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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1912-08-16
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Eggs, Mikado$0.60
Boiled potatoes$0.30
Golden Sugar Corn$0.75
Fried Eggplant, French style$0.50
Fish Salad, Parisienne$0.75
Banana Ice Cream$0.30
Tureen of beer en daube$0.90
Clam Chowder$0.40
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Tomato Broth$0.30
Chicken consomme$0.35
Consomme per cup$0.30
Chicken Okra$0.40
Cream Crecy$0.50
Sorrel with vermicelli$0.50
Salted Nuts$0.25
Beluga Caviar$1.50
Mackerel in white wine$0.60
Celery$0.60
Olives$0.25
Braunschweiger Ham$0.75
Fillets of Herring$0.50
Bismarck Herring$0.50
Antipasti$0.50
Brook Trout$1.00
Broiled lobster, maitre d'hotel$1.50
Bluefish, Provencale sauce$0.75
eels, mariniere$0.65
Fried Scallops$0.90
eggs, plumery$0.60
Soft Shell Crabs$0.60
Whitebait$0.75
Pompano, Meuniere$0.80
Smelts, Reveloise$0.75
Codfish, Jackson$0.65
Ballotin of Duckling$1.25
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Half Squab Chicken, Maryland$1.25
Frog's Legs, Poulette$1.25
Soft shell crabs, tartare sauce$0.60
Chicken$1.25 – $2.50
Fish Stew des Pecheurs$0.85
Aiguillettes of Filet Marine with rizotto$0.90
Mixed Grill$0.85
salmis of squab with mushrooms$1.25
Leg of lamb, printanier$0.90
croquettes panachees with spinach$0.85
Beef$0.90
Spring Lamb$1.00
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$1.25
Mutton$0.70
Squab Duckling$2.25
Spring Duckling$1.50 – $3.00
Squab Chicken$1.60
Spinach in cream$0.50
Potatoes, Follete$0.40
New peas$0.75
Green Corn$0.75
Fried Oysterplant$0.50
New string beans$0.75
Country Gentleman Corn$0.75
Special Raised Squab Turkey$4.00
Guinea Hen$1.00 – $2.00
Chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Spring turkey$1.75 – $3.50
Squab$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Chicory Salad$0.50
Romaine and Cantaloupe Salad$0.75
Alligator Pear Salad$0.75
Cucumber salad$0.50
Celery Salad$0.60
Escarole Salad$0.50
Tomato Salad$0.60
Lettuce Salad$0.50
Lemon water ice$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Waldorf Cantaloupe$0.50
Little Necks$0.30
BLUE POINTS$0.30
Stilton Cheese$0.40
Fresh Montana Cherries.$75.00
Vermicelli Pudding$0.40
Cherry Meringue Pie$0.25
Stewed Fresh Pears$0.50
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.50
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.50
Port Salut Cheese$0.30
Hickoryisques$0.30
Huckleberries$0.50
Sliced Peaches and Cream$0.60
Delaware Grapes$0.50
Cream Cheese$0.30
Gruyere Cheese$0.30
Lemon Custard Pie$0.25
California Malaga Grapes$0.75
Grapefruit$0.60
Peach Short Cake$0.75
Peach frappee$0.40
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.30
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Gorgonzola Cheese$0.30
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.40
Neuchatel cheese$0.30
Peaches au feu d'Enfer$1.25
Watermelon$0.60
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.30
Pecanisques$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Brie$0.30
Poires au feu d'Enfer$0.75
Seedless Grapes$0.60
French Coffee$0.15
Blackberries$0.50
Cantaloupe$0.60
Apples$0.30
Pear Melba$0.60
Pears$0.50
Gervais cheese$0.20
Red Plums$0.50
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Pineapple Tartlets$0.25
Fancy Ices$0.50
Toasties$0.10
Oranges$0.30
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Buttered Bran Bread$0.10
Apollinaris mineral water$0.15 – $0.40
Edam Cheese$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Iced coffee$0.25
Iced tea$0.25
Johannis mineral water$0.25 – $0.40

