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Fraunces Tavern

Date
1915-01-01
Restaurant
Fraunces Tavern
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Page 1

Cape Cod Oysters$0.30
Blue Points on half shell$0.25
Oysters stewed$0.45
Oysters stewed with Cream$0.55
Lobster or Crab Meat Cocktail$0.75
[Oyster] Cocktail, extra$0.10
Ripe American Olives$0.25
Pickled Gherkins$0.15
Pickled onions$0.15
SALTED ALMONDS$0.25
Chow chow$0.15
Celery$0.40
Dill Pickles$0.20
Sardines$0.25 – $0.50
Pimolas$0.25
Olives$0.20
Anchovies$0.25
Major Grey's Chutney Sauce$0.15
Pickled Walnuts$0.15
Salted Sardelle$0.30
Crab Meat a la Fraunces' Tavern$1.25
Crab flakes a la Newburg$1.25
Lobster a la Newburg$1.50
Consomme, Princesse$0.25 – $0.40
Pickeral Pan Fried Saute, Meuniere$0.65 – $1.25
Chicken Cutler, Lima Beans$0.60 – $1.15
Puree of split peas soup$0.25
Puree Mongole soup$0.25 – $0.40
Beef a la Mode, Potato Pancake$0.65 – $1.25
Chicken Hash in Cream on Tost$0.70 – $1.35
Consomme, Julienne$0.25 – $0.40
Consomme with rice$0.25 – $0.40
Chicken Broth in cup$0.25
Strained Chicken Gumbo in Cup$0.30
Cold Lobster, Mayonnaise$0.75 – $1.50
Broiled English Lamb Chops, Saratoga Potatoes$0.65 – $1.25
Puree of Green Peas Soup$0.25 – $0.40
omelet$0.55 – $1.00
Eggs, Frances' Tavern$0.60 – $1.15
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast$0.75 – $1.40
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Dish Gravy$0.65 – $1.25
Roast Stuffed Philadelphia Capon, Giblet Sauce$0.90 – $1.75
Imported Frankfurters with Potato Salad or Sauerkraut$0.60
Omelet au Rhum$0.60 – $1.15
Omelet aux Confitures$0.60 – $1.15
Omelet a la Creole$0.65 – $1.25
Broiled Lobster, Drawn Butter$1.50
Omelet aux fines herbes$0.55 – $1.00
Fresh Green Turtle soup$0.40 – $0.75
Broiled Lamb Kidneys with Bacon and Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.65 – $1.25
Fillet of Sole, Tartar Sauce$0.65 – $1.25
Crab a la Ravigote [1]$0.45
Finnan Haddie a la Newburg on Toast$0.65 – $1.25
Fried Egg=plant$0.25 – $0.40
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.50 – $0.90
Omelet with ham$0.65 – $1.25
Fried Oysters, Sauce Tartare$0.60 – $1.15
Omelet with Chicken Livers$0.65 – $1.25
Fried scallops, sauce tartare$0.65 – $1.25
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.65 – $1.25
Fried Scallops, Sauce Tartare, with Bacon$0.75 – $1.40
Fried Eggs$0.50 – $0.90
Fried eggs with ham$0.60 – $1.15
Fried eggs with bacon$0.60 – $1.15
Smelts saute, Meuniere$0.65 – $1.25
Cauliflower in Cream au Gratin$0.30 – $0.50
New Spinach$0.25 – $0.40
Shirred Eggs$0.50 – $0.90
Sugar=cured Ham$0.60 – $1.15
Broiled Ham$0.45 – $0.90
Broiled Bacon$0.45 – $0.90
Fresh mushrooms$0.75 – $1.40
Sirloin steak a la Mirabeau$1.25 – $2.00
Spinach in cream$0.25 – $0.40
Filet Mignon a la Marechale$1.00 – $1.90
Scallops a la Newburg served in Chafing=dish$1.25
Scallops a la Poulette served in Chafing=dish$1.25
Scallops a la Dewey served in Chafing=dish$1.25
Sirloin Steak$1.00 – $1.50
Fried smelts, tartar sauce$0.65 – $1.25
Extra sirloin$2.00
Extra sirloin with mushrooms$2.50
Broiled English Mutton Chop, Baked Potatoes$0.80 – $1.50
Spaghetti$0.25 – $0.40
