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Hotel Astor

Date
1919-05-28
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
26.5x17cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Omelette, Mexicaine$0.65
Creamed Spinach$0.40
CLAM BROTH$0.40
Chicken okra, Creole$0.40
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.35
Assorted Hors d'Oeuvres, Parisienne$0.75
Crabflake Cocktail$0.90
Lobster Cocktail$0.90
Cape Cod Oysters$0.40
Grapefruit$0.35
Blue Point Oysters$0.35
Smoked Salmon$0.60
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Broiled Delaware shad, maitre d'hotel$0.75
Marinated Herring$0.35
French Sardines (4)$0.75
Butterfish saute, Parmentier$0.55
Fried Yellow Perch, sauce remoulade$0.55
Green olives$0.25
Tomato soup with rice$0.40
Salted Pecans$0.30
Chicken consomme$0.35
Ripe Olives$0.30
Poached Egg (1)en croustade a la Reine$0.40
Celery$0.40
Beef consomme$0.35
Shirred Eggs, Florentine$0.65
Stuffed celery$0.60
Stuffed Ripe Olives$0.40
Cucumber Rings$0.30
Scallions$0.25
Bread and Butter$0.10
Roast Roulade of Lamb, string beans, Menagere$0.75
Braized Cuissot of Veal, creamed celery$0.75
Roast Beefhash with green pepper, Parmentier$0.60
Minced Chicken a la Dervey en bordure gratine$0.80
Broiled Honeycomb Tripe, sauce gribiche$0.60
Ribs of Prime Beef, jacket potato$0.95
String Beans, Menagere$0.30
Extra cut of Ribs of Prime Beef, jacket potato$1.80
Sweet Potato Croquette$0.30
Sugar Beets in butter$0.35
Fresh Green Asparagus, sauce Hollandaise$0.75
Cabinet Pudding, maraschino sauce$0.25
African Cake$0.20
Fresh String Beans$0.70
New green peas$0.65
Halibut, Parisienne$0.80
Ballotine of Chicken$0.70
Chicken Broth, family style$0.30
Lobster, sauce mayonnaise$1.00 – $2.00
Poached Egg (1), Astor$0.45
York Ham en gelee$0.65
Half Spring Chicken a la gelee$1.40
Ribs of beef$0.95
Lamb with beet salad$0.90
Ox-Tongue a l'Anglaise$0.75
Veal and Ham Pate$0.75
Boiled [Potatoes]$0.20
Baked (Idaho) [Potato]$0.25
Mashed [potatoes]$0.20
[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
[Sweet Potatoes] Southern Style$0.30
(1919 Squab Chicken$2.00
(1919) Spring Chicken$1.50 – $3.00
Half Broiled (1919) Long Island Duckling$3.00
Miles River Squab$1.75
Caprice [salad]$6.00
Hothouse Cucumber [salad]$0.50
Romaine [salad]$0.40
Heart of Lettuce [salad]$0.45
Tomato [salad]$0.45
Lettuce [salad]$0.40
Chiffonnade [salad]$0.60
Assorted French pastry$0.15
Cocoanut Layer Cake$0.20
Lemon Custard Pie$0.25
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Apple Pie$0.25
Strawberry short cake$0.60
Fresh Strawberry$0.45
Strawberry Basket$0.60
Fresh Strawberry Mousse$0.45
Vanilla ice cream$0.40
Mixed ice cream$0.45
Cafe Parfait$0.45
Biscuit Tortoni$0.45
Prunelle Sherbet$0.40
Raspberry Ice$0.35
California Cherries$0.75
Strawberries$0.55
Pear$0.20
Orange$0.25
Grapefruit$0.35
Apple$0.20
Assorted Fruit$0.60
Camembert$0.35
Full Cream Camembert$0.50
Port-du-Salut$0.35
Swiss [cheese]$0.35
[Swiss cheese] a la Vatel$0.35
Edam$0.30
Gervais$0.30
[Gervais] with Bar-le-Duc$0.55
Roquefort$0.40
Iced tea$0.25
[Coffee] Demi-tasse$0.15
Turkish [coffee]$0.25
Coffee with Hot Milk$0.25
Moka a l'Astor$0.30
Special [coffee]$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.40
Orange ice$0.35
Lemon Ice$0.35
Curacoa Sherbet$0.40
Coffee with hot cream$0.25
Iced coffee$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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