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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-06-05
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
22.5x14cm folded; 22.5x28cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 1

Breakfast

Page 2

Hot House Grapes$2.50
Apple$0.15
Fresh Strawberries$0.40
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Cream$0.10
California Cantaloupe$0.40
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Blackberries$0.40
Orange Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Bananas$0.20
Malaga grapes$0.40
Grapefruit$0.35
Florida Orange$0.15
Baked Apple$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.25
Stewed Pear$0.30
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.25
Fried eggs with ham$0.60
Preserved Stewed Fruits$0.25
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.20
Princess Pear$0.40
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Peach Jam$0.20
Apricot jam$0.20
Damson Jam$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.20
Raspberry jam$0.20
Blackberry jam$0.20
Brandied Peach$0.30
Brandied Pear$0.30
Brandied cherries$0.30
Brandied Figs$0.30
Pickled Peaches$0.30
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Currant Jelly$0.25
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Grape Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Satsuma Plums$0.35
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Pineapple Preserves$0.25
Pear Preserves$0.25
Peach Preserves$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.25
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Quince Preserves$0.25
Plain toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.20
Cream toast$0.35
Wheat Cakes$0.25
Buckwheat Cakes$0.25
Rice Cakes$0.25
Corn Cakes$0.25
Crown Buns$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Zwieback$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
CRUMPETS$0.20
Pop-Overs$0.15
Brioches$0.15
Boiled eggs$0.25
Fried eggs with bacon$0.50
All Cereals with Milk$30.00
all Cereals with Cream$35.00
All Cereals with Milk$0.30
Virginia Ham Omelette$0.50 – $0.75
Spanish omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
California Orange$0.15
Blueberries$0.40
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Shirred Eggs with Brown Butter$0.35
Poached Egg on Toast$0.35
Bacon Omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Ham omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.75
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Omelette, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Omelette, fine herbs$0.40 – $0.50
Omelette with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.90
Omelette with kidneys$0.50 – $0.70
Omelette with chicken livers$0.50 – $0.75
Omelette with tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Oatmeal$0.30 – $0.35
Puffed rice$0.30 – $0.35
Corn Flakes$0.30 – $0.35
Grape Nuts$0.30 – $0.35
Wheatena$0.30 – $0.35
Fried hominy$0.20
Hominy$0.30 – $0.35
Triscuit$0.30 – $0.35
Baltimore Hominy$0.30 – $0.35
Shredded Wheat$0.30 – $0.35
Boiled rice$0.30 – $0.35
Force$0.30 – $0.35
Indian meal mush$0.30 – $0.35

Page 3

English Breakfast Tea with cream$0.35
Oolong tea with cream$0.35
Ceylon tea with cream$0.35
Salt mackerel$0.50
Finnan Haddie$0.40
Halibut$0.35
Fillet of Sole$0.40
Fresh Codfish$0.35
Scrod$0.60
Porgies$0.35
Bluefish$0.40
Kippered Herring$0.50
Fresh Salmon$0.40
Weakfish$0.35
English Bloater$0.30
Codfish in Cream$0.50
Whitefish$0.35
Shad roe$0.60
Spanish mackerel$0.35
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Trout$0.50
Kingfish$0.45
Codfish Cake$0.30
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Roe Shad$0.60
Double Tenderloin$1.50
Tenderloin$0.90
Beef Steak$1.00
Beefsteak with Bacon$1.20
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Beefsteak, Minutes$0.90
Salisbury Stead$0.90
Mutton Chop$0.40
Lamb Chops (2)$0.80
Lamb Chops (1)$0.45
Pork Chop$0.35
Sweetbread$0.65
English mutton chop$0.75
Veal Chop$0.40
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Broiled Ham$0.35
Heart's Delight Ham$0.35
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
bacon$0.25
Irish Bacon$0.35
Lamb Hash$0.85
Beechnut Bacon$0.30
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40
bacon$0.25
Postum$0.35
Kidneys in brochette$0.40
Coffee with Milk$0.25
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Special Coffee$0.35
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Virginia Ham$0.50
Veal Kidney$0.60
Chicken hash$1.00
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Cocoa with Whipped Cream$0.30
Broma with whipped cream$0.30
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.25
Briarcliff Milk$0.20
Kumyss$0.25
Instant Postum$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.35
Hashed browned potatoes$0.20
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
country sausages$0.35
Hillsdale Sausages$0.35
Spare Ribs$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
pig's feet$0.35
Stewed Kidneys$0.60
Honey Comb Tripe$0.25
Potatoes Paille$0.20
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
Baked Potato$0.15
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Stewed potatoes$0.20
Sauteed Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.20
Hashed Potatoes in Cream$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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