The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

16,525 menus
64,352 scanned pages
1851–2008

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project.

Not affiliated with NYPL.

Uncatalogued scans

The 1850s

  1. American House, 1851
  2. Revere House, 1851
  3. Congress Hall, 1851
  4. City Hotel, 1851
  5. Cozzens' West Point Hotel, 1852
  6. Irving House, 1852
  7. New York & Liverpool U.S. Mail Steamer Arctic, 1853
  8. Delavan House, 1854
  9. Lake House, 1854
  10. Astor House, 1854
  11. American Hotel, 1855
  12. American House, 1856
  13. Mart Ackerman's Saloon, 1856
  14. Troy House, 1856
  15. Mansion, 1856
  16. Battle House, 1857
  17. Parker House, 1858
  18. Delta Kappa Epsilon Frat., 1858
  19. Stiftungs Festes Der Harmonia, 1858
  20. Metropolitan Hotel, 1859
  21. Tremont House, 1859
  22. New York Hotel, 1859