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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-08-27
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Hazelnut Ice Cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Café Parfait$0.35
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Iced tea$0.25 – $0.35
Iced coffee$0.25
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Vermicelli Pudding$0.25
Raspberry Cream Pie$0.25
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
Peach Cake$0.15
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Princess Pear$0.40
Stewed Pear$0.30
Lamb Chop, Louisiannaise$0.50
Roast Beef with Fried Eggplant$0.70
Ailerons of Turkey with Yellow Turnips$0.50
New England Dinner$0.45
Half Duckling with Roots$1.50
Soft Shell Crabs sauté, Fine herbs$0.50
Breast of Pheasant, Tyrolienne sauce$1.75
Mixed Grill$0.85
Half Guinea Hen, Grande Chasse$1.25
Bluepoint Oysters$0.30
Riverside Oyster Cocktail$0.75
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cream of Carrots Soup$0.30
Italian Paste Soup$0.25
Croute-au-pot$0.25
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Flounder, Bercy$0.40
Codfish, Egg sauce$0.35
Fried Scallops, Tartar Sauce$0.60
Spanish Mackerel, Paprika$0.45
Porgies with Sauterne$0.35
Egg, Victor Hugo$0.30
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Eels, Matelotte$0.35
Kingfish, Norwegian$0.50
Chicken (half)$1.25
Spring Lamb$0.65
Mutton$0.40
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Poussin$1.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
New string beans$0.40
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Potatoes, Macaire$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Fried Parsnips$0.30
Eggplant, French style$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Chicory and Beets$0.35
Romaine and Peaches$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
Celery$0.30
Allgauer$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Gruyere$0.25
Pont l'Eveque$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.40
Concord Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Watermelon$0.35
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Cantaloupe$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Raspberries$0.35
Blackberries$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Seedless Grapes$0.40
Canadian Melon$0.50
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.35
Plums$0.35
Nectarines$0.35
California Orange$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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