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Pennsylvania Railroad

Date
1917-11-21
Restaurant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Physical description
23.5x16.5cm folded; 23.5x33cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Cape cods, small, half dozen$0.25
Cape cods, medium, half dozen$0.30
Oyster Stew$0.40
Box Stew$0.50
Cream Stew$0.60
Fried Oysters, half dozen$0.40
Broiled oysters, half dozen$0.40
Cherrystone, half dozen$0.30
Cherrystone Cocktails$0.35
Little Necks, half dozen$0.25
Little Necks, fried, half dozen$0.35
Little Necks cocktail$0.30
Clam Stew$0.35
Celergy$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, thick or clear (soup)$0.50
Tomato, with rice (soup)$0.25
Fish cakes$0.35
Lobster plain, half$0.90
Lobster, plain, half 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 kippeed herring, saute potatoes$0.35
Smoked finnan haddie in cream$0.50
Chicken, King$1.50
Golden buck$0.55
Lobster, Maryland$1.50
Lobster, Newburg$1.50
Yorkshire Buck$0.60
Sirloin, minute steak$0.85
Small Sirloin Steak$1.10
Small sirloin steak tomato sauce$1.20
Small Sirloin Steak onions$1.25
Small sirloin steak mushrooms$1.35
Med. sirloin$1.60
Med. sirloin Tomato Sauce$1.75
Med. sirloin steak Onions$1.80
Med. sirloin steak Mushrooms$1.85
Porterhouse Steak$2.75
Porterhouse steak onions$3.00
Poerthouse Bordelaise$3.00
Porterhouse Steak Bearnaise$3.00
Porterhouse steak mushrooms$3.25
Extra sirloin steak$2.25
Extra Sirloin steak Onions$2.50
Extra sirloin steak mushrooms$2.75
Tenderloin Steak$1.00
Tenderloin steak Peas$1.25
Tenderloin steak tomato sauce$1.25
Tenderloin steak mushrooms$1.50

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Asparagus salad$0.60
Chicken salad$0.75
Cucumber salad$0.40
Egg Salad$0.60
Fruit salad$0.60
Lettuce (salad), French dressing$0.35
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.50
Lobster salad$0.90
Potato salad$0.40
Hot rolls with butter, 6 to 9 A.M.$0.10
Bran cookies$0.15
Bran cookies with milk$0.25
Breead, Wheat, graham and rye with butter$0.10
Boston brown bread with butter$0.15
Cruller$0.05
Crackers or Bread with Milk$0.20
Crackers with butter$0.10
English muffins with butter$0.15
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.25
Hominy with cream$0.25
oatmeal with cream$0.25
Rice with Cream$0.25
Puffed Rice with Cream$0.25
Toast, Dry$0.15
Toast, buttered or dipped$0.15
Toast, Cream$0.40
Toast, Milk$0.25
Buckwheat Cakes$0.20
Buckwheat cakes with strained honey$0.30
Virginia Corn muffins with butter, 6 to 9 A.M.$0.10
Zwieback$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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