Page 2

Bluepoints$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Waldorf Cantaloupe$0.50
Sorrel sante soup$0.50
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Consomme, Sarah Bernhardt$0.50
Clam Chowder$0.40
Chicken consomme$0.35
Cream, Crecy$0.50
Cold Consomme$0.30
Chicken okra soup$0.40
Canape, Danoise$0.75
Olives$0.25
Royans, Bordelaise$0.50
Caviar, Special Importation$2.00
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Tomato Broth$0.30
Beluga Caviar$1.50
Salted Nuts$0.25
Pin-money pickles$0.25
Brook Trout$1.00
Spanish Mackerel, Paprika$0.80
Perch saute with Butter$0.65
Soft Shell Crabs$0.60
Radishes$0.25
Celery$0.60
Whitebait$0.75
Salmon, Scotch sauce$0.95
Sea Bass au plat$0.90
Fillet of Sole, Waleska$0.90
Fancy Ices$0.50
Plombiere glace, Lucullus$0.60
Pear Melba$0.60
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Peach Melba$0.60
Peach Short Cake$0.75
Gateau Cocoanut$0.50
Blackberry Pie$0.25
Poires au feu d'Enfer$0.75
Petits fours$0.30
Baba au rhum$0.40
Hickoryisques$0.30
Pecanisques$0.30
Coffee Mousse$0.40
Neapolitan ice cream$0.35
French Coffee$0.15
Coffee Bavarois$0.50
Peches au feu d'Enfer$1.25
Almond pudding$0.50
Pistache cream pie$0.25
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.40
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Toasties$0.10
Iced coffee$0.25
Iced tea$0.25
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Buttered Bran Bread$0.10
Pears$0.50
Red Plums$0.50
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Apples$0.30
Delaware Grapes$0.50
Sliced Peaches and Cream$0.60
Fresh Montana Cherries.$0.75
Watermelon$0.60
Oranges$0.30
Grapefruit$0.60
Seedless Grapes$0.60
Blackberries$0.50
California Malaga Grapes$0.75
Huckleberries$0.50
Cantaloupe$0.60
Edam$0.30
Brie$0.30
Gruyere$0.30
Gorgonzola$0.30
Sheepshead au gratin$0.80
Hamburg chicken in casserole with gravy$1.50
Scallops, Mariniere$1.00
Pilaff of Lamb a la Grecque$0.90
Sweetbreads, Traviata$1.50
Mignon of fillet of beef, Louis XV$1.75
Crab meat au gratin$1.25
Bouchee, Financiere$1.00
Capon, National$1.25
Boneless Squab$1.25
Chaudfroid, Jeannette$0.85
Crawfish en Buisson$1.00
Artichoke$0.60
Fish salad, Parisian$0.75
Galantine of Turkey$1.25
duckling$1.50 – $3.00
Mutton$0.70
Turkey, Giblet sauce$1.25
Special Raised Squab Turkey$4.00
Chicken$1.25 – $2.50
Spring Lamb$1.00
Beef$0.90
Spring turkey$1.75 – $3.50
Squab Duckling$2.25
Port Salut$0.30
Neuchatel$0.30
Stilton$0.40
Cream Cheese$0.30
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.30
Roquefort$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.50
Escarole Salad$0.50
Fried eggplant$0.50
New Peas, Paysanne$0.75
Astoria Salad$0.75
Country Gentleman Corn$0.75
Green Corn$0.75
Sorbet Parfait Amour$0.40
Romaine and Cantaloupe Salad$0.75
Alligator Pear Salad$0.75
Tomato Salad$0.60
Chicory Salad$0.50
Cucumber salad$0.50
Boiled potatoes$0.30
Golden Sugar Corn$0.75
Potatoes, Macaire$0.40
New Lima Beans$0.75
Stuffed tomatoes$0.60
Noodles with Butter$0.50

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