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Café Lafayette

Date
1916-02-12
Restaurant
Café Lafayette
Physical description
32x23cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

HORS-D'OEUVRE LAFAYETTE
Potage de sante
SOLE FRANCAISE
FILET DE KINGFISH FIN-DE-SIECLE
CANETON NAPOLITAINE
RIS DE VEAU ARGENTEUIL
BABY LAMB BONNE-FEMME
POUSSIN A LA BROCHE
PINTADON VENITIENNE
SALADE LAFAYETTE
COUPE LELA LEE
Cafe diabolique
Chantecler Wine (APPETIZER OF THE SEASON)$0.20
Blue Point Oysters
Clams
Saucisson
Olives
Chicken Okra Créole Soup
Consommé Lincoln
Shad Maitre-d'Hotel
Filet of Bass Dieppoise
Saddle of Lamb Jardinière
Braised Sweetbread with fresh Mushrooms
Artichoke Hollandaise
Spaghetti a l'Italienne
Poularde au cresson
Loin of Beef au Jus
Cold Ham and Tongue
SALAD IN SEASON
Mousse Vanille
Punch Yvette
Profiteroles au chocolat
Swiss cheese
Gorgonzola Cheese
Fruits
Demi-tasse

Page 2

Absinthe frappee (Pernod Fils)$0.25
Convido Wine$0.25
Dry Sack$0.30
Byrrh au Malaga$0.20
Pescado Sherry (dry and delicate)$0.20
Old Port$0.20
Very Old Pale Port$0.30
Chantacler Wine$0.20
Mackenzie's Old Tawny Port$0.25
Dubonnet$0.20
L. de Bary, Brut 1906$2.50 – $5.00
Ayala & Co., Sec$2.50 – $5.00
Ambares$0.35 – $0.75
Floirac$0.40 – $0.75
St. Emilion$0.50 – $1.00
St. Julien$0.50 – $1.00
Bollinger, Brut, 1906$2.75 – $5.50
Macon$0.50 – $1.00
Beaujolais$0.50 – $1.00
Pommard$1.50
Pommard (Chauvenet)$2.00
Bouche Fils (Royale Cuvee) 1911$2.00 – $4.00
Clicquot, 1906$6.00
Ch. de Cazanove, Brut, 1904-1906$2.75 – $5.25
Delbeck & Co., Brut, 1906-1904$2.50
Delbeck & Co., 1904, Magnum$10.00
Dry Monopole, Red Top$2.75 – $5.50
Grand Vin des Goisses, 1904$5.00
George Goulet, 1906$2.50 – $5.00
Irroy, brut, 1906$2.50 – $5.00
Krug, Private Cuvee$1.50 – $5.00
Krug, 1906$3.00 – $6.00
Lanson Pere & Fils, Brut$4.50
Lanson Pere & Fils, 1906$5.50
Moet & Changon, Grand Cremant$5.00
Moet & Chandon, Dry Imp., 1906$2.75 – $5.50
Montebello, 1906$2.75 – $5.50
Montebello, Brut$2.75 – $5.50
Montebello, Extra Dry$2.50 – $5.00
G. H. Mumm, Extra Dry$5.00
G.H. Mumm, Selected Brut$2.75
G. H. Mumm, Cordon Rouge, 1906$3.00 – $6.00
St. Marceaux, Brut, 1906$2.75 – $5.25
(Eil de Perdrix (Pink)$2.25 – $4.50
Piper Heidsieck, Brut$2.75 – $5.50
Pol Roger, Dry Special$2.50 – $5.00
Pol Roger, 1906$2.75 – $5.50
Pol Roger, 1904$3.00 – $6.00
Pommery, 1904$6.50
Pommery, 1906$6.00
Pommery Sec$2.75 – $5.25
Pommary, Brut$2.75 – $5.50
Ruinart, Brut$2.75 – $5.50
L. Roederer, Grand Vin Sec$2.75 – $5.50
L. Roederer, Carte Blanche$2.75 – $5.50
L. Roederer, Brut, 1906$2.75 – $5.50
Leognan, 1911$1.25
Chateau Pavie, 1906$0.80 – $1.50
Ch. Plessy, 1907$0.80 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$0.80 – $1.50
Ch. Mouton d'Armailhacq, 1907$0.80 – $1.50
Ch. Larose Sarget, 1910$0.90 – $1.75
Ch. Lafite Talence$1.00 – $2.00
Ch. Lafite, 1903$1.25 – $2.50
Ch. Lafite, 1907$2.50
Ch. Montrose, 1908$2.50
Ch. Larose Sarget, 1907$1.50
Ch. Margaux, 1905$1.50 – $3.00
Ch. Haut-Brion, 1900$3.00
Ch. Palmer, 1899$3.00
Ch. Mouton-Rothschild, 1908$3.50
Graves$0.35 – $0.70
Graves superieur$0.45 – $0.90
Sauternes$0.65 – $1.25
Haut Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Ch. Carbonnieux (Dry)$0.80 – $1.50
Ch. Rieussec, 1909$0.80
Ch. d'Arche, 1906$1.25 – $2.50
Ch. Rabaud, 1909$1.25 – $2.50
Ch. Guiraud, 1906$3.00
Ch. Guiraud, 1907$3.00
Ch. d'Yquem, 1909$2.00 – $4.00
Ch. d'Yquem, 1893$2.50 – $5.00
Barolino$0.65 – $1.25
Chianti$0.65 – $1.25
Rioja Rubi$0.65 – $1.25
Chianti (Brolio)$0.75 – $1.50
Warre & Co., Vintage Port, 1900$4.00
Marlborough Sherry$5.00
Chateau de Chorey$2.00
Beaune$1.00 – $2.00
Beaune, Magnum$4.00
Chambertin (A. Brenot)$1.50 – $3.00
Chambertin, Magnum$5.50
Nuits$0.75 – $3.00
Romanee, 1887 (C. Bernard)$3.50
Romanee, 1895 (Calvet)$4.00
Beaune Hospices, 1904$2.00 – $4.00
Bosca Nebiolo, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
SPARKLING BORDEAUX RUBIX$3.50
Sparkling Assmannshausen, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.00 – $4.00
Sparkling Chambetin, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.25 – $4.50
Red Cap (Chauvenet), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.25 – $4.50
Pink Cap (Chauvenet), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.25 – $4.50
Vercherre Extra (Red), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.25 – $4.50
Vercherre (Splendid Rose), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.50 – $4.75
CORTON MOUSSEUX, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.75 – $3.50
Bosca Moscato, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.50 – $3.00
