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Broadway Central Hotel

Date
1915-01-01
Restaurant
Broadway Central Hotel
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

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Boiled eggs$0.15
Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.40
Fried Eggs$0.20
Shirred Eggs$0.20
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.30
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with kidneys$0.40
Scrambled eggs with cheese$0.35
Lobster salad$0.75
Waldorf Salad$0.40
Chicken Sandwich$0.25
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.40
Asparagus Tip Salad$0.40
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.20
American Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Fried egg, toasted sandwich$0.15
Cold Slaw$0.20
Plain Omelette$0.25
Old fashion rice-pudding, cold$0.10
Omelette with parsley$0.30
Club sandwich$0.35
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Turkey Sandwich$0.25
Omelette with Ham$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.20
Green Apple Pie$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.25
Lettuce Salad$0.20
Chicken salad$0.50
Potato salad$0.15
Corned beef sandwich$0.15
Sardine Sandwich$0.20
Watercress Salad$0.20
SLICED BERMUDA ONIONS$0.15
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.25
Macedoine salad$0.25
Iced coffee$0.05
Brown bread$0.15
Doughnuts (2)$0.10
Graham bread$0.10
Omelette with mushrooms$0.40
Bread and Butter$0.10
Mayonnaise dressing$0.10
Pure Milk$0.05 – $0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
French Toast$0.30
Omelette with asparagus tips$0.40
Omelette with bacon$0.35
Omelette with tomatoes$0.30
Spanish omelette$0.40
Omelette with cheese$0.35
Bowl bread and milk$0.15
Omelette au rhum$0.50
Omelette with kidneys$0.40
Meringue Glace$0.10
Omelette with chicken livers$0.40
Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.65 – $1.25
German Pancakes$0.30
Grape Nuts$0.10
Bent's Water Crackers$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Iced tea$0.05
Cream toast$0.25
Roast turkey (cold)$0.50
Roast Beef (cold)$0.50
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.10
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.10
Peach Ice Cream$0.10
Bowl Cream with Crackers$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.10
Lemon Ice$0.10
Chicken Saute a la Marengo$0.75 – $1.50
Sea bass saute, Meuniere$0.35
Wheat or rice cakes with maple syrup$0.15
Bowl Milk with Crackers$0.15
Malta Vita$0.10
Force$0.10
Buttermilk, small glass$0.05
Chicken fried a la Maryland$0.75 – $1.50
Egg plant$0.15
Clear green turtle soup$0.30 – $0.50
Bismarck Herring$0.15
Chicken halibut, broiled$0.35
Chicken halibut, boiled, caper sauce$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mackeral$0.35
Radishes$0.15
Salt Mackeral, Broiled$0.30
Grape fruit$0.10 – $0.20
French Pancakes$0.30
Shredded Wheat Biscuit$0.15
Shredded Wheat Biscuit with cream$0.30
toasted crackers$0.10
Milk crackers$0.10
Minced Chicken on Toast$0.50
Minced chicken on toast with a poached egg$0.55
Preserved Apricots$0.15
Orange$0.10
Sliced Orange$0.10
One dozen shell roast [clams]$0.40
Clam Fritters$0.40
Clam fritters with bacon$0.50
One dozen shell roast [clams] steamed$0.40
Celery$0.25
Clam cocktail$0.25
Pan Roast [Clams]$0.40
Little Neck clams on half shell, one dozen$0.35
Grilled Tomatoes$0.30
Stuffed tomatoes$0.30
Stuffed green peppers$0.30
Baked Apple$0.10
