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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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  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 2

Sea Tag Oysters$0.45
Cape Cod Oysters$0.35
Blue Point Oysters$0.30
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
Little Neck clams$0.30
Hors d'Oeuvres (p. p.)$0.50
Filet of Herring a la Russe (p. p.)$0.35
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
Green Turtle Soup$0.50
Chicken broth$0.25
Beef Broth$0.25
Mongole soup$0.25
Cream of Tomatoes Soup$0.30
Onion Soup Gratine$0.30
Chiffonade Salad$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
Crab Flakes Salad$0.85
Lobster salad$1.00
Chicken salad$1.00
Fifth Avenue Salad$0.45
Russian Dressing$0.10
Cherry Tartelette$0.20
Hot Rice Pudding$0.20
Cold rice pudding$0.20
Caramel custard$0.20
French Pastry$0.15
Eclaire$0.15
Charlotte Russe$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.25
Napoleon Cake$0.15
Stewed Assorted Fruit$0.40
Cup Custard$0.20
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
TUTTI FRUTTI ICE CREAM$0.35
Nesselrode Pudding$0.40
Coupe St. Jacques$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Biscuit Tortoni$0.35
Fresh Pear, Arlesienne$0.60
Meringue glacee$0.35
Raspberry Water Ice$0.25
Lemon water ice$0.25
McAlpin Cocktail$0.35
Orange Blossom Cocktail$0.30
Jack Rose Cocktail$0.35
Clover Club Cocktail$0.35
Royal Smile cocktail$0.35
Bacardi Cocktail$0.35
Carafon of Claret$0.25
Caragon of Sauterne$0.25
Zeltinger Wine in 1/4 Bottle$0.30
Laubenheimer Wine in 1/4 Bottle$0.30
Chablis in 1/4 Bottle$0.30
Baked Apple and Cream$0.25
Pear$0.15
Stewed prunes$0.20
Apple$0.15
Guava jelly$0.30
Leeks and Potato Soup
Corned Beef and Cabbage with potatoes
Potage mongole
Rabbit Stew, Bourgeoise
Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup
Fricassee 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
Chicken Broth, family style$0.25
Cream of Peas soup 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
Broiled Let of Mutton with vegetables and caper sauce$0.70
Brochette of Sweetbread, southern style$0.90
Roast Lamb with brussels 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
Cold Roast Beef with Potato Salad$0.80
Galantine of Chicken$0.75
Cold Sliced Turkey, Modern$1.00
Cold Smoked Beef Tongue with salad macedoine$0.75
Cauliflower, cream sauce$0.30
Potatoes Normande$0.20
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.25
Grilled sweet potatoes$0.30
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
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 style$0.90
Breast of Guinea Hen with fresh mushrooms and Virginia Ham$1.25
Spring Chicken (half) en casserole, Mascotte$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
All Grilled Items Planked, Extra p. p.$0.40
Asparagus, Hollandaise$0.35
Cauliflower$0.30
Carrots in Cream$0.25
Peas$0.30
Brussels Sprouts$0.30
Lima beans$0.30
String Beans$0.30
Beets in cream$0.25
Spaghetti a la Caruso$0.50
Macaroni, italienne$0.35
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.35
Macaroni au gratin$0.35
Spaghetti au Gratin$0.35
Au Gratin Potatoes$0.25
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Baked Potatoes$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Port du Salut cheese$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Swiss cheese$0.25
Gervais with Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Coffee (small pot) with cream$0.10
Tea (small pot) with cream$0.20
Briarcliff Farm Milk$0.15
Bowl of half and half$0.35
Kaffee Hag$0.30
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.25
Demi-tasse$0.15
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15
Walker-Gordon-Metchnikoff Buttermilk$0.10

