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Adams' Restaurant

Date
1914-06-01
Restaurant
Adams' Restaurant
Physical description
28x17cm folded; 28x34cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Oyster Fry$0.25
Regular Chicken Dinner, 50c. Sunday
Oyster Stew$0.25
Large Fry$0.35
Cherrystone Clams$0.20
Cherrystone clams, dozen$0.30
Little Neck clams, half shell$0.15
Clam cocktail$0.25
Clam Fry$0.25
Clam Fry with Bacon$0.35
Cup of Clam Broth$0.20
Clam Stew$0.25
Spring vegetable soup$0.10
Chicken broth$0.10
Cup of Cold Consomme$0.10
Above Soups with Meat Order$0.05
Cup of Clam Broth$0.15
Half Broiled Fresh Mackerel$0.25
Half Broiled Fresh Mackerel with Bacon$0.35
Fried Soft Shell Crabs, Tartar Style$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 Newberg en Casserole$0.50
Broiled Live Lobster, Butter Sauce$0.50
Saddle Spring Lamb Chop, Boiled New Potatoes$0.35
Yankee Pot Roast with Spaghetti$0.25
Hungarian Goulash, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Baked Individual Chicken Pie$0.25
Escaloped Tenderloin of Beef a la Parisienne$0.25
Roast Sirloin of Beef, String Beans$0.25
Cold Roast Turkey, Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.45
Creamed Turkey on Toast, String Beans$0.20
Fried Calf's Sweetbreads, Beechnut Ham and Peas$0.30
Chicken Liver Omelette$0.25
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Fried Chicken Liver and Bacon$0.25
Roast Leg of Lamb with Green Peas$0.30
Salisbury Steak a la Creole, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Boiled Ham and Baked Beans$0.20
Brown Bead and Baked Beans$0.10
Boiled Ham and New Spinach, Boiled New Potatoes$0.25
Corn Fritters and Beechnut Bacon, Maple Syrup$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.20
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs, String Beans$0.25
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
Asparagus salad$0.20
Lettuce Salad$0.10
Cold Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Potato Salad$0.25
Fresh Lobster Salad$0.40
Queen olives$0.10
Egg Salad$0.20
Chicken salad$0.30
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
Boiled Bermuda onions$0.05
SLICED BERMUDA ONIONS$0.05
Fresh Asparagus, Butter or Cream Sauce$0.15
New Spinach$0.10
New Spinach, with Egg$0.15
boiled new potatoes$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Fried Egg Plant$0.10
Fresh String Beans$0.10
Fresh Rhubarb Pie$0.05
Fresh Strawberry Pie$0.05
Fresh Pineapple Pie$0.05
Apple Pie$0.05
Apple Pie, a la Mode$0.10
Cabinet Pudding$0.05
Grape Nut Custard Pudding$0.05
Chipped Fresh Pineapple$0.05
Coffee Jelly, Whipped Cream$0.05
Crushed Strawberries and Ice Cream$0.10
Old-fashioned strawberry short cake$0.10
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
rice pudding$0.05
Rice Pudding a la Mode$0.10
Sliced Bananas and Whipped Cream$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Sliced Bananas and Ice Cream$0.10
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.05
Half grape fruit$0.10
Grape Fruit, Whole$0.15
Fruit Jelly and Whipped Cream$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Sliced Orange$0.05
Neapolitan ice cream$0.10
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.10
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.10
Cream Cheese$0.10
Tea, Coffee, Milk or Cocoa$0.05
Pot of Coffee and Cream$0.10
Cup of Instant Postum$0.05
Glass of Buttermilk$0.05
Iced tea$0.05
Iced coffee$0.05
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
Force and Milk$0.10
Half Cream, Extra$0.05
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Sardine Sandwich$0.10
Salmon Sandwich$0.10
Sea Foam Biscuit, Currant Jelly and Cream Cheese$0.10
German fried potatoes$0.05
Hashed Potatoes 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$0.10
Side Dish$0.05
Dry Toast with Orders$0.05
Cold Sliced Chicken, Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Cold Roast Prime Rib Beef$0.30
Cold Roast Prime Rib Beef, Extra Cut$0.35
Cold Roast Top Sirloin of Beef$0.25
Cold Boiled Ham and Potato Salad$0.25
Small Lobster Salad Large$0.40 – $0.75
Small Chicken Salad Large$0.35 – $0.55
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
Asparagus salad$0.20
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Cold Corned Beef and Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Roast Pork and Potato Salad$0.30
French Sardines, Per Box$0.25
Potato salad$0.10
Salmon Salad$0.25
White Cabbage and Onion Salad$0.15
BROILED NORTH RIVER SHAD WITH BEECHNUT BACON$0.25 – $0.35
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Mayonnaise, extra$0.05
Sirloin Steak$0.30
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.35
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.40
Top Sirloin$0.40
Top Sirloin with Onions$0.45
Top Sirloin with Mushrooms$0.50
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
Double Porterhouse Steak, for two$1.15
Family porterhouse$1.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
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
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Golden buck$0.40
Steak a la Tartare with Egg$0.40
Lamb Chops$0.30 – $0.40
English Mutton Chop with Bacon$0.45
Mutton Chops$0.25
Pork Chops$0.30
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
Chicken a la Maryland$0.60
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
Half Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.50
Rasher of Bacon, extra$0.10
Yorkshire Buck$0.35
French fried potatoes
German fried potatoes
Boiled potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Baked Potatoes
Two Shirred Eggs$0.20
Two Boiled or Fried Eggs$0.15
Two Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Ham and eggs$0.25
Beechnut Ham and Eggs$0.35
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Beechnut Bacon and Eggs$0.35
Scrambled Eggs 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
French Pea Omelette$0.25
French Toast$0.20
Plain Omelette, Two Eggs$0.15
Ham omelette$25.00
Bacon Omelette$25.00
Parsley Omelette$0.25
Club$0.25
Chicken$0.15
Egg$0.10
Lettuse and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Corned beef$0.10
Fried Ham and Egg$0.15
Roast beef$0.10
Ham$0.10
Fried Ham$0.10
Cheese$0.10
Sardine$0.15
Tomato Omelette$0.25
Onion Omelette$0.30
Mushroom Omelette$0.30
Chicken Omelette$0.30
Cheese Omelette$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Milk toast$0.15
with Cream$0.25

