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Narcissus Fountain Tea Room

Date
1919-08-11
Restaurant
Narcissus Fountain Tea Room
Physical description
23.5x16cm folded; 23.5x32cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 4

Codfish Balls with Egg Sauce and Lemon Salad$0.35 – $0.50
Watermelon Pickles$0.20
Celery$0.25
Radishes$0.15
Olives$0.25
Ripe California Olives$0.25
Special Diet Dressing$0.20
Mayonnaise dressing$0.20
Russian Dressing$0.25
Thousand-Island Dressing$0.25
Green Pepper Stuffed with Cabbage Relish$0.25
Raisin Pickles$0.20
Pickled Peach$0.25
French Pickles$0.20
Ripe Cucumber Relish$0.20
Home-made Chutney$0.10
Grape Catsup$0.10
Home-made Piccalilli$0.20
Crabmeat Cocktail$0.60
Grill Room Cocktail$0.65
Lobster Cocktail$0.75
Sardine Cocktail$0.55
Creamed Crabmeat$0.60
Crabmeat au gratin$0.60
Deviled Fresh Crabs$0.45
Lobster a la Newburg$1.25
CREAMED LOBSTER$0.85
Lobster Patty$0.75
Plain Lobster, Cold, Half$1.00
Plain Lobster, Cold, Whole$1.75
Creamed Codfish with Hard-boiled Egg and Baked Potato$0.50

Page 5

Iced bouillon$0.30
Cream of Celery soup$0.20 – $0.30
Cream of Corn Soup$0.20 – $0.30
Cream of Potato Soup$0.15 – $0.25
Bouillon in Cup$0.20
Clam Bouillon in Cup$0.20
CLAM BROTH$0.20 – $0.30
Tomato Bouillon in Cup$0.20
Home-made Vegetable Soup$0.30
Home-made Vegetable Soup, Strained$0.30
Clam Chowder$0.35
Whitefish Chowder$0.35
Chicken with Rice or Noodles$0.20 – $0.30
Chicken Gumbo with Rice$0.35
Creole Soup$0.30
Tomato Soup$0.30
Shirred Eggs$0.40
Shirred Eggs in Tomato Sauce$0.45
Scrambled Eggs in Cream$0.45
"Four Minute" Eggs$0.35
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.40
Baked Eggs (Three)$0.50
Poached Egg with Caviar Border$0.50
Scrambled Eggs with Chipped Beef$0.50
Creamed Eggs on Toast$0.50
Bacon and Poached Eggs$0.60
Cream of Wheat with Milk$0.30
Cream of wheat with cream$0.40
Rolled Oats with Milk$0.30
Plain Rice with Milk$0.20 – $0.30
Rolled Oats with Cream$0.40
Plain Rice with Cream$0.30 – $0.40
Toasted Cornflakes with Milk$0.30
Toasted Cornflakes with Cream$0.40
White Corn Meal Mush with Butter or Cream$0.20
Boiled Hominy with Cream$0.20
Hominy Grits with Butter$0.20

Page 6

BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$1.75
Grilled Stuffed Lobster$1.75
Planked Lake Trout$0.90
Broiled Whitefish with Piccalilli$0.75 – $1.25
Planked Whitefish with Drawn Butter$0.90
Salt Mackerel, Broiled$0.55 – $0.85
Broiled Lake Trout$0.75 – $1.25
Broiled Milk-fed Spring Chicken$1.00 – $1.75
Planked Sirloin Steak - Grill Room Special - Service for Four$5.00
Planked Sirloin Steak$1.75
Sirloin Steak with Grilled Potatoes$1.50
Small Sirloin Steak$1.25
Small Sirloin Steak with Grilled Tomatoes$1.75
Small Sirloin Steak with Fresh Mushrooms$2.25
Sirloin Steak With Mushroom Sauce$1.75
Single Beef Tenderloin, Tomato or Mushroom Sauce$1.50
Double Beef Tenderloin with Grilled Sweet Peppers$2.00
Double Beef Tenderloin with Grilled Sliced Tomatoes and Tomato Sauce$2.00
Planked Double Beef Tenderloin$1.75
Single Beef Tenderloin$1.25
Grilled Sliced Ham$0.75
Fried Southern Ham with Baked Potato$1.00
Slice of Ham with Two Eggs$1.00
Grilled Lamb Chops with Mint Jelly$0.90
Grilled Lamb Chops with French Peas$1.00
Grilled Lamb Chops with Grilled Sliced Tomatoes$1.25
Grilled Lamb Chops with Drawn Butter or Tomato Sauce$0.85
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Grilled Calves' Liver with Bacon$0.60
Grilled Bacon$0.40 – $0.60
Grilled Bacon with Two Eggs$0.85
Grilled potatoes$0.40
Grilled Tomatoes$0.60
Grilled Mushrooms$1.00
Slice of Ham with Two Eggs, Half Order$0.75
Grilled Bacon with Two Eggs, Half Order$0.65

