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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-11-06
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23x14cm folded; 23x28cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 2

California Orange$0.15
Comice Pear$0.25
Concord Grapes$0.35
Orange Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Grapefruit$0.35
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Casaba Melon$0.50
Bananas$0.20
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Old Fashion Buckwheat Cakes$0.25
CRUMPETS$0.20
Baked Apple$0.25
Stewed Crab Apples$0.35
Stewed prunes$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.25
Stewed Pear$0.30
Plums$0.35
Cream, extra$0.10
Preserved Stewed Fruits$0.25
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.20
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Satsuma Plums$0.35
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Pineapple Preserves$0.20
Pear Preserves$0.20
Peach Preserves$0.20
Fig Preserves$0.20
Strawberry Preserves$0.20
Quince Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Grape Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Currant Jelly$0.25
Pickled Peaches$0.30
Brandied Peach$0.30
Brandied Pineapple$0.30
Brandied Pear$0.30
Brandied cherries$0.30
Brandied Figs$0.30
Southern Waffles$0.25
Wheat Cakes$0.25
Rice Cakes$0.25
Corn Cakes$0.25
Blackberry jam$0.20
Raspberry jam$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.20
Damson Jam$0.20
Apricot jam$0.20
Peach Jam$0.20
Plain toast$0.15
Dipped Toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.20
Cinnamon Buns$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Zwieback$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Cream toast$0.35
Brioches$0.15
Pop-Overs$0.15
Bread and butter, per person$0.10
Rolls and butter, per person$0.10
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Oatmeal with milk$0.30
oatmeal with cream$0.35
Puffed Rice with Milk$0.30
Puffed Rice with Cream$0.35
Corn Flakes with Milk$0.30
Corn Flakes with Cream$0.35
Grape Nuts with Milk$0.30
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.35
Wheatena with Milk$0.30
Wheatena with cream$0.35
Fried hominy$0.20
hominy with milk$0.30
Hominy with cream$0.35
Triscuit with Milk$0.30
Triscuit with Cream$0.35
Baltimore Hominy with Milk$0.30
Baltimore Hominy with Cream$0.35
Boiled Rice with Milk$0.30
Boiled Rice with Cream$0.35
Force with Milk$0.30
Force with Cream$0.35
Indian meal mush with milk$0.30
Indian Meal Mush with Cream$0.35
Shredded Wheat with Milk$0.30
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.35
Fried eggs with ham$0.60
Boiled eggs$0.25
Fried eggs with bacon$0.50
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Shirred Eggs with Brown Butter$0.35
Poached Eggs on Toast$0.35
Scrambled eggs, plain (for one)$0.35
Scrambled eggs, plain (for two)$0.45
Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips (for one)$0.45
Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips (for two)$0.65
Scrambled eggs with mushrooms (for one)$0.50
Scrambled eggs with mushrooms (for two)$0.75
Apple Sauce$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Omelette, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Omelette with fine herbs$0.40 – $0.50
Omelette with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.90
Omelette with kidneys$0.50 – $0.70
Omelette with chicken livers$0.50 – $0.75
Omelette with tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Ham omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Bacon Omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Spanish omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Virginia Ham Omelette$0.50 – $0.75

Page 3

Spanish mackerel$0.35
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Fresh Salmon$0.40
Weakfish$0.35
English Bloater$0.30
Fresh Mackerel$0.75
Kippered Herring$0.50
Salt mackerel$0.50
Finnan Haddie$0.40
Halibut$0.35
Fillet of Sole$0.40
Fresh Codfish$0.35
Whitefish$0.35
Fried Scallops, Tartare sauce$0.45
Bluefish$0.40
Codfish in Cream$0.50
Porgies$0.35
Smelts$0.40
Sea bass$0.45
Trout$0.50
Kingfish$0.45
Codfish Cake$0.30
Scrod$0.60
Perch$0.35
Double Tenderloin$1.50
Heart's Delight Sausage$0.35
Honey Comb Tripe$0.25
Virginia bacon$0.30
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Tenderloin$0.90
Beefsteak$1.00
Beefsteak, Minute$0.90
Mutton Chop$0.40
Beefsteak, with bacon$1.20
Sweetbread$0.65
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Lamb Chops (2)$0.80
Lamb Chops (1)$0.45
English mutton chop$0.75
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Salisbury Steak$0.90
Pork Chop$0.35
Veal Chop$0.40
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Broiled Ham$0.35
Heart's Delight Ham$0.35
Veal Kidney$0.60
Chicken hash$1.00
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
Virginia Ham$0.50
Philadelphia Scrappel$0.30
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
bacon$0.25
Irish Bacon$0.50
Beechnut Bacon$0.30
Lamb Hash$0.85
country sausages$0.35
Instant Postum$0.25
Potato Paille$0.20
deerfoot sausages$0.35
Spare Ribs$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
pig's feet$0.35
Kidneys in brochette$0.40
Sausage Cake$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
Postum$0.35
Special Coffee$0.35
Coffee with Milk$0.25
Coffee with Cream$0.35
Kumyss$0.25
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Malted Milk$0.25
Briarcliff, Milk, pint$0.20
Cocoa with Whipped Cream$0.30
Broma with whipped cream$0.30
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
English Breakfast Tea with cream$0.35
Oolong tea with cream$0.35
Ceylon tea with cream$0.35
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Hashed Cream Potatoes$0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.20
Stewed potatoes$0.20
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.20
Baked Potato (1)$0.15
Boiled Potatoes (2)$0.15
Hashed browned potatoes$0.20
Saute Potatoes$0.20
Stewed Kidneys$0.60

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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