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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-09-10
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream Parmentier$0.30
Julienne$0.25
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Codfish Tongues with Brown Butter$0.35
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Mussels, Fine herbs$0.85
Fresh Mackerel, Hoteliere$0.75
Striped Bass, Caper sauce$0.50
Porgies with Sauterne$0.35
Whitefish Meuniere$0.45
Tripe Stew a la Mode du Sud$0.50
Frogs' Legs Lilloise$1.50
Ham Steak with Mashed Yellow Turnips$0.75
Half Partridge a l'Americaine$1.75
Half Guinea Hen with Olives$1.25
Sliced Mutton with Red Beans$0.45
Mixed Grill$0.85
[Cold] Trout in Jelly$0.50
[Cold] Gosling, Apple sauce$0.65
[Cold] Chicken Pie, Orleanais$0.75
[Cold] Egg a la Mizzi$0.30
[Cold] Royans, Bordelaise$0.50
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Rib of Beef$0.60
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
French Coffee$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Rolls and butter$0.10
Bread and Butter$0.10
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Pear Melba$0.60
Peach Melba$0.60
Fancy Ice$0.50
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Broiled Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Poussin$1.25
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Spring Duckling (half$1.50
Broiled Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
English Pheasant$3.50
New string beans$0.40
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
New Lima Beans$0.40
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Escarole Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.35
Romaine and Pineapple Salad$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Chicory and Beets Salad$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.30
Gruyere$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Allgauer$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
Neufchatel$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Watermelon$0.35
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.40
Peach Rice Pudding$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Concord Grapes$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
BLUEBERRY PIE$0.25
Sickel Pears$0.35
Apple Turnover$0.15
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cinnamon Custard Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Canadian Melon$0.50
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Sickel Pears$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Raspberries$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Plums$0.35
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Cantaloupe$0.35
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Sliced Peaches$0.40

Page 2

Fruit Cocktail$0.60
Croute-au-pot$0.25
Philadelphia Pepper Pot$0.25
Egg, Stratford$0.30
Codfish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.35
Spanish Mackerel, Paprika$0.45
Point of Fillet with Spinach$0.50
Roast Spring Turkey$0.65
Leg of Lamb with Fried Eggplant$0.65
Potatoes saute in quarters$0.20
Red Cabbage Montargis$0.30
Romaine and Grapefruit$0.40
Bellevue-Stratford Salad$0.60
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Fruit Melange$0.40
Canadian Melon$0.50
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Blackberry Cake$0.15
Hazelnut Ice Cream$0.30
Apricot Water Ice$0.30

Page 3

Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cherry Stones$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Bluepoints$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Bisque of Oyster Crabs$0.30
Cream Princess$0.30
Consomme Baratenski$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Radishes$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Olives$0.25
Chow-chow$0.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Celery$0.30
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Fillet of Sole, Chauchard$0.50
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.40
Sea Bass, Normande$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Halibut, Mousseline sauce$0.40
Pompano, Guibert$0.45
Eels Curry sauce$0.35
Soft clams a la Newburg$0.90
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
French Coffee$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Rolls and butter$0.10
Bread and Butter$0.10
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Pear Melba$0.60
Peach Melba$0.60
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Sultana Roll$0.50
Chestnut Mousse$0.40
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Hazelnut Ice Cream$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Hickoryisques$0.30
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Raspberry Bavarois$0.30
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
rhubarb pie$0.25
Apricot Tart$0.15
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Assorted cakes$0.20
Chocolate Custard Pie$0.25
Souffle Mandarine$0.50
Blueberries$0.35
Raspberries$0.35
Capon, Toulousaine$0.85
California Orange$0.15
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Watermelon$0.35
Cantaloupe$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Plums$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Saute of Fillet, Jeanne d'Arc$0.60
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Malaga grapes$0.40
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grape$0.35
Concord Grapes$0.35
Canadian Melon$0.50
Sickel Pears$0.35
Hot House Waldorf Melon$0.40
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.40
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Allgauer$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Oriental Salad$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Romaine and Canadian Melon Salad$0.50
Fried Quenelle of Chicken, Perigueux sauce$0.50
Sweetbread en Coquille, Vintimille$0.75
Breast of Grouse, puree of Chestnuts$1.50
Half Guinea Hen with Tarragon$1.00
Bouchee Capucine$0.60
Salmon, Vincent sauce$0.50
Beef in Daube$0.45
Galantine of Turkey$0.75
Chaudfroid of Chicken, Smithfield$0.75
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Roast Rib of Beef$0.60
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Half Chicken$1.25
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Sorbet Parfait Amour$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
New Lima Beans$0.40
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New string beans$0.40
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
Brussels Sprouts$0.40

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