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Hotel McAlpin

Date
1917-10-26
Restaurant
Hotel McAlpin
Physical description
26x20.5cm folded; 26x41cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 2

Poached Egg on Fish Cake$0.45
Omelette with Creamed Oysters$0.60
Planked Whale Steak, mustard sauce$0.65
Deviled whitebait and oyster crabs$0.60
Scallops and French Prawns, Exquisite$0.75
Crab Flakes, Florentine$0.80
Broiled Whitefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.60
Bouillabaisse, Marseillaise$0.75
Frog's Legs Saute, Melba$0.85
McAlpin Sea Food Luncheon$0.85
Smothered Beef with onions and potatoes sautees$0.75
Chicken Has, gratin with corn meal mush$0.80
Guinea Hen (half), Katinka$1.40
Baked Boston Pork and Beans$0.50
Calf's Brain with mashed potatoes$0.60
Breaded Veal Chop. Milanaise$0.90
Old Fashion English Grill$0.85
Golden Queen Melon$0.50
Turtle Meat, Creole$0.60
Fried Smelts with tartare sauce$0.70
Casserolette of Oyster Crabs, Newburg$0.75
Broiled Chitterling$0.60
Imperial Squab casserole, Brebant$1.50
Sheep's trotters, poulette$0.60
Sauerkraut Combination$0.75
Breast of Chicken, Achiduc$1.50
Terrapin, Maryland (p.p.)$2.25
String Beanand Fresh Tomato Salad$0.50
Roast Stuffed Turkey with cranberry sauce$1.00
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef$0.85
French Endive$0.60
Lettuce$0.35
Hearts$0.40
York Ham with cold slaw$0.85
Roast Capon with chiffonnade salad$1.00
Terrine of Tame Duck$0.75
Terrine of Strasbourg Goose Livers with truffles$1.50
Boned Capon with wine jelly$0.85
Virginia Ham$0.85
Lynnhavens oysters$0.50
Wickfords$0.40
Cherrystone Clams$0.35
BLUE POINTS$0.30
cape cod$0.35
Meli Melo, McAlpin$0.45
Little Neck clams$0.35
Soft Clams a la Casino$0.75
Coupe de Melon au Porto$0.50
Cantaloupe$0.35
Celery
Olives$0.15
Canape Nicoise$0.45
Carciofini$0.55
Golden Queen Melon$0.50
Anchovies$0.45
California Ripe Queen Olives with or without garlic$0.40
Sardines$0.45
Crab Flakes$0.75
Lobster Supreme$0.75
Clam Chowder, McAlpin$0.25 – $0.30
Chicken okra soup$0.35
Puree of Peas Soup$0.30
Cold Consomme soup$0.30
Honey Dew$0.50
Casaba Melon$0.50
Golden Queen Melon$0.50
Grapes$0.40

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Cook's Imperial native wines$1.50 – $2.75
Cresta Blanca, Moselle Type native wine$1.50 – $2.75
Grand Imperial Sec$1.50 – $2.75
Golden State, Extra Dry native wine$2.00 – $3.75
Great Western, Special Reserve$1.50 – $2.75
Pual Masson, 1908, Extra Dry$1.75 – $3.00
Urbana Gold Seal, Special Reserve$1.50 – $2.75
Winehaven, Calwa, Claret Type$0.30 – $0.60
Ch. Pacheteau, Red$0.65 – $1.25
St. Julien, Cresta Blanca, Claret Type$0.65 – $1.25
Hillcrest, Calwa, Claret Type$0.75 – $1.50
Sauterne, Cresta Blanca$0.65 – $1.25
Greystone, Calwa, Hock Type$0.30 – $0.60
Ch. Pacheteau, White$0.75 – $1.50
Rioja Diamante (Sauterne Type)$0.85 – $1.50
Rioja Logrono (Claret)$0.65 – $1.25
Rioja Cenicero (Claret)$0.65 – $1.25
Barsac$0.65 – $1.25
McAlpin Cocktail$0.35
Chateau Olivier, Dry, 1909$0.95 – $1.75
Chateau Carbonnieux$1.10 – $2.00
Chateau Yquem, 1911$2.10 – $4.00
Chateau Yquem, 1893$6.00
Chablis Moutonne$1.35 – $2.50
Montrachet$1.60 – $3.00
Beaune$1.10 – $2.00
Chambertin$1.85 – $3.00
Corton, Clos du Roi, 1889$6.00
St. Julien Premier$0.65 – $1.25
Chateau Dauzac, 1911$1.10 – $2.00
Chateau Pape Clement, 1896$3.50
Chateau Lagrange, 1887$2.10 – $4.00
Niersteiner$0.85 – $2.50
Nackenheimer Rothenberg, 1904$1.35 – $2.50
Steinberger, 1905, Cask 60, Estate Bottling$2.50
Steinberger Cabinet, 1886$7.50
Piesporter$1.35 – $2.50
Erdener Treppchen$1.60 – $3.00
Oberemmeler, 1904, Count von Kesselstatt, Estate Bottling$3.00
Graacher Himmelreich Auslese, 1907, Bestes Fuder, Jacob Thanisch$3.50
Carafon of Claret$0.25
Carafon of Sauterne$0.25
Zeltinger$0.30
Laubenheimer$0.30
Chablis$0.30
Comte Vernon, 1900, Brut$5.00
Cazanove, Vin Monarque, 1884$12.00
Cazanove, Vin Monarque, 1893, Brut$8.00
Cazanove, 1898, Private Stock$7.50
Cazanove, 1906, Extra Dry$3.25 – $6.00
Clicquot, 1904, Brut$7.50
Clicquot, 1906, Dry$7.00
Chas. Heidsieck, 1906, Brut$3.25 – $6.00
Krug & Co., 1898, Private Cuvee Extra Sec$9.00
Krug & Co., 1904, Private Cuvee Extra Sec$4.25 – $8.00
Krug & Co., 1906, Private Cuvee Extra Sec$3.50 – $6.50
Krug & Co., 1909, Private Cuvee Extra Sec$3.25 – $6.00
Moet & Chandon, 1892, Imperial$4.75 – $9.00
Montebello, 1906, Cremant Brut$3.75 – $7.00
Mumm, G H & Co, 1904 Cordon Rouge$4.00 – $7.50
St Marceaux, 1906$3.00 – $5.50
Roederer, Louis, 1906, Brut$3.50 – $6.50
Roederer, Louis, 1900, Brut$4.00 – $7.50
Pommery & Greno, 1906, Vin Nature$7.00
Pommery & Greno, 1904, Vin Nature$8.00
Pommery & Greno, 1900, Vin Nature$9.00
Pol Roger, 1909, Brut Special$3.00 – $5.50
Mumm, G H & Co, 1906, Cordon Rouge$3.75 – $7.00
Pol Roger, 1898, Cuvee de Reserve$10.00
Pol Roger, 1904, Cuvee de Reserve$8.00
Pol Roger, 1906, Cuvee de Reserve$7.00

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