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Adams' Restaurant

Date
1914-07-06
Restaurant
Adams' Restaurant
Physical description
27.5x17cm folded; 27.5x34cm open
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

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Chicken with rice soup$0.10
Consomme, Vermicelli$0.10
Cold Sliced Chicken, Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Cold Roast Prime Rib Beef$0.30
Cold Corned Beef and Potato Salad$0.25
Steak a la Tartare with Egg$0.40
Sirloin Steak$0.30
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Cold Sliced Turkey, Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.45
Cold Boiled Ham and Potato Salad$0.25
Small Lobster Salad$0.40
Two Shirred Eggs$0.20
Cup of Cold Consomme$0.10
Cup of Clam Broth$0.15
little neck clam fritters, cream sauce$0.20
Broiled Salmon Steak, Grilled Potatoes$0.30
Clam Fry$0.25
Broiled Fresh Mackerel, Butter Sauce$0.25
Steamed Clams, Shore Style$0.30
Boiled Salt Mackerel, Boiled Potatoes$0.20
Broiled Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.25
Steamed Finnan Haddie$0.25
Baked Crab Meat au Gratin$0.35
Half cold boiled lobster$0.35
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.60
Special-Planked Porterhouse Steak, for two$1.25
Chicken Fricasse with Steamed Rice$0.35
Baked Individual Chicken Pie$0.25
Creamed Chicken on Toast, Green Peas$0.20
Spring Lamb Stew, Family Style$0.20
Boiled Fresh Beef, Horseradish Sauce, New Beets$0.25
Smoked Beef Tongue, New Beet Greens$0.25
Roast Leg of Lamb, green peas$0.30
Boiled Ham and New Jersey Cabbage$0.25
Boiled Ham Hocks, New Jersey Cabbage$0.20
Chicken Liver Saute on Toast and Spaghetti$0.25
Yankee Pot Roast en Casserole$0.25
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Baked Beans$0.30
Brown Bread and Baked Beans$0.10
Chicken Liver Omelette$0.25
Beechnut Ham Omelette$0.25
Fried Tomatoes and Beechnut Bacon$0.20
Baked Macaroni au Gratin$0.10
with onions$0.35
Cold Sliced Chicken and Ham, Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs$0.20
Corn Omelette$0.20
New Garden Spinach and Hard Boiled Egg$0.15
Creamed Cauliflower$0.10
Baked Cauliflower au Gratin$0.15
New beets$0.05
Fresh Asparagus, Butter$0.15
Fresh Asparagus, Cream Sauce$0.15
New Spinach$0.10
New Spinach with Egg$0.15
Fresh Green peas$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.05
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Fresh String Beans$0.10
Fresh Raspberry Pie$0.10
Blackberry Pie$0.05
Huckleberry Pie$0.05
Fresh Rhubarb Pie$0.05
Fresh Strawberry Pie$0.05
Cherry Pie$0.05
Apple Pie$0.05
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.10
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
Wine Jelly with Whipped Cream$0.05
Old-fashioned Peach Short Cake$0.10
Bread and Butter Pudding$0.05
Crushed Raspberries with Ice Cream$0.10
Fresh Peaches and Pure Cream$0.15
Raspberries and Cream$0.15
Huckleberries and Cream$0.15
Ice Cold Watermelon$0.10
Blackberries and Cream$0.15
Cold Corned Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Cold Sliced Ox-tongue, Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Boiled Ham, Potato Salad$0.20
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Potato Salad$0.30 – $0.40
Cold Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Potato Salad$0.25
Asparagus salad$0.20
Lettuce Salad$0.10
Fresh Lobster Salad$0.40
Queen olives$0.10
Egg Salad$0.20
Chicken salad$0.30
Roast beef$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
rice pudding$0.05
Rice Pudding a la Mode$0.10
Peach Short Cake$0.10
Cup Custard$0.05
Cantaloupe, half$0.10
Fruit Jelly and Whipped Cream$0.10
Sliced Bananas and Whipped Cream$0.05
fresh strawberry ice cream$0.10
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.05
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.10
Tea$0.05
Coffee$0.05
Milk$0.05
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
Little Neck Claims, Half Shell$0.15
Cherrystone Clams$0.20 – $0.30
Clam cocktail$0.25
Clam Fry$0.25
Clam Fry with Bacon$0.35
Clam Stew$0.25
Little Neck Clam Fritters, Cream Sauce with Bacon$0.30
Clam Fry with Bacon$0.30
Broiled Fresh Mackerel, Butter Sauce with Bacon$0.35
Broiled Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel Center Cut$0.30
Steamed Finnan Haddie Center Cut$0.30
Whole Cold Boiled Lobster$0.60
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Baked Beans, Extra Cut$0.40
Minced ham and Scrambled Eggs with Green peas$0.25
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Potato Salad, Extra Cut$0.40
Chicken salad$0.35 – $0.55
COMBINATION SALAD$0.25
Lettuce Salad$0.15
Asparagus salad$0.20
Mayonnaise$0.50
Cold Roast Pork and Potato Salad$0.30
Cold Roast Lamb and Potato Salad$0.30
French Sardines$0.25
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
LETTUCE AND TOMATO SANCWICH$0.10
Sardine Sandwich$0.10
Salmon Sandwich$0.10
German fried potatoes$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
Club sandwich$0.25
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.15
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Cheese Sandwich$0.10
Corned beef sandwich$0.10
Egg Sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham Sandwich$0.10
Chicken Sandwich$0.15
Ham Sandwich$0.10
French fried potatoes$0.05
Raw French Fried Potatoes$0.10
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.05
Au Gratin Potatoes$0.10
Hashed with cream$0.10
Lamb Chops$0.30 – $0.40
Top Sirloin$0.40
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.40
Top Sirloin with Onions$0.45
Top Sirloin with Mushrooms$0.50
Two boiled eggs$0.15
Two Fried Eggs$0.15
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$0.10
Family Sirloin, for Three, with Mushrooms$1.20
Porterhouse steak, single$0.70
English Mutton Chop with Bacon$0.45
Mutton Chops$0.25
Plain Omelette$0.15 – $0.25
Pork Chops$0.30
Ham omelette$0.25
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Two Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20
Porterhouse Steak, Single, with Onions$0.75
Veal Cutlet, Breaded, Tomato Sauce$0.25
Pork Tenderloin, Breaded$0.35
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.40
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Breaded$0.35
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toas$0.25
Tomato Omelette$0.25
Parsley Omelette$0.25
Onion Omelette$0.25
Mushroom Omelette$0.30
Yorkshire Buck$0.35
French Toast$0.20
French Pea Omelette$0.25
Jelly omelette$0.25
Chicken Omelette$0.30
Cheese Omelette$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Milk toast$0.15
Milk Toast with Cream$0.25
Golden buck$0.40
liver and bacon$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Corned beef hash with egg$0.25
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.25
Double Porterhouse Steak, for two$1.15
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Chicken a la Maryland$0.60
Fried or Broiled Ham, Beechnut$0.25
Fried or Broiled Bacon, Beechnut$0.25
Whole Broiled Chicken on Toast$1.00
Half Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.45
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Extra Tenderloin Steak for 1$0.65
Extra Tenderloin Steak for 2$0.75
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.75
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.80
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Bacon and Eggs, Beechnut$0.35
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.30
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.30
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Rasher of Bacon$0.10
Dry Toast with Orders$0.05
Ice Cold Fruited Lemonade$0.10