Currant Jelly$0.15
Preserved Lemon cling peaches$0.15
Fruit salad$0.60
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
American dairy cheese$0.10
Apples (1)$0.10
Small Sirloin Steak$0.60
Onions sautes$0.15
Succotash$0.10
Butter Beets$0.10
Preserved white cherries$0.15
Orange marmalade$0.15
Pitcher syrup$0.05
Glass orange juice$0.25
Creamed New Carrots$0.15
Swiss cheese$0.10
Neufchatel cheese$0.10
Piel's Real German Beer$0.05 – $0.15
Budweiser Beer$0.20
Mock turtle soup$0.20 – $0.35
Assorted cakes$0.10
Red kidney beans$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Golden buck$0.40
Roast lamb (cold)$0.40
String Beans$0.10
Filet de Sole, Sauce Tartare$0.35
Sweet Pickles$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Corn fritters$0.25
Stewed rhubarb$0.10
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Oyster Stew$0.25
Corned Beef Hash, Browned$0.30
[Oysters] Fry$0.35
[Oyster] Fry in butter$0.40
Spinach with egg$0.30
Stewed Corn$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
California asparagus, cream sauce or drawn butter$0.30
California asparagus, cold a la Vinaigrette$0.30
Hamburger Steak$0.40
Saddle Rocks [Oysters] on half shell, half dozen$0.30
Sirloin Steak$0.75
Fried scallops with bacon$0.50
Lemp's St. Louis Beer, bottle$0.15
Sliced Fresh Pineapple$0.10
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.10
Small Glass Cream$0.15
Cream, large glass$0.25
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.10
Cocoa, cup$0.10
Coffee, cup$0.05
Tea, per pot$0.10
Small glass, half milk, half cream$0.10
Chocolate, per pot$0.10
Lady fingers$0.10
Macaroons$0.10
Cup Custard$0.10
Corned Beef (cold)$0.40
Boiled rice$0.10
Fried onions$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
Sugar cured ham (cold)$0.40
Imported Pilsner and Wurzburger on draught, per glass$0.10
Shaefer's Bottled Beer$0.10
Schaefer & Anheuser Busch Beer on draught$0.05
Puree of tomatoes soup$0.20 – $0.35
Spanish mackeral, broiled$0.35
Weakfish, broiled$0.35
Weakfish, au gratin$0.50
Weakfish a l'Italienne$0.50
Chicken broth, per cup$0.20
Chili Sauce$0.10
Queen olives$0.10
Green turtle soup, Club style$0.25 – $0.40
Chicken broth with rice$0.20 – $0.35
Consomme, plain$0.15 – $0.30
Cold Consomme in Cup$0.15
Broiled bluefish$0.35
Panfish$0.35
Filet de sole au vin blanc$0.40
Fried Fresh Cod$0.35
Fried fresh cod with salt pork$0.40
Finnan Haddie, Broiled$0.35
Boiled salt cod, cream sauce$0.35
Whole broiled lobster$1.00
Whole broiled lobster a la Newburgh$1.25
Blue Points on half shell, half dozen$0.20
Oyster Omelette$0.40
Little Neck clams on half shell, half dozen$0.20
Clam Broth, Cup$0.15
(Oysters) Fried$0.35
(Oysters) Fried in butter$0.40
(Oysters) Fried with bacon$0.45
(Clam) Cocktail$0.25
(Clam) Broil$0.35
Blue Points on half shell, one dozen$0.35
Saddle Rocks on half shell, one dozen$0.50
Clam Stew$0.25
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
Smoked beef tongue (cold)$0.40
Smoked Beef (cold)$0.35
Pickled Lamb's Tongue (cold)$0.35
Pickled pig's feet (cold)$0.30
Small pitcher of cream$0.05
Butter milk large glass$0.10
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.10
Small Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.70
Small Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.85
Planked Sirloin Steak$1.20
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.10
Sirloin steak a la bearnaise$1.10
Sirloin steak a la bordelaise$1.10
Extra sirloin steak$1.25
