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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-08-01
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Cream of Asparagus Soup$0.30
Hodge Podge Soup$0.25
Italian Paste Soup$0.25
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Scrod, Boston style$0.60
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Beef Stew, Bourguignonne$0.45
Celery$0.30
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Lamb Chops, Champvallon$0.50
Bluepoints [oysters]$0.30
Egg a la Reine$0.30
Consomme$0.30
Chicken broth$0.35
Cherry Stones [clams]$0.35
Porgies saute with Butter$0.35
Egg, de Lesseps$0.30
Melon Supreme$1.00
Weakfish, Montmorency$0.45
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Little Necks [clams]$0.30
Chicken okra soup$0.40
Tomato Broth$0.30
Turkey, Celery sauce$0.65
Codfish, Egg sauce$0.35
Fillet of Sole en goujor$0.40
Soft Shell Crabs, Creole$0.65
Half Broiled Lobster, Maitre d'Hotel$0.75
Pate Chaud a la Ciboulette$0.40
Parisian Salad$0.40
Corned Beef, pressed$0.30
Romaine and Peaches salad$0.40
Whitefish, Magenta$0.45
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Olives$0.25
Fresh Mackeral, Marine$0.40
Capon, Macedoine$0.85
Squab with Watercress$1.00
GREEN PEAS$0.40
[Roast] Mutton$0.40
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Half Partridge, American style$1.50
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Chicory and Beets Salad$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Dutch cheese$0.20
Cucumber salad$0.35
Allgauer Cheese$0.20
Cantaloupe$0.35
Raspberry Tartlet$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Escarole Salad$0.30
Beets with Butter$0.30
Potatoes saute in quarters$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Watermelon$0.35
Cream Cheese$0.20
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
New Lima Beans$0.40
ORANGE ICE CREAM$0.30
Plums$0.35
New Wax Beans$0.40
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Green Corn$40.00
Beef, per cut$50.00
Swiss Cream
Cottage
Seedless Grapes$40.00
Nectarines$35.00
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Mixed Grill$0.85
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Tomato Salad$0.35
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Celery Salad$0.30
English Pheasant$3.50
New string beans$0.40
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Poussin$1.25
New Flageolets$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Eggplant$0.30
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Broiled Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Pont l'Eveque
Gruyere
Liederkranz Cheese
Port Salut (cheese)
Canadian Cheese
Delaware Grapes$0.40
Fresh Figs$0.35
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.50
California Orange$0.15
Boston Cream Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Pear$0.30
Princess Pear$0.40
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
French Coffee$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Fancy Ice$0.50
Bread and Butter Pudding$0.25
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Iced tea$0.25
Iced Tea (for two)$0.35
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
California Malaga Grapes$0.40
Raspberries$0.35
Blackberries$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
Neufchatel
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30

Page 2

English Pheasant$3.50
consomme behague$0.25
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
New string beans$0.40
Celery with Gravy$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
Artichoke$0.60
New Wax Beans$0.40
Baba au Marsala$0.25
veal chop, seymour$0.50
Squab with Grapes$1.25
Noisette of Fillet of Beef, Cheron$0.90
Gnockis with Cream gratine$0.40
Scotch Grouse$3.00
soft clams, alexandra$0.90
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Breast of Grouse, Port Wine sauce$1.50
Rack of Lamb with Stuffed Tomato$1.10
Roast Mutton$0.40
Half Guinea Hen, Grand Chasse$1.25
roast beef salad and tomato$0.55
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Potatoes, Macaire$0.40
New Flageolets$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Half Chicken$1.25
Cream Caramel$0.30
Fillet of Sole, Rachel$0.50
Sea Bass, Bonnefemme$0.50
Mussels, Mariniere$0.85
Spanish Mackerel, Laperouse$0.45
Bluefish, Provencale sauce$0.45
Salmon, Parsley sauce$0.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Cherry Pie$0.25
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
Nectarines$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
California Malaga Grapes$0.40
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
capon, strasbourgeoise$0.85
(Cold) Soft Shell crabs, tartar sauce$0.50
(Cold) Galantine of Turkey$0.75
Chicory Salad$0.30
Astoria Salad$0.50
Cucumber salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Radishes$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Olives$0.25
Celery$0.30
Chow-chow$0.25
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Cervelat$0.30
canape danois$0.40
Cold Tureen, St. Hubert$0.75
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Romaine and Cantaloupe Salad$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Plums$0.35
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Delaware Grapes$0.40
Dinner
Oysters Bluepoints$0.30
Melon Supreme$1.00
CLAMS:LITTLE NECKS$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of asparagus$0.30
Bisque of Shrimp$0.30
Mutton Broth, Scotch style$0.25
Soups
Watermelon$0.35
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.50
Fresh Figs$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Chocolate Tart$0.15
California Orange$0.15
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Cantaloupe$0.35
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hickoryisques$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Princess Pear$0.30
French Coffee$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Chestnut Mousse$0.40
Stuffed potato$0.60
ORANGE ICE CREAM$0.30
bombe glacee, arab$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Iced coffee$0.25
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Gruyere
Canadian Cheese
Port Salut (cheese)
Pont l'Eveque
allgauer (cheese)
Roquefort
Edam
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Liederkranz Cheese
Swiss Cream Cheese
Cottage Cheese
Neufchatel
Cream Cheese
Dutch cheese
Raspberries$0.35
Blackberries$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Iced tea$0.25
Iced Tea (for two)$0.35
Plover$1.25
Sorbet Tosca$0.40

