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John Wanamaker

Date
1917-12-11
Restaurant
John Wanamaker
Physical description
25.5x17.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Sherried Grapefruit (Half)$0.30
Oyster cocktail$0.40
Chicken gumbo$0.25
Clam Broth with Whipped Cream$0.25
Potato Chowder$0.25
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.45
Broiled Oysters, Brown Sauce$0.65
Boiled Salt Mackerel in Milk, Boiled Potato with Cream Sauce$0.65
Creamed Salt Codfish, French Potato Balls$0.65
Codfish Balls, Spaghetti with Tomatoes$0.65
Broiled Sea Bass, Boiled Potato$0.75
Broiled Split Smelts, Creamed Potatoes$0.75
Fricassee Chicken with Rice$0.85
Fricasee Chicken with Mashed Potatoes$1.00
Roast Turkey, Giblet Gravy, Mashed Potatoes$1.00
Fried Chicken, Cream Gravy, Sweet Potato$0.85
Broiled Chicken (Half), Creamed Potatoes$1.00
Creamed Chicken with Curried Rice Border$0.85
Lobster salad$1.00
Lettuce, Grape and Orange Salad$0.65
Lettuce with French Dressing$0.45
Golden Toast$0.35
Cottage Pudding with Chocolate Sauce$0.25
Ginger Bread with Marshmallow Filling$0.25
Prune Whip$0.25
Cream of Wheat with Raisins, Butter and Cream$0.25
Stewed pears$0.20
Homemade Pies, per piece$0.25
Homemade Layer Cake$0.25
Caramel Parfait (in brick)$0.25
Lemon ice cream$0.30
Clam cocktail$0.40
Baked Finnan Haddie, French Potato balls$0.65
Lettuce with Russian dressing$0.45
Lettuce with Mayonnaise Dressing$0.45
Lettuce with special Southern dressing$0.45
Graham bread
Rye Bread
Corn bread
Romaine with French dressing$0.45
Romaine with Russian dressing$0.45
Romaine with Mayonnaise dressing$0.45
Romaine with special Southern dressing$0.45

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.