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Merchant's Club

Date
1913-03-14
Restaurant
Merchant's Club
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Page 1

Special--Smith Islands$0.30
Seapuits$0.25
BLUE POINTS$0.20
Oyster cocktail$0.25
Little Neck clams$0.15
Clam cocktail$0.20
Cherrystone Clams$0.20
Codfish Chowder$0.25 – $0.40
Consomme, Julienne$0.25 – $0.40
Clam Broth, Cup$0.20
Essence of tomatoes, hot$0.25
Strained chicken gumbo, hot$0.25
Broiled shad roe, French fried potatoes$0.60
Broiled codfish, oyster sauce$0.40
Striped bass in cream au gratin$0.40
Cold Lobster$0.50 – $0.90
Cold Chicken Lobster$0.50
Roast capon stuffed, cranberry sauce$0.60 – $1.10
Broiled Virginia ham, potatoes sautees$0.40 – $0.75
Sliced chicken and salt pork au gratin$0.60
Emince of lamb in cream$0.35 – $0.65
Pork chops sautes, Tyrolienne$0.30 – $0.60
Boiled beef, tomatoes, Barjau$0.30 – $0.60
Broiled green turtle steak, sauce Pauvrette, fried sweet potatoes$0.50
Eggs, Magenta$0.40
Baked Hubbard Squash$0.15
Ribs of beef$0.35 – $0.60
Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Rack of lamb$0.50 – $0.80
Crawford Farms broiled chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Terrapin, Maryland$2.00
French Artichokes$0.40
Boiled White Onions$0.20
Fresh mushrooms$0.40 – $0.75
New string beans$0.20 – $0.35
Cauliflower$0.25 – $0.40
Fried Egg Plant$0.15
Spinach$0.15 – $0.25
French peas$0.20 – $0.35
French string beans$0.20 – $0.35
SWEET POTATOES--Boiled$0.20
Sweet Potatoes, Fried$0.25
Sweet Potatoes, Baked$0.20
Bermuda potatoes$0.20
Mashed yellow turnips$0.20
Brussels Sprouts$0.20 – $0.35
Stewed tomatoes$0.15 – $0.25
Spaghetti in cream$0.25
Potatoes, boiled$0.10
Potatoes, mashed$0.15
" Hashed in Cream$0.10 – $0.20
Endive$0.20 – $0.30
Chicory$0.20 – $0.30
Lettuce$0.15 – $0.25
Romaine$0.15 – $0.25
Cucumber$0.15 – $0.30
Lettuce Heart$0.35
Crab flake$0.45 – $0.85
Escarole$0.20 – $0.30
Tomato$0.20 – $0.30
Potato$0.15 – $0.25
Watercress$0.20
Lobster$0.50 – $0.90
Celery$0.35
Lettuce and Tomato$0.20 – $0.30
Macedoine$0.40
Cold Slaw$0.15
Chicken$45.00 – $85.00
Mayonnaise$10.00
Pineapple Fritters$0.20
Plum Pudding, Hard Sauce$0.25
Baked Apple and Cream$0.15 – $0.25
Cup Custard$0.15
Club apple pie$0.15
Apple Pie$0.15
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
Mince Pie$0.15
cocoanut pie$0.15
French Pastry$0.15
Stewed rhubarb$0.20
Cold Club rice pudding$0.15
Meringue, Chantilly$0.25
Stewed Fresh Pears$0.15
French Prunes$0.25
Cold pear or peach, Conde$0.20
California prunes$0.20
Chocolate Eclairs$0.15 – $0.25
Grape fruit$0.20 – $0.35
Orange$0.10
Anjou pear$0.15
Apple$0.10
Roquefort$0.15 – $0.25
Gorgonzola$0.15 – $0.25
Camembert$0.15 – $0.25
Gruyere$0.15
American$0.15
Port du Salut$0.15 – $0.25
Cream$0.15
Stilton$0.10
Bacillac (Metchnikoff), per glass$0.15
Imported Beers on Draught (Pilsener)$0.10 – $0.15
Chambertin salad served with cold cuts
Pressed Corned Beef$0.30 – $0.60
Turkey$0.50 – $0.90
Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Virginia Ham$0.40 – $0.75
Corned beef$0.30 – $0.60
Rack of lamb$0.50 – $0.80
filet of beef$0.50 – $0.90
Ham$0.30 – $0.60
Smoked Beef Tongue$0.30 – $0.60
Ribs of beef$0.35 – $0.60
Terrapin, Baltimore$2.00
Coffee Eclairs$0.15 – $0.25
M C Stilton$0.10
Imported Beers on Draught (Humbser)$0.10 – $0.15
Strained chicken gumbo, cold$0.25
Essence of tomatoes, cold$0.25

