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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-21
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
Fillets of Herring$30.00
Oysters
Bluepoints$30.00
Cotuits$40.00
Cape Cods$40.00
Grapefruit Supreme$75.00
Malaga, Morocco, or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Longchamps$25.00
Vermicelli$25.00
Croute-au-pot$25.00
Celery$30.00
Beluga Caviar$90.00
English Sole, Fried$125.00
Mussels, Fine herbs$85.00
Pompano, Guibert$45.00
Terrapin, Newbury$350.00
Fried Oyster Crabs$65.00
Olives$0.25
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Mutton Chop, Marseillaise$0.50
Frogs' Legs, Mariniere$1.50
Calf Brains and Egg with Brown Butter$0.40
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Smelts, Figaro sauce$0.40
Scallops, Brestoise$0.45
Codfish, Norwegian$0.35
Plover saute on Toast$1.25
Half Lobster, Mayonnaise$0.75
Virginia Ham$0.50
Chicken (half)$1.25
Rib of Beef$0.60
Squab with Peas a la Romaine$1.25
Mixed Grill$0.85
Egg with Tarragon$0.30
Jerusalem Artichoke Salad$0.30
Beef in Daube$0.45
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Squab Duckling$2.25
Squab$1.00
Squab Duckling (half$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
English Pheasant$3.50
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stewed Peaches$0.30
Quince Meringue Pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Casaba Melon$0.50
Plums$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Comice Pear$0.25
COCOANUT CUSTARD PIE$0.25
Spring Lamb$0.65
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Fancy Ice$0.50
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Poussin$1.25
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
California Artichoke$0.60
New Lima Beans$0.40
Cottage$0.25
Cream$0.25
Dutch$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Allgauer$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Swiss Cream$0.25
Canadian$0.25
Brie$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Mutton$0.45
New string beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Spinach$0.30
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Lettuce$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Escarole$0.30
Cucumber$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Romaine and Pineapple$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.35
Cream of Wheat Pudding$0.25
Alligator Pear$0.40
Celery$0.35
Chicory$0.30
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35

Page 2

Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
French Coffee$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Biscuit Glace$0.40
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Chocolate Mousse$0.40
Glace Dalmatienne$0.50
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Hickoryisques$0.30
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Cape Cods$0.40
Cherry Stones$0.35
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of Rice$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Bluepoints$0.30
Little Necks$0.30
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Millefeuille Tart$0.15
White Wine Jelly$0.30
Malaga, Morocco or Tokay Grapes$0.40
California Orange$0.15
Plums$0.35
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Casaba Melon$0.50
Sickel Pears$0.35
Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar-le-Duc$0.45
Cottage$0.25
Swiss Cream$0.25
Dutch$0.25
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Canadian$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Cream$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Windsor$0.25
Buesecca Milanaise$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Brie$0.25
Allgauer$0.25
Edam$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Cabinet Pudding$0.30
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
New string beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Plover$1.25
Squab Duckling$2.25
Rib of Beef$0.60
Duckling (half)$1.50
Galantine of Turkey$0.75
Radishes$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Vert Pre Salad$0.40
Half American Pullet stuffed with Truffle$2.00
Fillet of Beef, Modern$0.90
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Cucumber$0.35
Chicory$0.30
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Romaine and Orange$0.40
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Cervelat$0.30
Salted Nuts$0.25
Chow-chow$0.25
Olives$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Loin Lamb Chop, puree Bruxelloise$0.50
Chicken Pie Truffle$0.75
Terrapin, Philadelphia$3.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Brook Trout$0.50
Kingfish, Duglere$0.50
Mousse of Chicken, Alphonse XII.$0.50
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Spanish Mackerel, Gourmet sauce$0.45
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Celery$0.30
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Scallops, Greville$0.45
Whitefish, Meuniere$0.45
Half Guinea Hen with Figs$1.25
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.40
Mutton$0.45
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Canape Danoise$0.40
Herring in White Wine$0.30
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Half Chicken$1.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Spring Lamb$0.65
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Green Corn$0.40
California Artichoke$0.60
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
boiled new potatoes$0.20
New Lima Beans$0.40
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Escarole$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Diana$0.50
Alligator Pear$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Apricot Ice Cream$0.30
COCOANUT CUSTARD PIE$0.25
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Pineapple Pie$0.25
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Assorted cakes$0.20
Sorbet Creme de Menthe$0.40

