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Hotel Astor

Date
1919-05-29
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
26.5x17cm
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Braized Stuffed Shoulder of Veal with spaghetti, Bolognaise$0.75
Saute of Beef en Goulase with gnocchi, Viennoise$0.75
Deviled Breast of Baby Lamb, potatoes Allumettes$0.75
Cinnamon Custard Pie$0.25
Half Spring Chicken a la gelee$1.40
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.35
Crabflake Cocktail$0.90
Cape Cod Oysters$0.40
Cape Cod Oysters$0.40
Blue Point Oysters$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.90
Smoked Salmon$0.60
French Sardines (4)$0.75
Stuffed celery$0.60
Bread and Butter$0.10
Celery$0.40
Scallions$0.25
Marinated Herring$0.35
Ripe Olives$0.30
Cucumber Rings$0.30
Salted Pecans$0.30
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Green olives$0.25
Stuffed Ripe Olives$0.40
Grapefruit$0.35
Minestra a l'Italienne$0.30
Chicken Okra,Creole$0.40
Tomato soup with rice$0.40
Tomato soup with rice$0.40
CLAM BROTH$0.40
Assorted Hors d'Oeuvres, Parisienne$0.75
Broiled Whitefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.65
Fried Eel, Sauce Remoulade$0.60
Scarlet au gratin$0.65
Shirred Eggs, Prince de Sagan$0.65
Omelette a la Bressane$0.70
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.40
Miles River Squab$1.75
Pineapple Pie$0.25
Pear$0.20
Orange$0.25
Grapefruit$0.35
Sugar Beets in butter$0.35
Apple$0.20
Biscuit Tortoni$0.45
Strawberries$0.55
Coffee, Turkish$0.25
Potted Troncon of Ham, spring cabbage, Bourguignonne$0.65
Capon Cutlet, supreme sauce, fresh asparagus tips$0.70
Ribs of Prime Beef, jacket potato$0.95
Extra Cut Prime Ribs of Beef, jacket potato$1.80
Spaghetti a la Bolognaise$0.25
Braized Cabbage with potatoes$0.25
Creamed Spinach$0.40
Fresh Green Asparagus, sauce Hollandaise$0.75
Broiled Egg Plant$0.40
New green peas$0.60
Fresh String Beans$0.65
Boiled potatoes$0.20
Baked (Idaho) Potato$0.25
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Potatoes in Cream$0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.20
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Broiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Southern Style Sweet Potatoes$0.30
Halibut, Parisienne$0.80
Lobster, sauce mayonnaise$2.00 – $1.00
Ballotine of Chicken$0.70
Ox-Tongue a l'Anglaise$0.75
Veal and Ham Pate$0.75
Poached Egg (1), Astor$0.45
York Ham en gelee$0.65
Lamb with beet salad$0.90
Ribs of beef$0.95
(1919) Squab Chicken$2.00
(1919) Spring Chicken$3.00 – $1.50
Half Broiled (1919) Long Island Duckling$3.00
Moderne Salad$0.60
Lettuce Salad$0.40
Chiffonade Salad$0.60
Hothouse Cucumber Salad$0.50
Romaine Salad$0.40
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.45
Tomato Salad$0.45
Strawberry short cake$0.60
(Hot) Cherry Pudding, maraschino sauce$0.25
Assorted French pastry$0.25
(Cold) Chocolate Pompadour$0.20
Fresh Strawberry Mousse$0.45
Vanilla ice cream$0.40
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.45
Raspberry Ice$0.35
Raspberry, Orange or Lemon Ice$0.35
Mixed ice cream$0.45
Strawberry Basket$0.60
Cafe Parfait$0.45
Prunelle Sherbet$0.40
California Cherries$0.75
Assorted Fruit$0.60
Apple Pie$0.25
Egg Mollet (1), Dijionnaise$0.40
Camembert$0.35
Full Cream Camembert$0.50
Port-du-Salut$0.35
Cheese Swiss$0.35
Cheese à la Vatel$0.35
Edam$0.30
Gervais$0.30
Cheese with Bar-le-Duc$0.55
Roquefort$0.40
Coffee, demi-tasse$0.15
Iced-tea or coffee$0.25
Iced tea$0.25
coffe, Special$0.30
Iced coffee$0.25
coffee, Moka à l'Astor$0.30
Coffee with Hot Milk$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.40
Chicken consomme in cup$0.35
Beef consomme in cup$0.35
Orange ice$0.35
Lemon Ice$0.35
Curacoa Sherbet$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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