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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1912-01-10
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 1

Orange Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Niagra, Concord or Delaware Grapes$0.30
Sliced Peaches and Cream$0.35
Grapefruit$0.35
Bananas$0.20
Apple$0.15
Rocky Ford Cantaloupe$0.35
Hot House Grapes
Pear$0.25
Seedless Grapes$0.35
Orange$0.15
Compote Assorted Fruit$0.75
Stewed prunes$0.25 – $0.40
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.30 – $0.50
Stewed pears$0.35 – $0.60
Baked apples$0.25 – $0.40
Stewed Peaches$0.35 – $0.60
Apple Sauce$0.25
Coffee, with Milk$0.25
Coffee, with Cream$0.35
Special Coffee$0.35
Kumyss$0.25
Instant Postum$0.25
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.25
Pasteurized Milk, pint$0.15
Cocoa, Broma, Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
English Breakfast, Oolong or Ceylon Tea with cream$0.35
Special Waffles$0.30
Corn Cakes$0.30
Buckwheat Cakes$0.30
CRUMPETS$0.20
Dipped or Milk Toast$0.25
Toast Plain$0.15
Brioches$0.15
Cream toast$0.35
Zwieback$0.15
English Muffins$0.15
Bread and Butter Per Person$0.10
Mixed Marmalade$0.30
Preserved Fruits$0.40
Weisbaden Strawberries$0.40
Brandied Fruits$0.50
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Grapefruit or Orange Marmalade$0.30
Jams and jellies$0.30
Honey in the Comb$0.25 – $0.40
Oatmeal$0.35
Corn Flakes$0.35
Wheatena$0.35
Hominy$0.35
Baltimore Hominy$0.35
Boiled rice$0.35
Puffed rice$0.35
Force$0.35
Indian meal mush$0.35
Shredded Wheat$0.35
Eggs, boiled$0.25
Eggs, fried$0.30
Eggs, fried with ham$0.60
Eggs with bacon$0.50
Eggs with brown butter$0.35
Eggs, Poached on toast$0.35
Eggs, Scrambled, plain$0.40
Eggs, Scrambled, Asparagus Tips$0.65
Eggs, scrambled, mushrooms$0.75
Eggs, scrambled, tomatoes$0.60
Eggs scrambled with smoked beef$0.60
Eggs Aurore$0.60
Eggs Mornay$0.60
Eggs cocotte$0.60
Eggs Bechamel$0.60
Eggs Turkish$0.60
Eggs Shirred$0.30
Eggs Waldorf$0.70
Omelette, plain$0.40
Omelette, fine herbs$0.45
Omelette, mushrooms$0.90
Omelette, kidneys$0.65
Omelette, chicken livers$0.75
Omelette, tomatoes$0.60
Omelette, ham$0.60
Omelette, Virginia ham$0.90
Omelette, bacon$0.60
Omelette, Spanish$0.65
Fried Scallops$0.50 – $0.90
Fillet of Sole$0.40 – $0.75
Spanish mackerel$0.40 – $0.75
Finnan Haddie$0.50
Kippered Herring$0.50
Smoked Salmon$0.40 – $0.60
Fresh Salmon$0.50 – $0.85
Perch$0.40 – $0.65
Kingfish$0.45 – $0.80
Halibut$0.40 – $0.75
Salt mackerel$0.50
Weakfish$0.40 – $0.65
English bloaters$0.50
Trout$1.00
Sea bass$0.45 – $0.80
Porgies$0.40 – $0.65
Beefsteak$1.00
Beefsteak with Bacon$1.20
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Tenderloin$0.90 – $1.50
Fresh Codfish$0.40 – $0.65
Codfish in Cream$0.50
Codfish Cakes$0.35 – $0.60
Bluefish$0.40 – $0.75
Fresh Mackerel$0.75
Soft Shell Crabs$0.40 – $0.60
Smelts$0.40 – $0.75
Mutton Chops$0.40 – $0.75
Lamb Chops$0.45 – $0.90
Pork Chops$0.40 – $0.65
Broiled Ham$0.35 – $0.50
Virginia Ham$0.60 – $0.90
bacon$0.40
Heart's Delight Ham$0.35 – $0.50
Virginia bacon$0.50
Irish Bacon$0.40 – $0.65
Beechnut Bacon$0.50
Heart's Delight Bacon$0.40 – $0.60
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40 – $0.60
Chicken hash$1.00
Lamb Hash$0.85
Corned Beef Hash$0.30 – $0.50
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
Broiled Chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Squab Chicken$0.80 – $1.60
Baked or Boiled$0.20 – $0.30
Paille$0.20 – $0.35
Stewed$0.20 – $0.35
Cream$0.10
Hashed browned$0.20 – $0.35
fried$0.20 – $0.35
Saute$0.20 – $0.35
Hillsdale Sausages$0.35 – $0.60
Sausage cakes$0.40 – $0.60
Country Sausage$0.40 – $0.60
Kidneys in brochette$0.60
Kidneys stewed$0.60
Spare Ribs$0.40 – $0.65
pig's feet$0.40 – $0.65
Honey Comb Tripe$0.30 – $0.50
Broiled Sweetbreads$0.70 – $1.25
Hashed Cream$0.20 – $0.35
Lyonnaise$0.20 – $0.35
Julienne$0.20 – $0.35
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Rolls with Butter$0.10

