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Hotel Astor

Date
1919-05-26
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
26.5x17cm
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Orange$0.25
Pear$0.20
Curacoa Sherbet$0.40
Prunelle Sherbert$0.40
Coffee$0.25
Ice Tea$0.25
Lemon Ice$0.35
Orange ice$0.35
Little Neck clams$0.35
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Crabflake Cocktail$0.90
Cape Cod Oysters$0.40
Blue Point Oysters$0.35
Assorted Hors d'Oeuvres, Parisienne$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$0.90
Grapefruit$0.35
Smoked Salmon$0.60
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Marinated Herrring$0.35
French Sardines (4)$0.75
Green olives$0.25
Salted Pecans$0.30
Ripe Olives$0.30
Celery$0.40
Stuffed celery$0.60
Stuffed Ripe Olives$0.25
Cucumber Rings$0.30
Scallions$0.25
Bread and Butter$0.10
Onion Soup au gratin$0.35
Tomato soup with rice$0.40
CLAM BROTH$0.40
Chicken consomme$0.35
Beef consomme$0.35
Fried Vhite Perch, tartar sauce$0.55
Ragout of Fish, rice, Valenciennes$0.60
Broiled Delaware Shad, potatoes Julienne$0.80
Egg poche (1), Benedict$0.45
Omelette, Savoyarde$0.70
Shirred Eggs, Conde$0.65
Roast Loin of Fresh Pork, braized spring cabbage a la Russe$0.75
Saute of Baby Lamb with vegetables$0.75
Calf's Head a la Vinaigrette$0.75
Capon Cutlet, mushroom sauce and green peas$0.65
Spaghetti with chicken livers a la Caruso$0.75
Ribs of Prime Beef, jacket potato$0.95 – $1.80
New Cabbage with caraway seeds$0.20
Creamed Spinach$0.40
Creamed celery$0.25
Fresh Green Asparagus, sauce Hollandaise$0.75
Broiled Egg Plant$0.40
Sugar Beets in butter$0.35
New green peas$0.65
Fresh String Beans$0.70
Halibut, Parisienne$0.80
Poached Egg (1), Astor$0.45
Lobster, sauce mayonnaise$1.00 – $2.00
York Ham en gelee$0.65
Ballotine of Chicken$0.70
Half Spring Chicken a la gelee$1.40
Lamb with beet salad$0.90
Ox-Tongue a l'Anglaise$0.75
Ribs of beef$0.95
Veal and Ham Pate$0.75
Chicken okra soup, Creole$0.40
Boiled potato$0.20
Baked (Idaho) Potato$0.25
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Mashed Potatoes in Cream$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.20
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
Broiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Southern Style Sweet Potatoes$0.30
(1919) Squab Chicken$2.00
Half Broiled (1919) Long Island Duckling$3.00
Miles River Squab$1.75
Coffee with Hot Milk$0.25
(1919) Spring Chicken$1.50 – $3.00
COMBINATION SALAD$0.60
Romaine$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.25
Lettuce$0.40
Chiffonade$0.60
Hothouse Cucumber$0.50
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.45
Hothouse Tomato$0.45
Assorted French pastry$0.15
Strawberries$0.55
Strawberry short cake$0.60
(Hot) Rice Pudding$0.25
Coffee Cream Puff$0.20
BLUEBERRY PIE$0.25
(Cold) Strawberry Tartlet$0.25
Orange Custard Pie$0.25
Apple Pie$0.25
Fresh Strawberry Mousse$0.45
Fresh Strawberry$0.45
Strawberry Basket$0.60
Fresh Strawberry Ice Cram$0.45
Grapefruit$0.35
Mixed ice cream$0.45
Apple$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.45
Biscuit Tortoni$0.45
Assorted Fruit$0.60
Vanilla ice cream$0.40
Raspberry, Orange or Lemon Ice$0.35
Camembert$0.35
Full Cream Camembert$0.50
Port-du-Salut$0.35
Edam$0.30
Gervais$0.30
with Bar-le-Duc$0.55
Swiss cheese$0.35
a la Vatel$0.35
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.40
Demi-tasse$0.15
Special Coffee$0.30
Moka a la Astor$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.40
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.40
Coffee with Cream$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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