Haricots Flageolets$0.30 – $0.50
Buttered Red Beets$0.15 – $0.30
Lamb Chops Broiled on Toast$0.65 – $1.25
Lamb Chops Broiled on Toast with Peas$1.45
Stewed tomatoes$0.15 – $0.30
Macaroni$0.25 – $0.40
Fruit salad$0.45 – $0.75
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.15 – $0.25
Celery Salad$0.30 – $0.50
Baked Potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Early June Peas$0.20 – $0.35
French Camembert cheese$0.30
Bermuda potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Broiled potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.30 – $0.50
Edelweiss Camembert Cheese$1.00
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Hashed browned potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Oranges, each$0.15
Casaba Melon$0.30
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
Lima beans$0.20 – $0.35
Broiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20 – $0.35
Assorted meat$0.70 – $1.35
Potatoes Saratoga$0.25
Sliced Chicken$0.70 – $1.35
French string beans$0.30 – $0.50
Old-fashioned Plum Pudding au Rhum$0.30
Chicken salad$0.60 – $1.00
Roast Beef (cold)$0.65
Roast beef (cold) with potato salad$0.75 – $1.40
Cream Cheese$0.25
Tomato Salad$0.25 – $0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.25 – $0.40
Asparagus Tip Salad$0.50
French peas$0.30 – $0.50
Cucumber salad$0.25 – $0.40
California grapes$0.25
Watercress Salad$0.25 – $0.40
String Beans$0.25 – $0.40
French fried potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Ceylon Tea$0.25 – $0.35
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA$0.25 – $0.35
Apples$0.15
Oolong Tea$0.25 – $0.35
Young Hyson Tea$0.25 – $0.35
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Scrambled Eggs$0.55 – $1.00
Beef tongue, cold$0.65 – $1.25
Corned Beef, cold$0.50 – $0.90
Lobster salad$0.75 – $1.40
Grapefruit salad$0.40 – $0.75
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.30 – $0.50
Romaine Salad$0.25 – $0.40
Potato salad$0.20 – $0.35
Chiffonnade salad$0.50
Macedoine salad$0.50
Mayonnaise$0.10
Sauted Potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Potatoes O'Brien$0.30
Potatoes Julienne$0.20 – $0.35
Baked Apple with Cream$0.25
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
Mince Pie$0.15
Half Grapefruit (from the Miller Jones Grove, Florida)$0.30
Rice Custard$0.15
Vanilla Custard$0.15
Apple Pie$0.15
Macaroons$0.25
Lady fingers$0.25
Stewed Prunes with cream$0.25
Brandied Peaches$0.75
Apple Sauce$0.25
Neapolitan ice cream$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Imp. Canton Ginger, preserved$0.25
Pot of Tea$0.25 – $0.35
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.25
Pot of coffee$0.25 – $0.35
Cocoa, per cup$0.20
Chocolate, per cup$0.20
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15
Special Coffee, cup$0.25
Iced tea$0.20
Iced coffee$0.20
Demi-tasse$0.15
Fraunces' Tavern Souvenir with Ice Cream or Bonbons$0.50
Cup with Cream$0.15
Mashed potatoes$0.10 – $0.20
Swiss cheese$0.25

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Zinfandel (red) wine$1.00
California Sauterne$1.50
Sparkling Burgundy, Cresta Blanca$2.50
Chianti$0.80 – $1.50