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Combination of Sea Foods$1.50
CRABMEAT A LA NEWBURG$1.25
Crabmeat in Cream$1.00
Lobster a la Newburg$1.75
Creamed Chicken$1.25
Chicken a la King$1.50
Grill Room Minced Chicken$1.25
Creamed Sweetbreads$1.00
Finnan Haddie with Baked Potato$0.80
Scrambled Eggs$0.50
Scrambled Eggs with Chipped Ham$0.75
Grill Room Spaghetti$0.75
Welsh rarebit$0.75

Page 8

Sweetbread Croquettes with Asparagus Tips$0.60
Combination Vegetable Luncheon$0.45
Curry of Salmon with Rice$0.40
Crabmeat au gratin$0.55
Casserole of Chicken Livers with Vegetables$0.45
Ham en Casserole with Baked Potato and Piccalilli$0.80
Combination Dish of Creamed Dried Beef with Rice, Escalloped Tomatoes and Watermelon Pickles$1.00
Combination Dish of Lamb Stew with Vegetables$0.90
Combination Dish of Fricassee of Chicken with Vegetables$1.50
Fried Chicken Legs, Stuffed$0.50
Cottage Chicken with Macaroni$0.50
Creamed Chicken$0.55
Cleveland Creamed Chicken$0.55
CHICKEN NOODLES$0.45
Chicken Pie$0.60
Chicken Pie, all white meat$0.75
Chicken and Mushroom Patty$0.75
Creamed Chicken Patty$0.55
Lobster Patty$0.75
Paprika Chicken on Toast$0.60
Chicken Hash, dark meat$0.45
Chicken Croquettes$0.50
Chicken Cutlets with Tomato Sauce$0.55
Spanish Pepper Stuffed with Force Meat, Mushroom Sauce$0.45
Breaded Lamb Chops with Mint Jelly$0.60
Creamed Ham on Toast with Baked Potato$0.55
Sweetbreads with peas$0.55
Creamed Sweetbreads with Tomato Sauce$0.50

Page 9

Home-made Corned Beef Hash$0.55
Home-made Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg or Tartar Sauce$0.65
Fillet of Pike, Egg or Tartar Sauce$0.45
Baked Trout Steak, Creole$0.45
Boiled Fresh Salmon$0.45
Finnan Haddie Baked with Potatoes$0.50
Lamb Pie$0.45
Braised Veal Cutlet$0.60
Boston Baked Pork and Beans, Hot or Cold$0.40
Chicago Baked Pork and Beans, Hot or Cold$0.40
Frankfurts with Hot or Cold Potato Salad$0.45
Roast Beef Hash$0.50
Chipped Dried Beef in Cream Sauce with Baked Potato$0.55
New England Fried Salt Pork in Cream Gravy with Baked Potato$0.55
Rice au Gratin$0.30
Italian Spaghetti$0.30
Macaroni and Cheese$0.25
Special Baked Potato$0.20
Special Baked Potato with Cream Sauce$0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.20
Creamed Potatoes$0.25
Home-made Saratoga Chips$0.20
BUTTERED BEETS$0.20
Carrots and peas$0.25
Baked Cauliflower$0.30
Escalloped Tomatoes$0.40
Escalloped Fresh Tomatoes with Sweetbreads$0.50
Spinach with Hard-boiled Egg$0.30
New Potatoes in Cream Sauce$0.30
New Peas in Cream Sauce$0.35
New Potatoes in Peas$0.30
String Beans$0.20

