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Boylston Café

Date
1914-08-01
Restaurant
Boylston Café
Physical description
28x18.5cm folded; 28x37cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 2

Dubonnet, (Imported)$0.15
Haetherbloom Cocktail$0.15
Little Necks, half dozen$0.15
Plate of Raw Oysters$0.20
Clams Fried in Crumbs$0.35
Fried oysters$0.35
Clam cocktail$0.25
English Ox Joint Soup$0.15
Chicken Broth, Francaise$0.15
Puree of Tomato aux Croutons$0.15
Broiled Salmon$0.40
Iced Cantaloupe$15.00
Blackberries and Cream$15.00
Broiled Live Lobster, Drawn Butter$0.85
Broiled New Bluefish$0.40
CHILLED WATERMELON$0.10
blueberries and milk$0.15
hulled corn, bowl of milk$0.15
Half cold boiled live lobster, mayonaise$0.45
Broiled Live Lobster, Drawn Butter$0.85
Oyster Stew$0.30
Cold bouillon en cup$0.10
Consomme vegetable$0.15
Consomme Plain$0.15
Fried Cod$0.30
Fried Cod's Tongue$0.35
Broiled Fresh Mackerel$0.35
Broiled Swordfish$0.40
Fried Lobster$0.80
Fried Haddock$0.30
Fried Cod's Head$0.35
Filet of English Sole, Tartare$0.35
Broiled Halibut Steak$0.40
Boiled Salt Mackerel$0.35
SOFT SHELL CRABS ON TOAST, Tartare Sauce$0.45
GLASS OF BEER OR ALE$0.05
ICED COLD STEIN OF BEER OR ALE$0.10
German Frankfurters, Potato Salad, Pickled Beets$0.25
Broiled Schrod$0.35
Fish cakes$0.20
Fish Cakes, Dropped Eggs$0.30
Saltfish and Cream$0.25
Minced Fish$0.20
Dropped Egg$0.25
Lobster Cocktail$0.35
Lobster a la Newburg$0.85
fried chicken, maryland style, succotash$0.50
stewed ox joints, green corn fritter$0.35
beef steak pie, family style, green peas$0.25
small pot baked beans, brown bread$0.20
Green Corn$0.10
cold spiced penobscot salmon, mayonnaise, boiled potato$0.35
sliced tongue and turkey, potato salad$0.40
assorted cold cuts, currant jelly, boiled potato or potato salad$0.50
Raspberry Shortcake$0.20
Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.30
fancy brisket with new spinach$0.40
boiled pig's knuckles and cabbage$0.35
currie of chicken, rice$0.40
fricassee of turkey wings, peas$0.25
hamburg steak and spaghetti$0.25
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich, Brown Gravy$0.25
Banana Fritters au Rhum$0.10
Spaghetti Italienne$0.15
stuffed green peppers a la boylston$0.20
watercress from crystal springs, virginia$0.10
Celery plain$0.35
Celery with mayonnaise$0.45
PLAIN LETTUCE$0.10
Dressed Lettuce$0.15
Sliced Carrots$0.10
Plate of Fresh Vegetables$0.20
plate of fresh vegetables with bread and butter$0.25
macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes, new spinach$0.30
stewed tomatoes, lima beans, french fried potatoes$0.30
string beans, hubbard squash, new spinach$0.30
vegetable dinners served with choice of bread and butter
crackers or pilot crackers with bowl of milk$0.15
crackers or pilot crackers with bowl of cream$0.25
sliced new tomatoes$0.15
Cucumber salad$0.15
Plain Lettuce Salad$0.10
ROAST LOIN OF PORK, APPLE SAUCE$0.35
Raspberries in Cream$0.15
Potatoes O'Brien$0.20
Lima beans$0.10
Sweet corn$0.10
Stewed Mushrooms$0.20
Succotash$0.15
Boiled Lobster, Hot or Cold, Whole$0.75
Boiled Lobster, Hot or Cold, Half$0.40
Lobster Salad Sandwich$0.35
Special Lobster Salad$0.50
Boiled Smoked Tongue and Spinach$0.40
Boiled Cincinnati Ham and Cabbage$0.40
Corned beef and spinach$0.35
Roast Turkey and Jelly$0.45
Fricassee of Spring Lamb, Peas$0.35
Broiled Lamb Kidney and Bacon$0.40
Beef a la Mode and Vegetables$0.35
BRAISED TENDERLOIN, MUSHROOM SAUCE$0.50
Saute Tripe a la Creole$0.35
Saute Kidney, mushrooms$0.30
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.40
Baked Chicken Pie (Individual)$0.40
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.05
Griddled Sweets$0.10
Mashed potatoes$0.05
