Mar

15

Ephemera from a Famous Wall Street Haunt.

…The first printed American bill of fare is issued by New York's 5-year-old Delmonico's Restaurant at 494 Pearl Street and lists as one of its most expensive dishes 'hamburger steak.'

The bill of fare (the word menu will not be coined until next year) offers a 'regular dinner' at 12 cents and lists hamburger steak at 10 cents (the same price as roast chicken or ham and eggs; regular beef steak is only 4 cents, as are pork chops, corn beef and cabbage, pigs head and cabbage, and fried fish. Roast beef or veal, roast mutton, veal cutlet, or chicken stew are 5 cents)…


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