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Mercantile Lunch Co.

Date
1913-05-09
Restaurant
Mercantile Lunch Co.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Hot Tea Biscuits
Corn muffins
Rolls
Manhattan clam chowder$0.10
Chicken broth, spaghetti$0.10
Grilled shad roe$0.25
Grilled shad roe with bacon$0.30
Fried scallops with bacon$0.25
Broiled Bluefish, Parsley Butter$0.20
Baked shad, melted butter$0.20
Fried codfish steak, tomato sauce$0.15
Fish cakes, tomato sauce$0.15
Fried ham steak, Southern style$0.30
Chicken a la King on Toast$0.25
Boiled smoked ox-tongue with spinach and raisin sauce$0.25
Cold Prime Ribs of Beef, Potato Salad$0.25
Breaded veal cutlet, tomato sauce and spaghetti$0.20
German Pot Roast, Potato Pancakes$0.20
New asparagus on toast with butter sauce$0.10
Cold sirloin of beef with potato salad$0.20
Corned beef hash, green peppers, browned$0.15
Chicken croquettes, Madeira sauce, Lima beans$0.15
Frankfurters and Potato Salad$0.15
Ham and New York or Boston Beans$0.15
Prime ribs of beef, French fried potatoes$0.25
Leg of young lamb with mint sauce and peas$0.25
Sirloin of beef with spinach$0.20
Stuffed tomatoes with celery$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Spinach$0.10
Spinach with egg$0.15
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.15
Lima beans$0.05
Side dish of Boston beans$0.05
Side dish of New York beans$0.05
Salmon Salad$0.20
Potato salad$0.05
Club sandwich$0.20
Cold Roast Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Sardine Salad$0.20
Mixed Salad$0.15
Cold Corned Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Home-made Strawberry Pie$0.05
Home-made rhubarb pie$0.05
Home-made cocoanut layer cake$0.05
Home-made lemon meringue pie, individual$0.05
Home-made cheese cake$0.05
Home-made strawberry tart$0.05
Home-made cranberry pie, individual$0.05
Hot Apple Dumpling, hard and brandy sauce$0.05
Hot home-made mince pie$0.05
Hot home-made mince pie with hard and wine sauce$0.10
Home-made pumpkin pie$0.05
Strawberries and Cream$0.10
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Boston pie$0.05
Home-made German apple cake$0.05
Home-made orange layer cake$0.05
Cup cabinet pudding, wine sauce$0.05
Fancy baked apple$0.05
Fancy baked apple with pure cream$0.10
Horton's ice cream, chocolate$0.10
Horton's ice cream, vanilla$0.10
Cabinet Pudding$0.05
Chocolate Pudding$0.05
Corn Starch$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Stewed prunes$0.05
Cold rice pudding$0.05
Sliced pineapple$0.05
Sliced orange, whole$0.10

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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