Page 10

Frozen Pear Salad$0.60
Grapefruit Salad with French Dressing$0.50
Grapefruit Salad with Mayonnaise Dressing$0.60
Grapefruit and Orange Salad with Pimento$0.50
Romaine with Grapefruit$0.50
Combination Dish of Chicken Salad with Vegetables$1.00
Lobster salad$0.75
Chicken salad$0.65
Small Cooked Vegetable Salad$0.35
Jellied Chicken and Vegetables$0.55
Tomato Jelly Filled with Chicken Salad$0.75
Pineapple Salad with Mayonnaise Dressing and Cream Cheese$0.55
Fruit Salad in Lemon Jelly Rings$0.60
Fruit Salad with Mayonnaise Dressing$0.45
Mixed Fruit and Marshmallow Salad$0.50
Pear Salad$0.40
Tea Room Salad$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.45
Fruit and Ginger Salad$0.50
Fresh Cherry Salad$0.60
Pineapple and Cucumber Salad$0.50
Asparagus with Vinaigrette Sauce$0.50
Whole Tomato with Cucumber Dressing$0.60
Sliced Tomatoes with Mayonnaise Dressing$0.55
Sliced Tomatoes with French Dressing$0.45
Tomato, Celery and Onion Salad$0.45
Tomato, Cottage Cheese and Almond Salad$0.65
Fresh Tomato Stuffed with Sweetbreads$0.65
Combination Salad with French Dressing$0.50
Sweetbread and Cucumber Salad$0.50
Lettuce and Fruit Salad$0.45
Nut and Celery Salad$0.40
Potato Salad with French or Boiled Dressing$0.40
Hot Potato Salad with Smoked Tongue$0.60
Head Lettuce (Quarter) French Dressing$0.30
Head Lettuce (Quarter) Mayonnaise Dressing$0.40
Head Lettuce (Quarter) Thousand-Island Dressing$0.45
Watercress with French Dressing$0.35

Page 11

Stuffed Eggs--Special Dressing$0.40
Baked Ham with Potato Salad$0.60
Sardines with Potato Salad$0.60
Pressed Chicken$0.60
Pressed Lamb with Mint Jelly$0.50
Cold tongue$0.50
Cold Ham$0.50
Cold Chicken$0.60
Cold roast beef$0.60
Assorted Cold Cuts with Potato Salad$1.00
Cottage Cream Cheese$0.20
Cottage Cream Cheese with Bar-le-duc$0.40
Cottage Cream Cheese with Sweet Pepper Salad$0.40

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Minced Tongue and Horseradish Sandwich$0.20
Minced Lamb Sandwich$0.15
Cottage Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Lettuce Sandwich$0.15
Tomato and Lettuce sandwich$0.30
Cheese and Bar-le-duc Sandwich$0.50
Orange Sandwich$0.35
Vegetable Sandwich$0.25
Caviar sandwich$0.50
shrimp sandwich$0.30
Salmon Sandwich$0.20
Fresh Crabmeat Sandwich$0.35
Lobster Sandwich$0.50
Watercress Sandwich$0.25
Minced Sardine Sandwich$0.30
Whole Sardine Sandwich$0.40
Sardine and Olive Sandwich$0.30
Chicken and Tomato Sandwich$0.50
Cucumber Sandwich$0.30
Combination Sandwich$0.75
Egg Sandwich$0.25
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.35
Cold Roast Beef Sandwich$0.40
Cheese and Pepper Rounds$0.40
Lamb Sandwich with Mint Sauce$0.25
Russian Sandwich$0.25
Minced Chicken Sandwich$0.30
Sliced Chicken Sandwich$0.40
Sliced Chicken Sandwich, all white meat$0.55

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Preserved Whole Peach or Pear$0.25
Black Cherry Preserves$0.25
White Cherries in Honey$0.30
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Orange marmalade$0.25
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.25
Lemon Marmalade$0.25
Currant Jelly$0.20
Grape Jelly$0.20
Blackberry jam$0.25
Wild Red Raspberry Jam$0.25
Apple Butter$0.15
Preserved figs$0.25
Kumquat Preserves$0.25

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