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Mercantile Lunch Co.

Date
1913-09-23
Restaurant
Mercantile Lunch Co.
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2

Dishes

Page 1

Oysters, raw$0.15
Large Fry Oysters$0.25
Oysters, Stew$0.20
Oysters, Fry$0.20
oysters cocktail$0.20
Puree of new tomatoes with rice soup$0.10
Vegetable Soup$0.10
Fried Halibut Steak, tomato sauce$0.20
Fried Filet of sole, mayonnaise$0.25
Broiled Blufish, parsley butter$0.20
Broiled sea bass a la maitre d'hotel$0.20
Broiled kippered herring and potatoes$0.20
Codfish Cakes, Tomato Sauce$0.10
Codfish cakes, with bacon$0.15
Leg of veal, carrots and peas$0.25
Leg of lamb and lima beans$0.25
Sirloin of beef and stewed tomatoes$0.20
Sirloin of beef, extra cut with mushroom sauce, Lima beans$0.30
Pickled lamb's tongue, potato salad$0.15
Smoked beef tongue, with sliced tomatoes and lettuce$0.20
Sirloin of beef, new potato salad$0.20
Omelette with stewed new tomatoes$0.25
Beef a la mode with potato pancake$0.20
Two broiled lamb chops, Bavarian style$0.25
Veal cutlet breaded, Milanaise$0.20
Small steak, home style, potatoes O'Brien$0.30
Boiled smoke beef tongue with spinach$0.25
Chopped lamb cutlet, tomato sauce, fried sweet potatoes$0.20
Hot Chicken Sandwich, Giblet Sauce$0.15
Stewed Honeycomb Tripe a la Creole$0.15
Vienna roast, Spanish sauce and Lima beans$0.15
Steamed corned beef hash with green pepper$0.15
Liver and onions and potatoes$0.15
Hamburger Steak, Onion Sauce$0.15
Extra tenderloin steak with mushroom sauce and Lima Beans$0.45
brown beef stew with vegetables$0.15
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich with Spaghetti$0.15
Baked Beans and Pork$0.10
FRANKFURTERS with Beans or Potato Salad$0.15
Lima beans$0.05
Spaghetti, individual$0.05
Succotash$0.05
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.05
Carrots and peas$0.05
Boiled onions in cream$0.10
Stewed tomatoes$0.05
New vegetable salad and lettuce$0.15
Sliced Tomatoes and Lettuce$0.10
Hard boiled egg and lettuce salad, mayonnaise dressing$0.15
Assorted Cold Cuts, Potato Salad$0.25
Cold Ham with Potato Salad$0.20
Cold Corned Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Sardine Salad$0.20
Salmon Salad$0.20
Cold Roast Beef, Potato Salad$0.20
Apple Cake$0.05
Home made lemon pie$0.05
Bananas with ice cream$0.10
Hot apple dumpling$0.05
Peaches and cream$0.10
Ice cream with fruit salad$0.10
Raisin Pie$0.05
Fruit Pudding$0.05
Huckleberry cake$0.05
Fresh peach pie, extra cut$0.10
Cabinet pudding, winesauce$0.05
Rice Custard$0.05
Home made lemon pie$0.05
Chocolate Pudding, Whipped Cream$0.05
Baked Apple$0.05
Baked Apple with Cream$0.10
Huckleberry Pie$0.05
Pie a la Mode$0.10
Vanilla corn starch, peach sauce$0.05
Home-made cheese cake$0.05
Fruit salad$0.05
Cold rice pudding$0.05
Stewed prunes$0.05
Bowl of milk with bread$0.10
Bowl of milk with crackers$0.10
Bowl of milk and rice$0.10
Any of the above (dairy dishes) with part cream$0.15
Grape nuts and cream$0.10
Force and Cream$0.10

Page 2

Roast Sirloin of Beef$0.20
Tongue$0.20
Corned beef$0.20
Sardines$0.20
Ham$0.20
Cold Chicken$0.30
Small Steak$0.25
Sirloin Steak$0.35
Broiled Ham or Bacon$0.25
Two lamp chops$0.25
Boiled or French fried potatoes served with above orders
Coffee$0.05
Cocoa$0.05
Horlick's Malted Milk$0.05
Tea$0.05
Milk$0.05
Glass of half cream and half milk$0.10
Buttermilk$0.05

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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