orange$0.20
Baked Green Apple$0.25
Apple$0.20
Baked Green Apple with cream$0.30
Spanish Melon$0.55
Stewed Fresh Fruit$0.50
Pineapple$0.45
Preserved figs$0.45
Fried Eggs (2) and Rice Piemontaise$0.85
Small Flounder Saute Meuniere, Potatoes O'Brien$0.85
Irish Stew with Fresh Vegetables and Dumpling$0.85
Salisbury Steak with Banana Stanley, Potatoes$0.85
Second Joint of Chicken Maryland Style$0.85
Calfs Brains, Browned Butter, Mashed Potatoes$0.85
Macaroni au Gratin with Finnan Haddie$0.85
Hot McAlpin Club Sandwich$0.85
Cold Leg of Mutton, White Bean Salad$0.85
Fresh Vegetable Salad, Watercress Sandwich$0.85
Rhum Sherbet$0.25
Pineapple Kirsch Sundae$0.45
Vanilla Ice Cream with Rhum$0.45
Frozen Chocolate Cream Puff$0.45
Vanilla ice cream$0.35
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.35
Pistache ice cream$0.35
Moka ice cream$0.35
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.35
Strawberry Parfait$0.35
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Coffee parfait$0.35
Mixed ice cream$0.40
Caramel Nut Sundae$0.45
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Lemon water ice$0.30
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Peach Melba$0.75
Biscuit Tortoni$0.45
Buche McAlpin, Chocolate Sauce$0.45
Charlotte Glace$0.55
Meringue panache$0.50
New Asparagus, Hollandaise sauce$0.70
Fresh Spinach$0.35
Lima beans$0.50
Cauliflower Hollandaise$0.45
Stuffed Tomato$0.45
New string beans$0.40
Sweet Potatoes, Southern Style$0.40
French fried potatoes$0.25
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.35
Potatoes au Gratin$0.35
Brussels Sprouts$0.45
New peas$0.45
Broccoli$0.50
Fried Egg Plant$0.35
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Boiled potatoes$0.20
Grilled potatoes$0.35
Waffles with honey$0.35
Caramel custard$0.25
rice pudding$0.25
Pie a la Mode$0.50
Vanilla Cup Custard$0.20
Vanilla Cup Custard with Vanilla Sauce$0.30
Omelette Tosca with Raspberries (20 min)$0.85
French Pastry$0.20
Petits fours$0.20
Raisin cake$0.20
Sponge Cake$0.30
Apple Pie$0.30
Charlotte Russe$0.25
Crepes Suzette with Kirsch (10 min)$0.50
BLUEBERRY PIE$0.25
Pancakes with Apples$0.25
McAlpin Cheese Cake$0.25
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Cider
Second Joint of Chicken Maryland Style$0.80
Roast Turkey, Virginia Ham, Potato Salad$1.45
Fish Salad Ravigote$0.85
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Potatoes Rissolee$0.95
Roast Stuffed L. I. Duckling, Apple Sauce$1.25
Broccoli with Fried Egg Milanaise$0.75
Macaroni au Gratin with Finnan Haddie$0.60
Hot McAlpin Club Sandwich$0.75
Calfs Brains, Browned Butter, Mashed Potatoes$0.65
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast and Bacon$0.75
Salisbury Steak with Banana Stanley, Potatoes$0.75
Miller Farm Sausage and Imported Sauerkraut$0.80
Irish Stew with Fresh Vegetables and Dumpling$0.70
Broiled Fresh Haddock, Saratoga, Salad Macedoine$0.80
Small Flounder Saute Meuniere, Potatoes O'Brien$0.70
Omelette Savoyarde$0.70
Fried Eggs (2) and Rice Piemontaise$0.70
BLUEBERRY PIE
rice pudding
FRESH FRUIT
Baked Apple
Ice cream
Cup Custard
Cheese
Cheese Cake
Filed and Beet Salad$0.40
Fresh Fruits Salad$0.75
Marie Antoinette salad$0.60
Sunburst Salad$0.60
Hearts of Romaine Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.40
McAlpin Salad$0.50
Lobster salad$1.50
Russian Dressing$0.10
Mayonnaise$0.10
Thousand Islands Dressing$0.10
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.40
Roquefort Dressing$0.20
Chicory Salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.35
French endive salad$0.55
Butterfly Salad$0.55
Alligator Pear$0.50
My Fancy Salad$0.65
Hiawatha Salad$0.55
Chiffonade Salad$0.45
Chicken salad$1.50
Omelette Savoyarde$1.00
Gumbo Creole$0.40
Home-made Vegetable Soup$0.35
Petite marmite$0.50
Broiled Fresh Haddock, Saratoga, Salad Macedoine$1.00
Irish Stew with Fresh Vegetables and Dumpling$1.00
Miller Farm Sausage and Imported Sauerkraut$1.00
Second Joint of Chicken Maryland Style$1.00
Calfs Brains, Browned Butter, Mashed Potatoes$1.00
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast and Bacon$1.00
Broccoli with Fried Egg Milanaise$1.00
Cold Leg of Mutton, White Bean Salad$1.00
Fresh Vegetable Salad, Watercress Sandwich$1.00
Club sandwich$0.70
Chicken Sandwich$0.60
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.30
Assorted Cold Cuts$1.15
Assorted Cold Cuts with Chicken$1.50
Mcalpin sandwich$0.55
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.35
Ham Sandwich$0.30
Sliced Egg Ravigote$0.75
Consomme in jelly$0.30
Gumbo$0.35
Chicken Comsomme$0.30
Terrine of Duckling, Jelly$1.00
Galantine of Capon, String Bean Salad$1.25
Canadian Salmon, Norvegienne$1.00
Chicken and Ham Pie in Jelly$0.90
Ham, Prague Style, Cole Slaw$0.85
Head Cheese, Potato Salad$0.75
Scotch Mutton Broth
imported sardines
Italian Salami
Blue Point Oysters
Leek and Potato Parisienne
Filet of Herring
Supreme of Melon
Grapefruit
Cranberry Juice
Clam juice
Fruit Cocktail
Cranberry Juice Cocktail$0.25
Clam Juice Cocktail$0.35
Filet of Herring a la Russe$0.35
Imported Caviar$2.25
Lobster Supreme$1.00
Fruit Cocktail$0.65
Hors d'Oeuvres, Francaise$0.75
Radishes$0.20
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Prawn Cocktail$0.65
Filet of English Sole Mariniere$1.20
Brook Trout Saute Amandine$1.00
Lobster (in shell) Cardinale$1.25
Boiled Gaspe Salmon, Hollandaise Sauce$1.00
Fried scallops, sauce tartare$1.25
Brochette of Sweetbread Vert Pre$1.25
Fresh Vegetable Luncheon$0.95
Breast of Guinea Hen Eugenie$1.75
Snails Burgundy$0.80
Olives$0.30

