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Café New York Restaurant

Date
1918-01-26
Restaurant
Café New York Restaurant
Physical description
33x21cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 1

Appetizers$0.30
Table Celery$0.30
Russian caviar$1.00
Dill Pickle$0.10
Grape fruit$0.25
Radishes$0.10
Olives$0.15
Stuffed celery$0.40
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.40
Sardelles$0.65
Smoked Salmon$0.65
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Blue Points oysters$0.25
Blue Points oysters cocktail$0.30
Broiled oysters$0.50
Oysters au gratin$0.75
Cape Cod Oysters$0.30
Cape Cod oysters cocktail$0.35
Fried oysters$0.50
Celery broiled oysters$0.60
Oysters au gratin$0.75
Oyster Stew$0.40
Oyster pan roast$0.60
Little Neck clams$0.25
Little Neck Clams Cocktail$0.30
Clam Fry$0.50
Clam Stew$0.40
Clams, Casino$0.60
Steamed clams, melted butter$0.50
Cherrystone Clams$0.30
Cherrystone clams cocktail$0.35
Consomme Croute-au-pot$0.15
Green Split Pea Soup$0.15
Clam broth, per cup$0.15
Clam broth with egg$0.25
Clear green turtle soup$0.40
Noodle Soup$0.20
Mock turtle soup with Sherry$0.25
Special beef broth with boiled beef$0.25
Beef broth, portion$0.15
Chicken broth, portion$0.15
Pea soup with frankfurter$0.20
Boiled Kennebec salmon, sauce Hollandaise, boiled potatoes$0.60
Fried filet of flounders, sauce ravigotte$0.60
Fresh herring saute, Meuniere, potatoes Duchesse$0.50
Fried smelts, tartar sauce, potato salad$0.60
Stewed Finnan haddie, drawn butter$0.50
Broiled bluefish, Maitre d'hotel, Julienne potatoes$0.60
Fried scallops, sauce tartare$0.75
Fried smelts, sauce tartare$0.60
Oyster patties (1)$0.30
Oyster Patties (2)$0.60
Fried filet of sole, sauce Ravigote, potato salad$0.50
Lobster, planked$2.00
Lobster, broiled$1.50
Lobster, Newburg$1.25
Lobster, Bordelaise$1.25
Lobster, Creole$1.25
Lobster, American (for 2)$1.75
Crab flakes, Newburg$0.75
Crab flakes, Dewey, in cream$0.75
Chicken a la King$1.25
Chicken a la Margot$1.00
Crab flakes au gratin$0.75
Deviled crab$0.50
Stuffed lobster, Victoria$1.25
Grilled breast of chicken, Bearnaise$1.00
Breast of chicken, Supreme$1.00
Breast of young duckling in port wine$1.25
Grilled sweetbread, green peas$0.90
Sweetbread, Isabella in Casserole$1.00
SADDLE OF HARE, cream sauce, red cabbage, potato balls$1.25
LEG OF HARE, wine sauce, red cabbage, potato balls$0.75
Extra sirloin steak planked (for 3), New York$3.75
Jumbo sweetbread glace, Monte Carlo$1.00
STEWED HARE with potato balls$0.55
Breast of spring chicken, grilled mushrooms$1.00
Roast prime ribs of beef with stewed tomatoes$0.75
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast$0.75
Ox-tail braised with young vegetables, Bourgeoise$0.50
Calf's liver sauté with bacon$0.65
Chicken fricassee with noodles$0.85
Hanover veal schnitzel in casserole, (for 2), fresh mushrooms$2.00
President steak, Madeira sauce, mashed potatoes$0.50
Roast breast of veal, green peas$0.60
Roast shoulder of veal, green peas$0.60
Filet Mignon a la Rossini$0.85
Leg of mutton, venison style, boiled potatoes$0.60
Spring lamb steak, string beans$0.90
Smoked brisket of beef, mashed turnips$0.60
Omelette with Smoked Salmon$0.50
Eggs shirred with lamb fries$0.50
Crab flakes in chafing-dish, Newburg$0.75
Vienna veal cutlet, asparagus tips$0.85
