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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-13
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Terrapin with Sherry$3.50
Half broiled Partridge, American style$1.75
Quince Meringue Pie$0.25
Half Squab Chicken, Bourguignonne$1.10
Stuffed Devilled Lobster$0.65
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Poussin$1.25
Cold Chicken Pie, Truffle$0.75
Dixie Salad$0.40
Rice Pudding with Peaches$0.25
Almond Tartlet$0.15
Orange Custard Pie$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Spanish Mackerel, Colbert sauce$0.45
Scallops, Greville$0.60
Perch, Dorpat$0.35
Striped Bass au gratin$0.50
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Romaine and Pineapple Salad$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Roast Rib of Beef$0.60
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Pear Melba$0.60
Peach Melba$0.60
Rolls and butter$0.10
Bread and Butter$0.10
Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
Brie cheese$0.25
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Neufchatel cheese$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Soup Velours$0.25
Fresh Mackerel, Hoteliere$0.75
Brook Trout$0.50
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Turkish Coffee$0.20
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Broiled Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Broiled Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Broiled Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.30
CLAM BROTH$0.25
Julienne$0.25
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Deerfoot Sausage with Sauterne$0.40
Mixed Grill$0.85
Mutton Kidney, Vert Pre$0.40
Eggs, Nordenskjold$0.30
Salmon, Vincent sauce$0.50
Beef Tongue, Escarlate$0.45
Chicken (half)$1.25
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Brussel Sprouts$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Spinach$0.30
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
California Artichoke$0.60
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Green Corn$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed green peppers$0.35
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Alligator Pear$0.40
Celery$0.35
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Cucumber$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes$0.35
Casaba Melon$0.50
Plums$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Sickel Pears$0.35
Concord Grapes$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
California Orange$0.15
Malaga grapes$0.40
Raspberries$0.35
Stewed Plums$0.35
Stewed Peaches$0.40
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35

Page 2

MULLIGATAWNY SOUP$0.25
Tapioca Soup$0.25
Terrapin, Trenton$3.50
Cold Boneless Squab$1.25
Halibut, Shrimp sauce$0.40
SORBET CREOLE$0.40
Fried Scallops, Remoulade Sauce$0.60
Romaine and Pear Salad$0.40
Rice Custard Pie$0.25
Orange Tart$0.15
Cream Malakoff$0.30
Curacao Mousse$0.40
Walnut Ice Cream$0.30
Biscuit glace, Renaissance$0.50
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Rib of Beef$0.60
Pudding Cleveland$0.30
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Kingfish, Alaska$0.50
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Brook Trout$0.45
Bluefish, Montmorency$0.45
Smelts, Figaro sauce$0.40
Capon, Poincare$0.85
Breast of Grouse, Tyrolienne sauce$1.50
Half Guinea Hen with Lettuce$1.25
Marguerite Comtesse$0.50
Cold Trout, Venitienne$0.50
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
rhubarb pie$0.25
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Asparagus Tips Salad$0.40
Dutch cheese$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
Brie cheese$0.25
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Edam Cheese$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Neufchatel cheese$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cape Cods$0.40
Cherry Stones$0.35
Cream Crecy Soup$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Bluepoints$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Hickoryisques$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.35
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Tosca Salad$0.50
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
pudding glace, diplomat$0.60
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
chaudfoid, smithfield$0.75
Frogs' Legs saute, Lilloise$1.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Foie Gras en Rocher$0.75
Roast Mutton$0.45
Roast Half Chicken$1.25
Roast Spring Lamb$0.65
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Fillets of Herring$0.30
boiled new potatoes$0.20
New Lima Beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Green Corn$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New string beans$0.40
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Plums$0.35
Casaba Melon$0.50
California Orange$0.15
Fresh Figs$0.50
Raspberries$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Café Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Celery$0.30
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Chow-chow$0.25
Olives$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Cervelat$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90

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