Duca d'Alba, Brut, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.30 – $4.00
Sparkling Moselle, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.00 – $4.00
Codorniu Extra Dry (Spanish), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.25 – $4.50
Rioja Blanco, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.65 – $1.25
Capri Bianco, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.65 – $1.25
Paul Masson Sparkling Wine, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
Great Western (Special Reserve) Sparkling Wine, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.50 – $3.00
Cook's Imperial Sparkling Wine, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.50 – $3.00
Grand Imperial Sec Sparkling Wine, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
White Rock or Still Rock Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris Eau Minerale$0.25
Source Perrier Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Clysmic (Sparkling) Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Vichy Celestins Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle$0.25
Poland Eau Minerale, Bottle$0.40
Vittel (Grande Source) Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
St. Galmier Eau Minerale, Bottle$0.35
St. Galmier Eau Minerale, Bottle$0.35
Evian (Source Cachat) Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Vichy (Source Dubois) Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Mattoni's Giesshubier Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.25 – $0.40
Mountain Valley Eau Minerale, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.30 – $0.50
Jericho Cider, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.40 – $0.75
Champagne Cider, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.30 – $0.50
MAB Vieille Cure (New), glass$0.25
Fine Champagne, glass$0.35
Fine Fleur des Charentes, glass$0.35
Grande Fine Champagne, glass$0.40
Champagne or Claret Cup, Quarts extra; Pints extra$0.75 – $1.00
Green Chartreuse, very old, glass$0.60
Grand Marnier, Cordon Rouge, glass$0.30
Liqueurs$0.25
frappees$0.30
Grande Fine Napoleon, special glass$1.00
Royal Anis$0.25
Quetsch de la Grande Ferme$0.30
Neuchatel (Vin Suisse), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.65 – $1.25
Chablis, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.50 – $1.00
Clos de Vougeot, 1904 (Chauvenet), Bottle$6.00
Chablis Rose (in decanter), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.80 – $1.50
Chablis Extra, 1908, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.80 – $1.50
Chablis Superieur (Chauvenet), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.00 – $2.00
Meursault, 1904-1908, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
Chevalier Montrachet, 1908, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.50 – $3.00
Montrachet, 1889 (Marquis de La Guiche), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$2.50 – $5.00
Niersteiner, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.50 – $1.00
Castle Rheinberg, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.80 – $1.50
Niersteiner Rehbach, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.80 – $1.50
Liebfraumilch, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.90 – $1.75
Forster Traminer, Bottle$2.00
Liebfraumilch Auslese, 1911, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
Liebfraumilch (Deinhard) 1908, 1/2 Bottle$1.25
Assmannshauser (Red), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
Steinwein (Bocksbeutel), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.00 – $2.00
Rudesheimer Roseneck, 1908, Bottle$2.50
Marcobrunner, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.50 – $3.00
Liebfraumilch Kirchenstuck, 1908, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.50 – $3.00
Schloss Johannisberg, 1901, Bottle$4.50
Zeltinger Moselle, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.65 – $1.25
Branneberger, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.75 – $1.50
Piesporter, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.75 – $1.50
Wehlener Rosenberg, 1907, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$0.80 – $1.50
Josephshofer, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.00 – $2.00
Erdener Treppchen, 1911, 1/2 Bottle$1.25
Berncasteler Berg, 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
Berncasteler Doctor$1.25 – $2.50
Royal Scharzberg (Krote), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.25 – $2.50
Berncasteler Doctor 1911 (Deinhard), 1/2 Bottle, Bottle$1.75 – $3.50

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