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The Biltmore

Date
1917-11-28
Restaurant
The Biltmore
Physical description
28x18cm folded; 28x36cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Apple Charlotte$0.40
Amontillado jelly$0.40
Rice Imperatrice$0.40
Pear with red wine$0.40
Bomb Rosadelle$0.50
Mince Pie$0.25
Apple Pie$0.30
Custard Pie$0.30
French Pastry$0.15
Cup Custard$0.30
Cup Mary Garden$0.50
Marrons glaces$0.45
Peach Melba$0.60
Meringue glacee$0.45
Phila. ice cream$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.40
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.40
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.40
Coffee parfait$0.40
Chocolate Parfait$0.40
Pistache ice cream$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.45
Biscuit Tortoni ice cream$0.45
Tutti-frutti ice cream$0.45
Neapolitan ice cream$0.40
Lemon Ice$0.30
Raspberry Ice$0.30
Pineapple Ice$0.30
Orange ice$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.75
Biltmore salad$0.60
Cucumber salad$0.40
Endive Salad$0.60
Julia Arthur salad$0.50
Hearts of Lettuce$0.45
Fruits salad$0.50
Palm Beach salad$0.50
Suzette salad$0.50
Hearts of Romaine Salad$0.45
Tomato Salad$0.40
Demi-deuil salad$0.60
Fresh Vegetable$0.60
Hot-house asparagus$1.00
Mashed spinach$0.50
New peas$0.60
Artichoke$0.60
Lima beans$0.60
Egg plant$0.40
Cauliflower$0.50
Cauliflower au Gratin$0.50
Oyster-plant$0.40
Squash$0.40
String Beans$0.50
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Braised celery$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Potatoes, baked$0.20
Potatoes, boiled$0.20
Potatoes, mashed$0.20
Potatoes, au grain$0.30
Potatoes, O'Brien$0.30
Potatoes, Saute$0.25
Potatoes, Hashed Brown$0.25
Potatoes, French fried$0.25
Potatoes, Souffle$0.35
Potatoes, Lorette$0.30
Potatoes, Sweet, Southern Style$0.35
Cold crab meat salad$1.00
Lynnhavens$0.40
Seatags$0.45
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Robbin Islands$0.35
Cape Cods$0.35
Smith Islands$0.40
Cotuits$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Cherrystones$0.30
Lobster Cocktail$0.90
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Russian caviar$1.75
Celery$0.35
Grape fruit, Supreme$0.75
Special hors d'oeuvre$0.65
Spanish olives$0.25
California olives$0.25
Melon, Supreme$0.75
SALTED ALMONDS$0.30
Canape of anchovy$0.50
Smoked Salmon$0.50
Chow-chow$0.15
Carciofini$0.50
Cream Chatelaine$0.35
Green turtle, Amontillado$0.75
Beef consomme$0.40
Chicken consomme$0.40
Tomato Soup$0.40
Soup Sante$0.30
Small marmite$0.50
St Germain soup$0.40
Gumbo$0.45
Julienne Soup$0.40
Consomme Bellevue$0.45
Madrilene soup$0.40
Broiled Pompano, Bearnaise$0.70
Saute smelts, Melba$0.70
Whitebait and oyster crabs, sauce tartare$0.80
Frogs' legs, provencale$0.90
Cassolette of lobster, Gourmet$0.80
Crab meat with paprika$0.70
Rolled filet of kingfish, Grimaldi$0.65
Brook trout saute, Doria$0.80
Terrapin$2.00
Filet mignon, Marinette$1.40
Chicken timbale, Perigueux$0.70
Venison chop saute, Grand Veneur$1.25
Sweetbread under bell, Tosca$1.40
Breast of duckling with kumquats$1.60
Minced chicken, Biltmore$0.90
Breaded beef tongue with spinach$0.65
Long Island Duckling$3.50
Prime ribs of beef$0.90
Roast young turkey, cranberry sauce$1.00
Sirloin Steak$2.50
Roast Spring Lamb, Mint Sauce$0.90
Roast chicken$3.00
Broiled Chicken$2.50
Squab Chicken$1.50
Guinea chicken$3.00
Squab guinea chicken$2.00
Squab$1.50
Filet Mignon$1.25
Baby turkey
Golden plover$1.25
Venison
Egyptian quail$1.25
Mallard Duck$4.50
Cold Chicken Salad$1.25
Cold Lobster salad$1.25
Cold Supreme of chicken, Jeannette$0.90
Cold assorted meat$1.00
Cold Virginia Ham$0.65
Pate of goose-liver$1.50
Cold truffled boned capon$0.85
Cold Smoked beef tongue$0.60
Cold Chicken and Ham Pie$0.80
Demi-tasse$0.15
Special Coffee$0.25
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Apollinaris$0.30 – $0.60
Johannis$0.30 – $0.60
Grapes$0.35
Pear$0.25
Orange$0.20
Apple$0.20
Casaba Melon$0.45
Honey Dew Melon$0.50
Gruyere Cheese$0.35
Port-du-Salut Cheese$0.30
McLarens cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.40
Brie cheese$0.30
Manhattan cream cheese$0.25
English Cheddar$0.30
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.30
Stilton Cheese$0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Cream cheese with Bar-le-Duc$0.50

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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