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Adams' Restaurant

Date
1913-04-23
Restaurant
Adams' Restaurant
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

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Blue Points, half shell$0.15
Oyster Fry with Bacon$0.35
Oyster Stew$0.25
Oyster cocktail$0.20
Box Stew$0.25
Oyster Broil on Toast$0.35
Oyster Fry$0.25
Oyster Patties$0.30
Large Fry$0.35
Oysters a la Poulette$0.30
Little Neck clams, half shell$0.15
Clam cocktail$0.25
Clam Fry with Bacon$0.25
Steamed Little Neck Clams$0.30
Clam Stew$0.20
Cup of Clam Broth$0.20
Little Neck Clam Fritters$0.20
Little Neck Clam Fritters with Bacon$0.25
Puree of Split Peas$0.10
Chicken a la creole$0.10
With Meat Orders$0.05
Broilled Chicken Halibut, Potato Croquettes$0.25
Sea bass saute, Meuniere$0.25
Fried sea bass with bacon$0.30
Small Lobster Salad$0.35
Lobster a la Newburg en Casserole$0.60
Half Cold Lobster, Mayonanaise and Sliced Tomatoes$0.45
Shad Roe Omelette, Beechnut Bacon$0.30
Broiled Green Bluefish, Grilled White Potatoes$0.25
Broiled Halibut Steak, Maitre d'Hotel$0.25
Broiled North River Shad, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.30
Shad Roe and Beechnut Bacon$0.40
Steamed Finnan Haddie$0.25
Cold Salmond, Mayonnaise, Sliced Tomatoes$0.25
Roast Chicken, Apple Sauce, Stewed Corn$0.40
All White Meat$0.50
Boiled Corned Beef and Cabbage$0.25
New England Boiled Dinner$0.20
Potted Beef with Macaroni$0.20
Breast of Lamb Breaded, Mixed Vegetables$0.25
Calf's Liver and Onions, Potato Croquettes$0.25
Beef kidney stew with vegetables$0.20
Veal Cutlet Breaded, Duchesse Potatoes$0.30
Salisbury Steak a la Stanley$0.25
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs, Lima Beans$0.25
Cold Roast Pork, Italian Salad$0.30
Stewed Chicken Livers and Mushrooms$0.25
Tomatoe Omelette$0.20
Corn Omelette$0.20
Corn Fritters and Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Cold Prime Rib, Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Grilled Sweet Potato and Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Green Peas$0.30
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus$0.30
Extra Cut, String Beans$0.40
Roast Leg of Canada Mutton, Currant Jelly$0.25
Baked Macaroni au Gratin, Individual Dish, 10 Minutes$0.10
Baked Spaghetti au Gratin$0.10
Mashed Turnips$0.05
Asparagus on Toast$0.15
Boiled White Onions$0.05
Spaghetti, italiene$0.15
New Spinach$0.10
New Spinach with Egg$0.15
Chocolate Roll$0.05
Sponge pudding$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
French peas$0.15
Succotash$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Side Dish of Baked Beans$0.05
Fried onions$0.05
German Fried, To Order$0.10
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.10
Hashed in Cream$0.10
Julienne$0.10
Lyonnaise$0.10
Raw French Fried$0.10
au gratin$0.15
Cabinet Pudding$0.05
Old Fashioned Strawberry Short Cake
Tea$0.05
Philadelphia Cream and Saltines$0.15
American Cheese and Saltines$0.10
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.15
Sliced Tomatos$0.10
Sliced Onion$0.10
Fried Egg Plant$0.10
Ice Cold Grape Fruit$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Fruit Jelly and Ice Cream$0.10
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.10
lemon meringue pie$0.05
Fresh home made rhubarb pie$0.05
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
rice pudding$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Chocolate Pudding, Whipped Cream$0.05
Corn Starch Blanc Mange$0.05
Fruit Jelly and Whipped Cream$0.10
Coffee$0.05
Milk$0.05
Cocoa$0.05
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Peach Pie$0.05
Stewed rhubarb$0.05
Sliced Bananas and Ice Cream$0.10
Large Grape Fruit$0.10 – $0.20
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.10
Home made grape preserve$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.15
Baked Apple Dumpling, Hard and Wine Sauce$0.10

