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Astor House

Date
1912-01-24
Restaurant
Astor House
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

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Terrapin soup$0.40
Chicken with rice soup$0.25
Oxjoint, barley soup$0.25
Cream of celery$0.25
Consomme, royale$0.25
Paysanne$0.25
Tomato Soup$0.25
Julienne Soup$0.25
Macaroni soup$0.25
Vermicelli Soup$0.25
Clam Chowder$0.25
Consomme$0.25
Consomme with Egg$0.35
Consomme glass, hot or cold$0.15
CLAM BROTH$0.25
Mutton soup$0.25
Oyster Soup$0.25
Fried smelts, tartar sauce$0.50
Stuffed Mangoes$0.15
Olives$0.20
Chili Sauce$0.10
Pickled beets$0.10
Oyster cocktail$0.25
Oysters, stewed$0.30
Oysters, stewed, box$0.40
Oysters, Steamed$0.40
Oysters, Fried$0.40
Oysters, broiled$0.40
Astor House oyster flip$0.40
Oysters au gratin$0.50
Oysters Fried in Batter$0.50
Oysters Escaloped in Shell$0.40
Oysters pickled$0.30
Oysters Roast in shell$0.40
oysters pan roast$0.40
Oysters a la Poulette$0.50
Little-Neck clam cocktail$0.25
Little-Neck clams, stewed$0.30
Little-Neck clams, steamed$0.35
Little-Neck clams, fried$0.40
Little-Neck clams in shell$0.25
Little-Neck clams roasted$0.40
Clam Fritters$0.40
Soft shell clams, steamed$0.35
Lobster, plain$0.90
Lobster, deviled$0.75
Pickled English walnuts$0.25
Clam fritters, Norwalk$0.40
Scallops, fried$0.50
Chicken Patty$0.50
Oysters, Shell Fish, etc, With Bacon$0.60
Oyster patty$0.50
Lobster broiled$1.00
Lobster baked, stuffed$0.75
Lobster Croquettes$0.75
Lobster saute a la Newburg$1.00
Lobster saute a la Newburg on chafing dish$1.25
Spanish mackerel$0.50
Fresh Mackerel$0.50
Broiled bluefish$0.50
Eels, fried$0.40
Whitebait$0.50
Smelts, fried$0.50
Striped bass$0.50
Sea bass$0.50
Filet of sole, plain$0.50
Filet of sole, au gratin$0.60
Filet of Sole, au vin blanc$0.60
Finnan Haddie$0.50
Halibut$0.50
Broiled Salt Mackerel$0.50
Penobscot Salmon$0.60
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Codfish, Egg sauce$0.50
Codfish, Oyster Sauce$0.50
Codfish, fried, tomato sauce$0.40
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$0.75
Squab guinea-hen, whole$1.75
Minced Chicken a la King$1.00 – $1.25
Squab guinea-hen, half$0.90
Broiled spring turkey, fried sweet potatoes, half$1.75
Diamond Back Terrapin in chafing dish$2.50
Fresh Beef Tongue, new spinach$0.50
Stuffed Veal, espagnole$0.50
Broiled Hot-House Chicken on Toast – $0.90
Deviled ribs of beef, Robert$0.40
Baked Pork and Beans, Astor House style$0.35
Mutton Hash, green peppers$0.40
Filet mignon en casserole, Trianon$1.00
Roast ribs of beef$0.50
filet of beef$0.60
Lamb, mint sauce$0.65
Loin of Pork, Apple Sauce$0.50
Roast Phila. chicken, half$0.75
Ham, champagne sauce$0.40
Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$0.65
Suckling pig, apple sauce$0.50
Roast Leg of Mutton$0.40
Boiled leg of mutton, caper sauce$0.40
Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.40
Venison Steak$0.75
Plover$0.90
Grouse, Half$2.00
French partridge$1.25 – $2.00
Squab$0.75
Jumbo Squab$0.90
Stuffed squab$1.00