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Peaches and cream$0.15
Half grape fruit$0.10
Baked Apple$0.05
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.10
Sliced Bananas$0.05
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.10
Whole Orange$0.05
Sliced Orange$0.10
Home-made Grape Jelly$0.05
Imported Marmalade$0.10
Bowl of Force$0.10
Wheat Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.10
BUCKWHEAT CAKES WITH MAPLE SYRUP$0.10
Bowl of Force with Cream$0.15
Grape Nuts$0.10
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.15
Shredded Wheat$0.10
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.15
Milk toast$0.10
Cream toast$0.15
Oatmeal$0.10
oatmeal with cream$0.15
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Pitcher of Pure Cream$0.05
Glass Half and Half$0.10
Coffee and Rolls$0.10
Coffee and Rolls with Small Order of Cereal$0.15
Small Order of Cereal$0.05
Fried Mush and Egg$0.20
Fried Mush and Egg with Bacon$0.25
Small Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.25
Small Sirloin Steak with Two Fried Eggs$0.40
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.45
Hamburger Steak$0.20
Hamburger Steak with Mushrooms$0.25
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.25
Two Lamb Chops on Toast, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
One Lamb Chop and Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Broiled Lamb Kidneys and Bacon on Toast$0.30
Two Pork Chops$0.25
Fried Liver with Onions$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
Ham and eggs$25.00 – $35.00
Bacon and eggs$25.00
Spanish omelette$25.00
Two boiled eggs$0.15
Three Boiled Eggs$0.20
Mushroom Omelette$0.25
Beechnut$0.35
Two Fried Eggs$0.15
Three Fried Eggs$0.20
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Plain Omelette$0.15
Plain Omelette Three Eggs$0.20
Tomato Omelette$0.20
Beechnut$0.35
Chipped Fresh Pineapple
Sliced Banana
Baked Apple
Apple Sauce
Stewed prunes
Orange
Sliced Orange
Force
Shredded Wheat
Grape Nut
Oatmeal
Corn Flakes
Two boiled eggs
Two Fried Eggs
Two Poached Eggs
Two Scrambled Eggs
Fried Mush and Egg
Fried Sausages
Fried Bacon
Fried Ham
Corned Beef Hash
Plain Omelette
Fried Bacon and One Egg
One Lamb Chop
One Pork Chop
Fried Liver and Onions
Hamburger Steak
Pot of Tea, Coffee, Cup of Cocoa or Glass of Milk
Boiled, French Fried or German Fried Potatoes with All Orders
Choice, Hot Rolls or Dry or Buttered Toast
Pot of Coffee (Our Own Special Blend) with All Breakfast Orders

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