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Sirloin Steak$0.30
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.35
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.40
Top Sirloin$0.40
Top Sirloin with Onions$0.45
Top Sirloin with Mushrooms$0.50
Double Sirloin$0.80
Bone Sirloin Steak$0.45
Bone Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.50
Bone Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Family Sirloin, For Three$0.95
Family Sirloin, For Three with Onions$1.10
Family Sirloin, For Three with Mushrooms$1.20
Porterhouse steak, single$0.60
Porterhouse Steak, Single with Onions$0.65
Porterhouse Steak, Single with Mushrooms$0.75
Double porterhouse steak$1.00
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.45
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Extra Tenderloin Steak$0.65
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.75
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.80
Steak a la Tartare with Egg$0.30
Rasher of Bacon, extra$0.10
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Golden buck$0.30
Yorkshire Buck$0.25
Half Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.50
Whole Broiled Chicken on Toast$1.00
Fried or Broiled Bacon, Beechnut$0.25
Fried or Broiled Ham, Beechnut$0.25
Chicken a la Maryland$0.50
Beechnut Bacon and Eggs$0.35
Fried Beechnut Ham and Eggs$0.35
Hamburger Steak$0.20
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Corned beef hash with egg$0.25
Liver with Onions$0.20
liver and bacon$0.25
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.25
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.35
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Breaded$0.35
Veal Cutlet, Breaded or Plain$0.25
Pork Tenderloin, Breaded$0.30
Pork Chops, Breaded$0.25
Pork Chops$0.25
Mutton Chops$0.25
English Mutton Chop with Bacon$0.45
Lamb Chops, Two$0.25
Lamb Chops, Three$0.35
Fried Ham and Egg Sandwich$0.15
Corned beef sandwich$0.10
Egg Sandwich$0.10
Chicken Sandwich$0.15
Club sandwich$0.25
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
Cheese Sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham Sandwich$0.10
Ham Sandwich$0.10
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.10
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Mayonnaise, extra$0.05
Table Celery$0.15
Cucumber salad$0.10
Asparagus salad$0.20
Lettuce Salad$0.15
COMBINATION SALAD$0.20
Chicken salad$0.35 – $0.55
Lobster salad$0.35 – $0.60
Lettuce Salad with Egg$0.20
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
White Cabbage and Onion Salad$0.15
Salmon Salad$0.25
Potato salad$0.10
Cold Boiled Ham and Potato Salad$0.20
Cold Roast Top Sirloin of Beef$0.25
Cold Roast Prime Rib of Beef$0.25
Cold Roast Prime Rib of Beef Extra Cut$0.35
Cold Chicken$0.35
Cold Chicken, Sliced$0.35
French Sardines, Per Box$0.25
Cold Roast Lamb and Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Roast Pork and Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Corned Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Two Boiled or Fried Eggs$0.15
Two Scrambled Eggs$0.15
Two Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20
Two Poached Eggs$0.15
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Ham and eggs$0.25
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.30
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.30
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs$0.20
Spanish omelette$0.25
Jelly Omeletee$0.25
French Pea Omelette$0.25
Plain Omelette$0.15 – $0.20
Ham omelette$0.25
Bacon Omelette$0.25
Tomato Omelette$0.25
Parsley Omelette$0.25
Onion Omelette$0.25
Mushroom Omelette$0.25
Chicken Omelette$0.30
Cheese Omelette$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Celery$0.15

