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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
Bluepoint Oysters$0.30
Lynnhaven Oysters$0.40
Cape Cod Oysters$0.35
Cotuit oysters$0.35
Smith's Island Oysters$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stone Clams$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream of Chicken Soup$0.30
Clam Chowder$0.20
Croute-au-pot$0.25
Celery$0.30
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Olives$0.25
Fillet of Herring$0.25
Terrapin, Sherry$3.50
Whitebait$0.40
English Sole$1.25
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Sea Bass, Bonnefemme$0.50
Fresh Mackerel, Hoteliere$0.75
Scrod, Boston style$0.60
Fried Smelts, Tartare Sauce$0.40
Codfish Tongues with Curry$0.35
Porgies Saute in Butter$0.35
Egg, Merry$0.30
Fish Cake with Poached Eggs$0.40
Irish Stew with Dumplings$0.50
Lamb Chop, Cambon$0.50
Devilled Stuffed Crab$0.65
Tranche of Mutton with Flageolets$0.45
Boiled Beef, Horseradish Sauce$0.35
Broiled Sweetbread, Virginienne$0.85
Blood Pudding, Marechal$0.35
Broiled lobster, maitre d'hotel$0.75
Mixed Grill$0.85
Egg, Nordenskjold$0.30
Trout in Jelly$0.50
Cold Roast Beef, Parisienne$0.55
Cold Plover$1.25
Cold Boneless Squab$1.25
Bresilienne Salad$0.30
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Beef, per cut$0.50
Roast Lamb$0.50
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Broiled Special Raised Squab Turkey$4.00
Broiled Spring Duckling (half)$1.75
Broiled Guinea Hen, (half)$1.00
Broiled Poussin$1.25
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Spring Duckling (half)$1.50
Broiled Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Venison$1.50
Plover$1.25
Young Bear$1.50
Young Bear$1.50
Mallard Duck$2.50
Mallard Duck$2.50
Apollinaris Water$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis Water$0.25 – $0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Almond Ice Cream$0.30
Hot House Asparagus$2.50
French peas$0.30
Artichoke$0.60
Cherry Pie$0.25
Pumpkin Pie$0.25
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Celery with Gravy$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Pear Melba$0.60
Fancy Ices$0.50
French Coffee$0.15
Chocolate Parfait$0.35
Pear$0.25
spaghetti pudding$0.25
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Chicory Salad$0.30
Bread and Butter$0.10
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Potatoes, Allumette$0.20
Romaine and Orange Salad$0.40
Tomato Salad$0.35
Escarole Salad$0.30
Celery Salad$0.30
Cucumber salad$0.30
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.35
Fetticus and beets salad$0.30
Monks Beard salad$0.40
Endive Salad$0.40
puree of white turnips$0.25
Roast Jerusalem Artichoke$0.30
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Brie cheese$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Stilton Cheese$0.20
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Edam Cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.20
Gervais cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
Rolls and butter$0.10
Stewed rhubarb$0.25
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Stewed pears$0.30
Crab Apples$0.30
Gateau Mirliton$0.50
Grapefruit$0.35
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Assorted cakes$0.20
California Casaba Melon$0.40
peach 'au feu d'enfer'$0.75
Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Fresh Strawberries$0.75
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
Orange$0.15
Sickel Pears$0.25
Niagara Grapes$0.30
Concord Grapes$0.30

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Turkish Coffee$0.20
English Pheasant$3.50
Apollinaris Water$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis Water$0.25 – $0.40
Bread and Butter$0.10
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Young Bear$1.50
Duckling (half)$1.50
Roast Spring Turkey, Chestnut Stuffing$0.75
Roast Mutton$0.40
Roast Chicken (half)$1.25
Roast Turkey, Giblet sauce$0.65
Roast Lamb$0.50
Roast Beef per cut$0.50
French Coffee$0.15
Tutti-frutti ice cream$0.40
Praline Mousse$0.40
Peach Melba$0.60
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Almond Ice Cream$0.30
Pear Melba$0.60
Pudding glace Helvira$0.60
Fancy Ices$0.50
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Peach or Pear "au feu d'Enfer"$0.75
Assorted cakes$0.20
Spitzenberg Apple$0.15
Pear$0.25
Sickel Pears$0.25
Orange$0.15
Grapefruit$0.35
California Casaba Melon$0.40
Grapefruit, Supreme$0.75
Bluepoints$0.30
Cape Cods oysters$0.35
Lynnhavens oysters$0.40
Cotuits Oysters$0.35
Smith's Island Oysters$0.40
Little Neck clams$0.30
Cherry Stones Clams$0.35
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Consomme, Labourdonnais$0.30
Cream a la Reine soup$0.30
Bennett soup$0.25
Clam Chowder$0.20
Millefanti soup$0.25
Gondole a la Duss$0.40
Caviar, Special Importation$1.10
Olives$0.25
Royans, Bordelaise$0.50
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$0.90
Pin-money pickles$0.25
Celery$0.30
Radishes$0.25
Cervelat$0.30
Chow-chow$0.15
Terrapin, Admiral Reid$3.50
Brook Trout$0.50
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65
Striped Bass, Anchovy sauce$0.50
Trout, Meuniere$0.65
Whitefish, Catalane$0.40
Bluefish au gratin$0.40
Halibut a la Nesle$0.40
Fillet of Sole, Bretonne$0.50
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Sweetbread, Nouveau Siecle$0.75
Lobster, Bonnefoie$1.75
Partridge (half) Brabonconne$1.75
Vol-au-Vent of Game, Fresh Mushrooms$1.25
Tournedoes of Fillet, Boulanger$0.90
Poussin, Mascotte$1.50
Mignon of Lamb, Henry IV.$0.65
Wellesley Farm Suckling Pig With Wild Rice$0.65
cold Salmon, Fleury$0.50
Cold Lamb, Mint Jelly$0.50
Cold Galantine of Capon$0.75
cold Fillet of Beef with Carciofini$0.90
Japanese Crosnes Salad$0.30
Broiled Spring Turkey (half)$1.75
Special Raised Squab Turkey, broiled$4.00
Broiled Squab Duckling$2.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Venison$1.50
Plover$1.25
Mallard Duck$2.50
Sorbet Asturienne$0.40
Hot House Asparagus$2.50
Rolls and butter$0.10
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.30
Victoria Pudding$0.30
salad lansdale$0.40
Gateau Marquis$0.50
Cherry Jubilee$0.50
Apple Pie$0.25
Savarin Montmorency$0.30
Preserved Skinless Figs$0.30
Mince Pie$0.30
Fresh Strawberries$0.75
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Artichoke$0.60
Potatoes, Duchesse$0.20
Cheese Fondu$0.30
Endives in Cream$0.40
Tomatoes a la Buck$0.35
Brussels sprouts with chestnuts$0.35
Chicory Salad$0.30
Alligator Pear$0.40
Endive$0.40
Cucumber$0.30
Romaine and Pear$0.40
Escarole$0.30
Lettuce$0.30
Monk's Beard$0.40
Waldorf Salad$0.35
Cherry Tomatoes$0.35
Tomato$0.35
Fetticus and Beets$0.35
Port Salut Cheese$0.20
Neufchatel cheese$0.20
Stilton Cheese$0.20
Cream Cheese$0.20
Gervais cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.20
Whitebait$0.40
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Edam Cheese$0.20
Brie$0.20
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.20
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.20
Gruyere Cheese$0.20

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