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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-14
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

Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of Mushrooms Soup$0.30
Vermicelli Soup$0.25
Minestrone Milanaise$0.25
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Olives$0.25
Terrapin, Waldorf$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Codfish, Jackson$0.35
Bluefish, Hachee sauce$0.45
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Perch and Eels Matelotte$0.35
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Sea Bass, Boitel$0.50
Mussels, Mariniere$0.85
Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.40
Herring in White Wine$0.30
Fillet of Beef, Prinatnier$0.90
Beefsteak Minute with Yellow Tomato$0.95
New String Beans Salad$0.40
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cape Cods$0.40
Mutton Feet, Poulette$0.40
Mixed Grill$0.85
Half Duckling with Turnips$1.75
Spring Lamb$0.65
Rib of Beef$0.60
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Casaba Melon$0.50
French Coffee$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Celery$0.30
Muttin$0.45
Squab$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Duckling$2.25
California Orange$0.15
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Plums$0.35
California Artichoke$0.60
Lettuce$0.30
Fresh Figs$0.50
COCOANUT CUSTARD PIE$0.25
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
New string beans$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Chicken (half)$1.25
Plum Tartlet$0.15
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Plover, Financiere$1.25
Egg, Juliette$0.30
Lamb's Tongue, Marine$0.25
Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Peach Short Coke$0.60
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Boston Bread Pudding$0.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Plover$1.25
New Lima Beans$0.40
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Romaine and Hot House Grapes$0.50
Malaga, Morocco or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Peach Meringue Pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Chicory$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Cucumber$0.35
Escarole$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Sickel Pears$0.35
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stewed Peaches$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Spinach$0.30
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Allgauer$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Canadian$0.25
Dutch$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Swiss Cream$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Cream$0.25
Cottage$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45

Page 2

Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Sweetbread, Tzarine$0.75
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Pear Melba$0.60
Peach Melba$0.60
Rolls and butter$0.10
Bread and Butter$0.10
Turkish Coffee$0.20
French Coffee$0.15
Half Guinea Hen with Tarragon$1.00
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Mutton$0.45
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Plover$1.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Hickoryisques$0.30
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Fillet of Beef with Tomato Surprise$0.90
Salted Nuts$0.25
Consomme Chatelaine$0.25
Bisque of Soft Shell Crabs$0.30
Perles du Nizam$0.25
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
Terrapin, Admiral Reid$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Pompano, Guibert$0.45
Sheepshead, Courtbouillon$0.45
Fresh Mackerel, Hoteliere$0.75
Brook Trout$0.50
Planked Whitefish half$1.00
Fillet of Sole, Rejane$0.50
Soft clams a la Newburg$0.90
Mignon of Veal with Semelles Argenteuil$0.55
Mutton Chop Bouchere, puree Bruxelloise$0.50
Breast of Pheasant, Alsacienne$2.00
Delice of Alligator Pear, Russian style$0.50
Soft Shell crabs, Tartar sauce$0.50
Demi-deuil salad$0.70
Half Chicken$1.25
Spring Lamb$0.65
Duckling (half)$1.50
Rib of Beef$0.60
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Sorbet Marechal$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
New Lima Beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
GREEN PEAS$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New string beans$0.40
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Romaine and Orange$0.40
Diana$0.50
Tomato$0.35
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Chicory$0.30
Lettuce$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Escarole$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Cucumber$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Allgauer$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Canadian$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Cream$0.25
Sickel Pears$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Casaba Melon$0.50
Plums$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
California Orange$0.15
Malaga, Morocco or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Profiteroles Chocolate$0.30
COCOANUT CUSTARD PIE$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Cherry Tartlet$0.15
Pineapple Pie$0.25
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Port Wine Jelly$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Pudding glace, Duchesse$0.60
Pear ice cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Almond Mousse$0.40
TUTTI FRUTTI ICE CREAM$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40

Page 3

Terrapin, Baltimore$3.50
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
Café Parfait$0.35
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Stewed Plums$0.35
Deep Dish Apple Pie$0.30
Stewed Peaches$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.20
Farina Pudding$0.25
Peach Tartlet$0.15
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Casaba Melon$0.50
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Plums$0.35
Fresh Figs$0.50
Sickel Pears$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
California Orange$0.15
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fresh Mackerel, Comtoise$0.75
Scallops, poulette$1.25
Whitefish, Catalane$0.45
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Codfish Tongues, Brown Butter$0.35
Broiled Striped Bass$0.50
Brook Trout$0.50
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Olives$0.25
Croute-au-pot$0.25
Mongole$0.30
Perles du Nizam$0.25
Plover saute, Lilly on Croutons$1.25
Fritadella with Lentils, Tomato sauce$0.40
Braised Rack of Mutton Puree, Bretonne$0.50
Fried Frogs' Legs, Tartar sauce$1.25
Bacon with Spinach$0.40
Mixed Grill$0.85
Egg au Nid$0.30
Fillet of Beef with Stuffed Cucumbers$0.90
Galantine of Turkey$0.75
Trout in Jelly$0.50
Chaudfroid of Chicken, Smithfield$0.75
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
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
New string beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Romaine and Pear$0.40
Allgauer, cheese$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Brie$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Cheese: Swiss Cream$0.25
Cheese: Cream$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Cheese: Cottage$0.25
Alligator Pear$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Celery$0.35
Chicory$0.30
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Cucumber$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Escarole$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Clams: Cherry Stones$0.35
Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Oysters: Cotuits$0.40
Oysters: Cape Cods$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75

Page 4

boiled new potatoes$0.20
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New Lima Beans$0.40
GREEN PEAS$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
California Artichoke$0.60
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Romaine and Grapefruit Salad$0.40
Princess Salad$0.45
Tomato Salad$0.35
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Cucumber$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Edam Cheese$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Swiss Cream 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
Casaba Melon$0.50
Fresh Figs$0.50
Comice Pear$0.25
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Pear Richelieu$0.30
Cream Caramel$0.30
Tart Mousseline$0.15
Cinnamon Custard Pie$0.25
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Peach Short Cake$0.60
Assorted cakes$0.20
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Hickoryisques$0.30
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Plombiere glace, Windsor$0.60
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Peach Mousse$0.40
Hazelnut Ice Cream$0.30
Sultana Roll$0.50
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Bluepoint Oysters$0.30
Cotuit oysters$0.40
Cape Cod Oysters$0.40
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stone Oysters$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup$0.25
Cream of Celery soup$0.30
Consomme Neige de Florence$0.25
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, Bradley Martin$3.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fried Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Mussels, Mariniere$0.85
Sheepshead, Regnault$0.45
Weakfish, Pondichery$0.45
Spanish Mackerel, Paprika sauce$0.45
Striped Bass, Lobster sauce$0.50
Brook Trout$0.50
Boneless Squab with Grapes$1.25
Pilaff of Lamb a la Grecque$0.60
Half Partridge, Sera Morena$1.75
Truffles a la Serviette$1.50
Half American Pullet stuffed with Chestnuts$2.00
Beef en Daube$0.45
Salad Francillon$0.70
Capon a la Neva$0.85
Olives, Montpelieraine$0.40
Halibut with Egg and Lettuce$0.40
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 ORIENTAL$0.40

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