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Fruit with meat orders$0.20
Fruit and Cereal with Meat Orders$0.25
English Breakfast
Spanish Omeletee, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Mushroom Omeletee, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Fried Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.20
Onion or Tomato Omelette, Coffee and Rolls$0.25
Fried or Broiled Ham$0.25
Veal Cutlet Breaded, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Ham and eggs$0.25
Fried Liver with Onions or Bacon, Coffee and Rolls$0.20
Bacon and Eggs (Beechnut)$0.25
Pork or Mutton Chops, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Small Sirloin Steak with Two Fried Eggs$0.40
Fried Ham and Eggs, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Small Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes$0.30
Two Lamb Chops on Toast, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
Country Sausage, Wheat or Buckwheat Cakes, Coffee and Rolls$0.25
Small Order of Cereal with Order$0.05
Coffee and Rolls$0.10
Coffee and Rolls with Small Order of Cereal$0.15
Buttered Toast and Coffee$0.10
Pitcher of Pure Cream$0.05
Glass Half and Half$0.10
Oatmeal$0.10
oatmeal with cream$0.15
Shredded Wheat$0.10
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.15
Bowl of Force$0.10
Bowl of Force with Cream$0.15
Grape Nuts$0.10
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.15
Milk toast$0.15
Cream toast$0.15
Crackers and Milk$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Baked Apple$0.05
Half grape fruit$0.10
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Apple Sauce$0.05
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
Sliced Bananas$0.05
Whole Orange$0.05
Sliced Orange$0.10
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.10
Hot Rolls
Boiled potatoes
Pot of Tea
Sliced Banana
Baked Apple
Wheat Cakes
Corn Flakes
Oatmeal
Apple Sauce
Stewed prunes
Grape Nuts
Shredded Wheat
Force
Sliced Orange
Orange
Two boiled eggs
Two Fried Eggs
Two Poached Eggs
Two Scrambled Eggs
Fried Sausages
Fried Bacon
Fried Ham
Corned Beef Hash
Plain Omelette
Fried Bacon and One Egg
Fried Ham and One Egg
One Lamb Chop
One Pork Chop
Hamburger Steak
Fried Liver and Onions
Coffee
Cocoa
Milk
Dry Toast and Coffee$0.10
French fried potatoes
German fried potatoes
Dry Toast
Buttered toast
Ceylon Tea
Mixed Tea
Oolong Tea
Buckwheat Cakes
Wheat cakes with meat orders$0.20
Fruit with egg orders$0.20
Fruit and wheat cakes with meat orders$0.25
Cereal with meat orders$0.20
Cereal with egg orders$0.20
Wheat cakes with egg orders$0.20
Fruit and wheat cakes with egg orders$0.25
Fruit and cereal with egg orders$0.25

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Puree of Split Peas$0.10
Chicken a la creole$0.10
Blue Points, 1/2 shell$0.15
Creamed Oyster on Toast$0.25
Creamed Finan Haddie on Toast$0.20
Broiled Chicken Halibut, Potatoe Croquette$0.25
Broiled or Fried North River Shad$0.25
Broiled Blue-fish$0.25
Broiled Blue-fish with Bacon$0.35
Oyster Stew$0.25
Oyster Cream Stew$0.25
Oyster Omemette$0.25
Shad Roe Omelette$0.25
Roast Chicken, Stewed Corn, apple sauce$0.40
Chicken Patties, with Green Peas (1-20,)$0.30
Boiled Corned Beef and New Cabbage$0.20
New England Boiled Dinner$0.25
Breast of Lamb Breaded, Mixed Vegetables$0.20
Steamed Corned Beef Hash, with Fried Egg$0.20
Potted Beef, with Macaroni$0.20
Calves Liver & Onions, Potato Croquettes$0.25
Beef [sic] Vidney Stew, with Vegetables$0.20
Salisbury Steak, ala Stabley$0.20
Minced Ham & Scrambled Eggs, Spaghetti$0.20
Stewed Chicken Livers, Spaghetti Creole$0.15
Cold Roast Pork, Italienne Salad$0.25
Veal Cutlet Breaded, with Spaghetti Creole$0.30
Fried Egg Plant & Bacon$0.15
Corn Omelette$0.20
Jelly omelette$0.20
Roast Leg of Lamb, with Green Peas$0.30
Roast Prime Rib, Lima Beans$0.30
Roast Prime Rib, Lima Beans, Extra Cut$0.40
Side of Spaghetti$0.05
Side Fried Sweets$0.05
Lima beans$0.05
Boiled Onions$0.05
Corn$0.05
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
Lettuce Salad$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Watercress Salad$0.10
New Asparagus on Toast$0.15
New Spinach$0.10
Chocolate Cream Roll$0.05
Sponge pudding$0.05
rice pudding$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Cabinet Pudding$0.05
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Strawberry pie$0.10
lemon meringue pie$0.05
Boston Cream Cake$0.05
Home Made Apple Pie$0.05
Fruit jelly with ice cream$0.10
Baked Apple$0.05
Baked Apple with Pure Cream$0.10
Sliced Bananas$0.05
Sliced bananas with pure cream$0.10
1/2 Grapefruit$0.10
Chocolate Pudding$0.05
Fruit Jelly with Whipped Cream$0.10
Home Made Peach Pie$0.05
Home made rhubarb pie$0.05
Home Made Cocoanut Pie$0.05

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