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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-04
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Chicken (half)$1.25
Roast Rib of Beef$0.60
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Rolls and butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Pear Melba$0.60
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Broiled Squab$1.00
Spring Turkey (half)$1.50
Chicken (half)$1.00
Olives$0.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Spinach$0.30
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Terrapin with Sherry$3.50
Romaine and Peach Salad$0.30
Philadelphia Ice Cream$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Cream of Chicken Soup$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Soup Mongol$0.30
Cold Gosling, Apple sauce$0.65
Second Joint of Chicken, Country style$0.60
Broiled Plover on Canape$1.25
Squab a la Thiers$1.25
Roast Veal with Chicory$0.45
Escarole Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Fresh Mackerel, Mustard sauce$0.75
Weakfish, Creole$0.45
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Tomato Salad$0.35
Dutch cheese$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Coffee Cup Custard$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Bread and Butter$0.10
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Croute-au-pot$0.25
Oysters
Celery$0.30
Clams
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Brook Trout$0.50
Broiled Eels, Tartar sauce$0.35
Smelts, Figaro sauce$0.40
Whitefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.45
Mixed Grill$0.85
Soft Clams, Bataliere$0.90
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Stuffed green peppers$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Green Corn$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
New string beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Roquefort$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cucumber salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
French Melon$0.40
Watermelon$0.35
Plums$0.35
Sickel Pears$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Apple Tartlet$0.15
Stewed Plums$0.35
Quince Pie$0.25
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
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Egg, Marseillaise$0.30
Smelts, Mariniere$0.40
Lamb's Tongue, Marine$0.25
Potato salad$0.25
Finger Sandwich$0.05
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Poussin$1.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25

Page 2

Half Chicken$1.25
Spring Lamb$0.65
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Mutton$0.45
Roast Rib of Beef$0.60
Duckling (half)$1.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Rolls and butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Tutti-frutti ice cream$0.40
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Olives$0.25
Radishes$0.25
Soup Bolivar$0.25
Pear Melba$0.60
Philadelphia Ice Cream$0.30
Hazelnut Custard Pie$0.25
Hazelnut Mousse$0.40
Bread and Butter$0.10
Terrapin, Trenton$3.50
Romaine and Pear Salad$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Consomme Napier$0.25
Bisque of Clams$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Bluefish, Italian sauce$0.45
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Chow-chow$0.25
Cervelat$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
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Scallops, Tartar Sauce$0.60
Fillet of Sole, Gilbert$0.50
Striped Bass au plat$0.50
Kingfish, Soto Mayor$0.50
Scrod Boston style$0.60
Sweetbread, Richelieu$0.75
Half Grouse, Egyptian$1.75
Bouchee Jardinette$0.65
Breast of Duckling with Cherries$1.75
Lamb Chop, Victor Hugo$0.60
Half Lobster, Mayonnaise$0.75
Rack of Mutton with String Beans$0.45
Chaudifroid of Chicken$0.75
Mousseline of Foie Gras$0.50
Finger Sandwith$0.05
Salad, Printanier$0.30
Beef in Daube$0.45
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New Lima Beans$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
California Artichoke$0.60
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Diana Salad$0.75
Alligator Pear$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Tmato Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.35
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$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
French Melon$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Watermelon$0.35
Sickel Pears$35.00
Sliced Peaches$0.40
Savarin au Kirsch$0.30
Chocolate Tart$0.15
Cornets Chantilly$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
Glace Florentine$0.60
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Apollonaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40

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