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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-09-24
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Frenche Coffee$0.15
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Clams: Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Tomato with rice soup$0.25
Julienne Soup$0.25
Cream of Corn Soup$0.30
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Mussels, Fine herbs$0.85
Weakfish, Caper sauce$0.45
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Kingfish, Duglere$0.50
Fresh Mackerel, Mustard sauce$0.75
Celery, relishes$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Contrefilet Mironton, gratine$0.65
Fried Frogs' Legs, Tartar sauce$1.25
Lamb's Feet, Poulette$0.40
Bacon with Spinach, English style$0.45
Mixed Grill$0.85
Half Duckling, Nicoise$1.75
Egg with Tarragon$0.30
Half Lobster, Mayonnaise$0.75
Macedoine salad$0.30
Lamb, Mint Jelly$0.65
Chicken and Ham Pie$0.75
Chicken (half)$1.25
Rib of Beef$0.60
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$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
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
Spinach$0.30
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Green Corn$0.40
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
New string beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
Concord Grapes$0.35
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Romaine and Orange$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$30.00
Lettuce Salad$30.00
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Chicory and Beets Salad$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Rolls and butter$0.10
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Vermicelli Pudding$0.25
Clams
Bluepoints$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
CHEESE, (PER PERSON)$0.25
Imported
Domestic
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Cream Cheese$0.25
Malaga grapes$0.40
Raspberries$0.35
Watermelon$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Blueberries$0.35
Plums$0.35
Cantaloupe$0.35
Sickel Pears$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Deep Dish Apple Pie$0.30
Pineapple cream pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Jelly roll$0.15
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Maple Ice Cream$0.30
Peach Frappe$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Bread and Butter$0.10

Page 2

Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits Oysters$0.40
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Clams: Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Consumme Printanier$0.25
Philadelphia Pepper Pot$0.25
Ox-tail with barley soup$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Chow-chow relish$0.25
Olives$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Celery$0.30
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Sorbet a l'Anisette$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
California Artichoke$0.60
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Golden Sugar Corn$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
Country Gentleman Corn$0.40
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Romaine and Hot House Grapes salad$0.50
Tosca Salad$0.60
Tomato Salad$0.35
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Brook Trout$0.50
Bluefish, Provencale sauce$0.45
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Bartlett Pear$0.25
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Blueberries$0.35
Watermelon$0.35
Cantaloupe$0.35
Sickel Pears$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Pudding Victoria$0.30
Orange Tart$0.15
Jelly au Marsala$0.30
Hazelnut Custard Pie$0.25
Mango Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Assorted cakes$0.20
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Hickoryisques$0.30
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Pudding glace, Doria$0.60
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Maple Ice Cream$0.30
Walnut Mousse$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Apollonaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Pompano, Papillote$0.45
Fillet of Sole, Mildred$0.50
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.40
Tournedos of Fillet of Beef, Orloff$0.90
Plover saute Lilly$1.25
Goose Liver saute, Madeira sauce$1.25
Boneless Squab a la Taft$1.50
Breast of Guinea Hen, Virginian$1.25
Stuffed crab, ravigotte$0.65
Dixie Salad$0.40
Tureen of Duckling$0.75
Saddle of Mutton with Flageolets$0.65
Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$0.65
Half Chicken, roasted$1.25
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Duckling (half)$1.50
Spring Lamb, Roasted$0.65
Mutton$0.45
Rib of Beef$0.60
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Squab Duckling, broiled$2.25

Page 3

Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Neapolitan ice cream$0.35
Roman Punch$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Baked Alaska$0.75
Sorbet Creme Yvette$0.40
Macedoine of Fruits$0.75
Tutti--Frutti$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Pistache ice cream$0.30
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Lemon water ice$0.30
Orange Water Ice$0.30
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
French Coffee, Cup$0.15
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Omelette Soufflee$0.60
Baba au Rum$0.25
Savarin Chantilly$0.25
Fruit Melange$0.25
Savarin au Kirsch$0.30
Meringue glace Panache$0.45
Cup Custard$0.35
Eclair$0.10
Assorted cakes$0.20
Wine Jelly$0.30
Waldorf Omelette Soufflee$0.75
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Caramel custard$0.25
Preserved Satsuma Plums$0.35
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Stilton$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Special Swiss Cream$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Cheese: Cottage$0.25
Coupe Waldorf$1.00
Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits Oysters$0.40
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Clams: Cherry Stones$0.35
Fried Clams$0.60
Clam Fritters$0.60
Royans a la Perigord$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Riverside Cocktail$0.75
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Anchovies$0.50
Mackerel in Oil$0.50
Celery$0.30
Lyon Sausage$0.30
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.25
Bismarck Herring$0.30
Harengs de Fecamp$0.30
Chicken Broth per cup$0.35
Chicken Broth, Bellevue per cup$0.35
Consumme per cup$0.30
Clam Broth per cup$0.30
Soft Clams, Maryland$0.90
French asparagus$0.85
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
Green Corn$0.40
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Tomato Salad$0.35
Romaine Salad$0.30
Waldorf Salad$0.35
Francillon Salad$0.50
Crab Meat salad$0.70
Mixed Cold Meat$0.90
Mixed Cold Meat with Chicken$1.10
Mixed Cold Meat with Virginia Ham$1.40
Broiled Sweetbread$0.65
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Guinea Hen (half)$1.00
Broiled Hamburg Chicken$1.25
Tournedos of Fillet, Bearnaise$0.90
Royal Squab$1.25

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