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Eggs, boiled$0.20
Eggs, fried$0.25
Eggs, fried aromatique$0.40
Eggs, fried Virginienne$0.40
Eggs, fried Norwegienne$0.40
Eggs, shirred$0.25
Eggs, shirred brown butter$0.40
Eggs, shirred a la Collins$0.40
Eggs, shirred Plumery$0.40
Eggs, shirred with tomato sauce$0.40
Eggs, shirred Cardinale$0.40
Eggs, shirred chipolata$0.40
Eggs, shirred Turbigo$0.40
Eggs, shirred Venitienne$0.40
Eggs, shirred Imperatrice$0.40
Eggs, shirred a la Gouffe$0.40
Eggs, shirred a la Coquelicot$0.40
Eggs, shirred a la Rothomago$0.40
Eggs, shirred a la Turque$0.40
Eggs, shirred a la Meyerbeer$0.40
Eggs, Scrambled$0.25
Eggs, scrambled with tomatoes$0.40
Eggs, scrambled with cheese$0.40
Eggs, scrambled with frizzled beef$0.40
Eggs, Scrambled with Truffles$0.75
Eggs, scrambled a la Du Vivier$0.40
Eggs, Poached on toast$0.50
Eggs, poached on anchovy toast$0.40
Eggs, poached a la Suedoise$0.40
Eggs, poached Nantaise$0.40
Eggs, poached Nitza$0.40
Eggs, poached, Veron$0.40
Eggs, poached, Bombay$0.40
Eggs, poached Benedictine$0.40
Omelette, plain$0.25
Omelette, with fine herbs$0.40
Omelette, with cheese$0.40
Omelette, with tomatoes$0.40
Omelette, with onions$0.40
Omelette, with jelly$0.40
Omelette, with ham$0.40
Omelette, with clams$0.40
Omelette, with kidneys$0.40
Omelette, with sardines$0.40
Omelette, with sausages$0.40
Omelette, with asparagus tips$0.40
Omelette, with bacon$0.40
Omelette, with chicken livers$0.40
Omelette, Spanish$0.50
Omelette, with mushrooms$0.50
Omelette, with truffles$0.75
Omelette, international$0.40
Omelette, Nicoise$0.40
Omelette, Bayonne$0.40
Omelette, Zouave$0.40
Omelette, Portugaise$0.40
Omelette, au Rhum$0.40
Omelette, au kirsch$0.40
Scotch Woodcock$0.40
Bacon and eggs$0.40
Ham and eggs$0.45
Cucumbers$0.30
Olives$0.15
Stuffed olives$0.20
Radishes$0.15
Filet of Herring$0.30
Caviar$0.50
Royans$0.35
Stuffed Mangoes$0.15
Anchovies$0.30
Sardines$0.35
Tunny-fish$0.30
Westphalian Ham$0.50
Celery$0.30
Shad and roe$0.45 – $0.85
Finnian Haddie$0.40
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.90
Deviled Stuffed Lobster$0.35 – $0.65
Spanish mackerel$0.35 – $0.65
Codfish Balls$0.25 – $0.45
Kippered Herring$0.30
Deviled Stuffed Crabs$0.25 – $0.45
Minced chicken in cream$0.40 – $0.75
Corned Beef Hash$0.30 – $0.60
Corned beef hash browned$0.30 – $0.60
Roast Beef Hash$0.35 – $0.65
Ragout a la Deutsch$0.45 – $0.85
Lamb Hash$0.35 – $0.65
Lamb Hash with Green Peppers$0.35 – $0.65
Chicken hash$0.40 – $0.75
Chicken hash with sweet red peppers$0.40 – $0.75
Smoked beef in cream$0.30 – $0.60
Oyster Stew$0.25
Oyster Cream Stew$0.35
Fried oysters$0.35
Broiled oysters$0.35
Baltimore broil oysters$0.40
Oysters poulette$0.50
Pan Roast Oysters$0.35
Oyster extra cream stew$0.50
Oysters, Boston stew$0.30
Oysters extra boston stew$0.50
Potatoes, boiled$0.10
Mashed potatoes$0.15
Baked Potatoes$0.10
Stewed potatoes$0.20
Potatoes sautees$0.15
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.10 – $0.20
Potatoes, Hollandaise$0.15
Potatoes, parisienne$0.20
Potatoes, Sarah Bernhardt$0.25
Waffle Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes hashed in cream$0.10 – $0.20
Julienne potatoes$0.15
Saratoga Potatoes$0.15
German fried potatoes$0.15
Potatoes Rissolees$0.20
Soufflees potatoes$0.25
Hashed browned$0.15
Maitre d'Hotel Potatoes$0.20
Potatoes hashed in cream au gratin$0.15 – $0.25
French fried potatoes$0.15
Potatoes O'Brien$0.20

