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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-08-25
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Sweetbread with chicory$0.75
Half squab chicken, archiduc$1.10
Rack of lamb, grand-mere$1.10
Braised veal with corn croquettes$0.50
Muttom$0.40
Spring Lamb$0.65
Sirloin steak with anchovy butter$1.75
Cheese Souffle$0.40
Breast of duckling saute with ham$1.75
Stuffed Clam$0.40
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Half Chicken$1.25
Beef, per cut$0.50
Duckling (half)$1.50
consomme bamia$0.25
Cream of Corn Soup$0.30
Mulligatawny$0.25
Bisque of Shrimp$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Canape Cassini$0.40
Chow-chow$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Olives$0.25
Salted Nuts$0.25
Celery$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Cervelat$0.30
Bombe glace, ravoli$0.60
Lemon ice cream$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Ices in Souuenir$0.75
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Angelique Mousse$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
French Coffee$0.15
Iced coffee$0.25
Iced tea$0.25 – $0.35
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Pudding Franklin$0.30
Rice Custard Pie$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Cream Caramel$0.30
Mango Pie$0.25
Princess Pear$0.40
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Hickoryisques$0.30
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hazelnut Tart$0.15
Diana Salad$0.75
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Romaine and Watercress Salad$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.35
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Squab Duckling$2.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Oysters Bluepoints$0.30
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Whitefish, Magenta$0.45
Eels, Matelotte$0.35
Halibut, Galipoli sauce$0.40
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Scallops, Tartar Sauce$0.60
Fillet of Sole, Rejane$0.50
Kingfish, Boitel$0.50
Striped bass, Meuniere$0.50
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Potatoes Palestine$0.20
Artichoke$0.60
Green Corn$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Celery with Gravy$0.40
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sorbet Lalla Rookh$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Pont l'Eveque$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.40
Concord or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Watermelon$0.35
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Cantaloupe$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Raspberries, Blackberries or Blueberries$0.35
Canadian Melon$0.50
Malaga, Tokay or Seedless Grapes$0.40
Nectarines$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Plums$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.35

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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