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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1917-10-23
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23.5x16cm folded; 23.5x32cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Casaba Melon$0.50
Plums$0.40
HONEY-DEW MELON$0.50
Comice Pear$0.25
Apple$0.15
California Orange$0.20
California Orange, Sliced$0.25
Sliced pineapple$0.30
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Malaga grapes$0.40
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Concord Grapes$0.35
Orange Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.30
Baked Apple$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed Pear$0.30
Cream, extra$0.10
Stewed Sickle Pears$0.30
Stewed Peach$0.30
Stewed Plums$0.40
Stewed rhubarb$0.25
Pineapple Marmalade$0.25
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.25
Orange marmalade$0.25
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Pineapple Preserves$0.25
Pear Preserves$0.25
Peach Preserves$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.25
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Quince Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Currant Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Individual Grape Jelly$0.30
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Pickled Peach$0.30
Brandied Peach$0.30
Brandied Pineapple$0.30
Brandied Pear$0.30
Brandied cherries$0.30
Brandied Figs$0.30
Raspberry jam$0.25
Strawberry jam$0.25
Apricot jam$0.25
Peach Jam$0.25
Old-Fashioned Buckwheat Cakes$0.30
Southern Waffles$0.30
Wheat Cakes$0.30
Rice Cakes$0.30
Corn Cakes$0.30
Plain toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.25
Cinnamon Buns$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Zwieback$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Cream toast$0.35
Brioches$0.15
Pop-Overs$0.15
Bread and butter, per person$0.10
Rolls and butter, per person$0.10
All Cereals with Milk$0.30
with Cream$0.35
Oatmeal$0.30 – $0.35
Puffed rice$0.30 – $0.35
Corn Flakes$0.30 – $0.35
Grape Nuts$0.30 – $0.35
Hominy (Fried)$0.20
Triscuit$0.30 – $0.35
Boiled rice$0.30 – $0.35
Shredded Wheat$0.30 – $0.35
Force$0.30 – $0.35

Page 3

Poached Eggs on Toast$0.40
Scrambled Eggs, plain$0.50
Eggs, fine herbs$0.50
Shirred Eggs$0.40
Boiled eggs$0.30
Fried Eggs$0.35
Omelette, plain$0.50
Sea bass$0.60
Halibut$0.55
Smoked Haddie$0.50
Kingfish$0.60
Porgies$0.50
Fresh Salmon$0.55
Spanish mackerel$0.55
Fresh Codfish$0.50
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Soft Shell Crabs with Tartar sauce$0.65
Fresh Mackerel$0.80
Bluefish$0.55
Whitefish$0.55
Scrodfish, Boston style$0.70
Codfish Cake$0.50
Fried smelts$0.65
Weakfish$0.55
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.15
Guinea Hen (half)$1.25
Squab$1.25
Squab Chicken (half)$0.85
Chicken Hash (white meat)$0.90
Chicken livers saute$0.75
Potatoes, Saute$0.25
Potatoes, Baked (1)$0.25
Potatoes, Boiled (2)$0.25
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.30
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Coffee with Milk$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.35
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Postum$0.35
Special Coffee$0.35
Instant Postum$0.25
Kumyss$0.35
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.25
Briarcliff Milk, pint$0.20
Walker Gordon Milk, pint$0.20
Cocoa with Whipped Cream$0.30
Broma with whipped cream$0.30
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
English Breakfast Tea with cream$0.35
Oolong tea with cream$0.35
Ceylon tea with cream$0.35
Apollinaris [water]$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis [water]$0.25 – $0.40

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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