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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-09-25
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23x15cm folded; 23x30cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Fried eggs with ham$0.60
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Scrambled Eggs, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Boiled eggs$0.25
Fried eggs with bacon$0.50
Shirred Eggs with Brown Butter$0.35
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.35
Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.75
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Omlette, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Omelette, fine herbs$0.40 – $0.50
Omlette, with Mushrooms$0.50 – $0.90
Omelette with kidneys$0.50 – $0.70
Omelette with chicken livers$0.50 – $0.75
Omelette with tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Ham Omlette$0.50 – $0.65
Bacon Omelette$0.50 – $0.60
Spanish Omlette$0.50 – $0.65
Virginia Ham Omelette$0.50 – $0.75
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Concord Grapes$0.35
Orange Juice$0.20
Bananas$0.20
Plums$0.35
Bartlett Pear$0.25
French Melon$0.40
Blueberries$0.35
California Ornge$0.15
Cantaloupe$0.35
Orange Juice, large glass$0.35
Baked Apple$0.25
Crab Apple$0.35
PRUNES$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.25
Pear$0.30
Fresh Stewed Peaches$0.40
Plums$0.35
Preserved Stewed Fruits$0.25
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.20
Fruit Melange$0.25
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Satsuma Plums$0.35
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Pineapple Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20
Hawaiian Pineapple Juice, large glass$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Cream with Stewed Fruit, extra$0.10
Orange marmalade$0.20
Pear Preserves$0.25
Peach Preserves$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.25
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Quince Preserves$0.25
Grape Jelly$0.25
Currant Jelly$0.25
Pickled Peaches$0.30
Brandied Peach$0.30
Brandied Pear$0.30
Brandied cherries$0.30
Brandied Figs$0.30
Blackberry jam$0.20
Raspberry jam$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.20
Damson Jam$0.20
Apricot jam$0.20
Peach Jam$0.20
Cream toast$0.35
Crown Buns$0.15
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
All Cereals with Milk$0.30
all Cereals with Cream$0.35
Fried hominy$0.20
Oatmeal
Puffed rice
Hominy
Corn Flakes
Triscuit
Baltimore Hominy
Boiled rice
Grape Nuts
Wheatena
Force
Indian meal mush
Dipped Toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Shredded Wheat
Milk toast$0.20
Brioches$0.15
CRUMPETS$0.20
Wheat, Buckwheat, Rice or Corn Cakes$0.25
Zwieback$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Pop-Overs$0.15
Plain toast$0.15

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Salt mackerel$0.50
Finnan Haddie$0.40
Halibut$0.35
Fillet of Sole$0.40
Fresh Codfish$0.35
Bluefish$0.40
Porgies$0.35
Fried Scallops, Tartare sauce$0.60
Fresh Mackerel$0.75
Kippered Herring$0.50
Fresh Salmon$0.40
Weakfish$0.35
English Bloater$0.30
Codfish in Cream$0.50
Whitefish$0.35
Sea bass$0.45
Smelts$0.60
Spanish mackerel$0.35
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Trout$0.50
Kingfish$0.45
Codfish Cake$0.30
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Scrod$0.60
Perch$0.35
Double Tenderloin$1.50
Beef Steak$1.00
with bacon$1.20
Beefsteak, Minute$0.90
Mutton Chop$0.40
Lamb Chops (2) 80 (1)45$0.45 – $0.80
Sweetbread$0.65
English mutton chop$0.75
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Tenderloin$0.90
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Salisbury Steak$0.90
Pork Chop$0.35
Veal Chop$0.40
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Broiled Ham$0.35
Virginia Ham$0.50
Bacon .25
Heart's Delight Ham$0.35
Veal Kidney$0.60
Chicken hash$1.00
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Hillsdale Sausages$0.35
Kidneys in brochette$0.40
Irish Bacon$0.50
Beechnut Bacon$0.30
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
Spare Ribs$0.35
Stewed$0.60
Lamb Hash$0.85
country sausages$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
pig's feet$0.35
Honey Comb Tripe$0.25
Paille$0.20
Baked or Boiled$0.15
Stewed$0.20
Saute$0.20
Lyonnaise$0.20
Julienne$0.20
Hashed browned$0.20
Hashed Cream$0.20
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Postum$0.35
Special Coffee$0.35
Coffee with Milk$0.25
with Cream$0.35
Instant Postum$0.25
Kumyss$0.25
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.25
Briarcliff Milk, pint$0.20
Cocoa, Broma, Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
English Breakfast, Oolong or Ceylon Tea with cream$0.35
Spollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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