Extra sirloin steak en cassserole$1.70
Extra sirloin steak with mushrooms$1.70
Extra sirloin steak a la bearnaise$1.70
Extra sirloin steak a la bordelaise$1.70
Extra sirloin steak planked (served for 3)$2.00
Chicken Fricassee$0.65
Chicken Fricassee with Mushrooms$0.75
Chicken Croquettes$0.40 – $0.60
French fried potatoes$0.10
German fried potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes sautees$0.15
Potatoes, julienne$0.15
Chicken livers sautes$0.35
Chicken livers sautes with mushrooms$0.50
Chicken livers broiled on toast with bacon$0.40
Chicken en casserole$1.50
Potatoes, parisienne$0.25
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.20
Potatoes Stewed in Cream$0.20
Potato Croquettes$0.20
Grilled potatoes$0.20
Saratoga Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.10
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.10
Griddled Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Small tenderloin steak$0.70
Small tenderloin steak with mushrooms$0.95
Large Tenderloin Steak$1.00
Large tenderloin steak with mushrooms$1.50
Single Porterhouse steak$1.50
Single Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$2.00
Extra Porterhouse Steak with Mushrooms$3.00
Extra Porterhouse Steak a la Bearnaise$3.00
Steak, Tartare$5.00
Lamb Chops$0.50
Lamb Chops Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.60
Lamb chops breaded, French peas$0.70
English mutton chop$0.50
Veal Chops$0.50
veal chops breaded, tomato sauce$0.60
Veal cutlet, broiled$0.50
Veal cutlet, fried$0.50
Veal cutlet breaded, tomato sauce$0.60
Pork chops, broiled$0.50
Pork chops, fried$0.50
Calf's liver with bacon$0.40
Broiled Sweetbreads$0.50
Broiled sweetbreads with bacon$0.60
Broiled honey-comb tripe$0.35
Broiled French pig's feet$0.30
FRIZZLED BEEF$0.30
Frizzled Beef with cream$0.35
Broiled Ham$0.30
Broiled Bacon$0.30
Broiled ham with two fried eggs$0.40
Broiled bacon with two fried eggs$0.40
Stewed Kidney$0.35
Corned beef hash, browned with a poached egg$0.35
Broiled lamb kidneys$0.35
Broiled Lamb Kidneys with bacon$0.45
Fried calf's brains, tomato sauce$0.35
Baked beans with pork, brown bread$0.25
Imported Frankfurters with Potato Salad$0.40
country sausages$0.35
Welsh rarebit$0.35
Yorkshire rarebit$0.40
Long Island rarebit$0.40
French peas$0.25
Boiled Onions, Cream Sauce$0.10
Spaghetti, plain$0.20
Macaroni, Plain$0.20
Spaghetti a l'Italienne$0.25
Macaroni a l'Italienne$0.25
Spaghetti, milanaise$0.25
Macaroni, Milanaise$0.25
Spaghetti au Gratin$0.25
Macaroni au gratin$0.25

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Forefather Corn whisky$1.75
Clio Gin$1.25
Geneva Gin, J. de Kuyper & Son$2.00
Plymouth Gin, Coates & Co.$1.75
Old Tom Gin, Booth's$1.50
Booth's High and Dry Gin$1.50
Gordon Dry Gin$1.50
Jamaica rum, Henry White & Co.$2.00
Burnett's Gin$1.50
Sloe Gin, Fields & Gillons$2.90
Nicholson Gin$1.50
Bois's Gin$1.75
St. Croix Rum, St. George & Hope$2.00
Medford Rum, D. Lawrence & Sons$1.50
Pemartin, Table sherry$1.50
Pemartin, Cabinet sherry$2.50
Pemartin Oloroso sherry$3.00
Pemartin Vino de Pasto$3.50
Pemartin Dry Amontillado sherry$3.50
Duff Gordon Sherry$1.50
California, It. Swiss Colony sherry$0.25 – $1.00
Sandeman & Co.'s O Port$1.50
Sandeman & Co.'s OO Port$1.50
Sandeman & Co.'s OOO port$2.00
Sandeman & Co.'s OOVOO Dry port$3.00
Sandeman & Co.'s White port$2.00
Old Port$1.50
California, Italian Swiss Colony port$0.50 – $1.00

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