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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-06-20
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Beef Stew, Hongroise$0.45
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Italian Paste$0.25
Cream of asparagus$0.30
Hodge Podge Soup$0.25
Cold Consomme$0.30
Cold Chicken Okra Soup$0.40
Chicken broth$0.35
Cold Clam Broth$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Scrod, Boston style$0.60
Broiled Spring Ducking (half)$1.50
Broiled Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Mixed Grill$0.85
Lamb Chop, Curbevoie$1.25
Fresh Green Asparagus$0.50
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Cold Salmon, Mayonnaise Sauce$0.50
Croquette of lobster, cream sauce$0.40
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Planked Roe Shad (half)$2.50
Spanish Mackerel, Foyat sauce$0.45
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Poussin$1.25
New string beans$0.40
Roast Mutton$0.40
Cold New String Bean Salad$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
Cold Head Cheese$0.25
Green Corn$0.75
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Carrots with Butter$0.30
Bread and Butter Pudding$0.25
Iced coffee$0.25
Baked Fresh Asparagus Tips$0.50
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Whitefish, Magenta$0.45
Stewed Pear$0.30
Broiled Roe Shad$0.60
Cold Tomato Broth$0.30
Celery$0.30
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Cold Chicken Pie, Truffle$0.75
Cold Egg, Mikado$0.30
Eggplant$0.30
Veal Kidney, Catalane$0.65
Iced tea$0.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Cauliflower, Rissoles$0.35
German apple cake$0.15
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.25
Plover$1.25
Filbert Ice Cream$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Black Radishes$0.25
Olives$0.25
Cold Ballotine of Game$1.00
Codfish Steak, Maitre d'Hotel$0.40
Roast Baby Lamb$0.80
Escarole Salad$0.30
Fresh White Asparagus$0.40
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Tomato Salad$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Potatoes, Colombine$0.20
Stuffed Prunes$0.30
Princess Pear$0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Strawberry short cake$0.50
Squab with New Peas$0.15
Fancy Ice$0.50
Calf's Brains with Curry and Rice$0.40
Mussels, Fines Herbes$0.85
English Pheasant$3.50
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Boston Cream Pie$0.25
Waldorf Melon$0.60
Fresh Strawberries$0.40
California Cantaloupe$0.40
Artichoke$0.60
Watermelon$0.40
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Fresh Strawberry Tartlet$0.25
Special Swiss Cream Cheese$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Tendrons of Veal, Bourgeoise$0.45
Plover with Juniper Berries$1.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Terrapin Baltimore$3.50
Apple$0.15
Kingfish, Boitel$0.50
Egg, Florentine$0.30
Squab Duckling$2.25
Hot House Nectarine$0.40
Raspberries$0.40
Blackberries$0.40
Blueberries$0.40
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Crushed Strawberry Ice Cream$0.40
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Plums$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Florida Orange$0.15
California Orange$0.15
Apricots$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Cream Cheese$0.20
Romaine and Pineapple$0.40
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Chicory Salad$0.30
Celery$0.30
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20

Page 2

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

Page 3

Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Roast Half Chicken$1.25
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
English Pheasant$3.50
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Artichoke$0.60
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Onions, Cream Sauce$0.30
Bombe Glacee au Kirsch$0.60
Fresh White Asparagus$0.40
Cold Francillon Salad$0.50
Cold Trout in Jelly$0.50
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Ballontine of Game in Chaudfroid$1.00
Half Squab Chicken with Rice$1.10
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Fresh Strawberry Tartlet$0.25
Potatoes, Fondante$0.20
Boneless Squab saute$1.25
Roast Mutton$0.40
Cold Fillet of Beef, Sibillot$0.90
Saddle of Mutton with Lima Beans$0.65
Fresh Green Asparagus$0.50
Romaine and Orange Salad$0.40
Astoria Salad$0.50
Vanilla mousse$0.40
Celery with Gravy$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Plover$1.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Bread and Butter$0.10
Roast Baby Lamb$0.80
Plover saute, Lilly$1.25
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Lamb Chop, Stanley$0.65
Sweetbread, Tzarine$0.75
Mignon of Veal with Stuffed Red Peppers$0.60
Sea Bass with Mussels$0.50
Grapefruit, Supreme$0.75
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Bitock, Russian style$0.50
Planked Roe Shad (half)$2.50
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Bluefish, Montmorency$0.45
Frogs Legs, Bordelaise$1.50
Salmon, Daumont$0.50
Terrapin, Maryland$3.50
New string beans$0.40
Brook Trout$0.50
Escarole Salad$0.30
California Cantaloupe$0.40
Sheepshead, Creole$0.45
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Celery$0.30
Bisque of Lobster$0.30
Fillet of Sole, Mildred$0.50
Salted Nuts$0.25
Radishes$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Tomato, Dunlap$0.40
Cream of asparagus$0.30
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Olives$0.25
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Mutton Broth, Scotch style$0.25
Consomme Colbert$0.25
Millefanti soup$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Black Radishes$0.25
Chow chow$0.25
Sorbet Yvette$0.40
Green Corn$0.75
Fresh Asparagus Tips au gratin$0.50
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
New Lima Beans$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Turban of Fresh Strawberries$0.50
Cucumber salad$0.35
Stuffed Prunes$0.30
Rolls and butter$0.10
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Filbert Ice Cream$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Crushed Strawberry Ice Cream$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Iced tea$0.25
French Coffee$0.15
Iced coffee$0.25
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Caramel Custard Pie$0.25
Princess Pear$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Strawberry short cake$0.50
Hickoryisques$0.30
Chocolate Tart$0.15
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Raspberries$0.40
Savarin au Kirsch$3.00
Blackberries$0.40
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.20
Apricots$0.35
Blueberries$0.40
Apple$0.15
Assorted cakes$0.20
Florida Orange$0.15
Canadian Cheese$0.20
California Orange$0.15
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Hot House Nectarine$0.40
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Malaga grapes$0.40
Fresh Strawberries$0.40
Plums$0.35
Watermelon$0.40
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Pineapple Pie$0.25
Cold Banana Pudding$0.30
Waldorf Melon$0.60
Special Swiss Cream Cheese$0.20
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
Edam Cheese$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Fresh Mackerel, Gooseberry sauce$0.75

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