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Fifth Avenue Restaurant

Date
1917-11-01
Restaurant
Fifth Avenue Restaurant
Physical description
26.5x20.5cm folded; 26.5x41cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 2

Leeks and Potato Soup
Corned Beef and Cabbage with potatoes
Potage mongole
Rabbit Stew, Bourgeoise
Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup
Fricasee of Chicken with Fresh Vegetables
Chicken Broth, family style with rice
Beef Stew with spaetzel
Clam Chowder, Manhattan Style
Spaghetti, Tetrazzini
Bouillabaisse, Marseillaise
Puree of split green peas soup
Mixed Grill
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Tutti frutti$0.35
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Biscuit Tortoni$0.35
Coupe St. Jacques$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Fresh Pear, Arlesienne$0.60
Meringue glacee$0.35
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Baked Apple and Cream$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.20
Pear$0.15
Apple$0.15
Guava jelly$0.30
Sea Tags$0.45
Cape Cods$0.35
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Cherrystones$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Hors d'Oeuvres (p.p.)$0.50
Spring Chicken (half) en casserole, Mascotte$1.25
Filet of Herrign a la Ruse (p.p)$0.35
McAlpin$0.35
Orange Blossom$0.30
Jack Rose$0.35
Clover Club$0.35
Royal Smile$0.35
Bacardi$0.35
Carafon of Claret or Sauterne$0.25
Zeltinger, Laubenheimer or Chablis in 1/4 Bottles$0.30
crab meat cocktail$0.50
Lobster Cocktail$0.60
Radishes$0.20
Carciofini$0.35
California Mammoth Olives$0.40
Celery$0.25
Olives$0.20
Chow-chow$0.15
Caviar
Chiffonade Salad$0.45
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
Lettuce, Romaine or Tomato Salad$0.30
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
Crab Flakes Salad$0.85
Russian Dressing$0.10
Fifth Avenue Salad$0.45
Fruit salad$0.50
Chicken salad$1.00
Lobster salad$1.00
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.35
Cherry Tartelette$0.20
French Pastry$0.15
Eclaire$0.15
Stewed Assorted Fruit$0.40
Charlotte Russe$0.25
Hot or Cold - Rice Pudding$0.20
Assorted cakes$0.25
Cup Custard$0.20
Caramel custard$0.20
Napoleon Cake$0.15
Camembert, Roquefort, Port du Salut, American or Swiss$0.25
Gervais with Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Chicken Broth, family style$0.25
Cream of Peas with Pearl Tapioca$0.25
Shirred Eggs, Bercy$0.50
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.60
Baked Porgie with fresh mushrooms Italienne$0.65
Codfish Steak, Lyonnaise$0.65
Broiled Oysters on toast with Bacon$0.65
Beef Stew with paprika and spaetzel$0.75
Breaded Veal Cutlet with home-made noodles$0.75
Boiled Leg of Mutton with vegetables and caper sauce$0.70
Brochette of Sweetbread, southern style$0.90
Roast Lamb with brussel sprouts$0.75
Roast Philadelphia Capon with giblet sauce$0.85
Broiled Beech-Nut Bacon with stewed corn$0.60
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.45
Roast Beef with potato salas$0.80
Smoked Beef Tongue with salad macedoine$0.75
Galantine of Chicken$0.75
Sliced Turkey, Modern$1.00
Cauliflower, cream sauce$0.30
Potatoes Normande$0.20
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.25
Grilled or Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.30
Floating Island, vanilla cream sauce$0.25
Green Apple Pie$0.20
Fifth Avenue Cheese Cake$0.20
Plum Cake$0.25
Stewed Fresh Pear$0.30
Parfait Yvette$0.30
Custard Pie$0.20
Boston Cream Pie$0.20
Apple Tart$0.20
Gateau Moscovite$0.20
Coupe Montreuil$0.40
Charlotte Glacee Alma$0.35
Chicken or Beef Broth$0.25
Mongole$0.25
Green Turtle Soup$0.50
Cream of Tomatoes$0.30
Onion Soup Gratine$0.30
Filet of Flounder, Fin de Siecle$0.65
Planked Bluefish$0.90
Sea Bass Saute Meuniere$0.65
Deviled Crab Flakes gratin$0.75
Broiled chicken lobster$1.00
Mussels, Mariniere$0.60
Soft Clams, Casino$0.75
Frog's Legs Saute, Meuniere$0.75
Chicken Cutlet with creamed peas$0.75
Saddle of Rabbit with sweet potatoes Florida$0.75
Broiled Imperial Squab with waffle potatoes$1.00
Brochette of Goose Livers with rice Orientale$0.70
Baked Minced Turkey, Southern stle$0.90
Breast of Guinea Hen with fresh mushrooms and Virginia Ham$1.25
Lamb Chops (2)$0.90
Mixed Grill$0.90
Small Filet$1.10
Sirloin steak (for 2)$2.30
English mutton chop$0.85
Steak Minute, Fifth Avenue$1.00
Small Steak$1.15
Double Filet$2.20
Asparagus, Hollandaise$0.35
Brussel Sprouts$0.30
Lima beans$0.30
Cauliflower$0.30
Carrots in Cream$0.25
Peas$0.30
String Beans$0.30
Beets in cream$0.25
Spaghetti a la Caruso$0.50
Macaroni, italienne$0.35
Macaroni au gratin$0.35
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Baked Potatoes$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.20
Bread, Rolls and Butter served only when ordered$0.10
Coffee (small pot) with cream$0.20
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Briarcliff Farm Milk$0.15
Kaffee Hag$0.30
Walker-Gordon-Metchnikoff Buttermilk$0.10
Bowl of half and half$0.35
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15
American or Swiss Cheese$0.25
Tea (small pot) with cream$0.20
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.35
Spaghetti au Gratin$0.35

