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The Biltmore

Date
1917-11-18
Restaurant
The Biltmore
Physical description
28x18cm folded; 28x36cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Half baked lobster, Thermidor$1.00
Mixed fry sea food, tartar sauce$0.75
Broiled slice of halibut, ravigotte butter$0.65
Scallops and frogs' legs, Poulette$0.80
Crab Meat, Newburg$0.80
Smelts saute, Melba$0.70
Brook trout, Doria$0.80
Terrapin (any style)$2.00
Larded filt of beef, St. Brieuc$1.25
Timbale of chicken, Financiere$0.75
Boneless squab in cocotte, Veronique$1.50
Sweetbread saute, Ideal$1.40
Loin of lamb with peas, French style$0.70
Rolled ham with plain spinach$0.65
Golden plover, Diana$1.25
Long Island Duckling$3.50
Prime ribs of beef$0.90
Roast Spring Lamb, Mint Sauce$0.90
Roast young turkey, cranberry sauce$1.00
Roast chicken$3.00
Sirloin Steak$2.50
Broiled Chicken$2.50
Squab Chicken$1.50
Guinea chicken$3.00
Squab guinea chicken$2.00
Squab$1.50
Filet Mignon$1.25
Golden plover$1.25
Egyptian quail$1.25
Mallard Duck$4.50
Supreme of chicken, Jeannette$0.90
Chicken salad$1.25
Lobster salad$1.25
Crab Meat salad$1.00
Pate of goose-liver$1.50
Truffled boned capon$0.85
Assorted meat$1.00
Virginia Ham$0.65
Chicken and Ham Pie$0.80
Smoked Beef Tongue$0.60
Assorted sandwiches$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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