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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-01-01
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Bluepoints$0.30
Cape Cods$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cotuits$0.40
Smith's islands$0.40
Lynnhavens$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Petite marmite$0.60
Philadelphia Pepper Pot$0.25
Cream a la Reine$0.30
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Olives$0.25
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Cavier Special Importation$1.10
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Bluefish, Provencale sauce$0.45
Mussels, Poulette$0.85
Oyster Crabs, Fried$0.65
Weakfish, Bercy$0.40
Broiled Eels, Tartare sauce$0.35
Fried soft rock crabs$0.60
Egg, Aurore$0.30
Terrapin, Maryland$3.50
Sea bass saute with butter$0.50
Codfish au plat$0.35
Herring with White Wine$0.25
Roast fresh pork and potato salad$0.40
Egg, Alliance$0.30
Half partridge in jelly$1.50
String Beans Salad$0.30
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
French Coffee$0.15
Oxtail stew with carrots$0.45
Stuffed deviled lobster$0.65
Bouchee Lavilette$0.40
Lamb Chop, Champvallon$0.50
Broiled deviled squab$1.25
Roast Beef Hash with Bananas$1.10
Aiguillette of fillet with potatoes Maire$0.50
Blood pudding with apples$0.40
Mixed Grill$0.85
Fried Frog's Legs, tartare sauce$1.50
Emince of Guinea hen with paprika and rice$0.85
Chicken, half$1.25
Rhode Island Turkey, Chestnut Stuffing$0.75
Beef, per cut$0.50
Mutton$0.40
Christmas Lamb$0.80
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Spring Lamb$0.65
Filbert Ice Cream$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Fancy Ice$0.50
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Apple Pie$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Squab$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Squab$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
Poussin$1.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Venison Steak$1.50
Hot House Asparagus$1.25
New string beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Artichoke$0.60
Coeur de Palmier, Hollandaise sauce$0.75
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New Asparagus Tips$0.60
Eggplant$0.30
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Potatoes, Waldorf$0.20
Creamed Carrots$0.30
Beets with Butter$0.30
Lettuce$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Pumpkin Pie$0.25
Pear Tartlet$0.15
Stewed Pear$0.30
Escarole$0.30
Vanilla Cup Custard$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Celery$0.30
Cucumber$0.35
Endive$0.40
White Dandelion$0.40
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Monk's Beard$0.40
Chicory$0.30
Romaine and Pear$0.40
Alligator Pear$0.40
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Stewed rhubarb$0.25
Nuts and Raisins$0.40
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Camembert$0.20
Brie$0.20
Stilton$0.20
Port Salut$0.20
Neufchatel$0.20
Gruyere$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Gorgonzola$0.20
Imported Allgauer$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Pont l'Eveque$0.20
Casaba Melon$0.40
White Hot House Grapes
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Apricots$0.60
Raspberries$0.75
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Fresh Strawberries$0.75
Apple$0.15
Comice Pear$0.25
Fresh Figs$0.50
Tangerine$0.20
Seedless Florida orange$0.15
California Orange$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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