German fried$0.15
Julienne$0.15
Hashed Brown$0.15
Saute Potatoes$0.15
Delmonico Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes au Gratin$0.20
Broiled Spring Chicken, whole$0.60
Rib of Prime Beef au jus$0.45
Roast Spring Chicken, Half$0.50
Roast Rump of Beef, Mashed Potatoes$0.35
Broiled Philadelphia Squab$0.50
New green peas$0.20
New Cabbage$0.10
New Butter Beans$0.15
French fried potatoes$0.10
french Green Peas$0.20
Potatoes in Cream$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast$0.50
SLICED BERMUDA ONIONS$0.15
Fried onions$0.15
Fried Egg Plant$0.15
Radishes$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.10
Boiled Onions$0.10
New beets$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.15
Sliced Turnips$0.10
Choice of Boiled or Mashed Potatoes with all Meat Orders

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Special Lobster Salad$0.50
Celery Salad$0.35
Anchovy Salad$0.40
Sardine Salad$0.40
Egg Salad$0.35
Chow chow$0.10
Piccalilli$0.10
Tenderloin Steak$0.75
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.90
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.95
Large Tenderloin Steak$1.15
large tenderloin steak with onions$1.30
Large tenderloin steak with mushrooms$1.40
two lamb chops, french fried potatoes$0.40
broiled spring chicken, whole, french fried potatoes$0.60
steamed raspberry roly poly pudding$0.10
Baked Indian Pudding, Whipped Cream$0.10
hot blueberry tea cake$0.05
Bowl Custard$0.10
Anchovies on Toast$0.40
Vanilla eclair$0.05
cold spiced pigs' knuckles with potato salad$0.40
potato salad free with all cold meats
Blackberry Pie$0.10
new blueberry pie$0.10
Whipped Cream Pie$0.10
chocolate cream pie$0.10
Apple Pie$0.10
Custard Pie$0.10
Macaroons$0.10
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.15
Pineapple College Ice$0.15
Peach Melba$0.25
HARLEQUIN ICE CREAM$0.20
Banana Royal Ice Cream$0.25
pudding and ice cream$0.20
boylston cafe club sandwich$0.30
French Toast$0.25
Oat Meal and Cream$0.15
Oat Meal and Milk$0.10
cream cheese (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
swiss cheese (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
brie (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
Liederkranz (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
roquefort cheese (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
neufchatel cheese (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
american cheese (with hard or soft crackers if desired)$0.15
Peach Preserves$0.10
pear (canned)$0.10
plum (canned)$0.10
Lady fingers$0.10
Currant Jelly$0.10
Breakfast Rump Steak$0.35
breakfast rump steak with onions$0.50
breakfast rump steak with mushrooms$0.55
arlington farm sausages$0.35
Vegetable Hash$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.25
pork scraps, to order$0.10
Queen Fritters$0.10
Pineapple Fritters$0.10
Banana Fritters, Wine Sauce$0.10
Ribs of prime beef$0.45
Roast Lamb$0.40
Boiled Tongue$0.40
Raspberry Shortcake$0.20
Pickled lambs' tongues$0.35
Corned beef$0.35
P. & C. Sardines$0.40
Russian Caviar on Toast$0.50
Crackers and Milk$0.15
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.20
Dry Toast$0.10
Buttered toast$0.10
Dipped Toast$0.10
CHILLED WATERMELON$0.10
blueberries and milk$0.15
Iced Cantaloupe$0.15
Apple$0.10
Sliced pineapple$0.15
Sliced Oranges$0.15
Bananas and cream$0.15
Chocolate eclair$0.05
Bowl Custard$0.10
Peach Meringue$0.20
Orange Shortcake$0.15
Peach Shortcake$0.15
Baked Indian Pudding$0.10
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING with Ice Cream$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.10
Raspberry jam$0.10
Apricot (canned)$0.10
Vegetable Salad$0.35
Potato salad$0.15
