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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-08-21
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Frogs' Legs, Marinière$1.50
Half Partridge sauté , Chasseur$1.50
Coquille of Duckling with Mushrooms$0.75
Mixed Grill$0.85
English mutton chop$0.75
Weakfish au gratin$0.45
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Clam Chowder$0.60
Cherry Stones$0.35
Cream of Carrots Soup$0.30
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Necks$0.30
Melon Cups$1.00
Velours soup$0.25
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.00
Olives$0.25
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Scallops, Tartare sauce$0.60
Codfish Tongues with Brown Butter$0.35
Mussels, Fine herbs$0.85
Whitefish, Bearnaise sauce$0.45
Kingfish, Dugléré$0.50
Spanish Mackerel, Foyot sauce$0.45
Egg, Flora$0.30
Roast Beef with Beets$0.55
Fish Stew des Pecheurs$0.45
Squab sauté with Corn Paprika$1.25
Pilaff of Chicken Livers, Madeira sauce$0.50
Breaded Lamb Chop with Eggplant$0.50
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Appollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Iced tea$0.25
Iced Tea for two$0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
Banana 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
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Broiled Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Poussin$1.25
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Broiled Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
New string beans$0.40
German Peach Cake$0.15
Peach Short Cake$0.50
Lime Meringue Pie$0.25
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
Romaine and Pear Salad$0.40
New Wax Beans$0.40
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
boiled new potatoes$0.20
potatoes, paille$0.20
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
Eggplant, French style$0.30
Fried Oysterplant$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Escarole$0.30
Chicory and Beets$0.35
Tomato$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Celery$0.30
Cucumber$0.35
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.40
Canadian Melon$0.50
Hot House Muscat Grapes$1.00
Plums$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Nectarines$0.35
White Peaches$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Watermelon$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Sickel Pears$0.35
Cantaloupe$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Concord Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Blackberries$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Cream of Wheat Pudding$0.25
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stuffed Prunes$0.30
Princess Pear$0.40
Stewed Pear$0.30
Allgauer Cheese (per person)$0.25
Canadian Cheese (per person)$0.25
Dutch Cheese (per person)$0.25
Gruyere (per person)$0.25
Pont l’Eveque (per person)$0.25
Port Salut (per person)$0.25
Roquefort (per person)$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese (per person)$0.25
Neufchatel (per person)$0.25
Liederkranz (per person)$0.25
Cream Cheese (per person)$0.25
Cottage Cheese (per person)$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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