Beef a la Mode, Potato Balls$0.60
Ragout a la Deutsch$0.75
Hungarian goulash with spaetzle$0.60
Mixed grill, New England style$0.85
Boiled beef, horseradish sauce, bouillon potatoes$0.60
Half fried chicken with corn fritters$0.75
Watertown goose, chestnut stuffing, baked apple$0.90
Roast Vermont Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$1.00
Broiled Spring Chicken, whole$1.00
Broiled Spring Chicken, half$1.00
Squab chicken, broiled$1.25
Squab chicken, en Casserole$1.50
Jumbo squab broiled, currant jelly$1.00
Jumbo squab en Casserole$1.25
Spring chicken en Casserole$2.25
Succotash$0.20
String Beans$0.25
French peas$0.30
GREEN PEAS$0.25
Spaetzle$0.15
Asparagus Tips$0.30
Stewed tomatoes$0.20
Boiled Onions$0.20
Artichokes, sauce Hollandaise$0.60
Macaroni$0.15
Macaroni au gratin$0.30
Cauliflower, Hollandaise Sauce$0.30
Cauliflower, Butter Sauce$0.30
California Asparagus$0.50
Boiled rice$0.15
Sauerkraut$0.20
Spinach in cream$0.25
Spaghetti a l'Italienne$0.25
Mashed potatoes$0.15
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Baked Potato$0.15
POTATOES: French or German fried, gratin, hashed in cream, hashed brown or lyonnaise$0.25
Potato pancakes$0.25
Sweet potatoes baked$0.15
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.25
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.25
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.25
Sweet Potatoes, Grilled
Sweet Potatoes, Fried$0.20
Waldorf Salad$0.30
Cucumbers salad$0.25
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.30
Fruit salad$0.40
Celery Salad$0.30
Chiffonade Salad$0.40
COMBINATION SALAD$0.40
Tomato Surprise salad$0.40
Potato salad$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.25
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.30
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.30
Assorted vegetables salad$0.35
Nelson torte$0.15
Chocolate pudding, cream sauce$0.10
Honey-comb cake$0.10
Lemon souffle pie$0.10
Punch Excelsior$0.10
Apple dumpling, hard and rum sauce$0.10
Apple Cake$0.10
Apple Pie$0.10
Cup Custard$0.10
Pastry on tray$0.10
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.20
Meringue with ice cream$0.30
Meringue with whipped cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.20
Tutti-frutti ice cream$0.25
Mixed ice cream$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.20
Biscuit Tortoni$0.25
Punch Marguerite$0.30
Little Neck clams
Blue Point Oysters
Crab Flake Cocktail
Cream$0.30
Roquefort$0.30
Swiss$0.30
Port-du-Salut$0.30
Smoked Nova Scotia salmon
Grape fruit
Macaroni italienne
Herring Filet
Consomme Croute-au-pot
Green Split Pea Soup
Olives
Pickled beets
Fried Yellow Perch
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15
Stewed or Roast Hare
Ox-tail Braised, Young Vegetables
President Steak, Madeira Sauce
Beef a la Mode
Vegetable Dinner
Brie
Liederkranz Cheese$0.30
Pot Cheese, plain or garnished$0.30
Limburger Cheese$0.30
Cheese, Half portion served for one$0.20
Camembert$0.30
Boiled, Mashed or Roast Potatoes
Mashed Turnips
Red Cabbbage
Corn fritters
Sauerkraut
String Beans
Salad
Compote
Iced tea with cream$0.20
Kaffee Hag, in percolator$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.10
Coffee and Tea, Pot for one$0.10
Special French coffee in percolator (for 1)$0.25
Chocolate or cocoa, per cup$0.15
