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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-06-13
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of Lima Beans$0.30
Hodge Podge$0.25
Consomme Bellevue$0.25
Consumme$0.30
Chicken Okra$0.40
Chicken broth$0.35
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Tomato Broth$0.30
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Black Radishes$0.25
Olives$0.25
Cavaiar, Special Importation$1.10
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Terrapin, Maryland$3.50
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Scrod, Boston style$0.60
Weakfish, Pondichery$0.35
Halibut, Cream sauce$0.40
Half Broiled Lobster, Maitre d'Hotel$0.75
Whitefish Saute, Fines Herbes$0.45
Mussels, Florentine$0.85
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Planked Roe Shad (half)$2.50
Broiled Roe Shad$0.60
Egg, Capeline$0.30
Beef Stew, Bourguignonne$0.45
Half Guinea Hen with Macedoine$1.25
Weiner Schnitzel with Egglplant, Tomato sauce$0.65
Calf's Feet, Mariniere$0.40
Lamb Chop, Louisannaise$0.50
Broiled Mutton Kidney with Ham$0.45
Half Partridge broiled with Bacon$1.75
Mixed Grill$0.85
Sweetbread a la Lieb$0.90
Egg, Ravigotte$0.30
Veal, Bourgeoise$0.45
Trout in Jelly$0.50
Chicken Pie, Orleanais$0.75
Squab$1.00
Boiled Beef Salad, Parisienne$0.40
Mutton$0.40
Chicken (half)$1.25
Beef, per cut$0.50
Baby Lamb$0.80
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Spring Lamb$0.65
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab$1.00
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Fresh Green Asparague$0.50
GREEN PEAS$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Stewed Potatoes in Cream$0.20
Stuffed Eggplant$0.35
New string beans$0.40
Baked Fresh Asparagus Tips$0.50
Artichoke$0.60
Fresh White Asparagus$0.40
Green Corn$0.75
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Cauliflower, Hollandaise Sauce$0.35
Puree of Squash$0.30
Romaine and Orange$0.40
Tomato$0.35
Dandelion$0.35
Cucumber$0.35
Alligator Pear$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Escarole$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Chicory$0.30
Celery$0.30
Boston Cherry Pie$0.25
Bread and Butter Pudding$0.25
Fresh Strawberry Tartlet$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.25
Princess Pear$0.40
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Plums$0.35
Blackberries$0.40
Apple Turnover$0.15
Maple Ice Cream$0.30
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Watermelon$0.40
Apple$0.15
Malaga grapes$0.40
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Iced tea$0.25
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Iced coffee$0.25
French Coffee$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stewed Pear$0.30
Strawberry short cake$0.50
Fresh Strawberries$0.40
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Stilton Cheese$0.20
Apricots$0.35
Pear$0.25
Florida Orange$0.15
Crushed Strawberry Ice Cream$0.40
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Pear Melba$0.60
California Orange$0.15
Blueberries$0.40
California Cantaloupe$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.20
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Brie cheese$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20

Page 2

soft clams, ancienne$0.90
Stuffed Crab$0.65
Lobster Newburg$1.75
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Lobster Croquette$0.35
Lobster, Bonnefoy$1.75
Half Broiled Lobster$0.75
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Yorkshire Buck$0.70
Cold Chicken Broth, Bellevue$0.35
Cold Clam Broth$0.30
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.25
Harengs de Fecamp$0.25
Anchovies$0.50
Buffet Russe
Royans a la Perigord$0.30
Scotch Woodcock$0.60
Bismarck Herring$0.25
Chicken broth$0.35
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Mackerel in Oil$0.50
Celery$0.30
Devilled Kidneys$0.50
Cold Consomme$0.30
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Lyon Sausage$0.30
Welsh rarebit$0.50
Sweetbread, Gourmet$0.75
Canape, Lorenzo$0.75
Crab Meat, Creole$1.50
Chicken a la King$1.75
Devilled Stuffed Lobster$0.65
Mignon of Lamb, Colbert$0.75
Bouchee, Jardinette$0.50
Broiled Sweetbread$0.65
Broiled Guinea Hen (half)$1.00
Tournedos of Fillet, Bearnaise sauce$0.90
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Hamburg Chicken$1.25
Royal Squab$1.25
French asparagus$0.75
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Artichoke$0.60
Plover$1.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Mixed Cold Meat$0.90
Mixed Cold Meat with Chicken$1.10
Mixed Cold Meat with Virginia Ham$1.40
Cold Squab$1.00
Fresh Green Asparagus$0.50
Cold Chicken and Ham Pie$0.75
Cold tongue$0.35
Cold Westphalian Ham$0.50
Pate de Foie Gras$0.60
Cold boned capon$0.75
Omelette Soufflee$0.60
Cold Virginia Ham$0.50
Sliced Cold Chicken$0.65
Cold Chicken (half)$1.25
Cold Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Cold Boneless Squab$1.25
Chaudfroid Jeannette$0.75
Tongue Sandwich$0.25
Chicken Sandwich$0.30
Caviar sandwich$0.60
Club sandwich$0.40
Ham Sandwich$0.25
Ham sandwich a la Rex$0.30
Pate de foie gras sandwich$0.50
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.30
Sardine Sandwich$0.30
Virginia Ham Sandwich$0.40
Meringue glace Panache$0.45
Waldorf Omelette Souffle$0.75
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Baba au Rum$0.25
Stewed Fresh Pears$0.30
Cup Custard$0.35
Savarin Chantilly$0.25
Stuffed Prunes$0.30
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Necks$0.30
Neapolitan ice cream$0.35
Baked Alaska$0.75
Chestnut Plombière$0.50
Coupe Waldorf$1.00
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Hot Chicken Broth$0.35
Hot Chickern Broth, Bellevue$0.35
Hot Consomme$0.30
Hot Clam Broth$0.30
Fried Clams$0.60
Clam Fritters$0.60
Romaine Salad$0.30
Dutch cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Salad Italienne$0.60
Chicken salad$0.65
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Lemon water ice$0.30
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Roman Punch$0.40
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Lobster salad$0.75
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Tutti-Frutti$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.20
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Macedoine of Fruits$0.75
Sorbet Creme Yvette$0.40
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
French Coffee$0.15
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
String Beans Salad$0.40
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Waldorf Salad$0.35
Rhubarb$0.25
Caramel custard$0.25
Preserved Satsuma Plums$0.35
Wine Jelly$0.30
Asparagus Tips Salad$0.40
Eclair$0.10
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Edam Cheese$0.20
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Brie cheese$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Stilton Cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Salad Francillon$0.50
Crab Meat salad$0.70

