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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1912-09-13
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

French Melon$0.40
Canadian Melon$0.50
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Peach Pudding$0.40
Apple meringue pie$0.25
French Fruit in Brandy$0.35
Romaine and Cantaloupe Salad$0.75
Country Gentlemen Corn$0.60
Huckleberry Tartlets$0.25
Eggs, Marseillaise$0.60
Cream Soup, Garbure$0.50
Clam Chowder$0.40
Sorrel Soup with Vermicelli$0.50
Celery$0.60
Beluga Caviar$1.50
Olives$0.25
Fillet of Herring$0.50
Brook Trout$1.00
Soft Shell Crabs$0.60
Fried Oyster Crabs$1.25
Weakfist, Lobster sauce$0.65
Whitebait$0.75
Pompano, Fleurette sauce$0.80
Lemon Custard Pie$0.25
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.40
Stewed Fresh Pears$0.60
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.60
Stewed rhubarb$0.50
Peach Short Cake$0.75
Assorted cakes$0.30
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Pear Melba$0.60
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Fancy Ices$0.50
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Peach Frappe$0.40
French Coffee$0.15
Toasties$0.10
Buttered Bran Bread$0.10
Peches au feu d'Enfer$1.25
Poires au feu d'Enfer$0.75
Pears$0.40
Watermelon$0.50
Seedless Grapes$0.60
Black Hot House Grapes$2.50
Oranges$0.30
Sickel Pears$0.50
Grapefruit$0.60
Niagara Grapes$0.50
Concord Grapes$0.50
Delaware Grapes$0.50
French Melon$0.40
Cantaloupe$0.60
California Malaga Grapes$0.75
California Tokay Grapes$0.75
Sliced Peaches and Cream$0.60
Plums$0.50
Smelts, Bearnaise sauce$0.75
Eels and Perch, Matelotte$0.65
Kingfish, Norwegienne$0.90
Bluefish, Piquante sauce$0.75
Eggs, Colombus$0.60
Squab with Peas and Carrots$1.25
Salted Codfish, Biscayenne$0.75
Aiguillette of Fillet, Marine with Brussels Sprouts$0.90
Lamb, Boulangere$0.75
Ragout, Second Joint of Chicken, Ancient style$0.90
Mixed Grill$0.85
Roast Beef Hash, Adrienne$1.10
Philadelphia Scrapple$0.50
Fresh Mackerel, Dieppoise$0.75
Virginia Ham$0.90
Crab Meat salad$1.25
Roast Beef with Horseradish$0.90
Camembert$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Bluepoints$0.30
Rockaways$0.35
Cape Cods$0.35
Cotuits$0.35
Cherry Stones$0.35
Chicken$1.25 – $2.50
Beef$0.90
Lamb$1.00
Spring Turkey, Giblet sauce$1.25
Mutton$0.70
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Boiled potatoes$0.30
Potatoes saute in quarters$0.40
Spinach$0.50
New string beans$0.75
Green Corn$0.60
Eggplant$0.50
Sweet peppers saute$0.50
Alligator Pear Salad$0.75
Squab Duckling$2.25
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
English Pheasant$3.50
Spring Duckling$1.50 – $3.00
Squab Chicken$1.60
Special Raised Squab Turkey$4.00
Spring turkey$1.75 – $3.50
Squab$1.00
Poussin$1.25
Guinea Hen$1.00 – $2.00
Chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Plover$1.25
Port Salut$0.30
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.30
Roquefort$0.30
Gervais$0.20
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.30
Cream Cheese$0.30
Stilton Cheese$0.40
Cucumber salad$0.50
Canadian Melon salad$0.75
Escarole Salad$0.50
Gruyere$0.30
Edam$0.30
Celery Salad$0.60
Gorgonzola$0.30
Neufchatel$0.30
Endive Salad$0.75
Tomato Salad$0.60
Chicory Salad$0.50
Lettuce Salad$0.50
Cherry Tomatoes Salad$0.60

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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