Lettuce Salad$0.15
Tomato Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.25
Watercress Salad$0.15
Salmon Salad$0.40
Shrimp Salad$0.40
Large Chicken Salad$0.60
SPECIAL CHICKEN SALAD$0.40
Ham and eggs$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.40
Golden buck$0.45
Welsh rarebit$0.40
Omelette with tomatoes$0.45
Omelette with Ham$0.40
Omelette Fines Herbes$0.40
Omelette with cheese$0.40
Omelette Plain$0.35
Omelette with oysters$0.50
Omelette, Spanish style$0.50
Lobster Salad Sandwich$0.35
Omelette au rhum$0.50
Grape Fruit, Half$0.15
Omelette a la Beacon$0.50
Omelette with asparagus tips$0.60
Omelette with mushrooms$0.60
Ham Sandwich$0.10
Apple Sauce$0.10
Eggs, boiled (2)$0.25
Eggs, fried (2)$0.25
Eggs, Dropped on Toast (2)$0.30
Eggs, Scrambled$0.35
Eggs, au Gratin$0.35
Jelly omelette$0.40
Eggs au beurre noir (2)$0.30
Small Pot Oolong Tea$0.10
Small Pot Green Tea$0.10
Small Pot. Eng. Breakfast tea$0.15
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.15
Strawberry College Ice$0.15
Ice Cream and Pie$0.20
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Plain Cake$0.10
Charlotte Russe$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.15
Corned beef sandwich$0.15
Large pot coffee$0.20
Fruit Cake$0.10
Sponge Cake$0.10
Marble Cake$0.10
Lady Baltimore Cake$0.15
Oriental Fruit Cake$0.15
Tea, per cup$0.05
Iced tea$0.10
coffee, per cup$0.05
Small pot coffee$0.10
Iced coffee$0.10
Chocolate, per cup$0.10
Cocoa, per cup$0.10
Caviar sandwich$0.40
Queen olives$0.10
English pickles$0.10
Pickled Walnuts$0.10
Pickled onions$0.10
Dill Pickles$0.05
Chili Sauce$0.05
Rump Steak$0.50
Rump Steak with Onions$0.65
Rump Steak with Mushrooms$0.70
Sirloin Steak$0.60
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.75
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.80
Extra sirloin steak$1.00
Extra Sirloin Steak with Onions$1.15
Extra sirloin steak with mushrooms$1.25
Porterhouse Steak$1.75
Porterhouse steak with onions$2.00
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$2.25
large porterhouse steak$2.25
Large Porterhouse Steak with Onions$2.65
Large Porterhouse Steak with Mushrooms$2.75
Club Sirloin Steak$1.25
Club Sirloin Steak with onions$1.40
Club Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.50
Broiled Spring Lamb Chops (3)$0.65
Broiled Mutton Chops (2)$0.40
Cranberry Sauce$0.10
Fried or Broiled Pork Chops (2)$0.40
Fried or Broiled Veal Chops (2)$0.40
Broiled Lamb Chops (2)$0.40
Fried or Broiled Lamb Steak$0.40
Fried or Broiled Pork Steak$0.40
Roast chicken, half$0.50
Roast Turkey$0.40
Boiled Ham$0.40
Fried egg sandwich$0.15
Veal Cutlets, Breaded, Tomato Sc.$0.40
Broiled or Fried Pig's Feet$0.35
Minced Chicken on Toast$0.40
small pot baked beans, brown bread$0.20
Broiled or Fried Ham$0.40
Broiled or Fried Bacon$0.40
Rasher of Bacon$0.10
Lamb's Kidneys, Broiled, on Toast$0.40
Lamb's Kidneys, Broiled, on Toast with Bacon$0.40
Lamb's Kidneys, Broiled, on Toast en Brochette$0.45
Chicken livers with mushrooms$0.45
Chicken Livers with Mushrooms with Bacon$0.40
Chicken Livers with Mushrooms en Brochette$0.40
Broiled Spring Chicken, whole$0.60
Chicken, Maryland style$0.60
Broiled Sweet Breads on Toast$0.65
Broiled Sweetbreads on Toast en Brochette$0.70
Special Assorted Cold Cuts$0.50
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.15 – $0.25
Swiss cheese sandwich$0.15
Chicken Sandwich$15.00 – $30.00
Turkey Sandwich$15.00 – $30.00
Large Lobster Salad$0.75
Broiled Honeycomb Tripe$0.35
Broiled Calves' Liver with Bacon$0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.15
Hard or soft crackers served free with all cheese if desired

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Pfaff's Beer$0.05 – $0.50
