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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-07
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23.5x16.5cm folded; 23.5x33cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Bread or Rolls and Butter Per Person$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Tomato$0.25
Tomato$0.35
English Pheasant$3.50
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Bluepoints$0.30
Cape Cods$0.40
Cotuits$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Radishes$0.25
Olives$0.25
Tutti-Frutti$0.40
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Orange$0.15
Orange
Grapefruit$0.35
Sliced pineapple$0.40
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Bismarck Herring$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Mackerel in Oil$0.50
Chutney$0.15
Canape of Caviar$0.60
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Canape of Sardines$0.40
Antipasti$0.50
Carciofini$0.50
Lyon Sausage$0.30
Sardellen$0.30
Celery$0.30
Cervelat$0.30
Herring in Wine$0.30
Sweet Pickled Mangoes$0.20
Kieler Sprotten$0.30
Fillets of Herring in Oil$0.30
Royans a la Perigord$0.30
Sardine Egglets$0.50
French Sardines$0.40
Spiced Cucumber Rings$0.20
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Julienne$0.25
Pea$0.25
Mongol$0.30
Mock Turtle$0.30
Vermicelli$0.25
Croute au pot$0.25
Petite marmite$0.60
Chicken Okra$0.35
Chicken Broth, Bellevue per cup$0.35
Clam Broth per cup$0.30
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Terrapin$3.50
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
ENGLISH SOLE1.25
English Sole$1.25
Trout$0.50
Saute, Meuniere$0.65
Fillet of Sole, Chauchard$0.50
Kingfish, Vatel$0.50
Smelts, St. Germain$0.40
Half Planked Whitefish$1.00
Lobster, Thermidor$1.75
Sheepshead, Russian style$0.45
Capon$4.00
Squab$1.00
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Green Turtle$0.50
Gumbo, Creole$0.35
Essence of Tomato$0.35
Italian Paste$0.25
Mutton$0.45
Beef per cut$0.60
Chicken (half)$1.25
Celery Fed Duck (half)$1.50
Spring Lamb$0.65
Gosling (half)$2.00
Poussin$1.25
Guinea Hen (half)$1.00
Capon (half)$2.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab$1.00
Squab Duckling$2.25
Hamburg Chicken$1.25
California Artichoke$0.60
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Fresh Asparagus Tips$0.50
Boiled Potatoes (2)$0.15
Turnips$0.25
French asparagus$0.85
Baked (1) Potatoe$0.15
Turnips$0.25
German Asparagus$0.75
Souffle Potatoes$0.35
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Stuffed Eggplant$0.35
New Lima Beans$0.40
French peas$0.30
New peas$0.40
Stewed Celery.40
New Carrots$0.30
Spaghetti$0.50
Potatoes, Anna$0.50
Stuffed green peppers$0.35
French string beans$0.30
New string beans$0.40
Stewed tomatoes$0.20
White Squash$0.30
Macaroni$0.50
Hearts of Palm$0.75
Spinach$0.30
Corn$0.25
Onions$0.25
Beets$0.25
Okra$0.40
Flageolets$0.40
Cauliflower, Hollandaise$0.35
Boiled rice$0.25
Romaine$0.30
Cucumber$0.35
Chicken$0.65
Lettuce$0.30
Waldorf$0.35
Watercress$0.30
Celery$0.35
Lobster$0.75
Chiffonade$0.75
Allgauer per person$0.25
Dutch per person$0.25
Canadian per person$0.25
Port du Salut per person$0.25
Special Swiss Cream per person$0.25
Roquefort per person$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Edam per person$0.25
Gervais with Individual Bar-le-duc$0.45
Neufchatel per person$0.25
Cream Cheese per person$0.25
Peach or Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Fruit Melange$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Apple Pie$0.25
Eclair$0.10
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Baba au rhum$0.25
Savarin au Kirsch$0.50
Wine Jelly$0.30
Cup Custard$0.35
Caramel custard$0.25
Hazelnut Souffle$0.60
Bar-le-duc: Red or White Currant$0.25
Strawberry$0.40
Spiced Cantaloupe or Gooseberries$0.30
Meringue glacee$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Roman Punch$0.40
Baked Alaska$0.75
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Sorbet Creme de Menthe$0.40
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Fancy Ices$0.50
Macedoine of Fruit$0.75
Neapolitan$0.35
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Strawberry, Vanilla, Pistache, Coffee or Chocolate Ice Cream or Mixed$0.30 – $0.35
Apricot, Orange, Lemon, Raspberry or Pineapple Water Ice$0.30
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Tansan, Japanese Mineral Water$0.25 – $0.40

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