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Adams' Restaurant

Date
1914-05-31
Restaurant
Adams' Restaurant
Physical description
28x17cm folded; 28x34cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Regular Chicken Dinner$0.50
Oyster Stew$0.25
Oyster Fry$0.25 – $0.35
Cherrystone Clams$0.20 – $0.30
Little Neck clams, half shell$0.15
Clam Fry$0.25
Clam Fry with Bacon$0.35
Clam Stew$0.25
Clam cocktail$0.25
Cup of Clam Broth$0.20
Chicken gumbo$0.10
Consomme, Asparagus$0.10
Cup of Cold Consomme$0.10
Above Soups with Meat Orders$0.05
Half Broiled Fresh Mackerel$0.25
Half Broiled Fresh Mackerel with Bacon$0.35
Fried Soft Shell Crabs, Tartar Sauce$0.35
Steamed Clams, Shore Style$0.30
Little Neck Clam Fry$0.20
Little Neck Clam Fry with Bacon$0.30
Fried Sea Bass, Tomato Sauce$0.20
BROILED NORTH RIVER SHAD$0.25
BROILED NORTH RIVER SHAD WITH BEECHNUT BACON$0.35
Broiled Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.25
Broiled Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel Center Cut$0.30
Steamed Finnan Haddie$0.25
Steamed Finnan Haddie Center Cut$0.30
Half Cold Lobster, Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
Lobster a la Newburg en Casserole$0.50
Broiled Live Lobster, Butter Sauce$0.50
Roast Philadelphia Chicken, Stewed Corn, Apple Sauce$0.40
Roast Philadelphia Chicken all white meat, Stewed Corn, Apple Sauce$0.45
Roast Young Turkey, Currant Jelly, Stewed Tomatoes$0.45
Chicken Fricassee, Steamed Rice$0.40
Half Fried Chicken, Tomato Sauce$0.40
Half Fried Chicken a la Maryland
Braised Round of Beef a la Mode en Casserole$0.25
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb with Green Peas$0.30
Small Tenderloin Steak en Casserole$0.45
Split English Chop, New Potatoes and Bacon
New Spinach with Egg$0.15
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Spaghetti Italienne$0.35
Chicken patties a la reine$0.30
Lobster Patties a la Newburg$0.40
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, New String Beans$0.30
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Extra Cut, New String Beans$0.40
Boiled Ham and Baked Beans$0.20
Brown Bread and Baked Beans$0.15
Corn Fritters and Beechnut Bacon, Maple Syrup$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.20
Green Pea Omelette$0.20
New Garden Spinach and Hard Boiled Egg$0.15
Cold Sliced Turkey, Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.45
Cold Sliced Chicken and Ham, Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Cold Corned Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Cold Sliced Ox=tongue, Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Boiled Ham, Potato Salad$0.20
Cold Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Potato Salad$0.30
Cold Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Potato Salad$0.25
Asparagus salad$0.20
Fresh Lobster Salad$0.40
Egg Salad$0.20
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Lettuce Salad$0.10
Queen olives$0.10
Chicken salad$0.30
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
Cold Sliced Chicken, Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Cold Roast Prime Rib Beef$0.30
Fresh Rhubarb Pie$0.05
Boiled Bermuda onions$0.05
SLICED BERMUDA ONIONS$0.05
boiled new potatoes$0.05
Fresh Pineapple Pie$0.05
New Spinach$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Fried Egg Plant$0.10
Chipped Fresh Pineapple$0.05
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Crushed Strawberries and Ice Cream$0.10
Fresh Strawberry Pie$0.05
Fresh String Beans$0.10
Apple Pie$0.05
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.10
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.10
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Cold Roast Top Sirloin of Beef$0.25
Cold Roast Prime Rib Beef, Extra Cut$0.35
rice pudding$0.05
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
Coffee Jelly, Whipped Cream$0.05
Sliced Bananas with Ice Cream$0.10
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.05
Fruit Jelly and Whipped Cream$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Neapolitan ice cream$0.10
