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Fifth Avenue Restaurant

Date
1917-11-15
Restaurant
Fifth Avenue Restaurant
Physical description
23x18cm folded; 23x36cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Sweet Potatoes, Baltimore$0.30
French fried potatoes$0.20
Macaroni Gratin$0.35
Spaghetti, Caruso$0.50
Beets in cream$0.25
Brussels Sprouts$0.30
Peas$0.30
New string beans$0.30
Carrots in Cream$0.25
Macaroni, italienne$0.35
Potatoes gratin$0.25
Potatoes Parisienne$0.25
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.35
Spaghetti gratin$0.35
Sea Tags$0.45
Cape Cods$0.35
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Cherrystones$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Hors d'Oeuvres$0.50
Radishes$0.20
Carciofini$0.35
Filet of Herring a la Russe$0.35
California Ripe Mammoth Olives$0.40
Celery$0.25
Olives$0.20
Chow-chow$0.15
Consomme Chiffonnade$0.25
Chicken broth$0.25
Beef Broth$0.25
Cream of Peas with Pearl Tapioca$0.25
Clam Broth, Bellevue$0.30
Mongole soup$0.25
Cream of Tomatoes Soup$0.30
Chicken okra soup$0.30
Onion Soup Gratine$0.30
Steamed Soft Clams with melted butter$0.65
Splite Sea Bass Saute, Meuniere$0.65
Boiled live codfish, egg sauce$0.65
Baked Virginia Ham with sweet potatoes, Southern style$0.75
Imperial Squab casserole, Grand'mere$1.00
Small Tenderloin of Beef, Chorron$1.10
Saddle of Hare with sour cream sauce and musrhooms$0.75
Roast Philadelphia Capon, Giblet Sauce$0.85
Kennebec Salmon with cucumber salad$0.65
Lobster (half), mayonnaise sauce$0.90
Galantine of Chicken$0.75
Sliced Turkey, Moderne$1.00
Roast Beef with Potato Salad$0.80
Smoked Beef Tongue with salad macedoine$0.75
Lamb Chops$0.90
English mutton chop$0.85
Mixed Grill$0.90
Steak Minute, Fifth Avenue$1.00
Small Steak$1.15
Sirloin Steak$2.30
Small tenderloin$1.10
Extra sirloin$3.45

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Briarcliff Farm Milk$0.15
Chiffonnade salad$0.45
Lobster salad$1.00
Crab Flakes Salad$0.85
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.25
Kaffee Hag$0.30
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15
Demi-tasse$0.15
Bread, Rolls and Butter$0.10
Gervais with Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Fresh Vegetable Salad$0.50
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.30
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.35
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.35
Fruit salad$0.50
Chicken salad$1.00
Fifth Avenue Salad$0.45
Russian Dressing$0.10
Apple Pie$0.20
French Pastry$0.15
Custard Pie$0.20
Boston cream puff$0.20
Tipsi Parson$0.30
Coupe Etna$0.40
Tutti-frutti ice cream$0.35
Biscuit Tortoni$0.35
Meringue glacee$0.35
Peach Melba$0.60
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Coupe St Jacques$0.50
Fresh Pear, Arlesienne$0.60
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Grapes$0.30
Pear$0.15
Apple$0.15
Stewed prunes$0.20
Guava jelly$0.30
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Swiss cheese$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.20
Tea with cream$0.20

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

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