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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
wheat cakes of buckwheat cakes with maple syrup$0.10
Bowl of Force$0.10
Bowl of Force with Cream$0.15
Grape Nuts$0.10
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.15
Cream toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.15
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.15
Shredded Wheat$0.10
Oatmeal$0.10
oatmeal with cream$0.15
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Glass Half and Half$0.10
Pitcher of Pure Cream$0.05
Coffee and Rolls$0.10
Coffee and Rolls with Small Order of Cereal$0.15
Small Order of Cereal with Order$0.05
Fried Mush and Egg$0.20
Fried Mush and Egg with Bacon$0.25
Veal Cutlet, breaded$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
Mushroom Omelette$0.25
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
Small Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes$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 or 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
Two boiled eggs$0.15
Three Boiled Eggs$0.20
Two Fried Eggs$0.15
Three Fried Eggs$0.20
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Plain Omelette$0.15
Three eggs$0.20
Tomato Omelette$0.20
Fruit or Cereal with Meat or Egg Orders$0.20
Fruit and Cereal or Wheat Cakes with Meat or Egg Orders$0.25
Chipped Fresh Pineapple
Sliced Banana
Baked Apple
Apple Sauce
Two boiled eggs
Two Fried Eggs
Two Poached Eggs
Two Scrambled Eggs
Fried Mush and Egg
Fried Sausages
Fried Bacon
Fried Ham
Stewed prunes
Orange
Sliced Orange
Force
Shredded Wheat
Grape Nut
Oatmeal
Corn Flakes
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
Glass of milk
Hot Rolls
Dry Toast
Buttered toast
Boiled potatoes
French fried potatoes
German fried potatoes
Pot of Coffee (Our Own Special Blend)
Tetley's Celebrated Teas
English Breakfast
Ceylon
Mixed
Oolong

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