ROQUEFORT CHEESE
Pot of Coffee and Cream$0.10
Tea, Coffee, Milk or Cocoa$0.05
Iced tea$0.05
Half grape fruit$0.10
Grape Fruit, Whole$0.15
Stewed prunes$0.05
Sliced Orange$0.05
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.10
Cream Cheese$0.10
Cup of Instant Postum$0.05
Glass of Buttermilk$0.05
Iced coffee$0.05
Small Lobster Salad$0.40
Cold Corned Beef and Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Roast Pork and Potato Salad$0.30
Small Chicken Salad$0.35
Lobster salad, large$0.75
Chicken salad, large$0.55
Lettuce Salad$0.15
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
Asparagus salad$0.20
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Mayonnaise$0.05
Potato salad$0.10
Salmon Salad$0.25
White Cabbage and Onion Salad$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
Lettuce Salad with Egg$0.15
Bowl of Force and Assorted Fruits$0.20
Bowl of Boiled Rice and Milk$0.10
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Graham Crackers and Milk$0.10
Shredded Wheat and Milk$0.10
Uneeda Biscuits and Milk$0.10
Grape Nuts and Milk$0.10
Garcia Grande Clear Havana$0.05 – $0.25
Half Cream$0.05
Force and Milk$0.10
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Sardine Sandwich$0.10
Sea Foam Biscuit, Currant Jelly and Cream Cheese$0.10
Salmon Sandwich$0.10
German fried potatoes$0.05
Potatoes, Hashed in cream$0.10
Potatoes au Gratin$0.10
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.05
Raw French Fried Potatoes$0.10
French fried potatoes$0.05
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.05 – $0.10
Dry Toast with Orders$0.05
Two Shirred Eggs$0.20
Plain Omelette, Two Eggs$0.15
Plain Omelette, Three Eggs$0.25
French Toast$0.10
Two Boiled or Fried Eggs$0.15
Ham omelette$0.25
Club sandwich$0.25
Bacon Omelette$0.25
Tomato Omelette$0.25
Parsley Omelette$0.25
Onion Omelette$0.25
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Two Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20
Ham and eggs$0.25
Ham and Eggs (Beechnut)$0.35
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Bacon and Eggs, Beechnut$0.35
Yorkshire Buck$0.35
Mushroom Omelette$0.30
Chicken Omelette$0.30
Cheese Omelette$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.25
Eggs, scrambled with ham$0.30
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.30
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Spanish omelette$0.30
Jelly omelette$0.25
Milk toast$0.15
Milk Toast with Cream$0.25
Rasher of Bacon$0.10
Chicken Sandwich$0.15
Egg Sandwich$0.10
Corned beef sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.15
Steak a la Tartare with Egg$0.40
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.10
Ham Sandwich$0.10
Cheese Sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham Sandwich$0.10
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Lamb Chops$0.30 – $0.40
English Mutton Chop with Bacon$0.45
Sirloin Steak$0.30
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.35
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.40
Half Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.50
Top Sirloin$0.40
Top Sirloin with Onions$0.45
Top Sirloin with Mushrooms$0.30
Double Sirloin$0.80
Bone Sirloin Steak$0.45
Bone Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.50
Bone Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Planked Delmonico Steak$0.70 – $1.25
Family Sirloin For Three$1.00
Family Sirloin For Three with Onions$1.10
Family Sirloin For Three with Mushrooms$1.20
Porterhouse steak, single$0.70
Porterhouse Steak, Single, with Onions$0.75
Porterhouse Steak, Single, with Mushrooms$0.85
Pork Chops$0.30
Mutton Chops$0.25
Double Porterhouse Steak, for two$1.15
Family porterhouse$1.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Chicken a la Maryland$0.60
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.45
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Extra Tenderloin Steak$0.65 – $0.75
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.75
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.80
