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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-20
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
21.5x13.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Cream of lettuce soup$0.30
Tomato soup with Croutons$0.25
Little Neck clams$0.30
Codfish Tongues with Brown Butter$0.35
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluefish, Harlequin sauce$0.45
Boiled Beef Salad, Parisian$0.40
Royans, Bordelaise$0.50
Cape Cod Oysters$0.40
Olives$0.25
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Bluepoint Oysters$0.30
Oysters a la Louise$0.90
Brook Trout$0.50
Poussin (broiled)$1.25
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Tureen Bontoux$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Dutch cheese$0.25
Pumpkin Pie$0.25
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Spinach$0.30
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Romaine and Orange Salad$0.40
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Fried Japanaese Crosnes$0.30
Tapioca Pudding with Apples$0.25
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Chicory Salad$0.30
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.35
Celery$0.30
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Egg, Baltimore$0.30
Lemon water ice$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Stewed Peaches$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Cotuits [oysters]$0.40
Italian Paste Soup$0.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.25
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Pineapple Tart$0.15
Second Joint of Chicken, Hongroise$0.60
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Mutton Feet, Poulette$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
Neufchatel cheese$0.25
Comice Pear$0.25
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Casaba Melon$0.50
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Rack of Mutton with Flageolets$0.45
Breast of Pheasant, Alsacienne$2.00
Stewed Plums$0.35
Assorted cakes$0.20
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.45
Plums$0.35
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Apollinaris mineral water$0.15 – $0.40
Cherry Pie$0.25
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Roast Mutton$0.45
California Orange$0.15
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce (roast)$0.65
Squab (broiled)$1.00
Bread and Butter$0.10
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Spring Turkey (half) (broiled)$1.75
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce (roast)$0.65
Plover$1.25
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Chicken (half) (roast)$1.25
Chicken (half) (broiled)$1.00
Mixed Grill$0.85
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Sickel Pears$0.35
Rib of Beef (roast)$0.60
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.25
Concord Grapes$0.35
Porgies saute with Butter$0.35
Fresh Mackeral, Mustard sauce$0.75
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab Duckling$2.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
California Artichoke$0.60
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Lamb's Tongue, Marine$0.30
Spring Lamb$0.65
New string beans$0.40
Guina Chick (half)$1.00
Brie$0.25
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Fancy Ice$0.50
Malaga grapes$0.40
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Peach Melba$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Johannis mineral water$0.25 – $0.40
Terrapin, Bradley Martin$3.50
English Pheasant$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Rolls and butter$0.10

Page 2

Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints oysters$0.30
Cotuits Oysters$0.40
Cape Cods oysters$0.40
Little Necks clams$0.30
Cherry Stones Clams$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Consomme Dubarry$0.25
Mulligatawny$0.25
Bisque of Smelts$0.30
Caviar, Special$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
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Terrapin, Maryland$3.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Half Planked Whitefish$1.00
Fillet of Sole, Waleska$0.50
Mussels, Fine herbs$0.85
Perch Dorpat$0.35
Brook Trout$0.50
Weakfish, Montmorency$0.45
Savory of Oysters with Cheese$0.50
Sweetbread, Tournon$0.75
Bitock a la Russe$0.60
Frogs' Legs, Lilloise$1.50
Squab Bourgeoise$1.25
Crawfish en Buisson$0.50
Beef in Daube$0.45
Pig's Feet, Marine$0.40
Chaudfroid of Chicken, George Sand$0.75
Chicken Salad, Escoffier$0.65
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 au Kummel$0.40
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
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 Pear Salad$0.40
Salome Salad$0.50
Tomato Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.35
FRESH FRUIT SALAD$0.40
Allgauer Cheese$0.25
Brie$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz$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
Comice Pear$0.25
California Orange$0.15
Plums$0.35
Concord Grapes$0.35
Malaga grapes$0.40
Apple Charlotte$0.30
Chestnut Blancmanger$0.30
Almond Tart$0.15
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
Mango Pie$0.25
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
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Glace Coppelia$0.60
Honey Ice Cream$0.30
Chestnut Mousse$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Rolls and butter$0.10
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Pear Melba$0.60
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40