Page 3

Peach or Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Omelette Soufflee$0.60
Baba au Rum$0.25
Savarin Chantilly$0.25
Fruit Melange$0.25
Savarin au Kirsch$0.30
Meringue glace Panache$0.45
Soft Clams, Bateliere$0.90
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Lobster Croquette$0.35
Stuffed Crab$0.65
Lobster Newburg$1.75
Lobster, Thermidore$1.75
Half Broiled Lobster$0.75
Yorkshire Buck$0.70
Welsh rarebit$0.50
Scotch Woodcock$0.60
Crab Meat, Cream gratin$1.50
Breast of Guinea Hen, Hongroise$1.50
Devilled Kidneys$0.50
Sweetbread saute, Colbert$0.75
Canape, Lorenzo$0.75
Devilled Stuffed Lobster$0.65
Bouchee of Chicken$0.50
Mignon of Lamb, Renaissance$0.75
Broiled Sweetbread$0.65
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Guinea Hen (half)$1.00
Broiled Hamburg Chicken$1.25
Tournedos of Fillet, Caroza$0.90
Royal Squab$1.25
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
French asparagus$0.75
Artichoke$0.60
Green Corn$0.40
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Mixed Cold Meat$0.90
Mixed Cold Meat with Chicken$1.10
Mixed Cold Meat with Virginia Ham$1.40
Tongue (cold)$0.35
Pate de Foie Gras$0.60
Chicken and Ham Pie$0.75
Waldorf Omelette Souffle$0.75
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Cup Custard$0.35
String Beans Salad$0.40
Wine Jelly$0.30
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Baked Alaska$0.75
Caramel custard$0.25
Neapolitan ice cream$0.35
Roman Punch$0.40
Eclair$0.10
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Preserved Satsuma Plums$0.35
Sorbet Creme Yvette$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Coupe Waldorf$1.00
Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Fried Clams$0.60
Fritters$0.60
Royans a la Perigord$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Buffet Russe
Cavier, Special Importation$1.10
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Anchovies$0.50
Mackerel in Oil$0.50
Celery$0.30
Lyon Sausage$0.30
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.25
Bismarck Herring$0.25
Harengs de Fe'camp$0.25
Chicken Broth per cup$0.35
Chicken Broth, Bellvue per cup$0.35
Consomme' per cup$0.30
Clam Broth per cup$0.30
Westphalian Ham$0.50
Squab$1.00
Boned capon$0.75
Virginia Ham$0.50
Sliced Cold Chicken$0.65
Chicken (half)$1.25
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Chaudfroid Jeannette$0.75
Boneless Squab$1.25
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
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.30
Pate de foie gras sandwich$0.50
Sardine Sandwich$0.30
Virginia Ham Sandwich$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Romaine Salad$0.30
Waldorf Salad$0.35
Francillon Salad$0.50
Crab Meat$0.70
Chicken salad$0.65
Lobster salad$0.75
Italienne salad$0.60
Asparagus Tips$0.40
Cheese (per person 20)
Imported:- Dutch
Canadian
Port Salut
Pont l'Eveque
Special Swiss Cream
Stilton
Roquefort
Gruyere
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar- le- Duc$0.40
Cottage Cheese
Edam
Liederkranz
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Macedoine of Fruits$0.75
Tutti-Frutti$0.75
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Pistache ice cream$0.35
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Lemon water ice$0.30
Orange Water Ice$0.30
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
French Coffee, Cup$0.15
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Dutch cheese
Assorted cakes$0.20

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