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John Wanamaker

Date
1914-07-09
Restaurant
John Wanamaker
Physical description
26.5x21cm folded; 26.5x42cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5

Dishes

Page 3

Pot of Tea$0.15 – $0.40
Iced tea$0.10
Ginger Bread, Home Made$0.15
Team Room Club Sandwich$0.35
Dutch Cake$0.10
Vegetable Soup$0.15
Pot of coffee$0.15 – $0.40
Demi Tasse$0.15
Iced coffee$0.15
Cup of Cocoa, with Whipped Cream$0.15
Cup of Chocolate, with Whipped Cream$0.20
Glass of milk$0.10
Glass of milk and cream$0.20
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.15
Briarcliffe Milk in Jar$0.15
Buttermilk$0.10
Bar-le-duc Glass$0.40
Orange marmalade$0.15
Strawberry jam$0.15
Roast beef sandwich, hot$0.40
Roast beef sandwich, cold$0.40
Hotel Club Sandwich$0.40
Chicken Minced Sandwich$0.30
Sliced Chicken Sandwich
Chicken Salad Sandwich$0.40
Toasted Chicken Sandwich$0.35
Sardine Sandwich$0.25
Sliced Tongue Sandwich$0.25
Sliced Ham Sandwich$0.25
Cheese Sandwich$0.20
Lettuce Sandwich$0.20
Tomato Mayonnaise Sandwich$0.25
Omelet, plain$0.25 – $0.40
Ham Omelet$0.35
Omelet with Chicken Livers$0.35
Spanish omelet$0.50
Fried Eggs$0.20
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.30
Fried eggs with ham$0.40
Fried eggs with bacon$0.40
Eggs, Scrambled, plain$0.25
Four Minute Eggs$0.20
Shirred Eggs$0.20
Beauregard Eggs$0.30
Home Made Bread$0.10
French bread$0.10
Appolinaris$0.20 – $0.35
White Rock$0.20 – $0.35
Imported Ginger Ale$0.25
Domestic Ginger Ale$0.15
Lemonade, Plain$0.15
Fruit Lemonade$0.20
Grape Juice$0.10
Orange Juice$0.25
Home Made Rolls$0.10
French rolls$0.10
Boston Brown Bread$0.10
Entire Wheat Bread$0.10
Entire Graham Bread$0.10
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Cinnamon Bun$0.10
Corn muffins$0.10
Toasted English Muffins$0.15
Milk Biscuit$0.10
Coffee Cake$0.10
Sally Lunn$0.10
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherrystone Clams$0.30
Clam cocktail$0.30
Minced Clam Stew$0.35
Fried Clams, tartar sauce$0.50
Chili Sauce$0.15
Celery$0.15
Chow chow$0.15
Cold Slaw$0.15
Pickles$0.10
Chicken Broth, with Rice$0.15
Clam Chowder$0.15
Deviled crab$0.35
Crab Flake a la Newburg$0.75
Raspberry jam$0.15
Blackberry jam$0.15
Peach Marmalade$0.15
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.15
Pot of tea for two$0.25
Pot of Tea For Three$0.40
Pot of coffee for two$0.25
Pot of Coffee for Three$0.40

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Cold Lobster in Shell, Tartar Sauce$0.60 – $1.00
Lobster a la Newburg$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$0.50
Lobster Cutlet, Cream sauce$0.40
Potato Salad, American Way$0.40
Potato Salad, German Way$0.40
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.15
Wanamaker Frozen Custard$0.20
Cold Chicken$0.50
Cold tongue$0.40
Cold Ham$0.35
Cold Lamb, Mint Jelly$0.50
Cold roast beef$0.50
Baked Apple, with Cream$0.20
Old-fashioned Rice Pudding$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Grape Fruit, plain$0.35
Grape Fruit with Wine$0.50
Custard, Lemon, Meringue, Apple, Pumpkin or Mince Pies$0.15
Wine or Lemon Jelly with Cream$0.20
Bread Pudding$0.20
Baked Apple Dumpling, Hard Sauce$0.20
Chocolate or vanilla eclair$0.10
Charlotte Russe$0.15
Potatoes, Boiled, Mashed or Baked$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes Stewed in Cream$0.20
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
Boiled rice$0.15
Macaroni au gratin$0.25
Macaroni, Italian style$0.20
Spaghetti, Italian$0.20
Stewed tomatoes$0.15
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
French vanilla ice cream$0.20
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.15
Chocolate Layer Cake$0.15
Cocoanut Layer Cake$0.15
Plain Sponge Cake$0.15
Cream Sponge Cake$0.15
Macaroons$0.25
Kisses$0.25
Ladyfingers$0.25
Home Made Crullers$0.10
Home Made Doughnuts$0.10
Maple Layer Cake$0.15
White Mountain$0.15
Bisque$0.15
Coffee Ice Cream$0.15
Chicken salad$0.60
Lobster salad$0.70
Crab Salad$0.60
Lettuce, plain$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.40
Cucumber, Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.45
Egg Salad$0.40
Fruit salad$0.50
Waldorf Salad$0.50
Asparagus salad$0.60
Creamed Chicken on Toast$0.60
Chicken croquette, with peas$0.35
Chicken, Home Style, with Rice$0.60
Chicken liver saute$0.35
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.35
Broiled Ham$0.40
Broiled Bacon$0.35
Welsh rarebit$0.50
Rice croquettes, currant jelly$0.30
Rice croquettes, currant jelly$0.30
Roast Chicken, Home Filling$0.75
Broiled Chicken, half$0.75
Broiled Chicken, whole$1.25
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef$0.60
Roast Spring Lamb, Mint Sauce$0.50
Small sirloin$0.75
Small Sirloin, with onions$0.90
Small Sirloin, with Mushrooms$1.00
Extra sirloin$1.00
Extra Sirloin, with Onions$1.15
Extra sirloin, with mushrooms$1.25
Planked Sirloin a la Wanamaker$2.00
Small tenderloin$0.75
Small Tenderloin, with Onions$0.90
Small Tenderloin, with Mushrooms$1.00
Extra Tenderloin$1.25
Lamb Chops$0.50 – $0.65
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
Swiss cheese$0.15
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.20
TUTTI FRUTTI ICE CREAM$0.20
Maple Walnut Ice Cream$0.15
Biscuit Tortoni$0.20
Orange ice$0.15
Pineapple Ice$0.15
Meringue Glace$0.25

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Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Macaroni with Cheese$0.75
Baked Chicken Pie$0.50
Half Broiled Squab Chicken, Currant Jelly$0.75
Chicken gumbo$0.15
Bisque of Clam$0.15
Cream of tomato soup$0.15
Fried Frogs Legs, Creamed Potatoes$0.70
Broiled Sea Bass, Bermuda Potato$0.50
Boiled Halibut, Egg Sauce, Mashed Potatoes$0.50
Roast Rack of Lamb, Mint Sauce, Glace Sweet Potato$0.60
Kidney Stew with Fresh Mushrooms, Grilled Sweet Potato$0.50
Fruit salad$0.40
Chicken salad$0.50
Carmel Custard$0.15
Homemade Cherry Pie$0.15
Homemade Strawberry Pie$0.15
Homemade Blackberry Pie$0.15
Homemade Blueberry Pie$0.15
Iced Cantaloupe with Vanilla Ice Cream$0.30
SLICED PEACHES WITH CREAM$0.35
Fresh Peach Ice Cream$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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