Page 3

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
Perles du Nizam$0.25
Bolivar$0.25
Cream of Brussels Sprouts$0.30
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 with Sherry$3.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Codfish Tongues, Creole$0.35
Brook Trout$0.50
Whitefish, Bearnaise sauce$0.45
Weakfish, Pondichery$0.45
Porgies with Sauterne$0.35
Broiled Eels, Remoulade sauce$0.35
Pilaff of Chicken Livers a la Grecque$0.60
Calf's Feet, Mariniere$0.40
Breast of Grouse, Port Wine sauce$1.50
Frog's Legs saute, Fine herbs$1.50
Hearts Delight Sausage, Mashed Yellow Peas$0.40
Mixed Grill$0.85
Egg, Juliette$0.30
Smelts a la Romaine$0.40
Potato salad$0.25
Rack of Mutton with Beans$0.45
Corned Beef Pressed$0.30
Chicken (half)$1.25
Mutton$0.45
Spring Lamb$0.65
Rib of Beef$0.60
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Spinach$0.30
Sickel Pears$0.35
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Duckling (half$1.50
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Squab$1.00
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Guinea Chick (half)$1.00
Chicken (half)$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Plover$1.25
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Cottage$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Dutch$0.25
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
French Coffee$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Orange Water Ice$0.30
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
Tea Biscuits$0.15
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Fancy Ice$0.50
Honey Ice Cream$0.30
Tomato$0.35
Escarole$0.30
Scotch Grouse$3.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
California Artichoke$0.60
New string beans$0.40
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.35
Baked Cauliflower$0.40
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Pint Neuf Tartlet$0.15
Peach Pie$0.25
Malaga, Morocco or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Comice Pear$0.25
Raspberries$0.40
Stewed Strawberries$0.35
Farina Pudding$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.20
Stewed Peaches$0.30
Caramel Custard Pie$0.25
Stewed Plums$0.35
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Fresh Strawberries$0.50
Casaba Melon$0.50
California Orange$0.15
Cottage Cheese with Guava Paste$0.45
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.40
boiled new potatoes$0.20
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Cream$0.25
Camembert$0.25
Cucumber$0.35
Swiss Cream$0.25
Canadian$0.25
Neufchatel$0.25
Liederkranz$0.25
Port Salut$0.25
Brie$0.25
Allgauer$0.25
Gruyere$0.25
Cherry Tomatoes$0.40
Romaine and Grapefruit$0.40
Alligator Pear$0.40
Lettuce$0.30
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
FRESH FRUIT$0.40
Celery$0.35
Chicory$0.30

Page 4

Coffee Custard Pie$0.25
Cream Beau Rivage$0.30
APRICOT PIE$0.25
Tart a la Reine$0.15
Pear Condee$0.30
Hickoryisques$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Sickel Pears$0.35
Casaba Melon$0.50
Comice Pear$0.25
California Orange$0.15
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
boiled new potatoes$0.20
New Lima Beans$0.40
Stuffed Tomato$0.35
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Bermuda potatoes$0.25
New string beans$0.40
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.40
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Fried Japanese Crosnes$0.30
Cauliflower Polonaise$0.35
California Artichoke$0.60
GREEN PEAS$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.55
Radishes$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Salted Nuts$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Olives$0.25
Pickled Figs$0.30
Chow-chow$0.25
Sweet Pickles$0.25
Celery$0.30
Fillets of Herring$0.30
Consomme Neige de Florence$0.25
Balvet$0.25
Philadelphia Pepper Pot$0.25
Lobster Cocktail$0.70
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Half Chicken$1.25
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Spring Lamb$0.65
Mousse of Foie Gras in Jelly$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Sea Bass, Mildred$0.50
Halibut, Scotch sauce$0.40
Terrapin, Trenton$3.50
English Sole, Fried$1.25
Fillet of Sole, Lucette$0.50
Whitebait, Tartar sauce$0.45
Pompano, Papilotte$0.45
Brook Trout$0.50
Sirloin Steak, Mexicaine$1.75
Coquille of Crabmeat, Gadski$0.65
Veal Kidney, Catalane$0.65
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Cotuits$0.40
Cape Cods$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Caviar, Special Importation$1.25
Sweetbread, Porto Rico$0.75
Plover, Villereau$1.25
Royans, Bordelaise$0.50
Tomato Souffle$0.40
Celery Knob Salad$0.40
Chaudfroid of Chicken, George Sand$0.75
Duckling (half)$1.50
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 Polonaise$0.40
Romaine and Pear$0.40
Alexander$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
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
Cottage Cheese with Guava Paste$0.45
Concord, Niagara or Delaware Grapes$0.35
Malaga, Morocco or Tokay Grapes$0.40
Pudding glace, Navarre$0.60
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Meringue glace, Panache$0.45
Hazelnut Ice Cream$0.30
Rum Mousse$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Peach or Pear Melba$0.60
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread or Rolls and Butter$0.10
French Coffee$0.15
Apollinaris$0.40 – $0.25
Apollinaris$0.15
Johannis$0.40 – $0.25

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