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Adam's Restaurant

Date
1913-08-27
Restaurant
Adam's Restaurant
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

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Little Neck clams, half shell$0.15
Clam Fry$0.25
Clam Fry, with Bacon$0.35
Clam Stew$0.20
Clam cocktail$0.25
Steamed Little Neck Clams$0.30
Cup of Clam Broth$0.20
Vegetable Soup$0.10
Cream of Green Corn Soup$0.10
Cup of Cold Consomme$0.10
Clam Fritters, Cream Sauce$0.20
Clam Fritters, Cream Sauce with Bacon$0.25
Fried Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Broiled Halibut$0.25
Fried Halibut, Tartar Sauce$0.25
Creamed Finnan Haddie with Green Pepper$0.25
Steamed Finnan Haddie$0.25
Steamed Finnan Haddie, Center Cut$0.30
Fried or Broiled Sea Bass$0.25
Fried or Broiled Sea Bass, with Beechnut Bacon$0.35
Half Cold Lobster, Mayonnaise and Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Broiled Green Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel$0.25
Small Lobster Salad$0.35
Large Lobster Salad$0.60
Saddle English Mutton Chop, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.40
Planked Delmonico Steak$0.60 – $1.10
BROILED LIVE LOBSTER$0.60
Lobster a la Newburg$0.60
Half Roast Spring Chicken, Currant Jelly, Stewed Corn$0.40
Half Broiled Spring Chicken with Green Corn on Cob$0.50
Chicken Fricassee with Steamed Rice$0.50
Yankee Pot Roast Casserole and Corn Fritter
Potted Beef, Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.20
New England Boiled Dinner$0.25
Corned Beef and New Cabbage$0.25
Rump Corned Beef and Garden Spinach$0.25
Small Tenderloin Steak a la Stanley$0.40
Fricassee of Spring Lamb with Vegetables$0.20
Ragout of Beef Kidney on Toast with Mushrooms$0.25
Chicken Croquettes, Cream Sauce, Asparagus Tips$0.20
Baked Hamburger Roast and Stuffed Tomato$0.20
Grilled Sweet Potatoes and Bacon$0.25
Boiled Ham and Baked Beans, Brown Bread$0.25
Brown Bread and Boston Baked Beans$0.15
Fried Egg Plant and Bacon$0.20
Spanish omelette$0.25
Corn Fritters and Bacon$0.25
Roasted Loin of Jersey Pork with Dressing$0.25
Minced Ham with Scrambled Eggs, String Beans$0.25
Fried Tomatoes and Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.20
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb, Green Peas$0.30
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef$0.30 – $0.40
Roast Leg of Canada Mutton, Currant Jelly$0.25
Combination Cold Cuts, Potato Salad$0.45
Cold Roast Leg of Lamb, Potato Salad$0.30 – $0.35
Cold Sliced Chicken and Ham, Potato Salad$0.45
Cold Sliced Tongue, Sliced Cucumbers or Potato Salad$0.30
Cold Corned Beef or Ham with Potato Salad$0.25
Asparagus salad$0.20
Chicken salad$0.30
New Succotash$0.10
New Lima Beans$0.10
Green Corn on Cob$0.10 – $0.15
New string beans$0.10
Fried Egg Plant$0.10
New Spinach$0.10
New Spinach with Egg$0.15
Pickled beets$0.05
New green peas$0.10
Boiled New Onions$0.50
Spaghetti, Italienne$0.15
Baked Spaghetti au Gratin, 10 Minutes$0.10
Fried onions$0.05
Stewed New Tomatoes$0.05
Stewed Corn$0.05
German Fried Potatoes, To Order$0.10
Hashed Potatoes in Cream$0.10
French Fried Onions$0.15
Julienne potatoes$0.10
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.10
Potatoes au Gratin$0.15
Blackberry Pie$0.05
Huckleberry Pie$0.05
