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St. Denis Hotel

Date
1912-01-01
Restaurant
St. Denis Hotel
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Page 1

Paprika schnitzel with home-made noodles$0.50
Navarin of Lamb with vegetables, Parisienne$0.50
Corned Beef and Cabbage, Irish style$0.50
Baked chicken pot-pie$0.60
Bouillabaisse a la Marseillaise$0.50
Hungarian Goulash, Paprika sauce, potato pancake$0.50
Lobster Cocktail$0.50
crab meat cocktail$0.50
Oysters, Blue Points$0.25
Oysters, Cape Cods$0.25
Oysters, poulette$0.50
Steamed Oysters$0.40
Casino oysters$0.50
Fried oysters$0.40
Oyster Soup$0.30
Stewed Oysters$0.25
Oysters, Box Stew$0.30
Roast oysters$0.40
Oysters, escaloped$0.60
Little Necks clams$0.25
Clams, Cherrystones$0.30
Clams, Poulette$0.50
Steamed clams$0.40
Clams on toast$0.50
Pan Roast Clams$0.40
Clam Fritters$0.40
Cocktail Sauce$0.05
Green pepper cocktail$0.10
Celery$0.30
Chow-chow$0.15
Mixed Pickles$0.10
Russian caviar$0.75
Canape Caviar$0.50
Canape Anchovies$0.40
Terrine pate de foie-gras$1.00
Bismarck Herring$0.30
Stuffed olives$0.25
Stuffed Mangoes$0.25
Olives$0.15
Major Gray's chutney sauce$0.15
Consomme a l'Indienne$0.20 – $0.30
Mock turle au Madiera$0.20 – $0.30
Bisque of Lobster$0.20 – $0.30
Onion soup au gratin (10 m.)$0.20 – $0.30
Boiled Kennebec Salmon, Hollandaise$0.60
Broiled bluefish, maltre d'hotel (10 m.)$0.50
Planked whole kingfish, St, Denis (20 m.)$0.80
Filet of Striped Bass saute, Meuniere$0.50
Filet of sole au vin blanc (15 m.)$0.40
Stuffed deviled crab (1) with bacon (10 m.)$0.40
Omelette with chicken livers$0.50
Boiled capon, salt pork, celery sauce$0.75
Boiled smoked beef tongue, Polonaise$0.50
Grilled pig's feet, fried sweet potatoes$0.50
haricot of venison, Flamade$0.75
Prime rib of beef, baked potato$0.60
half squab chicken en casserole, Parisienne (20 m.)$0.75
Grilled sweetbreads, Bearnaise, corn fritters (20 m.)$0.75
Broiled Guinea hen, currant jelly, fried sweet potatoes (20 m.)$0.75 – $1.50
Filet mignon, Bordelaise (15 m.)$0.75
Cold breast of chicken, virginia ham, potato salad$0.60
cold boned turkey in jelly, endive salad$0.50
cold salmon, mayonnaise, chicory salad$0.60
ROAST TURKEY, CRANBERRY SAUCE$0.50 – $0.90
Roast chicken$0.90 – $1.75
Roast Lamb$0.60
Roast beef$0.55
Roast Mutton$0.50
Roast Squab (15 minutes)$0.75
Artichoke$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast$0.75
Broiled fresh mushrooms under glass globe$1.00
String Beans$0.25
Lima beans$0.25
Celery$0.30
Baked Tomatoes$0.35
Fried Tomatoes$0.35
Spinach$0.25
Stewed tomatoes$0.20
Canned asparagus$0.40
Asparagus Tips$0.30
French peas$0.30
Egg plant$0.25
GREEN PEAS$0.25
Cauliflower$0.40
Boiled rice$0.15
Boiled Onions$0.20
Boiled onions in cream$0.30
Turnips$0.20
Succotash or Stewed Corn$0.20
Stewed Celery$0.25
Stuffed green peppers$0.25 – $0.40
Beets$0.15
Creamed Carrots$0.20
Macaroni$0.15
Macaroni or spaghetti au gratin$0.25
Macaroni or Spaghetti Italienne$0.25
Macaroni or Spaghetti Milanaise$0.40
Brussels Sprouts$0.30
Stuffed Green Pepper$0.25
Celestine Potatoes$0.25
Fried Potatoes$0.15
Baked Potato$0.15
Saratoga Potatoes$0.25
Boiled potatoes$0.15
Mashed potatoes$0.15
Potato Sautees$0.20
Stewed potatoes$0.20
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.20
Duchesse Potatoes$0.25
Potato Croquettes$0.25
Potatoes Parisienne$0.25
Julienne potatoes$0.25
Au Gratin Potatoes$0.35
Hashed browned potatoes$0.30
