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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-08-09
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23x14cm folded; 23x28cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

Sliced pineapple$0.25
Plums$0.35
Orange or Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Blackberries or Blueberries$0.35
California Malaga Grapes$0.40
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Nectarines$0.35
Bananas$0.20
Delaware Grapes$4.00
California Orange$0.15
Baked Apple$0.25
Fresh Stewed Peaches$0.40
Stewed prunes$0.25
Stewed Pear$0.30
Apple Sauce$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Cream, extra$0.10
Preserved Stewed Fruits$0.25
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Grapefruit or Orange Marmlade$0.20
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Princess Pear$0.40
Fruit Melange$0.25
Satsuma Plums$0.35
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Pineapple, Pear, Peach, Fig, Strawberry or Quince Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple or Grape Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Currant Jelly$0.25
Pickled Peaches$0.30
Brandied Peach, Pear, Cherries or Figs$0.30
Blackberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, Damson, Apricot or Peach Jam$0.20
Plain toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.20
Wheat, Buckwheat, Rice or Corn Cakes$0.25
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Cream toast$0.35
Crown Buns$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Zwieback$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Pop-Overs$0.15
Brioches$0.15
Bread or Rolls and Butter Per Person$0.10
Fried eggs with ham$0.60
Eggs Fried with Bacon$0.50
Eggs Poached on Toast$0.35
Boiled eggs$0.25
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Shirred Eggs with Brown Butter$0.35
Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.75
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Omelette, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Omelette with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.90
Omelette with kidneys$0.50 – $0.70
Omelette with chicken livers$0.50 – $0.75
Omelette with tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Ham omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Bacon Omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Spanish omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Virginia Ham Omelette$0.50 – $0.75
All Cereals with Milk$0.30
all Cereals with Cream$0.35
Oatmeal$0.30 – $0.35
Puffed rice$0.30 – $0.35
Corn Flakes$0.30 – $0.35
Grape Nuts$0.30 – $0.35
Wheatena$0.30 – $0.35
Fried hominy$0.20
Boiled rice$0.30 – $0.35
Hominy$0.30 – $0.35
Triscuit$0.30 – $0.35
Baltimore Hominy$0.30 – $0.35
Force$0.30 – $0.35
Indian meal mush$0.30 – $0.35
Shredded Wheat$0.30 – $0.35

Page 3

Salt mackerel$0.50
Finnan Haddie$0.40
Halibut$0.35
Fillet of Sole$0.40
Fresh Codfish$0.35
Bluefish$0.40
Porgies$0.35
Fresh Mackerel$0.75
Kippered Herring$0.50
Fresh Salmon$0.40
Weakfish$0.35
English Bloater$0.30
Codfish in Cream$0.50
Whitefish$0.35
Sea bass$0.45
Spanish mackerel$0.35
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Trout$0.50
Kingfish$0.45
Codfish Cake$0.30
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Scrod$0.60
Double Tenderloin$1.50
Tenderloin Steak$0.90
Beefsteak$1.00
Beefsteak with Bacon$1.20
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Salisbury Steak$0.90
Mutton Chop$0.40
Beefsteak, Minute$0.90
Lamb Chops$0.45 – $0.80
Pork Chop$0.35
Sweetbread$0.65
English mutton chop$0.75
Veal Chop$0.40
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Broiled Ham$0.35
Virginia Ham$0.50
bacon$0.25
Heart's Delight Ham$0.35
Irish Bacon$0.35
Veal Kidney$0.60
Beechnut Bacon$0.30
Chicken hash$1.00
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40
Lamb Hash$0.85
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
country sausages$0.35
Hillsdale Sausages$0.35
Spare Ribs$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
pig's feet$0.35
Kidneys in brochette$0.40
Stewed kidneys in brochette$0.60
Honey Comb Tripe$0.25
Potatoes Paille$0.20
Baked Potato$0.15
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Stewed potatoes$0.20
Potatoes Saute$0.20
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.20
Hashed browned potatoes$0.20
Hashed Cream Potatoes$0.20
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Postum$0.35
Special Coffee$0.35
Coffee with Milk$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.35
Instant Postum$0.25
Kumyss$0.25
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.25
Briarcliff Milk, pint$0.20
Cocoa with Whipped Cream$0.30
Broma with whipped cream$0.30
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
English Breakfast Tea with cream$0.35
Oolong tea with cream$0.35
Ceylon tea with cream$0.35
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40

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