Chocolate or cocoa, with whipped cream$0.25
Ice cream
Lemon souffle pie
Chocolate pudding, cream sauce
PASTRY
Cheese
Punch Excelsior
Demi-tasse
Java tea, per pot (for 1)$0.15
English Breakfast tea, per pot (for 1)$0.15
Oolong tea, per pot (for 1)$0.15
Ceylon tea, per pot (for 1)$0.15
Iced Coffee with Cream$0.20
When soup only is ordered, a charge will be made for bread and butter$0.10

Page 2

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer$0.25
Schlitz, Milwaukee beer$0.25
Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser beer$0.25
Schalk's Beer$0.25
Bass' Ale, McMullen's White Label$0.25 – $0.40
Guinness' Stout$0.25 – $0.40
Sparkling Sun-Ray mineral water$0.15 – $0.35
Clysmic mineral water$0.15 – $0.35
White Rock Mineral Water$0.15 – $0.35
Beaujolis Burgundy wine$0.95 – $1.75
Bollinger, 1904 champagne$7.00
Louis Roederer, Brut, 1906 champagne$7.00
Grand Imperial Sec, Native champagne$4.00
Louis Roederer, Grand Vin Sec champagne$3.25 – $6.50
Irroy, Vin Brut, Special champagne$6.50
Great Western, Brut Special, 1900 champagne$2.25 – $4.50
Duca d'Alba champagne$6.50
Pol Roger, 1904 champagne$3.50
Duc de Montebello, Brut champagne$6.50
Ruby Cap Sparkling Burgundy$4.50
Great Western, Special Reserve champagne$2.00 – $4.00
Krug & Co., Private Cuvee champagne$7.00
De St. Marceaux, Brut Perfect, 1904 champagne$3.25 – $6.50
G.H. Mumm, Cordon Rouge, 1906 champagne$7.00
Ayala, Green Label champagne$6.50
Gilt Edge, Extra Dry champagne$1.75 – $3.00
Gilt Edge, Sparkling, Red Burgundy$1.75 – $3.00
Gold Seal, Native champagne$2.00 – $4.00
Red Burgundy, Verchere & Co. sparkling wine$2.00 – $4.00
Rose Pink Burgundy$4.00
DRY MONOPOLE, BRUT champagne$3.25 – $6.50
White Burgundy sparkling wine$2.00 – $4.00
DRY MONOPOLE, RED TOP champagne$3.25 – $6.50
Heidsieck Monopole Brut, 1904 champagne$3.25 – $6.50
Pommery & Greno, Sec. champagne$3.50 – $7.00
Cazanove, 1900 champagne$3.25 – $6.50
Charles Heidsieck, 1906, Brut champagne$3.25 – $6.50
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Crown Brut champagne$7.00
Bosca Brut, Club Vintage, Sparkling wine$2.00 – $4.00
Assmanshauser sparkling wine$4.00
Pommard sparkling wine$2.00 – $4.00
Chambertin sparkling wine$4.50
Sparkling Medoc, White$4.00
Burgunder Blut sparkling wine$4.00
Moselle sparkling wine$4.50
Rhens Water$0.25 – $0.50
Chianti Superior, Red wine$1.00 – $2.00
Chianti Superior, White wine$2.00
Private Stock Sherry$0.30
Lacrima Christi Sp'l'g wine$1.75 – $3.50
Poland Water$0.10 – $0.35
Bosca Red Sparkling wine$1.75 – $3.50
C.&C. Ginger Ale, Imp.$0.20 – $0.35
Domestic Ginger Ale$0.20
Hohenadel Philadelphia SALVATOR$0.10 – $0.20
Amontillado, Dry sherry$0.30
Domestic Sarsaparilla$0.20
Napoleon Brandy. 1840$0.75 – $1.00
Domestic Lemon Soda$0.20
Domestic Club Soda$0.15 – $0.20
Sparkling Sun-Ray Ginger Ale$0.20
Barma, Non-Alcoholic$0.20
Bevo, Non-Alcoholic$0.25
Private Stock port wine$0.30
Very old Port wine$0.35
Private Stock Brandy$0.35 – $0.50
Planat & Co *** brandy$0.35 – $0.50
Our Own Importation scotch whisky$0.35
Our Own Imp'n claret$0.20 – $1.50
Bordeaux Vieux claret$0.90 – $1.75
St. Estephe Claret$1.00 – $2.00
St. Emilion Claret$1.00
Medoc Claret$1.00 – $2.00
Floriac Claret$1.15 – $2.25
Ponteet Canet Claret$1.25 – $2.50
Chat. Chasse Spleet Claret, 1907$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau Leoville Claret$1.75 – $3.50
