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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-07-21
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

MULLIGATAWNY SOUP$0.25
Half Lobster, Maitre d'Hotel$0.75
Sole, Fredericksburg$0.50
Ramisole of Chicken, Gourmet sauce$0.50
Squab with Vegetables$1.25
Soft Shell Crabs saute on Toast, Fine herbs$0.60
Breast of Grouse, puree of Chestnuts$1.50
Ailerons of Turkey with Curry$0.45
Cold Veal, Bourgeoise$0.45
Broiled Squab$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Broiled Guinea Chick$1.00
Broiled squab chicken$0.80
Broiled Poussin$1.25
Broiled Chicken$1.00
broiled spring turkey$1.75
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Spring Duckling$1.50
Banana Ice Cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Tapioca Pudding$0.25
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Cold Macedoine Salad$0.30
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Cold Chicken Broth$0.35
Cold Beef in Daube$0.45
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Mixed Grill$0.85
Roast Mutton$0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Cold Head Cheese$0.25
Fried Soft Clams, Tartare Sauce$0.60
Lamb Chop, Laciotat$0.50
Cold Clam Broth$0.30
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Egg, Volunteer$0.30
Point of Fillet with Spinach$0.50
GREEN PEAS$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Potatoes, Hollandaise$0.20
German apple cake$0.15
Stuffed Prunes$0.30
New Lima Beans$0.40
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Lemon water ice$0.30
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Cold Herring with White Wine$0.25
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
French Coffee$0.15
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Kingfish, Meuniere$0.50
Cold half Roast Duckling$1.50
Seedless Grape Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Egg, Ravigotte$0.30
Cream of String Beans soup$0.30
Puree ef Peas with Croutons$0.25
Cold Consomme$0.30
Cold Chicken Okra$0.40
Cold Tomato Broth$0.30
Celery$0.30
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Weakfish, Orientale$0.45
Mussels, fines herbs$0.85
Salmon en Coquille gratine$0.50
Green Corn$0.50
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Eggplant$0.30
Beets with Butter$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Romaine and Hot House Cantaloupe$0.50
Cucumber salad$0.35
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Escarole Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.30
Stewed Pear$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Iced tea$0.25 – $0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
Princess Pear$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stewed Cherries$0.35
Stewed Plums$0.35
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Fresh Figs$0.35
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.50
Cantaloupe$0.35
Blackberries$0.35
Watermelon$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Nectarines$0.35
Raspberries$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Dutch cheese$0.20
Blueberries$0.35
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Sliced Peaches$0.40
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Plums$0.35
Apricots$0.35
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20

Page 2

Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Noodle Soup$0.25
MULLIGATAWNY SOUP$0.25
Aetna Salad$0.40
Cinnamon Custard Pie$0.25
Pudding Saxon$0.30
Almond Tart$0.15
Bombe glace, Japonaise$0.60
Banana Ice Cream$0.30
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.20
Sweet peppers saute$0.30
Half Duckling with Cherries$1.50
Hamburg Chicken, Casserole$1.50
Sirloin Steak, Martha$1.75
Plover, Financiere$1.25
Bisque of lobster soup$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of String Beans soup$0.30
Consomme Napier$0.25
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Chicory Salad$0.30
Escarole Salad$0.30
Romaine and Pineapple Salad$0.40
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Chestnut Mousse$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Cold Fantaisie of Turkey, Joseph$0.75
Grapefrut Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Striped bass, shrimp sauce$0.50
Fillet of Sole, Waleska$0.50
Whitebait, Tartare sauce$0.40
Whitefish, Catalane$0.45
Fresh Mackerel, Gooseberry sauce$0.75
Halibut, Windsor$0.40
Broiled sweetbread with Virginia ham$0.90
Squab with New Peas$1.25
Mutton Chop with Lima Beans$0.50
Frog' Legs saute, Fine herbs$1.50
Salmon, Vincent sauce$0.50
Virginia Ham$0.50
Mousse of Foie gras$0.50
Half Chicken$1.25
Demi-deuil salad$0.40
Mignardise, Moscovite$0.40
Cervelat$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Chow-chow$0.25
Olives$0.25
Celery$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Sorbet Brandy$0.40
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Roast Half Chicken$1.25
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.50
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New Lima Beans$0.40
Artichoke$0.20
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Potatoes a la Reitz$0.20
Rice Croquette$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
Liederkranz Cheese$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Edam Cheese$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.20
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
Fresh California Cherries$0.50
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Iced tea$0.25 – $0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
Pineapple Pie$0.25
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
French Coffee$0.15
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Plums$0.35
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Peach Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Princess Pear$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Bread with Butter$0.10
Rolls with Butter$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.50
Blackberries$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Watermelon$0.40
Cantaloupe$0.35
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Apricots$0.35
Madeira Jelly$0.30
Blueberries$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.35
Nectarines$0.35
Raspberries$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
Hickoryisques$0.30
Stuffed Prunes$0.30

Page 3

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

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