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Hotel Astor

Date
1919-05-17
Restaurant
Hotel Astor
Physical description
27x17cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Steak$1.50
Saddle$1.50
Broiled pig's feet deviled$0.75
Fresh Strawberry Mousse$0.45
Nesselrode Pudding$0.60
Salted Pecans$0.30
Smoked Salmon$0.60
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.35
Astor Cup$0.75
Assorted Relishes, Parisienne$0.75
Fresh Caviar (private stock)$1.75
Crabflake Cocktail$0.90
Lobster Cocktail$0.90
Royans Truffled Sardines$0.65
Grape fruit$0.30
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Marinated Herring$0.35
French Sardines (4)$0.75
SALTED ALMONDS$0.30
Scallions$0.25
Lyon Sausage$0.60
Celery$0.40
Green olives$0.25
Cucumber Rings$0.30
Ripe Olives$0.30
Bread and Butter$0.10
Baby Lamb Chops [2]$1.50
New Year Lamb Chops [2]$1.25
New Year Lamb Chops [1]$0.65
Mutton Chop [1]$0.75
Veal Chop Saute$0.80
Broiled Pork Chop$0.75
Calf's liver with bacon$0.75
Cafe Parfait$0.45
Lalla Rookh$0.45
Clear green turtle soup, Amontillado$0.60
Tomato soup with rice$0.40
Okra soup a la creole$0.40
Onion Soup Gratine$0.45
Strained gumbo$0.35
Strained gumbo soup$0.35
CLAM BROTH$0.40
Broiled Shad with Roe, Astor$1.10
Shad roe$1.10
Shad Roe with Bacon$1.25
Beefsteak a la Minute$1.50
Cold Poached Egg a l'Astor$1.45
Lobster, sauce mayonnaise$2.00
Lobster, sauce mayonnaise Half$1.00
Crab flake salad$1.10
Mayonnaise of Lobster$1.25
MAYONNAISE OF CHICKEN$1.35
Galantine of Capon, Truffled$1.00
Cold Veal and Ham Pate a l'Anglaise$0.75
Cold Sugar-Cured Tennessee Ham$0.90
Cold Game Pie, Vatel$0.75
Jersey Ham a la gelee$0.65
Cold Ribs of beef$0.90
Soft shell crabs (2)$0.90
Filet of Bass sauté, Meuniere$0.75
Chicken halibut, boiled$0.80
Supereme of Sole glace, Menagere$0.80
Broiled Lobster$2.00
*Extra Sirloin$4.50
Tenderloin, small$2.00
*Porterhouse$4.50
Small Steak$1.60
* Club Steak$5.75
* Tenderloin, for two$3.75
*Extra Porterhouse, for three$6.00
* Sirloin Steak$3.00
Filet Mignon$1.75
Cold Ballotine of Chicken$0.70
Assorted Cold Cuts$1.00
Assorted Cold Cuts, with Chicken$1.25
Guinea Hen$3.00
Guinea Hen$1.50
*Half Long Island (1919) Duckling$3.00
Half Broiled Spring Chicken$1.45
rice pudding$0.30
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes$0.20
Mashed potatoes$0.20
Potatoes in Cream$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.20
Potatoes sautees$0.20
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
Fresh String Beans$0.70
California Artichokes$0.60
Sugar Beets sautes in butter$0.35
Special (1919) Spring Chicken$3.50
Miles River Squab$1.75
*1919 Squab Chicken$2.00
New green peas$0.65
Cauliflower, Sauce Hollandaise$0.60
Fresh Green Asparagus$0.75
French peas$0.50
Broiled Egg Plant$0.40
Broiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Southern Style Sweet Potatoes$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.40
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.60
Chicory Salad$0.35
Astor salad$0.45
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.45
Hothouse tomato salad$0.45
Chiffonade Salad$0.60
Raisin cake$0.30
Pound cake$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.30
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.45
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.40
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.40
Coffee Ice Cream$0.40
Mixed ice cream$0.45
Biscuit Astor$0.70
Orange ice$0.35
Lemon Ice$0.35
Meringue glacee$0.50
Curacoa Sherbet$0.40
Romaine Sherbet$0.40
Strawberries$0.55
Apple$0.20
Orange$0.25
Grapefruit$0.30
Pear$0.20
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.35
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.40
Port du Salut$0.35
Petit Gruyere$0.30
Edam Cheese$0.30
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.30
Swiss cheese$0.35
Neufchatel$0.30
Vatel Cheese$0.35
Gervais with Bar-le-Duc Jelly$0.55
Demi-tasse$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.25
Special Coffee$0.30
Moka, Astor$0.30
Chicken Consomme (In cup)$0.35
Beef Consomme (In cup)$0.35
*Chateaubriand$5.50

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