Page 3

Ayala, Dry$2.75 – $5.00
Cazanove, Vin Monarque, Extra Dry, 1904$6.00
Chas Heidsieck, Extra Dry$2.75 – $5.00
Krug & Co, Private Cuvee$2.75 – $5.00
Moet & Chandon, White Seal$2.75 – $5.00
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Crown Brut$5.75
Moet & Chandon, Dry Imperial, 1906$3.50 – $6.50
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.75 – $5.00
Veuve Cliquot, Brut$3.25 – $6.00
Veuve Clicquot, Dry, England, 1906$7.00
Piper Heidsieck, Brut$1.50 – $5.00
Piper Heidsieck, Carte d'Or, Extra Brut 1904$4.00
Pol Roger, Dry Special$2.75 – $5.00
Monopole, Brut$2.75 – $5.00
Pommery, Sec$2.75 – $5.00
Pommery, Brut$3.00 – $5.50
Paul Ruinart, Brut, 1904$3.00 – $5.50
Bouche, Grand Vin des Goisses$3.00
Duc de Montebello, Grand Cremant Brut$2.75 – $5.00
Duc de Montebello, Grand Cremant, Brut, 1904$4.00
Perrier-Jouet, Brut$5.00
Great Western, Special Reserve$1.50 – $2.75
Great Western, Burgundy$1.50 – $2.75
Pink Cap$2.75 – $5.00
Hock$2.75
Duca d'Alba, Extra Dry (Italian)$2.75
Graves Superior from Cafe Voisin, Paris$0.65 – $1.20
Sauterne$0.55 – $1.00
Sauterne, Barton & Guestier$0.85 – $1.50
Haut Sauternes, Barton & Guestier, 1912$1.50 – $2.75
Chateau Olivier (Dry) Chateau Bottling, 1909$1.05 – $2.00
Meursault$1.60 – $3.00
Laubenheimer$0.75
Liebfraumilch$1.25 – $2.25
Assmannshauser (Red)$1.25
Erbach Hock, Berry Bros$1.00
Foster Kirchenstuck, 1893$2.50
Steinberger Cabinet, Valckenberg, 1893$5.00
Creuznacher Steinberger, 1908$1.25 – $2.25
Avensan from Cafe Voisin, Paris$0.65 – $1.25
St Julien$1.05 – $2.00
Margaux$1.05 – $2.00
Chateau Laujac, Berry Bros, 1906$0.65 – $1.25
Pontet Canet, 1906$1.00
Chateau Margaux$2.50
Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Bottling, 1907$2.50
St Julian Souvenir, Cresta Blanca$0.65 – $1.25
Macon, vieux$0.55 – $1.00
Beaune$1.05 – $2.00
Romanee-Conti, 1898$5.50
Chianti$0.95 – $1.75
Neuchatel wine$1.50
Blue Ribbon, Pabst$0.25
Schlitz Milwaukee, Pale$0.25
Budweiser, Anheuser Busch$0.25
Lemp's Falstaff$0.25
George Ehrets$0.20
Bass Ale$0.20 – $0.35
Guinness Stout$0.20 – $0.35
Ginger Ale, Imported$0.35
Ginger Ale, Domestic$0.10 – $0.15
Sarsaparilla$0.15
Lemon Soda$0.15
Cider, Motts Russet$0.30
Dog's Head$0.20 – $0.35
White Label$0.20 – $0.35
Club Soda, Schweppes, Imported$0.15 – $0.25
Club Soda, Domestic$0.15
Evans Ale$0.30
Grape Juice$0.15
White Rock$0.15 – $0.25
Celestins Vichy$0.30
Seidel$0.20 – $0.75
Otto Huber beer$0.10
Golden Rod beer$0.10
Dark beer$0.10

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