Page 2

Orange Juice$0.40 – $2.00
Lemon juice$0.40 – $2.00
Special McAlpin Cup$1.60 – $3.00
Plain Lemonade$0.25
Orangeade$0.35
Grape Juice$0.35
Soda$0.35
Limeade$0.35
Egg$0.40
Grape Juice$0.35
Grenadine$0.35
Egg Punch$0.40
Muscadine$0.35
Loganberry$0.35
Busch Extra Dry Ginger Ale$0.40
C. & C. Ginger Ale, Imperial Dry$0.40
C. & C. Ginger Ale, Aromatic$0.30 – $0.45
Canada Dry Ginger Ale$0.30 – $0.40
Cliquot Club Sec$0.40
Ginger Beer, Imported$0.45
Schweppe's Ginger Ale, Imported$0.30 – $0.45
White Rock Dry Ginger Ale$0.35
Sarsaparilla, Imported$0.45
Sarsaparilla, Domestic$0.25
Coca Cola$0.25
Lemon Soda$0.30
Orange Crush$0.35
Club Soda, Imported$0.45
Club Soda, Domestic$0.20 – $0.35
Billy Baxter Club Soda$0.35
Grape Juice$0.35 – $0.75
Horse's Neck, C. & C. Ginger Ale$0.50
Budweiser$0.35
Liebman's Scotch Brew$0.35
Schafer Special$0.35
Kingsbury Pale Ale$0.35
Trommer's White Label$0.35
Pickwick Ale$0.35
Pickwick Stout$0.35
Ruppert's Ruppiner$0.35
Ruppert's Knickerbocker$0.35
R. & H. Pilsner$0.30
R. & H. Wuerzburger$0.30
Imported Tuborg Pilsener$0.35
Imported Tuborg Stout$0.35
Dr. Brown's Celery Tonic$0.25
Appolinaris$0.25 – $0.70
Perrier$0.30 – $0.60
French Vichy$0.30 – $0.75
Rhens Water$0.65
"Ruspitz" Sparkling Cider$0.50
St. Julien Claret Type$2.00
Lemonade$0.75 – $1.50
Orangeade$1.00 – $2.00
Grape Juice$1.25 – $2.50
Loganberry$1.25 – $2.50
Cider$1.50 – $2.75
Grenadine$0.35
Loganberry$0.35
Grape Juice$0.35
Rose Cocktail$0.30
Orange Cocktail$0.35
McAlpin Bronx Cocktail$0.40
Grenadine Cocktail$0.30
White Rock$0.20 – $0.55
Poland$0.35 – $0.60
Saratoga Vichy$0.35 – $0.60
Saratoga Geyser$0.40
Kalak$0.40 – $0.70

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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