Raw French Fried Potatoes$0.10
lemon pie$0.05
FRESH PEACH PIE$0.05
cocoanut pie$0.05
Apple Pie a la Mode$0.10
Individual Fresh Peach Pie$0.10
Apple Pie$0.05
Peach Short Cake$0.10
Vanilla Cornstarch with Jelly$0.05
Grape Nut Custard$0.05
Crushed Raspberries and Ice Cream$0.10
Individual Bread Pudding$0.05
Banana Layer Cake$0.05
Fresh Peach Custard, Whipped Cream$0.10
Sliced Bananas and Whipped Cream$0.05
Half Cantaloupe$0.10
Chipped Fresh Pineapple$0.05
rice pudding$0.05
Sliced Bananas and Ice Cream$0.10
Chocolate Pudding, Whipped Cream$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Fruit Jelly and Whipped Cream$0.10
Ice Cold Watermelon$0.10
Fruit Jelly and Ice Cream$0.10
Vanilla ice cream$0.10
Ice Cold Buttermilk$0.05
Iced tea$0.05
Iced coffee$0.05
Tea, Coffee, Milk or Cocoa$0.05
Stewed prunes$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Fresh Peach Ice Cream$0.10
Bowl of Rice and Milk$0.10
Graham Crackers and Milke$0.10
Force and Milk$0.10
Bowl of Force and Assorted Fruit$0.15
Shredded Wheat$0.10
Lettuce Salad, German Style$0.25
Lettuce and Tomato Salad$0.15
SLICED CUCUMBERS$0.10
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Fried Egg Plan$0.10
Half Cantaloupe a la Mode$0.15
Ginger Ale$0.05
Sarsaparilla$0.05
Lemonade$0.05
Mi Rosa Cigar$0.10
Cold Sliced Chicken, Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Cold Roast Prime Rib Beef$0.30 – $0.35
Cold Corned Beef and Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Roast Pork and Potato Salad$0.30
Cold Roast Lamb and Potato Salad$0.30
French Sardines, Per Box$0.25
Cold Roast Top Sirloin of Beef$0.25
Cold Boiled Ham and Potato Salad$0.25
Lobster salad$0.35 – $0.60
Chicken salad$0.35 – $0.55
COMBINATION SALAD$0.20
Asparagus salad$0.20
Potato salad$0.10
Salmon Salad$0.25
White Cabbage and Onion Salad$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes$0.10
Lettuce and Tomatoes$0.15
Lettuce Salad with Egg$0.15
Sirloin Steak$0.30 – $0.40
Steak a la Tartare with Egg$0.40
Top Sirloin$0.40 – $0.50
Lamb Chops$0.30 – $0.40
Double Sirloin$0.80
English Mutton Chop with Bacon$0.45
Mutton Chops$0.25
Bone Sirloin Steak$0.45 – $0.55
Pork Chops$0.30
Pork Tenderloin, Breaded$0.35
Family Sirloin, For Three$1.00 – $1.20
Veal Cutlet, Breaded or Plain$0.25
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Breaded$0.35
Round Bone Veal Cutlet, Plain$0.35
Porterhouse steak, single$0.70 – $0.85
Broiled Lamb Kidneys on Toast$0.25 – $0.30
Double Porterhouse Steak, for two$1.15
Family porterhouse$1.50
liver and bacon$0.25
Liver with Onions$0.25
Corned Beef Hash$0.20
Corned beef hash with egg$0.25
Hamburger Steak with Onions$0.25
Chicken a la Maryland$0.60
Fried or Broiled Ham, Beechnut$0.25
Fried or Broiled Bacon, Beechnut$0.25
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.45
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.55
Whole Broiled Chicken on Toast$1.00
Half Broiled Chicken on Toast$0.50
Rasher of Bacon$0.10
Extra Tenderloin Steak$0.65
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Onions$0.75
Extra Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.80
Welsh rarebit$0.25
Yorkshire Buck$0.25
Golden buck$0.30
Two Shirred Eggs$0.20
Two Boiled or Fried Eggs$0.15
Plain Omelette, Two Eggs$0.15
Plain Omelette, Three Eggs$0.25
Ham omelette$0.25
Two Scrambled Eggs on Toast$0.20
Bacon Omelette$0.25
Tomato Omelette$0.25
Parsley Omelette$0.25
Onion Omelette$0.25
Mushroom Omelette$0.30
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Ham and eggs$0.25
Beechnut Ham and Eggs$0.35
Bacon and eggs$0.25
Beechnut Bacon and Eggs$0.35
Chicken Omelette$0.30
Cheese Omelette$0.25
Corn Omelette$0.25
French pancake$0.25
Scrambled Eggs with Ham$0.30
Scrambled Eggs with Bacon$0.30
Minced Ham and Scrambled Eggs$0.25
Spanish omelette$0.25
Jelly omelette$0.25
French Pea Omelette$0.25
French Toast$0.20
Milk toast$0.15
Milk Toast with Cream$0.25
Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich$0.10
Club sandwich$0.10
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.10
Ham Sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham Sandwich$0.10
Chicken Sandwich$0.15
Egg Sandwich$0.10
Corned beef sandwich$0.10
Fried Ham and Egg$0.15
Cheese Sandwich$0.10
Sardine Sandwich$0.15
See Special Breakfast on Last Page- Wednesday, August 27, 1913
Clams
Specials to-day
Soups
Fish
Specials (10 Minutes)
Entrees
ROASTS
Vegetables
Potatoes
Pies
Dessert
We Bake All Our Own Pies and Pastries
Cold Cuts and Salads
Steaks, Chops, Cutlets, Etc.- To Order
Mayonnaise 5c Extra
French or German Fried, Boiled or Mashed Potatoes Served with All Orders. Baked Potatoes After 5 O'clock
Eggs, Omelettes and Pancakes
Not Responsible for Hats, Coats, Umbrellas, Etc.
VEGETABLE OR FRUIT ORDERS AMOUNTING TO 20 CENTS, NO CHARGE FOR BREAD AND BUTTER

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Young Vegetable Soup$0.10
Cream of Green Corn Soup$0.10
Cup Cold Consomme$0.10
Little Neck Clam Fritters & Bacon$0.25
Little Neck Clam Cocktail$0.20
Broiled Fresh Sea-bass, wiith Fried Sweets$0.25
Broiled or Fried Chicken Halibut$0.25
Broiled Green Blue-fish$0.25
Broiled Green Blue-fish with Bacon$0.35
Fried Filet otf Sole, & Fried Sweets$0.25
Creamed Finnan Haddie,green peppers$0.20
Cold Salmon, & Sliced Tomatoes$0.25
1/2 Cold Lobster, & Sliced Tomatoes$0.40
Fresh Lobster Salad$0.35
Chicken salad$0.30
Egg Salad$0.20
Asparagus salad$0.20
COMBINATION SALAD$0.20
Lettuce Salad$0.15
Lettuce & Tomatoes$0.10
Lettuce & Egg$0.15
Green Corn on Cob$0.10
Fried Tomatoes$0.10
Fried Egg Plant$0.10
GREEN PEAS$0.10
Fresh Lima Beans$0.10
Asparagus on Toast$0.15
New Spinach$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
Stewed Corn$0.05
Pickled beets$0.05
New Cabbage$0.05
ADAMS SPECIAL CLUB SANDWICH$0.20
Hot Chicken Sandwich$0.20
Sardine Sandwich$0.10
LETTUCE & TOMATO SANDWICH$0.10
Hot Roast Pork & Boiled Potatoes$0.15
Chicken Fricasee, with Rice$0.35
Corned Beef & New Cabbage$0.20
Rump Corned Beef & Garden Spinach$0.25
New England Boiled Dinner$0.25
Small Tenderloin Steak, ala Stanley$0.40
Fricassee of Spring Lamb, Vegetables$0.20
Ragoout of Beef Kidney on Toast, Mushrooms$0.20
Chicken Croquettes & Asparagus$0.15
Potted Beef & Fried Sweet Potatoes$0.15
Baked Hamburger Roast, Stuffed Tomato$0.15
Corn Fritter & Bacon$0.20
Fried Egg Plant & Beech-Nut Bacon$0.20
Yankee Pot Roast en Casserole$0.25
Spanish omelette$0.20
Corn Omelette$0.20
Minced Ham & Scrambled Eggs, String Beans$0.25
Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Lima Beans$0.30
Roast Loin of Pork, with Dressing$0.25
Roast Leg of Spring Lamb,with Green Peas$0.30