Hashed potatoes with cream$0.30
Sweet Potatoes$0.20
Grilled sweet potatoes$0.25
Cold turkey$0.90
Cold Roast Ribs of Beef$0.55
Cold Boiled Corned Beef$0.50
Cold Boiled Ham$0.50
Cold Mutton$0.50
Cold Lamb$0.60
Cold Boiled Beef Tongue$0.50
Roast duck, half$0.90
Roast Spring Chicken, Half$0.90
cold pickled lamb's tongue$0.40
Cold Smoked beef$0.35
Cold Baked Beans$0.40
Cold cuts of assorted meats$0.75
Tartar sandwich$0.40
Caviar sandwich$0.30
Club sandwich$0.40
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.40
Cold Roast Beef Sandwich$0.25
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
Ham Sandwich$0.20
Lobster Sandwich$0.50
Cheese Sandwich$0.20
Chicken Sandwich$0.30
Corned beef sandwich$0.15
Sardine Sandwich$0.30
salade a la Russe$0.75
Lobster salad$0.50 – $1.00
Chicken salad$0.50 – $0.90
Beef salad$0.50
Tomate en surprise$0.50
Chiffonade Salad$0.40
Potato salad$0.25
Vegetable Salad$0.30
Waldorf Salad$0.40
Macedoine salad$0.40
St. Denis salad$0.50
Anchovy Salad$0.50
Endive Salad$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.35
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.35
Cold Slaw$0.20
Cucumber salad$0.25
Lettuce$0.30
Watercress Salad$0.25
Escarole Salad$0.30
Grape Fruit Salad$0.50
Mayonnaise dressing$0.10
Baked Apples and Cream$0.20
Sherry Wine Jelly$0.15
Custard$0.10 – $0.15
English Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce$0.20
Apple Pie$0.15
cocoanut pie$0.15
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
Napoleon Cake$0.10
Eclairs$0.15
Apple dumpling$0.15
Cream Cake$0.15
Miss Ford's home-made Pecanisques and Hickoryisques$0.15
Cabinet Pudding$0.15
Hot mince pie$0.20
green gage tart$0.10
Frozen pudding, St. Denis$0.30
Pineapple Ice$0.25
Peach Melba$0.40
Pistache parfait$0.30
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.25
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.25
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Lalla Rookh$0.30
Walnut Ice Cream$0.30
Neapolitan ice cream$0.30
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Coupe St. Jacques$0.40
Orange ice$0.25
Lemon Ice$0.25
Meringue Glace$0.30
Biscuit Glace$0.25
Nesselrode Pudding$0.30
Roman Punch$0.30
Curacao punch$0.30
Maraschino Punch$0.30
vanilla ice cream with raspberry juice$0.30
Pears$0.15
Grape Fruit, Half$0.20
Malaga grapes$0.15
Malaga grapes$0.15
Apples$0.15
Apple Sauce$0.15
Orange$0.10
Compote of Fruit$0.50
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.15
Bananas$0.15
Preserved figs$0.25
Preserved Figs with Cream$0.05
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Camembert$0.20
Port-du-Salut$0.20
Swiss cheese$0.20
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.20
Imperial Canadian Cheese$0.20
Philadelphia Cream Cheese$0.20
Bar-le-Duc jelly, red or white$0.30
Coffee, pot, served for two$0.20
Coffee, pot, served for two, with cream$0.30
Coffee, small pot, served for one$0.10
Coffee, small pot, for one with cream$0.15
english breakfast, oolong, green or mixed, pot, served for two$0.25
english breakfast, oolong, green or mixed, pot, served for two with cream$0.30
Ceylon Tea, Pot$0.25
instant postum cereal coffee, pot$0.20
chocolate or cocoa, small pot, for one$0.15
chocolate or cocoa, pot served for two$0.30
special coffee, pot$0.35
Milk, glass$0.10
Buttermilk$0.10
Cream, glass$0.20
Cream, bowl$0.30
Horlick's malted milk, glass$0.15
Squash$0.20
Fruits
Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, etc.