Celery$0.25
Pin-money pickles$0.10
English gherkins$0.10
Chow-chow$0.10
Graham wafers & milk$0.25
Graham wafers & half & half$0.35
Rice and cream$0.40
Rice and milk$0.25
Crackers & half & half$0.30
Crackers and milk (bowl)$0.20
Sardines$0.40
Baked Pork and Beans$0.35
Chutney Sauce$0.15
Cold Roast Chicken, half$0.75
Cold Roast Turkey$0.60
Rockaways, on the shell$0.25
Cold roast beef$0.50
Cold Ham, Tongue and Turkey$0.75
Cold Lamb$0.60
Cold roast mutton$0.40
Cold veal$0.40
Cold Pork$0.50
Cold tongue$0.40
Cold Corned Beef$0.40
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.35
Cold Roast Beef Sandwich$0.25
Cold Lamb's tongue$0.40
Cold Ham$0.40
Cold Ham and Tongue$0.40
Cold Turkey and Ham$0.60
Cold Pate de Foie-Gras$1.00
Caviar (canape) sandwich$0.50
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Chicken Sandwich$0.25
Sardine Sandwich$0.25
Club sandwich$0.30
Chicken salad$0.75
Lobster salad$0.90
Shrimp Salad$0.50
Potato salad$0.25
Romaine Salad$0.25
Lettuce Salad$0.25
Lettuce and Tomatoes Salad$0.40
Lettuce and cucumbers salad$0.40
Cucumbers salad$0.25
Chicory Salad$0.40
Celery Salad$0.40
Escarole Salad$0.40
Tomatoes salad$0.25
Tomatoes and Cucumbers Salad$0.40
Watercress Salad$0.30
Spanish or Bermuda onion salad$0.30
Cold Slaw$0.20
Radishes$0.10
Onions$0.20
Blue-Points, On the Shell$0.25
Buzzard's Bays, On the Shell$0.25
Cotuits, On the Shell$0.25
Shrewsburys, on the shell$0.25
Half, Broiled Hot-House Chicken on Toast$0.50
Mixed Pickles$0.10

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Champagne Jelly$0.25
Rum jelly$0.20
English plum pudding, hard and brandy sauce$0.25
Suet Pudding, cream sauce$0.15
Steamed Apple Dumpling, cognac sauce$0.15
Green Gage Plum Pie$0.15
cocoanut pie$0.15
Apple Pie$0.15
Mince Pie$0.20
French Crullers$0.10
Hot or cold rice pudding$0.15
Cold corn starch pudding$0.15
Snow Pudding$0.15
Cup Custard$0.15
Soft vanilla custard$0.15
Small Steak$0.50
Small steak with mushrooms$0.75
Soft vanilla custard frozen$0.15
Sirloin Steak$1.00
Eclairs$0.15
Sirloin steak with fried potatoes$1.10
Coffee Cake$0.15
Sirloin Steak with Onions$1.10
Sirloin steak with Tomato Sauce$1.10
Crullers$0.10
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.25
Banana Jelly$0.20
Sirloin steak a la Stanley$1.25
Extra sirloin$1.50
Brandy jelly$0.20
Extra sirloin with mushrooms$2.00
Small tenderloin steak$0.60
Tenderloin Steak$0.90
Farina jelly with cream$0.20
Tenderloin steak with fried potatoes$1.00
Lady fingers$0.15
Tenderloin steak with tomato sauce$1.00
Assorted cakes$0.15
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.15
Sponge Cake$0.15
Pound cake$0.15
Tenderloin steak a la Bearnaise$1.15
Fruit Cake$0.15
Tenderloin steak with truffles$1.75
Porterhouse Steak$1.25
Ginger Snaps$0.15
Pork Chops$0.50
Pork tenderloin$0.50
Swiss meringue$0.15
Chateaubriant, plain$2.00
Meringue panachee$0.30
Chateaubriant with mushrooms$2.50
Chateaubriant with truffles$3.00
Wine cake with ice cream$0.25
Philadelphia chicken broiled, half$0.75
Macaroon Glace$0.30
Philadelphia chicken a la Marengo$1.00
