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Waldorf Astoria

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

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Lynnhavens$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Italian Paste$0.25
Petite marmite soup$0.60
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Egg, Baltimore$0.30
Galantine of Turkey$0.75
Head Cheese$0.25
Potato salad$0.25
Trout in Jelly$0.50
Chicken and Ham Pie$0.75
Frogs' Legs saute, Fine herbs$1.50
Mixed Grill$0.85
Bacon with Spinach$0.45
Squab Casserole$1.25
Roast Beef with Beets$0.70
Calf's Tongue with Risotto, Piquante sauce$0.45
Chicken (half)$1.25
Rib of Beef$0.60
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Spinach$0.30
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$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
Praline Ice Cream$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.40
Stewed Plums$0.35
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Bread and Butter Pudding$0.25
Boston Cream Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Apple Tartlet$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Plums$0.35
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Brook Trout$0.50
Striped Bass au plat$0.50
Scrod, Boston style$0.60
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Romaine and Orange Salad$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Olives$0.25
Porgies with Sauterne$0.35
Terrapin, Admiral Reid$3.50
RELISHES
Oysters
Fish
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$50.00
Mussels, Marinieré$85.00
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Whitefish, Bearnaise sauce$0.45
Allgauer
Brie
Camembert
Canadian Cheese
Dutch cheese
Roquefort
Cottage Cheese
Liederkranz
Swiss Cream Cheese
Cream Cheese
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Port Salut
Gruyere
Neufchatel
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40

Page 2

Cream of Pumpkin Soup$0.30
Bolivar Soup$0.25
Consomme with Noodles$0.25
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Celery$0.30
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Chow-chow$0.25
Olives$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Chaudfroid of Chicken, Mantaise$0.75
Half American Pullet with Artichoke, Russian style$1.75
Soft Shell crabs, Tartar sauce$0.50
Italian Salad$0.60
Half Chicken$1.25
Spring Lamb$0.65
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Mutton$0.45
Duckling (half)$1.50
Rib of Beef$0.60
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Squab Duckling$2.25
Tomato$0.35
New Lima Beans$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Perch au plat$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
New string beans$0.40
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Chicory$0.30
Romaine and Pineapple$0.40
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Mousseline of Chicken, Perigueux sauce$0.50
Sweetbread, Daubigny$0.75
Noisette of Veal, Lyonnaise$0.50
Soft clams a la Newburg$0.90
Breast of Grouse with Oranges$1.50
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
California Artichoke$0.60
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Kingfish, Soto Mayor$0.50
Codfish Tongues, Brown Butter$0.35
Spanish Mackerel, Guibert$0.45
Brook Trout$0.50
Smelts, Beau Rivage$0.40
Baba au Marsala$0.25
Rice Custard Pie$0.25
Pistache Tart$0.15
Pineapple Pie$0.25
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Raspberry Bavarois$0.30
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hickoryisques$0.30
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Malaga, Morocco or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.35
Escarole$0.30
Cucumber$0.35
Lettuce$0.30
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Johannis$40.25
Apollinaris$40.00 – $15.00
Bombe Glace, Victoria$0.60
Banana Ice Cream$0.30
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Pear Mousse$0.40
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
TUTTI FRUTTI ICE CREAM$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Lynnhavens$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Clover$0.40
Alligator Pear$0.40
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Terrapin, Baltimore$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Allgauer
Brie
Camembert
Canadian Cheese
Dutch cheese
Liederkranz
Roquefort
Swiss Cream Cheese
Cottage Cheese
Edam
Gruyere
Port Salut
Cream Cheese
Neufchatel
Ices in Souvenir$0.75

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