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Louis Sherry

Date
1917-11-13
Restaurant
Louis Sherry
Physical description
26.5x15cm folded; 26.5x30cm opened
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Blue Point Oysters$0.40
Sea Tag Oysters$0.55
Smith Island Oysters$0.55
Cotuit oysters$0.45
Plum Island oysters$0.45
Cape Cod Oysters$0.45
Little Neck clams$0.40
Cherry Stone Clams$0.40
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Potage Mongol$0.45
Strained gumbo in cup$0.45
Shirred Eggs, Piemontaise$0.70
Omelet, Paysanne$0.75
ASTRAKAN CAVIAR$2.00
Lobster, Diplomate$1.50
Fried Scallops, Tartar Sauce$0.80
Crab Meat, Dewey$1.50
Squab in Cocotte, Bordelaise$1.50
Turkey Hash with Green Peppers$1.10
Chicken Livers, Hunter Style, in Bordure, Duchesse$0.75
Chicken Saute, Fermiere$1.75
Mushrooms under glass$1.25
Squab Turkey$5.00
Royal Squab$1.50
Poularde$6.00
Roast chicken$3.50
Pheasant$5.00
Plover$1.25
Guinea Hen$3.50
Venison
Spring Duckling$4.00
Squab Guinea$2.25
Squab Chicken$1.75
Milk-Fed Chicken$4.00
Mallard Duck$5.00
Cold Chicken Consomme$0.45
Cold Excelsior Consomme$0.45
Cold Gombo$0.45
Cold Clam Broth$0.45
Hors d'oeuvre a la Francaise$0.75
Salad, Henry IV$1.00
Tomatoes Surprise$0.60
Crab meat a la Manners$0.75
Heart of fresh artichoke, Petrograd$1.00
Leave, Florentine$1.00
Fish salad, Parisian$0.75
Lobster$2.50
Lobster, half$1.25
Salmon, Major Handy sauce$0.80
Supreme of Chicken, Jeanette$1.75
Galantine of Chicken$1.00
Stuffed boneless squab in jelly$1.75
Patty of Guinea hen in crust$1.00
Chicken salad$1.50
Lobster salad$1.50
Crab Meat salad$1.00
HOT HOUSE ASPARAUS$1.25
String Beans$0.70
New peas$0.70
French peas$0.60
Lima beans$0.70
Braised celery with marrow$0.50
Potatoes, julienne$0.35
Baked Cauliflower$0.60
Beets in Butter$0.45
Spaghetti Italian$0.50
Potatoes, maitre d'hotel$0.35
Romaine Salad$0.45
Lettuce Salad$0.45
Escarole Salad$0.45
Watercress Salad$0.45
Cucumber salad$0.60
Countess Salad$0.60
Chicory Salad$0.45
Fetticus Salad$0.45
Half Alligator Pear Salad$0.75
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.60
Heart of Palm Salad$0.75
Lorenzo salad$0.75
Vegetable Salad$0.75
Endive Salad$0.75
Raisin Pudding, Apricot Sauce$0.35
Cherry Tartlet$0.25
Pumpkin Pie$0.35
Blackberry Pie$0.35
Grapes$0.50
Casaba Melon$0.60
Vienna Pastry$0.20
Parfait Lalla Rookh$0.60
Grape fruit$0.45
Assorted Pastry$0.20
Eclair$0.20
HONEY-DEW MELON$0.60
Homemade Apple Cake$0.35
African Ice$0.50
Iced Chocolate Praline$0.60
Vanilla ice cream$0.45
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.45
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.50
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.45
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.45
Gruyere Cheese$0.45
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.45
Neufchatel cheese$0.30
Petit Gervais frais tous les jour$0.30
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.45
Bar-le-Duc, Small$0.30
Bar-le-Duc, Large$0.60
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.15
French coffee, demi-tasse with cream$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.30