Meringue glacee$0.25
Philadelphia chicken fried a la Maryland$1.00
Philadelphia chicken a la bordelaise$1.00
Blanc Mange$0.15
Mutton Chops, plain$0.40
Macaroons$0.15
Mutton Chops, breaded$0.40
Charlotte Russe$0.15
Mutton chops a la provencale$0.60
Roman Punch$0.25
Mutton chops tomato sauce$0.50
English Mutton chop, single$0.50
Siberian Punch$0.25
Veal chop, tomato sauce$0.60
Veal Chop, plain$0.50
Ice Cream, Vanilla$0.20
Veal Chop, breaded$0.50
Veal Chop a la Milanaise$0.70
Family porterhouse$2.00
Ice cream, French$0.25
Family porterhouse mushrooms extra$0.50
Hamburger Steak$0.50
Ice Cream, Coffee$0.20
Lamb Chops$0.60
Broiled Pig's Feet$0.50
Ice Cream, Strawberry$0.20
Calf's Liver, Broiled$0.30
Calf's Liver, Fried$0.30
Ice Cream, Chocolate$0.20
Calf's liver with bacon$0.40
Calf's brains, fried$0.40
Ice Cream, Neapolitan$0.25
Chickens' Livers en Brochette$0.50
Lemon water ice$0.20
Stewed Kidneys$0.40
Chicken Croquettes$0.60
Biscuit Tortoni$0.30
Chicken hash$0.60
Nesselrode$0.30
Chicken hash$0.60
Chicken hash with green peppers$0.70
Chicken hash with poached egg$0.75
Tripe stewed a la creole$0.40
Tripe fried$0.35
Calf's head a la poulette$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.50
Ham and eggs$0.50
SWEETBREADS$0.75
Sweetbreads with French peas$0.95
Rice croquettes$0.30
Welsh rarebit$0.40
Golden buck$0.50
country sausages$0.45
deerfoot sausages$0.50
Omelette, soufflee$0.50
Omelette, soufflee with jelly$0.50
Omelette, soufflee au ruhm$0.50
Omelette, soufflee au kirsch$0.50
Omelette, soufflee Celestine$0.50
Apple Fritters$0.30
Apple or peach meringue$0.40
French pancake$0.30
German Pancake$0.40
Potatoes, fried sweet$0.20
Potatoes, boiled$0.10
Potatoes, baked$0.10
Potatoes, mashed$0.10
Potatoes, hashed with cream$0.20
Potatoes, hashed browned$0.20
Potatoes, a la maitre d'hotel$0.15
Potatoes, sautee$0.15
Potatoes, parisienne$0.20
Potatoes, au gratin$0.30
POTATOES, SARATOGA CHIPS$0.10
Potatoes, croquettes$0.25
Potatoes, Puree au gratin$0.20
Potatoes, broiled$0.20
Potatoes, julienne$0.20
Potatoes, French fried$0.10
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.15
Brussels Sprouts$0.40
Macaroni a la Montgelas$0.30
Plain Macaroni$0.15
Macaroni Napolitaine$0.20
Macaroni au gratin$0.25
Boiled Onions$0.10
Beets$0.15
Spinach$0.20
Fried egg-plant$0.30
Mashed Turnips$0.10
French Artichokes$0.50
Cauliflower$0.30
Cauliflower au Gratin$0.40
Cabbage$0.15
Canned mushrooms, stewed$0.40
Canned, Stewed tomatoes$0.15
Canned asparagus$0.30
Canned string beans$0.25
Canned American peas$0.25
Canned Lima beans$0.25
Canned Succotash$0.20
Honey in comb$0.20
Canned Pears$0.25
Canned Peaches$0.25
Preserved figs$0.30
Preserved Figs with Cream$0.40
Preserved Ginger$0.25
Brandied Peaches$0.50
Bar-le-Duc jely$0.40
Currant Jelly$0.20
Baked apples & cream, each$0.14
Baked apples & cream, each$0.15
Apple Sauce$0.15
Stewed prunes$0.15
Stewed rhubarb$0.15
Almonds and raisins$0.20
MIXED NUTS$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.15
Grapefruit$0.25 – $0.40
Malaga grapes$0.25
Pear$0.10
Oranges, each$0.10
