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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-11
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Peaches$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
FRESH PEACH PIE$0.25
Pear Tartlet$0.15
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Plums$0.35
Bluepoints oysters$0.30
Cotuits Oysters$0.40
Cape Cods oysters$0.40
Little Necks clams$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Chicken gumbo soup$0.35
Cream of Brussels Sprouts Soup$0.30
Vermicelli Soup$0.25
Celery$0.30
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Weakfish au gratin$0.35
Fresh Mackerel, Hoteliere$0.75
Smelts, Florentine$0.40
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.40
Brook Trout$0.50
Codfish Steak, Maitre d'Hotel$0.35
Shoulder of Lamb, Bourgeoise$0.50
Plover with Olives$1.25
Bouchee of Oysters$0.40
Beefsteak Minute, Duclere$0.95
Chicken Liver saute, Chasseur$0.50
Mixed Grill$0.85
Egg, Marseillaise$0.30
BEET SALAD$0.30
Boneless Squab$1.25
Chaudfroid of Sweetbread$0.75
Finger Sandwich$0.05
Herring in White Wine$0.30
Chicken (half)$1.25
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Rib of Beef$0.60
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Duckling$1.00
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Spinach$0.30
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
California Artichoke$0.60
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
New string beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Romaine and Watercress Salad$0.35
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Terrapin, Bradley Martin$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Brie cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Neufchatel cheese$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Fresh Figs$0.50
Sickel Pears$0.35
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga, Morocco, or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10

Page 2

Savarin au Kirsch$0.30
Coffee Custard Pie$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Cherry Pie$0.25
Chocolate Tart$0.15
Floating Island$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hickoryisques$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Meringue glace, Panache$0.45
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Beef in Daube$0.45
Virginia Ham$0.50
Chow-chow$0.25
Bisque of Clams$0.30
Sorbet Prunelle$0.40
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Aiguilette of Turkey Stuffed, Celery sauce$0.75
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
New String Beans Salad$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Brook Trout$0.50
Sea Bass Bonnefemme$0.50
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Sheepshead a la Russe$0.45
Cherry Stones [clams]$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Mutton [roast]$0.45
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Romaine and Hot House Grapes salad$0.50
Salmon, Vincent sauce$0.50
Cape Cods [oysters$0.40
Raspberries$0.35
Pompano en Papilotte$0.45
Green Corn$0.40
Tomat0, Livonienne$0.50
Spring Turkey (half) (broiled)$1.75
Cotuits [oysters]$0.40
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
Astoria Salad$0.50
Escarole Salad$0.30
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints oysters$0.30
Little Necks clams$0.30
Calf's Feet, English style$0.25
Celery Bretonne$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Celery$0.30
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Terrapin, Maryland$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Mussels, Fine herbs$0.85
Fillet of Sole, Cleonie$0.50
Breast of Grouse, Tete d'Or$1.50
Bouchee Capucine$0.60
Frogs' Legs d'Antin$1.50
Chicken and Ham Pie$0.75
Finger Sandwich$0.05
Half Chicken$1.25
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Duckling (half)$1.50
Spring Lamb$0.65
Rib of Beef$0.60
Squab Duckling$2.25
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
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Cucumber salad$0.35
Brie cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Edam Cheese$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Neufchatel cheese$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Sickel Pears$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga, Morocco, or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Biscuit glace, Bolivienne$0.50
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Glace Narbonne$0.60
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10

Page 3

lemon meringue pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Peaches$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Strawberry tartlet$0.15
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Indian Meal Pudding$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Bluepoints oysters$0.30
Cotuits Oysters$0.40
Cape Cods oysters$0.40
Little Necks clams$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Italian Paste Soup$0.25
Tomato soup with Croutons$0.25
Suzon Soup$0.25
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Terrapin, Newburg$3.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Mussels, Bretonne$0.85
Porgies, Maitre d'Hotel$0.35
Whitefish, Catalane$0.45
Brook Trout$0.50
Coquille of Halibut gratine with Cream$0.40
Weakfish, Bercy$0.45
Pate Parisian a la Ciboulette$0.40
Rack of Mutton, Soubise$0.45
Half Guinea Hen with Tarragon$1.25
Stuffed Devilled Lobster$0.65
Mixed Grill$0.85
Half Partridge saute with Mushrooms$1.75
Egg in Jelly$0.30
Beef in Daube$0.45
Head Cheese$0.25
Herring in White Wine$0.30
Cauliflower Salad$0.35
Squab with Watercress$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.25
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Rib of Beef$0.60
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab$1.00
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Poussin$1.25
Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Spinach$0.30
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
California Artichoke$0.60
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
New string beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Romaine and Pear Salad$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Celery Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Brie cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Neufchatel cheese$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Plums$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Sickel Pears$0.35
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga, Morocco, or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15

Page 4

Apple Souffle$0.50
Chocolate Custard Pie$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Pear pie$0.25
Banana Blancmanger$0.30
Hazelnut Tart$0.15
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hickoryisques$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Plombiere glace, Lucullus$0.60
Chestnut Mousse$0.40
French Coffee$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Sweetbread, Liancourt$0.75
Frogs' Legs, American style$1.50
Epigramme of Lamb, puree of Lima Beans$0.65
Plover with Juniper Berries$1.25
Coquille of Goose, St. Denis$0.75
Rillette de Tours$0.40
Half American Pullet, Strasbourgeoise$1.75
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints oysters$0.30
Cotuits Oysters$0.40
Cape Cods oysters$0.40
Little Necks clams$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream de Ble Vert$0.30
Consomme Andalouse$0.25
Bisque of Lobster$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Chow-chow$0.25
Olives$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Celery$0.30
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Terrapin, Philadelphia$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Fillet of Sole, Cleopatre$0.50
Sea Bass, Royale$0.50
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.40
Sheepshead, Courtbouillon$0.45
Brook Trout$0.50
Codfish Tongues with Curry$0.35
Antipasti$0.50
Galantine of Turkey$0.75
Half Chicken$1.25
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Duckling (half)$1.50
Spring Lamb$0.65
Mutton$0.45
Rib of Beef$0.60
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Squab Duckling$2.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Sorbet Grand Marnier$0.40
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
Romaine and Orange$0.40
Devon$0.40
Tomato$0.35
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Escarole$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes$0.35
Cucumber$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Allgauer$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Canadian$0.25
Dutch$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Swiss Cream$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Cream$0.25
Cottage$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Sickel Pears$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Comice Pear$0.25
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Raspberries$0.35
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga, Morocco, or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Maple Ice Cream$0.30
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10

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