All Cordials$0.25
Hennessy*** brandy$0.25
Martell*** Brandy$0.25
Otard Dupuy*** brandy$0.25
V.S.O.P. Martell brandy$0.35
Cognac F.C., 1840$0.50
Fine Colombe (French Apple Brandy) 1893$0.40
Fine Colombe (French Apple Brandy) 1906$0.25
Fine Old Sherry$0.15
V.O. Sherry$0.25
Amontillado Sherry Brut$0.40
Sherry, 1858 Vintage$0.35
Old Port$0.15
Commendador Port Wine$0.25
Companario Madeira$0.25
Golden Russet Cider$0.75
Imported Ginger Ale (C. & C.)$0.20 – $0.30
Domestic Ginger Ale$0.15
Mattoni Water (Giesshubler)$0.50
Celestins Vichy mineral water$0.30 – $0.50
White Rock Lithia Water$0.15 – $0.40
Perrier$0.20 – $0.50
Apollinaris mineral water$0.20 – $0.50
Franklin Lithia mineral water$0.15 – $0.40
Club Soda$0.15
Lemon Soda$0.15
Sarsaparilla$0.15
Royal Fachingen mineral water$0.50
Imported Soda, Schweppes$0.30
German Seltzer$0.30 – $0.50
Rhens Water$0.30 – $0.50
Chablis, 1895$1.25 – $2.00
Sparkling Chablis$2.25 – $4.00
Ruppert's Knickerbocker beer, bot.$0.15
Knickerbocker, Ruppert's, beer, glass$0.10
Imp. Pilsener beer, bottles...pint$0.30
Imp. Wurzburger beer, bot. pint$0.30
Cook's Imperial Champagne$1.50 – $3.00
Gold Seal (Urbana Wine Co.)$2.75 – $5.50
Muir Sons' Scotch Ale$0.30
Bass' Ale, White Lbel$0.30
Krug & Co. champagne$1.50 – $5.50
Dog's Head Bass' Ale$0.30
Dog's Head Bass' Ale, splits$0.15
Bass' Ale, W.L. splits$0.15
Guinness' (Burke's) Stout$0.30
Burkey's Guinness' Stout, splits$0.15
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne$2.75 – $5.50
St. Julien Bordeaux wine$0.70 – $1.25
Moet & Chandon, White Seal Champagne$2.75 – $5.50
Pontet Canet Bordeaux wine$1.25 – $2.50
Chateau La Rose (Baron Sarget) 1905, Bordeaux wine$2.25
Chateau Leoville Lascases Bordeaux wine$2.50
Pommery, Sec Champagne$2.75 – $5.50
Pommery, Brut Champagne$3.00 – $5.75
Macon Vieux Red Burgundy$1.25 – $3.00
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Crown Brut champagne$6.50
Duc de Montebello, Brut champagne$2.75 – $5.50
Louis Roederer, Grand Vin Sec champagne$2.75 – $5.50
G.H. Mumm's Extra Dry champagne$2.75 – $5.50
Ernest Irroy (1904 Vint.) Champagne$2.75 – $5.50
Pol Roger's (Vintage 1904) Champagne$5.50
Chateau Margaux, 1905, Bordeaux wine$1.75 – $3.00
Pommard, 1904, red Burgundy$1.75 – $3.00
Chambertin, Clos de Beze, 1895, red Burgundy$4.00
Sparkling Chambertin Red Burgundy$2.25 – $4.50
Bodenheimer Rhine Wine$0.75 – $1.25
Graves Sauterne$0.80 – $1.50
Haut Sauternes$1.50 – $2.75
Chateau Yquem, 1906 (Chateau Bottling) Sauterne$3.50
Rudesheimer Rhine Wine$2.00
Hochheimer Rhine Wine$1.25 – $2.25
Marcobrunner Riesling Rhine wine$2.50
Stein Wein Boxbeutel Rhine wine$1.40 – $2.50
Koenigsbacher Rhine wine (red)$0.75 – $1.25
Assmannshauser Auslese Rhine wine (red)$2.50
Assmannshauser Mousseaux Rhine wine (red)$3.75
Zeltinger Moselle wine$0.75 – $1.25
Graacher Moselle Wine$0.90 – $1.75
Brauneberger Moselle Wine$0.90 – $1.75
Josephshoefer Moselle Wine$2.50
Erdener Treppchen, Moselle wine$1.15 – $2.25
Piesporter Moselle wine$1.40
Berncastler Doctor Moselle wine$1.60 – $3.00
Sparkling Moselle Wine$2.25 – $4.00
Claret$0.15 – $0.50
Rhine$0.15 – $0.50

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