Apples, each$0.10
Bananas, each$0.10
Canned sweet corn$0.20
Fonds d'artichauts farcis, Canned$0.75
Canned, French peas, natural$0.30
Canned French string beans$0.30
French string beans$0.30
Cream Cheese$0.25
Swiss$0.20
Stilton$0.25
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.10
English Cheese$0.15
Edam$0.15
Camembert$0.25
Pot of Coffee for one$0.15
Pot of coffee for two$0.25
Demi Tasse Coffee$0.10
Pot of chocolate$0.25
Pot of cocoa$0.25
Cup of Tea$0.10
Pot of green tea$0.20
Pot of Oolong tea$0.20
Pot of Japan tea$0.20
Pot of English breakfast tea$0.20
Pots of tea with cream$0.25
Glass of milk$0.10
Glass of Half and Half$0.15
Glass of Cream$0.20
Pint of milk$0.15
Pint of half and half$0.25
Pint of cream$0.35
Neufchatel cheese$0.15
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Brie cheese$0.25
Imperial Cheese$0.15

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Red Raven$0.15
Budweiser Beer$0.10 – $0.75
Wood's Pippin Cider$0.15 – $0.50
Madeira, Old reserve$3.00
Gold Seal Brandy$0.35 – $5.00
Comandon & Co.'s Brandy, 1828$0.15 – $5.00
G. H. Mumm & Co., Selected Brut$2.25 – $4.50
G. H. Mumm & Co., Ex. Dry$1.00 – $4.00
Krug & Co., Brut$2.25 – $4.50
Ruppert's Extra$0.20
Apple Jack$0.15 – $1.50
Astor House Cognac$0.15 – $4.00
Irish Whiskey, Astor House Bottling$0.15 – $1.50
Monongahela Monogram Whiskey$0.15 – $1.50
Monongahela Monogram Whiskey, Extra Fine$0.25 – $2.50
Old Methuselah (999)$0.15 – $1.50
Astor Special Bourbon$0.25 – $4.00
Old Bourbon$0.15 – $2.00
Straight Rye, V.O.$0.20 – $2.00
Astor Special Scotch Whiskey$0.15 – $2.00
Usher's Scotch Whiskey$0.15 – $2.00
Dewar's Scotch Whiskey$0.15 – $2.00
John Jameson *** Irish Whiskey$0.15 – $2.00
Piel Bros lager beer$0.20
Sanderson's Scotch Whiskey$0.15 – $2.00
Astor Claret, cup$0.75 – $1.50
Pilsener Beer$0.10 – $1.00
Wurzburger Beer$0.10 – $1.00
Dreadnought Scotch Whiskey$0.15 – $2.00
Bushmill's Irish whisky$0.15 – $2.00
Port Wine$1.00 – $2.00
[Port] Royal, Old (Decanted)$2.00 – $3.50
Pommery & Greno, Brut Champagne$2.25 – $4.50
Pommery & Greno, Sec champagne$2.00 – $4.00
Giesler & Co., Brut, 1904$2.25 – $4.50
Absinthe$0.20
Anisette$0.20
Apricot Brandy$0.25
Benedictine$0.20
Chartreuse (Green)$0.25
Chartreuse (Yellow)$0.20
Curacao$0.20
Creme de Cacao$0.20
Creme de Menthe (Green)$0.20
Creme de Menthe (white)$0.20
Forbidden Fruit$0.20
Kirschwasser$0.20
Kumel Assash (Russian)$0.20
Kummel, Gilka (German)$0.20
Maraschino$0.20
Parfait d'Amour$0.20
Vermouth, Martini & Rossi, It.$0.15
Vermouth, Noilly, Prat & Cie, Fr.$0.15
Dubonnet$0.15
Pousse Cafe$0.25
Milk Punch, Brandy$0.35
Cobblers and Punches$0.25
Madeira$0.20
Claret$0.15
Rhine Wine$0.15
PORT$0.15
Sherry$0.15
Imported Pilsener$0.25
Imported Pschorr Brau$0.25
Jos. Schlitz's Milwaukee$0.20
Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis$0.20
Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser$0.20
Champagne, extra$0.50 – $0.90
ASTOR Sparkling Catawba$1.00 – $1.50
Sweet Catwba$0.60 – $1.00
Laflor Superior$4.00
Imperial$1.50 – $3.00
Amontillado$1.25 – $2.50
Amber$1.00 – $2.00