Chateau Larose Claret$2.00 – $4.00
Chateau Lafite Claret$2.25 – $4.50
Chateau Margaux Claret$2.50 – $5.00
Special Bourbon Whiskey$0.35
Pebbleford bourbon whiskey$0.30
Deep Spring bourbon whiskey$0.30
Chapin & Gore Old Reserve bourbon whiskey$0.30
Great Western, Sparkling Burgundy$1.75 – $3.00
"Calwa" Red Burgundy$3.00
"Calwa" White Moselle$1.50 – $3.00
Suternes, Private Stock$0.50 – $1.00
Sauterne Souvenir$0.65
Haut Sauterne Sourvenir$0.75
Sparkling Burgundy, R.L.$3.00
Morton Liqueur Scotch$0.35
Strathmill Old Highland Scotch$0.35
Watson's No. 10 Scotch$0.35
B. & L. Very Old Scotch$0.35
Spey Royal Scotch$0.35
Haig & Haig Scotch$0.35
White Horse Cellar Scotch$0.35
King George Scotch$0.35
Jameson's Three Star Irish whiskey$0.35
Bushmill's Irish Whiskey$0.35
Perfection Scotch$0.35
King William, V. O. P. Scotch$0.40
All Cocktails$0.30
Sun-Ray Ginger Ale$0.25
Horses' Neck Ginger Beer$0.25
Frank Jones Ale on Draught$0.10 – $0.15
Golden Russet Cider, Per Glass$0.15
Our Own Importation Sauternes$0.65 – $1.25
Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Barsac Sauternes$2.00
Graves Sauternes$1.00 – $2.00
Haut Sauternes$1.25 – $2.50
Chateau Yquem, Brossault & Co., 1882 Sauternes$4.00
Chateau Olivier, Dry Sauternes$1.50
All leading brans of Cordials and Appetizers$0.30
Private Stock Rye Whiskey$0.35
Wilson Rye Whiskey$0.30
Hunter Rye Whiskey$0.30
Old Crow rye whiskey$0.30
Baltimore Club Rye Whiskey$0.30
Beer, Glass$0.10
Schoppen Rhine Wine$0.25 – $0.40
Our Own Importation Rhine Wine$0.80 – $1.50
Deidesheimer Rhine Wine$1.25 – $2.00
Laubenheimer Rhine Wine$2.00
Niersteiner Rhine Wine$0.90 – $1.75
Hocheimer Rhine Wine$1.25
Bodenheimer Rhine Wine$1.25
Niersteiner Auslese, 1911 Rhine Wine$2.75
Scharlachberger Auslese 1904 Rhine Wine$3.50
Rudesheimer Rhine Wine$1.75 – $3.50
Rauenthaler rhine wine$1.75 – $3.50
Liebfraumilch, 1911 Rhine Wine$4.60
Marcobrunner Rhine Wine$2.50
Steinberger, 1906 Rhine Wine$2.25 – $4.50
Bismarck Rhine Wine$4.50
Schloss Johannisberger, 1886 Rhine Wine$5.00
Ober Ingelheimer, Red Rhine Wine$1.55 – $3.00
Dhroner Hofberg, 1911 Rhine Wine$3.00
Assmanshauser, Red Rhine Wine$1.75 – $3.50
Schoppen Moselle Wine$0.25 – $0.40
Glass Rhine Wine$0.15
Glass Moselle Wine$0.15
Our Own Importation Moselle Wine$0.80 – $1.50
Aldegunder Moselle Wine, 1912$2.85
Moselbluemchen Moselle Wine$1.00 – $2.00
Pommerner Moselle Wine, 1913$2.50
Zeltinger Moselle wine$1.25 – $2.50
Graacher Moselle Wine$1.50
Krotes Royal Scharzberg Moselle Wine, 1900$1.75 – $3.50
Erdner Treppchen Moselle Wine$1.75
Berncastler Rosenberg Moselle Wine$4.00
Berncastler Doctor, Green Seal Moselle Wine$4.00
Enkircher Moselle wine$1.25 – $2.50
Uerziger Moselle Wine$1.50
Corton Pouget, 1908 Burgundy$2.00
Macon Vieux Burgundy$1.00 – $2.00
Beaune Burgundy$1.15 – $2.25
Pommard Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Chablis, white Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Nuit Burgundy$1.25 – $2.50
Clos de Vougeot Burgundy$2.00 – $4.00
Chambertin Burgundy$2.50 – $5.00
Ale, Glass$0.10
Beer, Seidel$0.20
Ale, Seidel$0.20
Beer, Pitcher, Pints$0.40
Ale, Pitcher, Pints$0.40
Beer, Quarts$0.75
Ale, Quarts$0.75
Frank Jones Ale$0.10 – $0.15
Hohen-Adel Phila. beer$0.10 – $0.20
Providence Bohemian$0.10 – $0.20

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