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Waldorf-Astoria

Date
1912-01-01
Restaurant
Waldorf-Astoria
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 1

Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Lynnhavens$0.40
Cape Cods$0.35
Cotuits$0.35
Smith's Island$0.40
Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of String Beans$0.30
Mongole$0.30
Tapioca$0.25
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Olives$0.25
Fillets of Herring$0.25
Terrapin, Waldorf$3.50
Planked Roe Shad$5.00
Half Planked Roe Shad$2.50
English Sole$1.25
Whitebait$0.40
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
kingfish, stuffed with bacon$0.50
Eels with Curry$0.35
Scrod, Boston style$0.60
Porgies saute, Fines herbes$0.35
Halibut, Mousseline sauce$0.40
Oysters a l'Ancienne$0.90
Egg, canfield$0.30
Leg of Mutton with Red Beans$0.45
Corned beef with cabbage$0.40
Lamb Chop, Provencale$0.50
croquette of lamb with peas$0.40
ragout of abattis of turkey, chipolata$0.35
second joint of chicken, vegetables$0.45
andouillette of troyes, puree of potatoes$0.35
Mixed Grill$0.85
Plover on Canape$1.25
Egg, Marseillaise$0.30
Herring in White Wine$0.25
Beef in Daube$0.45
rack of veal with tomatoes$0.45
Squab$1.00
Flageolets Salad$0.30
Chicken (half)$1.25
Rhode Island Turkey, Chestnut Stuffing$0.75
Beef per cut$0.50
Mutton$0.40
Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Hot-house lamb$0.65
Lamb$0.50
Squab Duckling$2.25
Special Raised Squab Turkey$4.00
Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Squab$1.00
Guinea Hen (half)$1.00
Honey Ice Cream$0.30
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Chicken (half)$1.00
Poussin$1.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Venison$1.50
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Hot House Asparagus$2.50
Artichoke$0.60
Potatoes, Loulou$0.20
Spinach, English style$0.30
Beets in Butter$0.30
puree of white turnips$0.25
French peas$0.30
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Fancy Ices$0.50
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Ices in Souvenier$0.75
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
French Coffee$0.15
Bread and Butter$0.10
Chicory Salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.35
Romaine and Orange Salad$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Celery Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.30
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Dandelion Salad$0.30
Monks Beard salad$0.40
Endive Salad$0.40
Pont l'Eveque cheese, per person$0.20
American cheese, per person$0.20
Brie, per person$0.20
Canadian cheese, per person$0.20
Stilton, per person$0.20
Port Salut cheese, per person$0.20
Edam$0.20
Roquefort, per person$0.20
Cream Cheese, per person$0.20
Gorgonzola, per person$0.20
Camembert, per person$0.20
Gervais cheese, per person$0.20
Gruyere, per person$0.20
Neufchatel cheese, per person$0.20
Individual Bar-le-Duc with Gervais Cheese$0.40
Tangerines
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
Newtown Pippin Apple$0.15
California Orange$0.15
Florida Orange$0.15
Fresh Figs$0.40
Pear$0.25
California Casaba Melon$0.40
Sickel Pears$0.25
Grapefruit$0.35
Fresh Strawberries$0.75
Fresh blackberries$0.75
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Niagara Grapes$0.30
Concord Grapes$0.30
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Assorted cakes$0.20
Apple Pie$0.25
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Stewed pears$0.30
Stewed Crab Apples$0.30
Vanilla Custard Pie$0.25
Sago Pudding$0.25
Choux praline$0.15
Stewed rhubarb$0.25
Rolls and butter$0.10
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40

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Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Grapefruit Supreme$0.75
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Nymphe a l'Aurore$1.00
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Cream of String Beans soup$0.30
Terrapin, Baltimore$3.50
Little Neck clams$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Planked Roe Shad$5.00 – $2.50
Noisette of Veal with Japanese Crosnes$0.45
Pate, Orleanais$0.75
Lynnhavens$0.40
Planked Whitefish$1.00 – $2.00
Consomme Seville$0.25
Plover, Financiere$1.25
Bisque of Lobster$0.30
Bluepoints$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Cotuits$0.35
Smith's Island Oysters$0.40
Bouches St. Hubert$0.50
Salted Nuts$0.25
Maurice soup$0.25
Bolivar Soup$0.25
Contrefilet of Beef, stuffed tomatoes$0.65
Radishes$0.25
Olives$0.25
Royans, Bordelaise$0.50
Trout au bleu$0.65
Chow-chow$0.15
Salmon, Anchovy sauce$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Whitebait$0.40
Sorbet Anisette$0.40
Wild Rice$0.50
Cape Cods$0.35
Pin-money pickles$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
English sole, Colbert$1.50
Brook Trout$0.50
Smelts, Jean d'Arc$0.40
Spanish Mackeral, Sicilienne$0.40
Celery$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.35
Romaine and Pear Salad$0.40
Monk's Beard$0.40
Croquette of Fillet, Macedoine$0.50
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Artichoke$0.60
Asparagus Tips a la Charles$0.75
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Braised Lettuce$0.40
Gervais cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Bitock a la Russe$0.50
Potatoes, Alphonso$0.40
Individual Bar-le-Duc with Gervais Cheese$0.40
Cauliflower, Polonaise$0.35
Omelette Souffle Vanilla$0.60
Cinnamon Custard Pie$0.25
English Pheasant$3.50
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Escarole Salad$0.30
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Cream Cheese$0.20
Je-sais-tout Salad$0.50
Peach Melba$0.60
Hot House Asparagus$2.50
Pear Melba$0.60
Tangerines$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.20
Chicory Salad$0.30
French Coffee$0.15
Edam Cheese$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
California Orange$0.15
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Lamb Chop, Leverier$0.50
Sweetbread, Nouveau Siecle$0.75
Frog Legs, Mariniere$1.25
English Pheasant with Watercress$1.75 – $3.50
Chaudfroid of Chicken, Jeannette$0.75
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Bread and Butter$0.10
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Glace Gismonde$0.60
Fancy Ices$0.50
Rhum Mousse$0.40
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Malaga grapes$0.40
Gateau Mousseline$0.50
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Assorted cakes$0.20
Savarin Chantilly$0.30
Cherry Pie$0.25
Peach "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Sickel Pears$0.25
California Casaba Melon$0.40
Pear$0.25
Fresh Figs$0.40
Grapefruit$0.35
Newtown Pippen apple$0.15
Fresh Strawberries$0.75
Stilton$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Brie$0.20
Gruyere$0.20
Gorgonzola$0.20
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Cucumber salad$0.30
Rolls and butter$0.10
Roast Duckling (half)$1.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Roast Rhode Island Turkey, Chestnut Stuffing$0.75
Venison$1.50
Plover$1.25
Scotch Grouse$3.00
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Lamb$0.50
Roast beef$0.50
Roast Hot-house Lamb$0.65
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Special Raised Broiled Squab Turkey$4.00
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Endive Salad$0.40
albse salad$0.40
Dandelion Salad$0.30
Fetticus and beets salad$0.35
Tomato Salad$0.35
Waldorf Salad$0.35
Fresh blackberries$0.75
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
Florida Orange$0.15
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75

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