Afternoon Tea
Spaghetti$0.15
vanilla ice cream with strawberry juice$0.30
Cold mince pie$0.20

Page 2

Marcobruner, Henkell & Co. Rhine wine$1.60 – $3.00
St. Denis Rye$0.15
Lacrima Christi Blanca$2.00
St. Denis Special Reserve whisky$0.20
Barclay's Pale Ale$0.20 – $0.30
Table Sherry$0.50 – $1.50
Table Port$0.50 – $1.50
Sauvion Brandy, 1865, St. Denis Cellars$0.30 – $0.50
Martell, Three Star brandy$0.20 – $0.30
Sauvion Brandy, 1875, St. Denis Cellars$0.25 – $0.40
Hennessy, Three Star brandy$0.20 – $0.30
Jameson's Irish Whisky$0.20
Bushmill's Irish whisky$0.20
Barclay's Oatmeal Stout$0.20 – $0.30
Guinness' Stout, E. & J. Burke$0.20 – $0.30
Pilsner, imported, Luchow$0.30
Beverwyck, Light and Dark$0.10 – $0.20
Deep Springs Bourbon$0.15
Hochheimer Rhine Wine$1.00 – $1.75
Taylor Bourbon$0.15
Amontillado$0.75 – $2.00
Morton Liqueur$0.20
French Vermouth$0.20
Haut Sauternes, J. Calvet & Co.$1.00 – $2.00
Clysmic$15.00 – $25.00
Chateau Yquem, J. Calvet & Co. sauterne$2.00 – $4.00
Golden Russet Cider$15.00
Barsac, Barton & Guestier sauterne$1.00 – $1.75
Haut Sauternes, Barton & Guestier$1.25 – $2.50
Green River Bourbon$0.15
Man-a-Cea mineral water$0.75
Nicholson Gin$0.15
Liebfraumilch, J. Langenbach & Sons$1.25 – $2.50
Monopole Red Top$2.25 – $4.50
Ayala Magnet$2.25 – $4.50
Duc de Montebello$2.25 – $4.50
Irroy Dry$2.25 – $4.50
Pol Roger, Dry Special$2.50 – $5.00
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry$2.25 – $4.50
G. H. Mumm's Selected Brut$2.50 – $5.00
Moet & Chandon, White Seal$2.25 – $4.50
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Brut$2.50 – $5.00
Pommery & Greno, Sec$2.25 – $4.50
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.25 – $4.50
Veuve Clicquot, Brut$2.50 – $5.00
Ruinart, Vin Brut$2.50 – $5.00
Krug, Private Cuvee$2.25 – $4.50
Perrier Jouet, Brut$2.25 – $4.50
L. Roederer, Carte Blanche$2.25 – $4.50
Piper Heidsieck, Sec$2.25 – $4.50
Delmonico, half pint$1.25
G.H. Mumm's, half pint$1.25
Cook's Imperial$1.25 – $2.50
Great Western$1.25 – $2.50
Brotherhood, extra dry$1.25 – $2.50
Gold Seal$1.25 – $2.50
State seal$1.25 – $2.50
Cerons$0.50 – $1.00
Sauternes$0.75 – $1.50
Graves$0.75 – $1.50
Chateau Latour Blanche$1.50 – $3.00
Medoc$0.40 – $0.75
Fronsac, J. Calvet & Co.$0.50 – $1.00
Montferrand J. Calvet & Co.$0.50 – $1.00
Deidesheimer, St. Denis Bottling$0.60 – $1.00
Laubenheimer, Henkell & Co.$0.75 – $1.25
Niersteiner, Henkell & Co.$0.75 – $1.50
Ruedesheimer, Henkell & Co.$1.00 – $2.00
Capri, White$0.75 – $1.50
Bosca, red$1.25 – $2.50
Chianti$0.75 – $1.50
Lacrima Christi Sparkling$2.00 – $4.00
Ofener Adelsberger$0.75 – $1.50
Voslauer$1.00 – $2.00
Villanyi$1.25 – $2.50
Leacock's Old$0.50 – $2.00
Johannisberger$2.50 – $5.00
Italian Vermouth$0.20
Dubonnet$0.20
Cascade$0.15
