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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-08
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23.5x16.5cm folded; 23.5x33cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 2

Grapefruit$0.35
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord Grapes$0.35
Orange Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Bananas$0.20
Plums$0.35
Sliced Peaches$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Plain toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.20
Cream toast$0.35
Baked Apple$0.25
Crab Apples$0.35
PRUNES$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.25
Pear$0.30
Fresh Stewed Peaches$0.40
Plums$0.35
Cream with Stewed Fruit, extra$0.10
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
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Orange marmalade$0.20
Pineapple Preserves$0.25
Pear Preserves$0.25
Peach Preserves$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.25
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Quince Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Grape Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Currant Jelly$0.25
Pickled Peaches$0.30
Fried eggs with ham$0.60
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Brandied Peach$0.30
Brandied Pineapple$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
CRUMPETS$0.20
Wheat Cakes$0.25
Buckwheat Cakes$0.25
Rice Cakes$0.25
Corn Cakes$0.25
Crown Buns$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Zwieback$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Bread and Butter Per Person$0.10
Rolls and Butter Per Person$0.10
Brioches$0.15
Pop-Overs$0.15
Oatmeal with milk$0.30
hominy with milk$0.30
Boiled Rice with Milk$0.30
Puffed Rice with Milk$0.30
Corn Flakes with Milk$0.30
Grape Nuts with Milk$0.30
Wheatena with Milk$0.30
hominy with milk$0.30
Triscuit with Milk$0.30
Baltimore Hominy with Milk$0.30
Force with Milk$0.30
Indian meal mush with milk$0.30
Shredded Wheat with Milk$0.30
oatmeal with cream$0.35
Fried Hominy with Cream$0.35
Boiled Rice with Cream$0.35
Puffed Rice with Cream$0.35
Hominy with cream$0.35
Force with Cream$0.35
Indian meal mush$0.35
Corn Flakes with Cream$0.35
Triscuit with Cream$0.35
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.35
Baltimore Hominy with Cream$0.35
Wheatena with cream$0.35
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.35
Boiled eggs$0.25
Fried Eggs with Baco$0.50
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Shirred Eggs with Brown Butter$0.35
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.35
Scrambled eggs, plain (for one)$0.35
Scrambled eggs, plain (for two)$0.45
Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus Tips, plain (for one)$0.45
Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus Tips, plain (for two)$0.65
Scrambled eggs with mushrooms (for one)$0.50
Scrambled eggs with mushrooms (for two)$0.75
Scrambled eggs with smoked beef (for one)$0.45
Scrambled eggs with smoked beef (for two)$0.65
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes (for one)$0.45
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes (for two)$0.65
Omelette, plain (for one)$0.35
Omelette, plain (for two)$0.45
Fine herbs omelette (for one)$0.40
Fine herbs omelette (for two)$0.50
Omelette with Mushrooms (for one)$0.50
Omelette with Mushrooms (for two)$0.90
Omelette with kidneys (for one)$0.50
Omelette with kidneys (for two)$0.70
Omelette with chicken livers (for one)$0.50
Omelette with chicken livers (for two)$0.75
Omelette with tomatoes (for one)$0.45
Omelette with tomatoes (for two)$0.65
Ham Omelette (for one)$0.50
Ham Omelette (for two)$0.65
Bacon Omelette (for one)$0.50
Bacon Omelette (for two)$0.65
Spanish Omelette (for one)$0.50
Spanish Omelette (for two)$0.65
Virginia Ham Omelette (for one)$0.50
Virginia Ham Omelette (for two)$0.75

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

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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