Page 3

Bluepoints [oysters]$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Little Necks [clams]$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Coupe Waldorf$1.00
Fried Clams$0.60
Clam Fritters$0.60
Hot Chicken Broth, Bellevue$0.35
Noisette of Lamb, Perigourdine$0.75
Terrapin, Philadelphia$3.50
Baba au Rum$0.25
Meringue glace Panache$0.45
Cup Custard$0.35
Eclair$0.10
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Caramel custard$0.25
Preserved Satsuma Plums$0.35
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Wine Jelly$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Omelette Soufflee$0.60
Hazelnut Souffle$0.50
Fruit Compote$0.75
Savarin au Kirsch$0.30
Peach"au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Waldorf Omelette Souffle$0.75
French asparagus$0.85
Mackeral in Oil$0.50
Mixed Cold Meat$0.90
Mixed Cold Meat with Chicken$1.10
Mixed Cold Meat with Virginia Ham$1.40
Waldorf Salad$0.35
Chicken Sandwich$0.30
Canape, Lorenzo$0.75
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Chaudfroid of Chicken in Jelly$0.75
Lobster salad$0.75
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Lobster Cardinale$1.75
Lobster Croquette$0.35
Soft Clams, Pompadour$0.90
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Fried Scallops$0.45
Stuffed Crab$0.65
Lobster Newburg$1.75
Half Broiled Lobster$0.75
Scotch Woodcock$0.60
Welsh rarebit$0.50
Yorkshire Buck$0.70
Crab Meat, Creole$1.50
Devilled Kidneys$0.50
Sweetbread Croquette$0.40
Devilled Stuffed Lobster$0.65
Bouchee of Mushrooms$0.50
Boneless Squab$1.25
Royans a la Perigord$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Cold Chicken Broth$0.35
Hot Consomme$0.30
Hot Clam Broth$0.30
Anchovies$0.50
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.25
Bismarck Herring$0.30
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Lyon Sausage$0.30
Harengs de Fecamp$0.30
Broiled Sweetbread$0.65
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Broiled Guinea Hen (half)$1.00
Tournedos of Fillet, Magenta$0.90
California Artichoke$0.60
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Tongue Sandwich$0.25
Broiled Hamburg Chicken$1.25
Broiled Squab$1.00
Sliced Cold Chicken$0.65
Pate de foie gras sandwich$0.50
Sardine Sandwich$0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Cold Chicken and Ham Pie$0.75
Cold Westphalian Ham$0.60
Cold Squab$1.00
Royal Squab$1.25
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Cold Virginia Ham$0.50
Cold tongue$0.35
Cold Boneless Squab$1.25
Cold Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Pate de Foie Gras$0.75
Cold boned capon$0.75
Bread and Butter$0.10
Rolls and butter$0.10
Ham Sandwich$0.25
Cold Chicken (half)$1.25
String Beans Salad$0.40
Virginia Ham Sandwich$0.40
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.40
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Salad Francillon$0.60
Neapolitan ice cream$0.35
Caviar sandwich$0.60
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Stilton Cheese$0.25
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Macedoine of Fruits$0.75
Sorbet Creme Yvette$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Liederkranz Cheese$0.25
Roman Punch$0.40
Lemon water ice$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Salad Italienne$0.60
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Club sandwich$0.40
Tutti-Frutti$0.40
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Asparagus Tip Salad$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Chicken salad$0.65
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Baked Alaska$0.75
Romaine Salad$0.30
Cottage Cheese$0.25
Crab Meat salad$0.70
Ham a la Rex Sandwich$0.30
Canadian Cheese$0.25
Dutch cheese$0.25
Port Salut Cheese$0.25
Gruyere Cheese$0.25
Edam Cheese$0.25
Special Swiss Cream Cheese$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Hot Chicken Broth$0.35
Cold Consomme$0.30
Cold Chicken Broth, Bellevue$0.35
Cold Clam Broth$0.30

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