Zeltinger$0.50 – $1.00
Erdener$0.60 – $1.00
Brauneberger$0.75 – $1.25
Forster Riesling$0.75 – $1.50
Berncasteler, 1904$1.00 – $2.00
Berncasteler Doctor$1.25 – $2.50
Sparkling Mosel, Henkell & Co.$1.75 – $3.50
Astor House Vin Ordinaire$0.40 – $0.60
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.50
Chateau de Montlys$0.75 – $1.50
Chateau Pontet Canet$1.25 – $2.50
Chateau Larose, 1877$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau Lagrange, 1880$4.00
Margaux$0.75 – $1.50
St. Estephe$1.00 – $2.00
Pontet Canet$1.25 – $2.50
St. Emilion$0.60 – $1.00
St. Julien, Superieur$1.00 – $1.75
Chateau Le Crock$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Larose$4.00
St. Julien$0.75 – $1.50
Margaux$0.75 – $1.50
Pontet Canet$1.25 – $2.50
URBANA WINE CO. St. Ives$0.50 – $1.00
Cal. Vin. Co. La Rosa$0.40 – $0.75
Hungarian, Carlowitz$1.50
Macon$0.75 – $1.50
Beaujolais$0.75 – $1.50
Chablis, White$1.25 – $2.50
Pommard$1.50 – $3.00
Nuits$1.50 – $3.00
Chambertin$2.00 – $4.00
Plymouth Gin$0.15 – $2.00
Holland Gin$0.15 – $1.50
Old Tom Gin$0.15 – $1.50
Gordon & Co. Dry Gin$0.15 – $1.50
Sloe Gin$0.20 – $2.00
Old Medford Rum$0.15 – $1.50
St. Croix Rum$0.15 – $1.50
Ruinart, Pere & Fils, Brut$2.00 – $4.00
Pol Roger & Co., Dry Special$2.00 – $4.00
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label$2.00 – $4.00
Roederer, Carte Blanche$2.00 – $4.00
Roederer, Carte Blanche$2.00 – $4.00
Moet & Chandon
Moet & Chandon, Imp'l Crown Brut$2.25 – $4.50
Moet & Chandon, Brut Imperial$4.00
Moet & Chandon, White Seal$2.00 – $4.00
Roederer, Grand Vin Sec$2.00 – $4.00
Dry Monopole$3.50
Delmonico, 1/4 bottle$1.00
Urbana, Gold Seal, Brut$1.25 – $2.50
Urbana, Special Dry$1.00 – $2.00
Cook's Imperial$1.25 – $2.50
Pleasant Valley, Carte Blanche$1.00 – $2.00
Black & White$0.15 – $2.00
Haig & Haig$0.20 – $2.50
King William IV$0.20 – $2.50
Jamaica Rum$0.15 – $1.50
Sauternes$0.60 – $1.00
Haut Sauternes$1.00 – $2.00
Chateau Latour Blanche$1.50 – $3.00
Chateau Yquem Grand Vin$2.50 – $5.00
Cal. Vin. Co. Cabinet Riesling$0.50 – $1.00
Niersteiner$0.60 – $1.00
Oppenheimer$0.60 – $1.00
Rauenthaler Berg$1.00 – $2.00
Johannisberger$1.25 – $2.50
Liebfraumilch$1.25 – $2.50
Steinwein, Cab't, Henkell & Co.$2.00
Bass' Ale, White Label Bottling$0.15 – $0.30
Bass' Ale, Dog's Head Bottling$0.15 – $0.30
Guinness's Stout, E. & J. Burke's Bottling$0.15 – $0.30
Younger's Scotch Ale$0.30
Muir's Scotch Ale$0.30
C. & C. Ginger Ale$0.15 – $0.25
Club Soda$0.15
Ginger Ale$0.10
Lemon Soda$0.10
Sarsaparilla$0.10
Evans' India Pale Ale$0.20
Evans' Porter$0.10 – $0.20
Miles' Cream$0.10 – $0.75
Bass' Ale$0.15 – $1.00
Poland Sill$0.20 – $0.45
Poland Aerated$0.25 – $0.40
Perrier$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Dry Catawba$0.60 – $1.00
Clysmic Water$0.15 – $0.40
White Rock Lithia$0.15 – $0.40
German Seltzer$0.30 – $0.50
Vichy, Seltzer and Carbonic Siphons$0.15 – $0.25
Hunyadi Water$0.15 – $0.40
Apenta Water$0.10 – $0.40
French Vichy Water$0.30 – $0.50
Congress Waters$0.25
Hathorn Waters$0.25

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