The Menu Museum
DecadesRestaurantsDishesRandom menu

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

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.

Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-08-11
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Coffee Custard Pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
German Plum Cake$0.15
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Peach Rice Pudding$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Pear$0.30
Princess Pear$0.40
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.50
Plums$0.35
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Egg, Tartar$0.30
Corned Beef Pressed$0.30
Macedoine salad$0.30
Chaudfroid, Jeannette$0.75
Veal in Jelly$0.45
Chicken Pie, Orleanais$0.75
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Codfish Tongues with Curry$0.35
Half Broiled Lobster, Maitre d'Hotel$0.75
Striped Bass, Anchovy sauce$0.50
Egg, Amboise$0.30
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Bluefish, Piquante sauce$0.45
Sole Fredericksburg$0.50
Spanish Mackerel, Sicilienne$0.45
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
GREEN PEAS$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Potatoes, Burton$0.20
New string beans$0.40
New Flageolets$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Spinach$0.30
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
Sweet Pepper Saute$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Escarole$0.30
Roastbraten with Quenelles of Potatoes$0.45
Italian Paste$0.25
Cream of Lima Beans$0.30
Chicken Okra$0.40
Mulligatawny$0.25
Chicken broth$0.35
Consomme$0.30
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Tomato Broth$0.30
Devilled Roast Beef Bone, Parmentier$0.40
Hamburg Chicken with new Peas$1.50
Half Partidge, St. Denis$1.50
Broiled sardines on toast$0.25
Soft Shell Crabs Saute on Toast$0.50
Sliced Mutton with Red Beans$0.45
Mixed Grill$0.85
Chicken (half)$1.25
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Mutton$0.40
Beef, per cut$0.50
Spring Lamb$0.65
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
California Malaga Grapes$0.40
Chicory and Beets$0.35
Romaine and Orange$0.40
Cucumber$0.35
Celery$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Blackberries$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Cantaloupe$0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Chestnut Ice Cream$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Iced tea$0.25 – $0.35
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Liederkranz$0.20
Neufchatel$0.20
Roquefort$0.20
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.20
Gruyere$0.20
Nectarines$0.35
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Allgauer$0.20
Port Salut$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Watermelon$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Blueberries$0.35

Page 2

English Pheasant$3.50
Sweetbread, Imperatrice$0.75
Poussin, Polonaise$1.50
Fillet of Beef, Zimmermann$0.90
Mousse of Ham and Spinach$0.50
Mignon of Veal with Cucumber, Maxmilian$0.50
Plover$1.25
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Squab with Grapes$1.25
Half Pheasant, Chartreuse$2.00
Bouchees, Jardinette$0.60
Eels, Matelotte$0.35
Fillet of Sole, Miss Paulette$0.50
Halibut, Shrimp sauce$0.40
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Kingfish, Bonnefemme$0.50
Whitefish, Meuniere$0.45
Fresh Mackerel, Hoteliere$0.75
Boneless Squab$1.25
Salmon en Coquille, Mayonnaise$0.50
Okra Salad$0.30
Hamburg Chicken with Watercress$1.25
Mousse of Chicken in Jelly$0.50
Mutton$0.40
Spring Lamb$0.65
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Half Chicken$1.25
Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New string beans$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
Potatoes, Laurette$0.20
Artichoke$0.60
Lettuce with Gravy$0.40
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
Tomato, Cardinal$0.35
New Flageolets$0.40
Pudding Cleveland$0.30
French Almond Tart$0.15
Chocolate Bavarois$0.30
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hickoryisques$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Princess Pear$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.50
Plums$0.35
Nectarines$0.35
Cantaloupe$0.35
Watermelon$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.40
California Malaga Grapes$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Blackberries$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
French Coffee$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Glace Vivienne$0.60
Chestnut Ice Cream$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Strawberry mousse$0.40
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Bread with Butter$0.10
Rolls with Butter$0.10
Iced tea$0.25 – $0.35
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Bluepoints$0.30
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Little Necks$0.30
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cherry Stones$0.35
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Consomme Genois$0.25
Mulligatawny$0.25
Cream of Lima Beans$0.30
Bisque of Lobster$0.30
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Cavoar, Special Importation$1.10
Pickled Figs$0.30
Chow-chow$0.25
Olives$0.25
Salted Nuts$0.25
Celery$0.30
Cervelat$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Radishes$0.25
Elberta$0.40
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Alligator Pear$0.40
Tomato$0.35
Escarole$0.30
Romaine and Cantaloupe$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Chicory$0.30
Beef, per cut$0.50
Duckling (half)$1.50
Lettuce$0.30
Cucumber$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Allgauer$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Port Salut$0.20
Liederkranz$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Neufchatel$0.20
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Dutch cheese$0.20
Roquefort$0.20
Edam$0.20
Gruyere$0.20
Cottage Cheese$0.20
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections