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Adams' Restaurant

Date
1913-05-30
Restaurant
Adams' Restaurant
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

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Clam Fry with Bacon$0.25
Iced tea$5.00
Little Neck Clam Chowder$0.10
Cup of Clam Broth$0.20
Clam cocktail$0.25
Steamed Little Neck Clams$0.30
with bacon$0.25
Oyster cocktail$0.20
Little Neck clams, half shell$0.15
Clam Stew$0.20
Little Neck Clam Fritters$0.20
Oyster Stew$0.25
Oyster Fry$0.25
Chicken a la creole$0.10
Cup of Cold Consomme$0.10
With Meat Orders$0.05
SPECIAL - 1 1/2 lb. BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.65
Fried codfish, tomato sauce$0.20
Boiled codfish, egg sauce$0.20
Creamed Finnan Haddie, Caledonian Style$0.35
Broiled Fresh Mackerel, Grilled Potatoes$0.30
Fried Soft Shell Crabs, Tartar Sauce$0.35
Creamed Finnan Haddie$0.25
Sea bass saute, Meuniere$0.25
Small Lobster Salad$0.35
Lobster a la Newburg en Casserole$0.60
Half Cold Lobster, Mayonnaise and Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Fried or Broiled North River Shad$0.25
with bacon$0.35
with bacon$0.35
Broiled Green Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.25
Broiled Halibut Steak, Maitre d'Hotel$0.25
Cold Salmon, Mayonnaise, Sliced Tomatoes$0.25
Single Straight Bone Sirloin and Onions$0.50
Extra Straight Bone Sirloin and Onions$0.85
Fried Spring Chicken a la Maryland$0.45
Chicken Patties, Green Peas, one$0.20
two$0.30
Roast Spring Chicken, Apple Sauce, Lima Beans$0.40
All White Meat$0.45
Roast Turkey, Dressing, Grape Jelly$0.45
All White Meat$0.50
Half Broiled Chicken, Fried Sweet Potatoes, Grape Jelly$0.50
Fricassee of Chicken, home style$0.35
Roast Long Island Duck, Apple Sauce, Green Peas$0.40
German Pot Roast en Casserole, Corn Fritter$0.30
Baked Fresh Ham and Dressing, Apple Fritters$0.35
Smoked Beef Tongue and New Spinach$0.30
Chicken Croquettes with Asparagus$0.20
Potted Beed, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Fried Egg Plant and Bacon$0.20
Corn Fritters and Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs, String Beans$0.25
Cold Sliced Chicken and Ham, Potato Salad$0.45
Cold Roast Lamb, Potato Salad$0.30
Cold Prime Rib, Sliced Tomatoes$0.30
Cold Boiled Ham and Potato Salad$0.20
Cold Sliced Tongue, Sliced Cucumbers$0.30
Cold Sliced Tongue, Sliced Cucumbers$0.30
Roast Loin of Pork, Apple Sauce, New Sauerkraut$0.30
Tea$0.05
Iced coffee$0.05
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Green Peas$0.30
Ice Cold Buttermilk$0.05
American Cheese and Saltines$0.05
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus$0.30
Extra Cut, String Beans$0.40
Roast Leg of Canada Mutton, Currant Jelly$0.25
New Asparagus on Toast$0.15
Baked Macaroni au Gratin, Individual Dish, 10 Minutes$0.10
Baked Spaghetti au Gratin, 10 Minutes$0.10
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.15
Cold Asparagus, Vinaigrette$0.20
Boiled White Onions$0.05
Fried onions$0.05
New Spinach$0.10
with egg$0.15
French peas$0.15
Stewed Corn$0.05
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus$0.30
Succotash$0.10
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Apple Sauce$0.05
Fruit Jelly and Ice Cream$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Home-made Grape Preserve$0.05
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.10
Fruit Jelly and Whipped Cream$0.10
Chocolate Pudding, Whipped Cream$0.05
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Cup Custard$0.05
rice pudding$0.05
Large Grape Fruit$0.10 – $0.20
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
Strawberry Jelly with Ice Cream$0.10
Sliced Bananas and Ice Cream$0.10
Stewed rhubarb$0.05
Strawberry short cake$0.10
Special--Old-Fashioned Strawberry Short Cake$0.10
Vanilla Ice Cream with Crushed Berries$0.10
Strawberries en surpise$0.05
Cold Peach Tapioca$0.05
Chocolate Cream Roll$0.05
Ginger Bread Pudding, Chocolate Sauce$0.05
Custard Pie$0.05
Fresh Home-made Rhubarb Pie$0.05
lemon meringue pie$0.05
Strawberry Pie, Individual$0.10
Fresh Strawberry Pie$0.05
Apple Pie$0.05
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.10
Boston Cream Pie$0.05
au gratin$0.15
Raw French Fried$0.10
Lyonnaise$0.10
Julienne$0.10
Side Dish of Baked Beans$0.05
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
GREEN PEAS$0.10
String Beans$0.10
Lima beans$0.10
Boiled New Potatoes in Cream$0.05
German Fried, To Order$0.10
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.10
Hashed in Cream$0.10
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Lettuce and Cucumbers$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Sliced onions$0.10
Fried Egg Plant$0.10
Ice Cold Grape Fruit$0.10
Coffee$0.05
Milk$0.05
Cocoa$0.05

