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Mendel

Date
1917-11-14
Restaurant
Mendel
Physical description
28x18cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1

Dishes

Chocolate Layer Cake$0.10
Vanilla raisin drop cakes (2)$0.15
Mother Perkin's hygienic bran muffins$0.10
Plain or Raisin Cake$0.10
Chicken pie, New England style$0.65
Home-made mince pie, hot or cold$0.20
Spring lamb stew with small vegetables$0.45
Corned beef hash browned in pan, macaroni au gratin$0.40
Vegetarian dinner$0.50
Honeycomb tripe sautee, Creole$0.45
Malted Milk$0.15
Fried Long Island scallops, tartar sauce and rasher of Beechnut bacon$0.65
Cold rice pudding$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Chocolate eclair$0.10
Assorted cakes$0.10
Fresh pumpkin pie$0.20
Assorted French pastry$0.15
Casaba Melon$0.25
COCOANUT CUSTARD PIE$0.15
lemon meringue pie$0.20
FRESH PEACH PIE$0.15
Sweetbread sautee en casserole$0.60
Roast Virginia sugar-cured ham, Champagne sauce, mashed sweet potatoes$0.50
Special Mendel steak with stuffed potato, fried mush, tomato and sausage, rasher of Beechnut bacon$0.70
Bakes cabinet pudding, raspberry sauce$0.15
Frankfurter sausages with sauerkraut or potato salad, 10 minutes$0.40
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef$0.60
Hard boiled eggs in cream au gratin$0.40
Turkey croquettes, creamed potatoes, macaroni au gratin$0.35
Boston baked beans$0.30
Doctor Brush Kumyss$0.15
Gluton$0.10
Empire State pure honey$0.10 – $0.20
Fermillac, splits$0.15
Cream of Tomatoes$0.25
Cape Cod cocktail$0.35
Blue Point Fry$0.40
Blue Point Cocktail$0.30
Blue Points, half shell$0.25
Cape Cods, half shell$0.30
Blue Point Stew$0.35
Blue Point in cream$0.45
Cape Cod Boston stew$0.40
Cape cod in cream$0.50
Cape Cods Broiled, served on toast$0.50
Little Necks$0.25
Cherrystones$0.25
Little Neck of Cherrystone clam cocktail$0.30
Cherrystone or Little Neck clam fry, tartar sauce$0.40
Cherrystone or Littlen Neck Clam Stew$0.35
Cherrystone or Little Neck in Cream$0.45
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.45
Chicken broth$0.20
Ox-tail a l'Anglaise soup$0.15
Chicken with rice soup$0.15
Consomme, hot$0.15
CLAM BROTH$0.15
Cold consomme in jelly$0.20
Crab Flake, Ravigote$0.40
Whole broiled lobster$1.50
Half cold boiled lobster$0.75
Whole Cold Boiled Lobster$1.25
Broiled Maine codfish, maitre d'hotel with boiled potato$0.45
Fried Maine smelts, tartar sauce$0.55
Broiled chicken halibut, butter sauce$0.45
Crackers and Milk$0.25
Crackers and half and half$0.30
Crackers with cream$0.40
Rice and milk$0.25
Rice and half and half$0.30
Rice with Cream$0.40
Assorted Cold Cuts$0.60
sliced chicken, cold$0.60
sliced tongue, cold$0.45
Prime ribs of beef, cold$0.55
Roast spring lamb, cold$0.50
Sliced boiled ham, cold$0.50
Sliced corned beef, cold$0.45
Hot Turkey Sandwich$0.45
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.45
Club sandwich$0.40
Chicken Sandwich$0.20
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.30
Lobster Salad Sandwich$0.50
Extra mayonnaise dressing$0.10
Minced chicken sandwich, mayonnaise, lettuce and sliced tomato$0.25
New cauliflower, cream sauce$0.25
New cauliflowwer, Hollandaise$0.35
Asparagus, Hollandaise or butter sauce$0.40
String Beans$0.30
Sliced Spanish onions$0.25
Fried Egg Plant$0.25
Boiled Onions$0.25
Butter Beets$0.25
New garden spinach$0.25
Fresh Lima Beans$0.25
FRESH BRUSSELS SPROUTS, BUTTER SAUCE$0.25
Potatoes - Boiled, baked or mashed$0.10
Sweet Potatoes - Fried$0.25
Sweet Potatoes, Grilled$0.30
French fried potatoes$0.20
SWEET POTATOES - Candied, Southern style$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Fruit salad$0.40
Sliced Cucumber Salad$0.30
Lobster salad$0.75
Chicken salad$0.55
COMBINATION SALAD$0.40
Crab flake salad$0.60
Baked apple dumpling, hard and brandy sauce$0.20
Home-made pies - Fresh apple, peach or pineapple pie$0.15
Pie a la Mode$0.40
Baked Apple$0.10
Baked Apple with Cream$0.15
Fresh Fench Lemon Ice Cream$0.25
French vanilla ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
American vanilla ice cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.40
Fresh orange ice$0.15
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Hot coffee, chocolate or cocoa with cream; cup, pot or large pot$0.10 – $0.25
Instant Postum$0.15
English breakfast, Oolong, Ceylon or mixed tea, small pot; large pot$0.10 – $0.20
Kaffee-Hag$0.15
Orange Pekoe tea, small or large pot$0.25 – $0.40
Butttermilk, glass$0.10
Whole Wheat Bread$0.10
Boston Brown Bread$0.10
Mendel's coffe in 1 pound tins$0.40
Milk, glass$0.05
Specail - Tourist Luncheon in box$0.45

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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