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Royal Squab$0.75
Hamburg steak$0.45
Beefsteak a la tartare$0.50
French steak$0.50
Small Steak$0.50
Small steak with onions$0.60
Small steak with bacon$0.65
Small steak with mushrooms$0.75
Small steak bordelaise$0.65
Sirloin Steak$0.75
Tripe$0.30 – $0.60
Lamb Chops$0.30 – $0.60
Whole chicken, broiled$1.25
Whole chicken deviled$1.25
Whole chicken fricassee$1.35
Meliken salad$0.30
Dumas salad$0.30
Lettuce Salad$0.15 – $0.25
Watercress Salad$0.20
Victoria Salad$0.30
Russian salad$0.75
Peaches in Syrup$0.20
Apricots in Syrup$0.20
Brandy peaches$0.40
Brandy green gages$0.35
Wiesbaden Strawberries$0.25
Grape fruit marmalade$0.20 – $0.35
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.85
Sirloin Steak with bacon$0.90
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.00
Sirloin steak with cepes$1.00
Sirloin Steak with truffles$1.50
Sirloin Steak Bearnaise$1.00
Sirloin Steak Bordelaise$1.00
Extra sirloin steak$1.25
Extra sirloin steak with mushrooms$1.60
Extra sirloin steak with truffles$2.25
Porterhouse Steak$1.50
Porterhouse steak wth mushrooms$2.00
Porterhouse steak with truffles$2.50
Merchants' Club steak$2.00
Merchants' Club steak mushrooms$2.50
Merchants' Club steak truffles$3.00
Tenderloin Steak$0.85
Tenderloin steak small$0.55
Chateaubriand$1.50
Chateaubriand Bearnaise$1.85
Chateaubriand with mushrooms$1.85
Chateaubriand with truffles$2.25
Guinea chicken$1.50
English mutton chop$0.50
Chicken (whole), rice curry$1.35
Chicken (whole), saute, Marengo$1.50
Chicken (whole), saute, financiere$1.50
Chicken half, broiled$0.70
Chicken scalloped$0.45
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.45
Chicken livers sautes$0.35 – $0.65
pig's feet$0.35
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.30 – $0.60
Calf's Liver Saute$0.30 – $0.60
Broiled Bacon$0.30
Broiled Ham$0.40
Deviled Ham$0.50
Kidneys en Brochette$0.40
Veal Kidney$0.45
Welsh rarebit$0.40
Golden buck$0.45
Lobster, Maryland or Newberg$0.50 – $0.90
Grilled Sardines$0.45
Broiled Sweetbreads$0.75
Veal Chops$0.40 – $0.75
Broiled country sausage$0.30 – $0.60
Ribs of beef$0.35 – $0.60
Corned beef$0.30 – $0.60
Lamb (rack)$0.50 – $0.80
Ham$0.30 – $0.60
Beef tongue$0.30 – $0.60
Chicken$0.75 – $1.50
Pate de foie-gras$1.00
Assorted meats$0.45 – $0.85
Caviar sandwich$0.50
Ham Sandwich$0.15
Tongue Sandwich$0.15
Anchovy Salad$0.40
Corned beef sandwich$0.15
Coffee$0.10 – $0.20
Iced coffee$0.20
Cheese Sandwich$0.15
Iced tea$0.25
Chicken Sandwich$0.25
Tea$0.20
Club sandwich$0.30
Chocolate$0.15 – $0.25
Sardine Sandwich$0.30
Cocoa$0.15 – $0.25
Extra cream$0.05
Milk toast$0.20
Cucumber$0.15 – $0.30
Cream toast$0.30
Milk$0.10 – $0.20
Tomato$0.20 – $0.30
Milk and cream$0.20 – $0.30
Potato$0.15 – $0.25
Cream$0.30 – $0.40
Macedoine$0.40
oatmeal with cream$0.25
Cold Slaw$0.15
Hominy with cream$0.25
Chiffonnade$0.40
Rice with Cream$0.25
Malted Milk$0.10
Lobster$0.50 – $0.90
TOASTED MUFFINS$0.10
Corn muffins$0.10
Chicken$0.45 – $0.85
Crab flake$0.45 – $0.85
HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE$0.20
Crab Apple Jelly$0.20
Beach plum jelly$0.20
Guava jelly$0.25
Bar-le-Duc Jelly$0.20 – $0.35
Pears in Syrup$0.20
Figs au jus$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.15 – $0.25

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