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

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Sliced Banana
Baked Apple
Apple Sauce
Stewed prunes
Orange
Sliced Orange
Force
Shredded Wheat
Grape Nuts
Oatmeal
Corn Flakes
Wheat Cakes
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
Fried Liver and Onions
Hamburger Steak
Pot of Tea
Boiled potatoes
Hot Rolls
Half grape fruit$0.10
Strawberries and Cream$0.15
Sliced Bananas$0.05
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.10
Baked Apple$0.05
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Whole Orange$0.05
Stewed prunes$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Sliced Orange$0.10
Wheat Cakes or Buckwheat Cakes with Maple Syrup$0.10
Bowl of Force$0.10
Bowl of Force with Cream$0.15
Shredded Wheat$0.10
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.15
Oatmeal$0.10
Pitcher of Pure Cream$0.05
oatmeal 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
Glass Half and Half$0.10
Buttered Toast and Coffee$0.10
Coffee and Rolls$0.10
Coffee and Rolls with Small Order of Cereal$0.15
Two Lamb Chops on Toast, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
Coffee
Cocoa
Glass of milk
French fried potatoes
German fried potatoes
Buckwheat Cakes
Dry Toast
Buttered toast
Dry Toast and Coffee$0.10
Cereal with order$0.05
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA
Ceylon Tea
Mixed Tea
Oolong Tea
Spanish Omelette, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Mushroom Omelefte, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Onion Omelette, Coffee and Rolls$0.25
Tomato Omelette, Coffee and Rolls$0.25
Veal cutlet, breaded, coffee and rolls$0.30
Fried Liver with Onions, Coffee and Rolls$0.20
Fried liver and bacon, coffee and rolls$0.20
Pork Chops, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Mutton Chops, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Country Sausage, Wheat Cakes, Coffee and Rolls$0.25
Country sausage, buckwheat cakes, coffee and rolls$0.25
Fried Ham and Eggs, Coffee and Rolls$0.30
Fried Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.20
Fried Ham$0.25
Broiled Ham$0.25
Ham and eggs$0.25
Bacon and Eggs, Beechnut$0.25
Small Sirloin Steak with Two Fried Eggs$0.40
Small Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes$0.30
Fruit with egg orders$0.20
Fruit with meat orders$0.20
Cereal with meat orders$0.20
Cereal with egg orders$0.20
Wheat cakes with egg orders$0.20
Wheat cakes with meat orders$0.20
Fruit and wheat cakes with meat orders$0.25
Fruit and wheat cakes with meat orders$0.25
Fruit and wheat cakes with meat orders$0.25
Fruit and wheat cakes with egg orders$0.25
Pot of Coffe (Our Own Special Blend) with All Breakfast Orders

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