Sherry Tea$0.40

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Blue Point Oysters$0.40
Smith Island Oysters$0.55
Sea Tag Oysters$0.55
Cotuit oysters$0.45
Plum Island oysters$0.45
Cape Cod Oysters$0.45
Sauce Cocktail$0.10
Cherry Stone Clams$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.40
Potage Mongol$0.45
Oeufs sur le Plat, Piemontaise$0.70
Gombo passe en tasse$0.45
Omelette paysanne$0.75
CAVIAR D'ASTRAKAN$2.00
Homard Diplomate$1.50
Petoncles Frits, Sauce Tartare$0.80
Chair de Crabs, Dewey$1.50
Pigeon en Cocotte, Bordelaise$1.50
Hachis de Dinde aux Piments Verts$1.10
Foies de Volaille, Chasseur, en Bordure, Duchesse$0.75
Poulet Suate, Fermiere$1.75
Champignons sous cloches$1.25
Dindonneau$5.00
Pigeonneau Royal$1.50
Poularde$6.00
Poulet Roti$3.50
Pluvier$1.25
Pintade$1.25
Caneton$4.00
Pintadon$2.25
Poussin$1.75
Poulet de Lait$4.00
Canard mallard$5.00
Faisan$5.00
Venaison
Consomme Froid Volaille$0.45
Consomme Froid Excelsior$0.45
Gombo Froid$0.45
Essence de clovisses froid$0.45
Hors d'oeuvre a la Francaise$0.75
Salade, Henry IV$1.00
Tomates Surprise$0.60
Chair de crabes a la Manners$0.75
Saumon, sauce Major Handy$0.80
Coeur d'artichaut frais, Petrograd$1.00
Feuille, Florentine$1.00
Salade de poisson, Parisienne$0.75
Homard froid$2.50
Demi homard froid$1.25
Supreme de Volaille, Jeanette$1.75
Galantine de volaille$1.00
Pigeon desosse farci a la Gelee$1.75
Pate de pintade en croute$1.00
Salade de Volaille$1.50
Salade d'Homard$1.50
Chair de Crabe$1.00
ASPERGES DE SERRE$1.25
HARICOTS VERTS$0.70
Petits pois nouveaux$0.70
PETIT POIS FRANCAIS$0.60
Haricots de Lima$0.70
Betteraves au beurre$0.45
Spaghettis Italiens$0.50
Pommes, Maitre d'Hotel$0.35
Choux-fleurs au gratin$0.60
Celeri braise a la moelle$0.50
Pommes, Julienne$0.35
Salade d'Escarole$0.45
Salade de laitue$0.45
Salade de Romaine$0.45
Salade de Cresson$0.45
Salade de Concombre$0.60
Salade Comtesse$0.60
Salade de Laitue et Tomate$0.60
Demi Poire d'Alligator Salade$0.75
Salade Doucette$0.45
Salade de Chicoree$0.45
Salade d'Endive$0.75
Salade de Vegetables$0.75
Salade Lorenzo$0.75
Salade de Coeur de Palm$0.75
Pouding aux Raisins, Sauce Abricot$0.35
Pie de Potiron$0.35
Pie de Mures$0.35
Tartelette aux Cerises$0.25
Raisins$0.50
MELON CASABA$0.60
MELON HONEY-DEW$0.60
Patisserie Viennoise$0.20
Parfait Lalla Rookh$0.60
Poncire$0.45
Patisserie Assortie$0.20
Eclair$0.20
Gateau de Pommes, Bourgeoise$0.35
Glace Africaine$0.50
Chocolate Glace au Praline$0.60
Vanille glace$0.45
Chocolat glace$0.45
Fraise Glace$0.50
Fromage de Roquefort$0.45
Fromage de Port-du-Salut$0.45
Fromage de Gruyere$0.45
Fromage de Gorgonzola$0.45
Fromage de Neufchatel$0.30
Small Gervais made fresh every day$0.30
Fromage de Camembert$0.45
Bar-le-Duc, Petit$0.30
Bar-le-Duc, Large$0.60
Cafe Francais, demi-tasse$0.15
Cafe Francais, demi-tasse avec creme$0.40
Cafe Turc$0.30
The Sherry$0.40

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Fried Whitebait and Oyster Crabs, Tartar Sauce$0.90
Sea Bass, Provencale$0.80
Filet of Kingfish, Berchoux$0.80
Boiled Salmon, Hollandaise Sauce$0.80
ASTRAKAN CAVIAR$2.00
Shell of Lobster, Montijo$1.00