Golden buck$0.40
French fried potatoes
German fried potatoes
Boiled potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Baked Potatoes
Sea Foam Biscuit, Currant Jelly and Cream Cheese$0.10
French Sardines, Per Box$0.25
Pork Tenderloin, Breaded$0.35
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.25
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Breaded$0.35
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.40
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.25
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toast with Bacon$0.30
liver and bacon$0.25
Liver with Onions$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Corned beef hash with egg$0.25
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.25
Hamburger Steak with Mushrooms$0.30
Fried Ham, Beechnut$0.25
Broiled Ham, Beechnut$0.25
Fried Bacon, Beechnut$0.25
Broiled Bacon, Beechnut$0.25
Whole Broiled Chicken on Toast$1.00
Welsh rarebit$0.25

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Bowl of Force$0.10
Sliced Bananas$0.05
Peaches and cream$0.15
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.10
Whole Orange$0.05
Sliced Orange$0.10
Home-made Grape Jelly$0.05
Imported Marmalade$0.10
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.10
Half grape fruit$0.10
Shredded Wheat$0.10
Bowl of Force with Cream$0.15
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.15
Oatmeal$0.10
Baked Apple$0.05
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Pitcher of Pure Cream$0.05
Coffee and Rolls$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Grape Nuts$0.10
oatmeal with cream$0.15
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.15
Cream toast$0.15
Coffee and Rolls with Small Order of Cereal$0.15
Milk toast$0.15
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Glass Half and Half$0.10
Apple Sauce$0.05
Small Order of Cereal with Order$0.05
Fried Mush and Egg$0.20
Fried Mush and Egg with Bacon$0.25
Small Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
Small Sirloin Steak with Two Fried Eggs$0.25
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.45
Tomato Omelette$0.20
Mushroom Omelette$0.25
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.25
Fried Liver with Onions$0.20
Hamburger Steak$0.20
Fried Liver with Bacon$0.25
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.20
Fried Country Sausage$0.20
Fried Country Sausage and Wheat Cakes$0.25
Broiled Beechnut Ham$0.25
Fried Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs$0.20
Hamburger Steak with Mushrooms or Onions$0.25
Two Lamb Chops on Toast, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
One Lamb Chop and Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Chipped Fresh Pineapple
Two boiled eggs
Broiled Lamb Kidneys and Bacon on Toast$0.30
Two boiled eggs$0.15
Sliced Banana
Spanish omelette$0.25
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Bacon and Eggs (Beechnut)$0.35
Ham and eggs$0.25
Ham and Eggs (Beechnut)$0.35
Two Pork Chops$0.25
Plain Omelette, Three Eggs$0.20
Two Fried Eggs$0.15
Wheat Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.10
BUCKWHEAT CAKES WITH MAPLE SYRUP$0.10
Three Boiled Eggs$0.20
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Three Fried Eggs$0.20
Plain Omelette$0.15
Hot Rolls or Dry or Buttered Toast
Baked Apple
Fruit or Cereal with Meat or Egg Orders$0.20
Fruit and Cereal or Wheat Cakes with Meat or Egg Orders$0.25
Two Fried Eggs
Corn Flakes
Apple Sauce
Two Poached Eggs
Oatmeal
Corned Beef Hash
GRAPE NUT CEREAL
Two Scrambled Eggs
Stewed prunes
Orange
Sliced Orange
Force Cereal
Shredded Wheat Cereal
Pot of Tea, Coffee, Cup of Cocoa or Glass of Milk
Fried Mush and Egg
Boiled, French Fried or German Fried Potatoes
Fried Sausages
Fried Bacon
Hamburger Steak
Fried Liver and Onions
One Pork Chop
Fried Ham
One Lamb Chop
Plain Omelette
Fried Bacon and One Egg
Pot of coffee
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA
Ceylon Tea
Mixed Tea
Oolong Tea

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