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Preston's Coffee House

Date
1914-10-07
Restaurant
Preston's Coffee House
Physical description
23.5x14cm folded; 23.5x28cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4
  5. Page 5

Dishes

Page 2

Mutton Pie Family Style
Pie
Pudding
Tea
Coffee

Page 3

Apple Sauce$0.15
Dry Toast$0.15
Two Doughnuts$0.15
Tea$0.15
Coffee$0.15
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Dropped Egg on Toast$0.20
Choice of Cereal$0.25
One Pork Chop$0.25
One Lamb Chop
One Fried Egg$0.25
Side of Beans$0.25
Potato$0.25
Tea$0.25
Coffee$0.25
Fried Sausage$0.20
Griddle cakes$0.20
Hot Rolls$0.20
Tea
Coffee
Two Fish Cakes
Rasher Bacon
One Scrambled Egg
Hot Rolls
Choice of Cereal
Small rump steak
Side of Beans
Hot Rolls
Tea
Coffee
Dropped Eggs on Toast
Side of Beans
Tea
Coffee
Choice of Cereals
Ham
bacon
One Fried Egg
French fried potatoes
Rolls
Tea
Coffee
Hot Rolls$0.25

Page 4

Club sandwich$0.25
Oyster Stew$0.25
Tomato Soup$0.10
Chicken Soup$0.10
Beef Stew$0.10
Pea Soup$0.10
Clam Chowder$0.10
Broiled Swordfish and Parsley Butter$0.20
Broiled Schrod and Rasher Salt Pork$0.20
Fried Steak Haddock and Pork Scraps$0.20
Broiled Bluefish to Order$0.20
Fried Halibut in Crumbs$0.20
Roast Rump of Beef and Vegetables$0.25
Boiled Ham and Cabbage$0.25
Cold Roast Lamb and Apple Sauce$0.25
Chicken croquettes and peas$0.15
Chicken Pie$0.15
Fried Pickled Tripe$0.15
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich on Toast$0.15
Baked Country Sausage and Mashed Potato$0.20
Baked Apple and Cream$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Coffee Jelly$0.05
Parsley butter$0.20
Lambs Tongue and Potato Salad$0.20
Saute Giblets on Toast$0.20
German Frankforts and Potato Salad$0.15
Lambs Fries Fried in Butter$0.25
Bread and Butter Pudding$0.05
Cranberry Pie$0.05
Mock Cherry Pie$0.05
Raisin Pie$0.05
Pigs Feet Fried in Crumbs$0.20
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Coconut Custard Pudding$0.05
Frosted Lemon or Plain Lemon Pie$0.05
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.15
Chicken Pie [Our Own Make]$0.15
Bowl Custard$0.05
Sliced Pineapple with Whipped Cream$0.10
Fruit Jelly$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Whipped Cream Pie$0.05
Wine Jelly$0.05
Cranberry Sauce$0.05

Page 5

Rump Steak, French Fries$0.35
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
3 cor Fat Edge Rump$0.40
Hamburg Steak, French Fries$0.25
Ham and Egg, French Fries$0.25
Lamb Chops (2)
Lamb Chops (2)$0.30
Lamb chops (3)$0.40
Pork Chops (2)$0.25
Fried Ham, French Fries$0.25
Club sandwich$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.10
Fish cakes$0.10
liver and bacon$0.20
Bacon and Eggs, French Fries$0.25
Fish Cake and Beans$0.10
Beans$0.10
Boiled eggs$0.15 – $0.20
French Egg Toast$0.25
Fried Eggs$0.15 – $0.20
Scrambled Eggs$0.15 – $0.20
Eggs Dropped on Toast$0.20 – $0.25
2 Eggs Dropped on Fish Cakes.$0.20
2 Eggs Dropped on Minced Ham$0.20
Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20
1 Egg Dropped on Full Order Toast$0.15
One Egg Dropped on Hash$0.15
Omelet Plain$0.20
Omelet with ham$0.25
Omelet with oysters$0.25
Omelet with Cheese$0.25
Omelet with tomatoes$0.25
Omelet with sardines$0.30
Potatoes with Eggs, extra$0.05
Raw Oysters$0.15
Oyster Stew$0.25
Providence River Oyster Stew$0.30
Plain roast oysters$0.20
Fancy Roast Oysters$0.25
Fried Oysters in crumbs$0.25
French fried potatoes$0.10
German fried potatoes$0.10
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.10
Hashed Brown Potatoes$0.10
Stewed Corn$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.05
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Chicken salad$0.30
Sardine Salad$0.20
Egg and Lettuce Salad$0.20
Potato salad$0.10
Dressed Lettuce$0.20
Cold Ham with Potato$0.25
Cold Corned Beef with Potato$0.25
Lamb Tongues, Potato Salad$0.20
Frankforts with Potato Salad$0.15
Cold Chicken$0.35
Sandwiches on Toast, extra$0.05
Chicken Sandwich$0.10
German Frankfort$0.05
Egg Sandwich$0.08 – $0.15
Club sandwich$0.25
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich, gravy$0.15
Lamb's Tongue Sandwich$0.10
Chopped ham sandwich$0.05
Fried Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.15
Sardine (Imported) Sandwich$0.10
bacon sandwich$0.10
Western Sandwich$0.10
Hot Butter Cakes$0.05
Corned beef sandwich$0.05
Sliced Ham Sandwich$0.05
Force with Milk$0.10
Dry Toast$0.05
Buttered toast$0.05
Bread with Milk$0.10
Milk toast$0.15
Soda Crackers, Milk$0.10
Pilot Crackers, Milk$0.10
Cream toast$0.15
Graham Crackers with Milk$0.10
Shredded Wheat with Milk$0.10
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.10
Cream instead of Milk, extra$0.10
Half Cream, Half Milk, extra$0.05

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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