Mulligatawny Soup, Indian$0.45
Cream of Chicken Soup a la Reine$0.45
Potage of Sorrel, Germiny$0.45
Clear green turtle soup$0.60
Blue Point Oysters$0.40
Smith Island Oysters$0.55
Sea Tag Oysters$0.55
Cotuit oysters$0.45
Plum Island oysters$0.45
Cape Cod Oysters$0.45
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Little Neck clams$0.40
Cherry Stone Clams$0.40
Boiled Turkey with Celery in Cream$1.25
Half Spring Duckling with Oranges$2.00
Supreme of Chicken, Bayadere$1.75
Guinea Hen in Sour Cream$1.75
Vol-au-Vent, Regence$1.25
Plover on Canape$1.25
Squab with French Peas$1.50
Squab Turkey$5.00
Roast chicken$3.50
Guinea Hen$3.50
Pheasant$5.00
Plover$1.25
Milk-Fed Chicken$4.00
Squab Guinea$2.25
Venison
Poularde$6.00
Spring Duckling$4.00
Royal Squab$1.50
Squab Chicken$1.75
Mallard Duck$5.00
Cold Chicken Consomme$0.45
Cold Excelsior Consomme$0.45
Cold Okra Consomme$0.45
Cold Clam Broth$0.45
Hors d'oeuvre a la Francaise$0.75
Salad, Henry IV$1.00
Tomatoes Surprise$0.60
Crab meat a la Manners$0.75
Heart of fresh artichoke, Petrograd$1.25
Leave, Florentine$1.25
Fish salad, Parisian$0.75
Cold Lobster$2.50
Half Cold Lobster$1.25
Salmon, Major Handy sauce$0.80
Supreme of Chicken, Jeanette$1.75
Galantine of Chicken$1.00
Stuffed boneless squab in jelly$1.75
Patty of Guinea hen in crust$1.00
Chicken salad$1.50
Lobster salad$1.50
Crab Meat salad$1.00
French peas$0.60
Hot House Asparagus$1.25
Lima beans$0.70
New peas$0.70
Beets in Butter$0.45
Potatoes O'Brien$0.40
Succotash$0.75
Boiled artichoke, Hollandaise sauce$0.60
Spinach, English$0.50
Stuffed potatoes, Sherry$0.35
Braised celery with marrow$0.50
Baked stuffed egg-plant$0.50
Italian Spaghetti$0.50
String beans in butter$0.70
Romaine Salad$0.45
Lettuce Salad$0.45
Escarole Salad$0.45
Watercress Salad$0.45
Cucumber salad$0.60
Countess Salad$0.60
Chicory Salad$0.45
Fetticus Salad$0.45
Half Alligator Pear Salad$0.75
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.60
Heart of Palm Salad$0.75
Lorenzo salad$0.75
Vegetable Salad$0.75
Endive Salad$0.75
Puffed Praline Pudding, Vanilla Sauce$0.35
Cherry Tartlet$0.25
Gateau Succes$0.35
Pumpkin Pie$0.35
Blackberry Pie$0.35
Eclair$0.20
Grapes$0.50
Casaba Melon$0.60
HONEY-DEW MELON$0.60
Grape fruit$0.45
Vienna Pastry$0.20
Homemade Apple Cake$0.35
Ice cream, Bourgeoise$0.60
French Pastry$0.20
White Wine Sherbet$0.60
Vani!!a Ice Cream with Strawberry Sauce$0.60
Vanilla ice cream$0.45
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.45
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.50
Souff!e Dora$0.50
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.45
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.45
Gruyere Cheese$0.45
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.45
Neufchatel cheese$0.30
Bar-le-Duc, Small$0.30
Bar-le-Duc, Large$0.60
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.45
Small Gervais made fresh every day$0.30
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.15
French coffee, demi-tasse with cream$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.30
Sherry Tea$0.40

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Blue Point Oysters$0.40