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Ayala, Dry champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Cazanove, Vin Monarque, Extra Dry Champagne, 1904$6.00
Chas. Heidsieck, Extra Dry champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Graves Superieur White Bordeaux (Own Importation) from Cafe Voisin, Paris$0.65 – $1.20
Krug & Co., Private Cuvee champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Moet & Chandon, White Seal Champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Moet & Chandon , Imperial Crown Brut Champagne$5.75
Moet & Chandon, Dry Imperial Champagne, 1906$3.50 – $6.50
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label Champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Veuve Clicquot, Brut Champagne$3.25 – $6.00
Piper Heidsieck, Brut champagne$1.50 – $5.00
Piper Heidsieck, Carte d'Or, Extra Brut Champagne, 1904$4.00
Pol Roger, Dry Special champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Veuve Clicquot, Dry Champagne, England, 1906$7.00
Monopole, Brut Champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Pommery, Sec Champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Pommery, Brut Champagne$3.00 – $5.50
Paul Ruinart, Brut Champagne, 1904$3.00 – $5.50
Bouche, Grand Vin des Coisses Champagne$3.00
Duc de Montebello, Grand Cremant Brut Champagne$2.75 – $5.00
Duc de Montebello, Grand Cremant, Brut Champagne, 1904$4.00
Perrer-Jouet, Brut Champagne$5.00
Great Western, Special Reserve champagne$1.50 – $2.75
Great Western, Burgundy Sparkling Wine$1.50 – $2.75
Pink Cap sparkling wine$2.75 – $5.00
Hock sparkling wine$2.75
Duca d'Alba, Extra Dry (Italian) Sparkling Wine$2.75
Sauterne (Own Importation)$0.55 – $1.00
Sauterne, Barton & Guestier$0.85 – $1.50
Haut Sauterne, Barton & Guestier, 1912$1.50 – $2.75
Chateau Olivier (Dry) White Bordeaux, Chateau Bottling, 1909$1.05 – $2.00
Meursault White Burgundy$1.60 – $3.00
Laubenheimer Rhine Wine$0.75
Liebfraumilch Rhine Wine$1.25 – $2.25
Assmannshauser (Red) Rhine Wine$1.25
Erbach Hock Rhine Wine, Berry Bros. (Own Importation)$1.00
Forster Kirchenstuck Rhine Wine, 1893$2.50
Steinberger Cabinet Rhine Wine, Valckenberg, 1893$5.00
Creuznacher Steinberger Rhine Wine, 1908$1.25 – $2.25
Avensan Red Bordeaux (Own Importation) from Cafe Voisin, Paris$0.65 – $1.25
St. Julien Red Bordeaux$1.05 – $2.00
Margaux Red Bordeaux$1.05 – $2.00
Chateau Laujac Red Bordeaux, Berry Bros, 1906$0.65 – $1.25
Pontet Canet Red Bordeaux, 1906$1.00
CHATEAU MARGAUX RED BORDEAUX$2.50
Chateau Lafite Rothschild Red Bordeaux, Chateau Bottling, 1907$2.50
St. Julien Souvenir Red Bordeaux, Cresta Blanca$0.65 – $1.25
Macon, Vieux Red Burgundy (Own Importation)$0.55 – $1.00
Beaune Red Burgundy$1.05 – $2.00
Romanee-Conti Red Burgundy, 1898$5.50
Chianti Italian Wine$0.95 – $1.75
Neuchatel Swiss Wine$1.50
Blue Ribbon Beer, Pabst$0.25
Schlitz Milwaukee Beer, Pale$0.25
Budweiser Beer, Anheuser. Busch$0.25
Lemp's Falstaff Beer$0.25
George Ehrets Beer$0.20
Bass Ale$0.20 – $0.35
Dog's Head Beer$0.20 – $0.35
White Label Beer$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
Club Soda, Schweppes, Imported$0.15 – $0.25
Club Soda, Domestic$0.15
Evans Ale$0.30
Grape Juice$0.15
White Rock Mineral Water$0.15 – $0.25
Celestins Vichy Water$0.30
Otto Huber Beer on Draught, Glass or Stein$0.10
Seidel Beer on Draught$0.20
Seidel Beer on Draught, Pint Pitcher$0.40
Seidel Beer on Draught, Quart$0.75

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