Page 3

Clams, Little Neck$0.30
Clams, Cherry Stones$0.35
Oysters, Bluepoints$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Cream of Lima Beans$0.30
Soup, Maurice
Consomme Vendeene$0.25
Bisque of Clams$0.30
Mutton Broth, Scotch style$0.25
Brooke Trout in Jelly$0.50
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.25
Caramel Custard Pie$0.25
Cream Malakoff$0.30
Fresh Strawberry Tartlet$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Gondole a la Duss$0.40
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Radishes$0.25
Princess Pear$0.40
Pudding glace, Alexandra$0.60
Maple Ice Cream$0.30
Crushed Strawberry Ice Cream$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Frogs legs saute, fines herbes$1.50
Hamburg Chicken, Bourgeoise$1.50
Noisette of Veal, Renaissance$0.65
Cheese Fondu$0.40
Fried Eggplan, French style$0.30
Peach Pie$0.25
Boneless Squab Chaudfroid$1.25
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Black Radishes$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Salted Nuts$0.25
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Olives$0.25
Celery$0.30
Chow-chow$0.25
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Terrapin, Newburg$3.50
sea bass, mathilde$0.50
redsnapper, regnault$0.45
Fillet of Sole, Veronique$0.50
Fried Porgies, Remoulade sauce$0.35
Spanish Mackerel, Gourmet sauce$0.45
Cervelat$0.30
Halibut, Mousseline sauce$0.40
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Whitefish, Bearnaise sauce$0.45
Planked Roe Shad (half)$2.50
Brook Trout$0.50
Grenadin of Fillet, Roussel$0.65
Coquille of Chicken, Frascati$0.75
Breast of Grouse, Port Wine sauce$1.50
rack of baby lamb with asparagus tips$1.25
Sorbet Chartreuse$0.40
Fresh Green Asparagus$0.50
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Potatoes, Marquise$0.20
English Pheasant$3.50
Baba au rhum$0.25
Iced tea$0.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Fresh White Asparagus$0.40
Spinach$0.30
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Artichoke$0.60
french blueberry tart$0.15
Fresh Strawberry Mousse$0.40
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Green Corn$0.75
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Watermelon$0.40
Pear$0.25
Apricots$0.35
Plums$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Fresh Asparagus Tips au gratin$0.50
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Celery with Gravy$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Galantine of Capon$0.75
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Francillon Salad$0.50
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Cold Virginia Ham$0.50
Roast Mutton$0.40
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Roast Half Chicken$1.25
boiled new potatoes$0.20
California Cantaloupe$0.40
Romaine and Cantaloupe Salad$0.40
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Tomato Salad$0.35
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Plover$1.25
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Apple$0.15
Roast Baby Lamb$0.80
Long Island Salad$0.65
Cottage Cheese
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Florida Orange$0.15
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.35
Dandelion Salad$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Hickoryisques$0.30
Fresh Strawberries$0.40
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Strawberry short cake$0.50
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
French Coffee$0.15
Iced coffee$0.25
Peach Melba$0.60
Rolls and butter$0.10
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.20
Blackberries$0.40
Blueberries$0.40
Pear Melba$0.60
Stilton Cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Brie cheese$0.20
Edam Cheese$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
California Orange$0.15

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