Smith Island Oysters$0.55
Sea Tag Oysters$0.55
Cotuit oysters$0.45
Plum Island oysters$0.45
Cape Cod Oysters$0.45
Cherry Stone Clams$0.40
Sauce Cocktail$0.10
Little Neck clams$0.40
Mulligatawny Soup, Indienne$0.45
Creme de Volaille a la Reine$0.45
Potage a l'Oseille, Germiny$0.45
Tortue Verte Soup, claire$0.60
Coquille de Homard, Montijo$1.00
CAVIAR D'ASTRAKAN$2.00
Blanchaille et Crabes d'Huitres Frits, Sauce Tartare$0.90
Bars de Mer, PRovencale$0.80
Filet d'Umbrine, Berchoux$0.80
Saumon Bouilli, Sauce Hollandaise$0.80
Dinde Bouillie au Celeri a la Creme$1.25
Demi Caneton aux Oranges$2.00
Supreme de Volaille, Bayadere$1.75
Pintade a la Creme Aigre$1.75
Vol-au-Vent, Regence$1.25
Pluvier sur canape$1.25
Pigeon aux petits pois$1.50
Dindonneau$5.00
Poulet Roti$3.50
Pintade$3.50
Faisan$5.00
Pluvier$1.25
Poulet de Lait$4.00
Pintadon$2.25
Venaison
Poularde$6.00
Caneton$4.00
Pigeonneau Royal$1.50
Poussin$1.75
Canard mallard$5.00
Consomme Volaille Froid$0.45
Consomme Excelsior Froid$0.45
Gumbo Froid$0.45
Essence de clovisses froid$0.45
Hors d'oeuvre a la Francaise$0.75
Salade, Henry IV$1.00
Tomates Surprise$0.60
Chair de crabes a la Manners$0.75
Coeur d'artichaut frais, Petrograd$1.25
Feuille, Florentine$1.25
Salad de poisson, Parisienne$0.75
Homard froid$2.50
Demi homard froid$1.25
Saumon, sauce Major Handy$0.80
Supreme de Volaille, Jeanette$1.75
Galantine de volaille$1.00
Pigeon desosse farci a la Gelee$1.75
Pate de pintade en croute$1.00
Salade de Volaille$1.50
Salade d'Homard$1.50
Chair de Crabe$1.00
Betteraves au beurre$0.45
PETIT POIS FRANCAIS$0.60
Petits pois nouveaux$0.70
ASPERGES DE SERRE$1.25
Haricots de Lima$0.70
Pommes, O'Brien$0.40
Succotash$0.75
Artichauts bouillis, sauce Hollandaise$0.60
Epinards a l'Anglaise$0.50
Pommes farcies a la Sherry$0.35
Celeri a la moelle$0.50
Aubergines farcies au gratin$0.50
Spaghettis Italiens$0.50
Haricot verts au beurre$0.70
Salade d'Escarole$0.45
Salade de laitue$0.45
Salade de Romaine$0.45
Salade de Cresson$0.45
Salade de Concombre$0.60
Salade Comtesse$0.60
Salade de Chicoree$0.45
Salade de Doucette$0.45
Salade de Demi Poire d'Alligator$0.75
Salade de Laitue et Tomate$0.60
Salade de Coeur de Palm$0.75
Salade Lorenzo$0.75
Salade de Vegetables$0.75
Salade d'Endive$0.75
Pouding Souffle Praline, Sauce Vanille$0.35
Tartelette aux Cerises$0.25
Gateau Succes$0.35
Potiron Pie$0.35
Mures Pie$0.35
Raisins$0.50
MELON HONEY-DEW$0.60
MELON CASABA$0.60
Poncire$0.45
Eclair$0.20
Patisserie Viennoise$0.20
Patisserie Francaise$0.20
Sorbet au Vin Blanc$0.60
G!ace Vanille, Sauce aux Fraises$0.60
Gateau de Pommes, Bourgeoise$0.35
G!ace Bourgeoise$0.60
Souffle Dora$0.50
Vanille glace$0.45
Chocolat glace$0.45
Fraise Glace$0.50
Fromage de Roquefort$0.45
Fromage de Port-du-Salut$0.45
Fromage de Gruyere$0.45
Fromage de Gorgonzola$0.45
Fromage de Neufchatel$0.30
Bar-le-Duc, Petit$0.30
Bar-le-Duc, Large$0.60
Fromage de Camembert$0.45
Petit Gervais frais tous les jour$0.30
Cafe Francais, demi-tasse$0.15
Cafe Francais, demi-tasse avec creme$0.40
Cafe Turc$0.30
The Sherry$0.40

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