Page 2

Grapefruit, Supreme$0.75
Oysters: Bluepoints$0.30
Cape Cods$0.35
Cotuits$0.35
Clams: Little Necks$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Cream, Parmentier$0.30 – $0.50
Vermicelli$0.30 – $0.50
Mulligatawny$0.30 – $0.50
Celery$0.35 – $0.60
Beluga Caviar$1.50
Olives$0.25
Fillet of Herring$0.50
Brook Trout$1.00
Terrapin, Sherry$3.50
Perch, Sauvigny$0.40 – $0.65
Fried Smelts, Tartare Sauce$0.40 – $0.75
Soft Shell Crabs$0.40 – $0.60
Weakfish, Butter sauce$0.40 – $0.65
Salmon, Baltimore$0.50 – $0.95
Fried Oyster Crabs$0.65 – $1.25
Pompano, Venitienne$0.45 – $0.80
Sea bass, Meuniere$0.50 – $0.90
Whitebait$0.40 – $0.75
Eggs, Volunteer$0.60

Page 3

Peches au feu d'Enfer$1.25
Waldorf Omelette Souffle$0.75
Poires au feu d'Enfer$0.75
Omelette Soufflee$0.60
Huckleberry Tartlets$0.25
Cold rice pudding$0.30
Meringue glace Panache$0.45
Peach Short Cake$0.75
Baba au Rum$0.50
Cup Custard$0.35
Eclairs$0.20
Charlotte Russe$0.30
Savarin Chantilly$0.50
Mixed Cakes$0.30
Caramel custard$0.40
Stuffed Figs and Dates$0.40
Wine Jelly$0.50
Chestnuts in Brandy$0.50
Stewed Fresh Pears$0.60
Stewed Fresh Peaches$0.60
Stewed fresh rhubarb$0.60
Ices in Souvenir$0.75
Neapolitan ice cream$0.35
Baked Alaska$0.75
Chestnut Plombiere$0.50
Roman Punch$0.40
Sorbet Creme Yvette$0.40
Nesselrode Pudding$0.50
Cafe Parfait$0.35
Macedoine of Fruits$0.75
Biscuit Tortoni$0.40
Tutti-Frutti$0.40
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.30
Pistache ice cream$0.30
Coffee Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
Mixed ice cream$0.35
Apricot Water Ice$0.30
Raspberry Water Ice$0.30
Lemon water ice$0.30
Orange Water Ice$0.30
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE$0.30
French Coffee, Cup$0.15
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Turkish Coffee$0.20
Bread and Butter Per Person$0.10
Rolls and Butter Per Person$0.10
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannnis$0.25 – $0.40
Plover$1.25
Welsh rarebit$0.50
Anchovies$0.50
Roquefort$0.20
Red Leg Partridge$3.00
Oyster Bay asparagus$0.75
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms$1.00
French asparagus$1.50
Cape Cods$0.35
Cotuits$0.35
Bluepoints$0.30
Cherry Stones$0.35
Little Necks$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.60
Fried Clams$0.60
Clam Fritters$0.60
Buffet Russe
Tournedos of fillet, with truffles$2.00
Broiled Guinea Hen$1.00 – $2.00
Broiled Hamburg Chicken$1.25
Broiled Sweetbreads$1.25
Lobster Cocktail$0.65
Beluga Caviar$1.50
Broiled Squab$1.00
Broiled Chicken$1.00 – $2.00
Bouchee, Capucine$1.00
Mixed Cold Meat$0.90
Mixed Cold Meat with Chicken$1.10
Mixed Cold Meat with Virginia Ham$1.40
Squab$1.00
Westphalian Ham$0.75
Chaudfroid Jeannette$0.85
Pate de Foie Gras$1.00
Tongue$0.60
Boned capon$1.25
Sliced Cold Chicken$1.00
Virginia Ham$0.90
Boneless Squab$1.25
Squab Chicken$1.60
Chicken and Ham Pie$1.25
Chicken$1.25 – $2.50
Terrapin$3.50
Canape, Lorenzo$0.75
Sweetbreads Hongroise$1.50
Crab meat, creme grati$1.50
Devilled Stuffed Lobster$0.75
Oyster crabs$1.25
Scotch Woodcock$0.60
Lobster Newburg$1.75
Stuffed Crab$0.75
Lobster, Bordelaise$1.75
Lobster Croquette$0.75
Soft Shell Crabs$0.60
Broiled Lobster$1.50
Lamb chops, Maison d'Or$1.10
Yorkshire Buck$0.70
Devilled Kidneys$0.70
CLAM BROTH$0.30
Chicken Broth, Bellevue$0.35
Consomme$0.30
Chicken broth$0.35
Harengs de Fecamp$0.40
Lyon Sausage$0.50
Bismarck Herring$0.50
Smoked Sardines$0.40
Pickled lamb's tongue$0.40
Caviar, Special Importation$2.00
Celery$0.60
Stilton$0.20
Canadian Cheese$0.20
Port Salut$0.20
Brie$0.20
Edam$0.20
Gruyere$0.20
Pont l'Eveque cheese$0.20
Chicken salad$1.25
Tomato Salad$0.60
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.30

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