Alley's Ale$0.05
Ye Old Musty Ale$0.10
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry$2.00 – $4.00
Moet & Chandon, White Seal$2.00 – $4.00
Great Western$1.00 – $2.00
Roualet, Dry Imperial$1.00 – $2.00
Gold Seal$1.00 – $2.00
Sunset Claret$0.10 – $0.50
St. Julien$0.15 – $1.00
Medoc (Imp).$0.15 – $1.25
Chateau Pontet Canet$0.20 – $2.00
Claret Cup$0.65 – $1.00
Sunset sauterne$0.40 – $0.75
Barsac, Calvet and Cie$0.75 – $1.50
Haute Sauterne$1.00 – $2.00
Hockheimer$0.15 – $1.25
Laubenheimer$0.15 – $1.00
Rudesheimer$0.15 – $1.00
Rhine Wine and Seltzer$0.15
Sparkling Burgundy, Red$1.75 – $3.00
Chablis (white)$0.15 – $2.00
Pommard$0.25 – $2.00
Macon$0.75 – $1.50
Italian Chianti$0.15 – $1.00
Royal Sherry$0.10 – $0.75
Pasto, Duff Gordon$0.15 – $1.50
Oloroso, Duff Gordon$0.15 – $2.00
Royal Port$0.10 – $0.75
Old Oporto$0.15 – $1.50
London Dock$0.15 – $2.00
Boylston "Old Velvet Rye" (7 yrs old)$0.15
Don Rex (original package) Conway Co$0.15
Green River Whiskey$0.15
Duffy's Malt Whiskey (original package)$0.15
Cascades Whiskey$15.00
Canadian Club$0.20
Old Tom Gin$0.15
Fine Holland Gin$0.15
Booth's Old Tom Gin (original package)$0.15
Plymouth Gin (original package)$0.15
Maple Gin (original package)$0.15
Millshire Dry$0.15
Vermouth, French$0.15
Vermouth, Italian$0.15
Sloe Gin$0.15
Hunter Rye (original package)$0.15
Usher's Scotch (original package)$0.15
Dewar's Scotch (original package)$0.15
King William Scotch (original package)$0.20
Geo. Roe Irish (original package)$0.15
Power's Irish (original package)$0.15
Hennessey's *** Brandy (original package)$0.15 – $0.25
Martelli's Brandy (original package)$0.15 – $0.25
Apricot Brandy (original package)$0.20
Peach Brandy (original package)$0.15
Cherry Brandy$0.15
Blackberry Brandy$0.15
Medford Rum$0.15
St. Croix Rum$0.15
Jamaica Rum$0.15
Cherry Rum$0.15
Pureoxia Ginger Ale$0.10
Pureoxia Sarsparilla$0.10
Pureoxia Grapeine$0.10
Pureoxia Orangeade$0.10
Pureoxia Club Soda$0.15
Siphon Soda$0.05 – $0.25
Cider (champagne)$0.15 – $0.30
Soda or "Polly" Lemonade$0.10
Plain Lemonade$0.10
Beef Tea (hot or cold)$0.10
Horlick's Malted Milk (hot or cold)$0.10
Bromo Seltzer$0.10
Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia$0.15
Ward 8, Straight$0.15
Sherry Cobbler$0.20
Sherry and Egg$0.20
Sherry Flip$0.20
Milk Punch$0.25
Claret Punch$0.15
claret cobbler$0.20
Claret Lemonade$0.15
Brandy Punch$0.25
Whiskey Punch$0.15
Gin Punch$0.15
RUM PUNCH$0.15
Egg Nogg with Whiskey$0.20
Egg Nogg with Brandy$0.30
Mint Julip$0.25
Coffee cocktail$0.25
Whiskey Cocktail$0.15
Martini Cocktail$0.15
Manhattan Cocktail$0.15
Gin Cocktail$0.15
Vermouth Cocktail$0.15
Brandy Cocktail$0.25
Clover Club Cocktail$0.20
Soda Cocktail$0.15
Bronx Cocktail$0.15
Gin Rickey$0.15
Sloe Gin Rickey$0.20
Brunswick$0.15
Gin Fizz$0.15
Silver Fizz$0.20
Golden Fizz$0.20
Sloe Gin Fizz$0.20
Cream Fizz$0.20
Ginger Ale Highball$0.15
New York Sour$0.20
Angel Float$0.25
tom and jerry$0.20
Sam Ward$0.20
Londonderry Lithia$0.20 – $0.30
Apollinaris$0.20 – $0.30
White Rock$0.20 – $0.30
Celestine French Vichy$0.20
King's Bohemian Export$0.15
"Milwaukee" Pabst$0.15
Pabst Blue Ribbon$0.20
Budweiser Export, Anheuser Busch$0.20
Munich Beer, Imported$0.25
Alley's E. I. S. Ale$0.15
Pfaffs Lager$0.15
Rueter's "Sterling"$0.20
Alley's Dublin Stout Porter$0.20
Bass Ale "White Label"$0.25
Bass Ale "Dog's Head"$0.25
Bass Ale "Dog's Head"$0.15
Muir's Scotch Ale$0.25
Guinness' Stout$0.25
Guinness' Stout$0.15
Pousse Cafe$0.25
Benedictiue$0.20
Chartreuse (yellow or green)$0.20
creme de menthe (white or green)$0.20
Maraschino$0.20
Kummel$0.20
Anisette$0.20
Curacoa$0.20
Aquavit$0.20
Dubonnet$0.15

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