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Pennsylvania Railroad

Date
1917-11-20
Restaurant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Physical description
23.5x16.5cm folded; 23.5x33cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Sirloin, minute steak$0.85
Small Sirloin Steak$1.10
Small Sirloin Steak with Tomato Sauce$1.20
Small Sirloin Steak with Onions$1.25
Small Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.35
Med. sirloin steak$1.60
Med. sirloin steak with Tomato Sauce$1.75
Med. sirloin steak with Onions$1.80
Med. sirloin steak with Mushrooms$1.85
Extra sirloin$2.25
Extra Sirloin with onions$2.50
Extra Sirloin with Mushrroms$2.75
Tenderloin$1.00
Tenderloin with Peas$1.25
Tenderloin with tomato sauce$1.25
Tenderloin with Mushrooms$1.50
Porterhouse$2.75
Cape cods, small, half dozen$0.25
Porterhouse with onions$3.00
Porterhouse Bordelaise$3.00
Porterhouse Bearnaise$3.00
Porterhouse with mushrooms$3.25
Extra porterhouse$3.50
Extra Porterhouse with Onions$3.75
Extra porterhouse with mushrooms$4.25
Planked steak (extra sirloin)$3.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.45
Corned beef hash browned$0.50
Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg$0.60
Country Sausage$0.50
Country sausage with buckwheat cakes$0.65
Frizzled Beef and Eggs$0.60
Frizzled beef in cream$0.50
Ham$0.50
HAM WITH FRIED EGGS$0.60
Ham with one fried egg$0.35
Ham with scrambled eggs$0.75
Lamb Chops (1)$0.35
Each additional lamb chop$0.30
Mutton Chop$0.40
Pork Chop, apple sauce$0.45
Welsh rarebit$0.45
Baked Pork and Beans$0.35
Chicken, Broiled, half$0.90
Chicken, broiled, whole$1.75
Chicken, Maryland$0.90
Chicken, fried, (half) cream sauce$0.90
Chicken Hash, poached egg$0.70
Chicken, whole, casserole (30 min.)$2.50
Chicken croquette, with peas$0.40
Assorted Cold Meats$1.00
Cold Chicken (half)$0.85
Cold Corned Beef$0.50
Cold Corned Beef with Potato Salad$0.65
Cold Ham$0.50
Cold Ham with Potato Salad$0.65
Cold lamb with vegetable salad$0.75
Cold roast beef$0.60
Cold Roast Beef with Potato Salad$0.75
Cold tongue$0.50
Cold Tongue with Potato Salad$0.65
Cold boned capon$0.70
Cape cods , medium, half dozen$0.30
Oyster Stew$0.40
Oyster Box Stew$0.50
Oyster Cream Stew$0.60
Fried Oysters, half dozen$0.40
Broiled oysters, half dozen$0.40
Cherrystone, half dozen$0.30
Cherrystone Cocktail$0.35
Little Necks, half dozen$0.25
Little Necks, fried, half dozen$0.35
Little Necks cocktail$0.30
Clam Stew$0.35
Celery$0.30
Chili Sauce$0.15
Chow chow$0.15
Gherkins$0.15
Mixed Pickles$0.15
Olives$0.20
Mangoes$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.30
Chicken with rice soup$0.25
Clam Broth, hot or cold, per cup$0.15
Consomme$0.25
Green turtle soup, thick or clear$0.50
Tomato soup, with rice$0.25
Fish cakes$0.35
Lobster plain, half$0.90
Lobster plain , half with mayonnaise$1.00
Lobster, broiled, half$0.90
Lobster, broiled, whole$1.50
Salt mackerel$0.60
Sardines$0.45
Stuffed Deviled crab (one)$0.40
Smoked kippered herring, saute potatoes$0.35
Smoked finnan haddie in cream$0.50
Chicken, King served in chafing dish$1.50
Golden Buck served in chafing dish$0.55
Lobster, Maryland served in chafing dish$1.50
Lobster, Newburg in chafing dish$1.50

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Asparagus$0.50
Beets$0.20
Caulifower, Hollandaise$0.30
GREEN PEAS$0.25
Lima beans$0.25
Onions, fried$0.25
Onions, creamed$0.25
Potatoes, au gratin$0.30
Potatoes, in Cream$0.25
Potatoes, boiled$0.15
Potatoes, French fried$0.25
Potatoes, hashed browned$0.25
Potatoes, Hashed in cream$0.25
Potatoes, julienne$0.25
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.25
Potatoes, Saratoga$0.25
Potatoes, Saute$0.25
Spaghetti or Macaroni, Italian$0.35
Spaghetti or macaroni, au gratin$0.45
Spinach$0.30
Stewed tomatoes$0.20
Stewed Corn$0.20
String Beans$0.25
Succotash$0.20
yellow turnips$0.20
Eclair$0.15
Imported Marmalade$0.20
Pies, per cut$0.15
Preserved fruits and jellies$0.25
Rice pudding, cold$0.15
Rice Pudding with Cream$0.25
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.15
Stewed Prunes with cream$0.25
Strained honey$0.15
Baked Apple with Cream$0.20
Bananas with cream$0.20
Casaba Melon$0.30
Grapefruit (Half)$0.25
Grapes$0.20
Orange$0.10
Orange, sliced$0.15
Orange Juice$0.25
Chocolate (Ice Cream)$0.20
Coffee (ice cream)$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.25
French vanilla (ice cream)$0.25
Biscuit, Tortonia$0.30
Lalla Rookh punch$0.25
Vanilla (Ice Cream)$0.20
Maple walnut (ice cream)$0.20
American (CHEESE)$0.15
Imperial (cheese)$0.25
Philadelphia Cream (cheese)$0.25
Philadelphia cream (cheese) with bar-le-duc jelly$0.50
Pimento (cheese)$0.20
Roquefort (cheese)$0.30
Swiss (cheese)$0.25
Hot rolls with butter, 6 to 9 A.M.$0.10

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Bacardi Rum$0.30 – $2.75
Old London Jamaica Rum$0.25 – $2.50
St. Croix Rum$0.25 – $2.50
Oxford Club, Dry gin$0.30 – $2.50
Holland Gin$0.50 – $4.00
Gordon Co.'s Dry gin$0.30 – $2.50
Field, Son & Co., Sloe Gin$0.35 – $2.75
El Bart dry gin$0.30 – $2.50
Coates' Plymouth Gin$0.35 – $2.50
Burnett's Old Tom Gin$0.30 – $2.50
Maryland Club Whiskey$0.30 – $2.50
Garrick Club Maryland Rye$0.30 – $2.50
Mount Vernon Whiskey$0.30 – $2.50
Smith's Philadelphia Ale$0.30
Apricot Brandy$0.30 – $3.75
Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch) beer$0.25
F.&M. Schaefer (New York Beer)$0.15 – $0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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