Old Pepper$0.15
Sherry, claret or rhine wine$0.20
port or madeira, glass$0.20
Apricot Brandy$0.20
Absinthe or Anisette$0.20
Benedictine$0.20
Apricotine$0.20
Grenadine$0.20
Chartreuse$0.20
Creme Yvette$0.20
Creme de Vanille$0.20
Creme de Menthe$0.20
Creme de Cacao$0.20
Curacao$0.20
Kummel$0.20
Maraschino$0.20
Kirschwasser$0.20
celery tonic, glass$0.10 – $0.40
Coronet Gin$0.15
Plymouth Gin$0.15
Gordon Gin$0.15
El Bart Gin$0.15
Old Tom Gin$0.15
De Kuyper Holland Gin$0.20
Sloe Gin$0.20
St. Julien, J. Calvet & Co.$0.75 – $1.50
White Horse$0.20
Piesporter$1.00 – $2.00
Berncastler Doctor$1.50 – $3.00
Zeltinger$0.75 – $1.50
Trabener$1.50
Graacher$0.75 – $1.50
Sparkling Moselle$2.00 – $3.50
Erdener Treppchen$1.25 – $2.50
Mountain Valley mineral water$0.25
Wood's Champagne Cider$0.25 – $0.50
Schaefer Beer$0.10 – $0.20
Luchow's Pilsner, Imported, beer$0.10 – $0.25
Black and White Scotch$0.20
Old Crow rye whiskey$0.15
Garrick Club Rye Whiskey$0.15
Hunter Rye Whiskey$0.15
Wilson Rye Whiskey$0.15
Baltimore Club Rye Whiskey$0.15
Canadian Club Rye Whiskey$0.15
Seagram's Canadian Rye Whiskey$0.15
Carstairs Rye Whiskey$0.15
Monticello Rye Whiskey$0.15
Craigwood Rye Whiskey$0.15
wuerzburger, imported, luchow$0.30
White Rock$0.15 – $0.40
Hathorn$0.25
French Vichy$0.25 – $0.50
Poland Water$0.25 – $0.40
Clinton Lithia, Half Gallon$0.20 – $0.60
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Club Soda Domestic$0.15
Lemon Soda domestic$0.15
Sarsaparilla$0.15
Ginger Ale Domestic$0.15
Ginger Ale Imported, C. & C.$0.15 – $0.25
Imported Club Soda, C. & C.$0.25
Bear Lithia$0.40
Red Raven Splits$0.20
Hunyadi Janos, Glass$0.10 – $0.50
Dewar's White Label$0.20
Cream Ale, Mug$0.15
Cream Ale, Glass$0.10
Bass Ale, Dog's Head NIPS$0.20
Bass Ale, Dog's Head PT.$0.30
Bass Ale, White Label NIPS$0.20
Bass Ale, White Label PT.$0.30
Scotch Ale PT.$0.30
Evan's Ale NIPS$0.15
Evan's Ale PT.$0.30
Evan's Brown Stout$0.25
Stewart, 1779$0.20
Pontet Canet, Barton & Guestier$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Margaux, Barton & Guestier$1.75 – $3.50
Chateau Lafite, 1874, Barton & Guestier$2.50 – $5.00
Margaux, J. Calvet & Co.$1.00 – $2.00
Floriac, Barton & Guestier$0.75 – $1.50
St. Julien, Barton & Guestier$0.75 – $1.50
Chateau Larose, Barton & Guestier$1.50 – $3.00
Macon, St. Denis Cellars, Recommended (20 Years Old)$1.00 – $2.00
Pommard, C. Marley & Liger Belair$1.00 – $2.00
Chablis (White), C. Marley & Liger Belair$1.25 – $2.50
Zinfindel, St. Denis Bottling$0.30 – $0.50
Hock$0.50 – $1.00
Angelica$0.75 – $1.25
Johnny Walker$0.20
King William$0.25
Perfection$0.25
Haig & Haig, 3 star$0.20
Haig & Haig, 5 Star$0.25
Taylors Liqueur Scotch$0.20
Claymore$0.20
B.L. Scotch$0.20

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