Roast Leg of Mutton, with Jelly$0.25
Lettuce & ?Tomatoes$0.10
Grapenuts Custard$0.50
Crushed Raspberries & Ice Cream$0.10
Sliced Bananas & Whipped Cream$0.05
Cup Custard$0.05
Peach Short Cake$0.10
Peaches & Cream$0.15
Individual Bread Custard$0.05
rice pudding$0.05
1/2 Cantaloupe$0.10
Watermelon$0.10
Home Made Fruit Pies$0.05
Lemon Pie, Cocoanut Pie$0.05
Baked Apple & Whipped Cream$0.05
Special for To-day- Wednesday Aug 27, 1913
Soup
Fish
SALADS
Vegetables
DINNER READY
Desserts

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Peaches and cream$0.15
Cantaloupe$0.10
Half grape fruit$0.10
Baked Apple$0.05
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Stewed prunes$0.05
Apple Sauce$0.05
Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple$0.10
Blackberries and Cream$0.10
Sliced Bananas$0.10
Sliced Bananas with Cream$0.10
Whole Orange$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
oatmeal with cream$0.15
Pitcher of Pure Cream$0.05
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
Coffee and Rolls$0.10
Coffee and Rolls with Small Order of Cereal$0.15
Small Order of Cereal with Order$0.05
Small Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
Small Sirloin Steak with Two Fried Eggs$0.40
Tenderloin Steak$0.40
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$0.45
Hamburger Steak$0.20
Hamburger Steak with Mushrooms or Onions$0.25
Two Lamb Chops on Toast, French Fried Potatoes$0.25
One Lamb Chop with Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Broiled Lamb Kidneys and Bacon on Toast$0.30
Pork Chops$0.25
Veal Cutlet, breaded$0.25
Fried Liver with Onions$0.20
Fried Liver with Bacon$0.25
Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg$0.20
Fried Country Sausage$0.20
Fried Country Sausage with Wheat Cakes$0.25
Broiled Beechnut Ham$0.25
Fried Beechnut Bacon$0.25
Minced Ham & Scrambled Eggs$0.20
Two boiled eggs$0.15
Three Boiled Eggs$0.20
Two Fried Eggs$0.15
Three Fried Eggs$0.20
Two Poached Eggs on Toast$0.20
Plain Omelette$0.15
Three eggs$0.20
Mushroom Omelette$0.25
Spanish omelette$0.25
Bacon and eggs$0.25
(Beechnut) Bacon and Eggs$0.35
Ham and eggs$0.25
(Beechnut) Ham and Eggs$0.35
Tomato Omelete$0.20
Special Combination Breakfast
Served from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., Sunday to 11:30
Fruit or Cereal with Meat or Egg Orders$0.20
Fruit and Cereal or Wheat Cakes with Meat or Egg Orders$0.25
Select one dish from each column- with coffee, tea or milk
Fruit or Cereal
Sliced Banana
Baked Apple
Apple Sauce
Stewed prunes
Orange
Sliced Orange
Force
Shredded Wheat
Grape Nuts
Oatmeal
Corn Flakes
Meat or Egg order
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
One Lamb Chop
One Pork Chop
Fried Liver and Onions
Hamburger Steak
Pot of Tea, Coffee, Cup of Cocoa or Glass of Milk
Boiled, French Fried or German Fried Potatoes with All Orders
Choice, Hot Rolls or Dry or Buttered Toast
Pot of Coffee (Our Own Special Blend) with All Breakfast Orders
We Use Tetley's Celebrated Teas- Fresh Made with Every Order- English Breakfast, Ceylon, Mixed or Oolong- Your Choice
Breakfast Bill of Fare
Served from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m, Sunday to 11:30
Special Orders A La Carte for Breakfast Only
Fruits and Dairy Dishes

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