The Menu Museum

Historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library, rebuilt to explore visually.

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

Dishes

45,211 dishes appearing on three or more menus, most common first

  1. 14,501Cold Squab chicken8 menus
  2. 14,502Jersey Pork Chops8 menus
  3. 14,503Bitter Orange Marmalade8 menus
  4. 14,504White port8 menus
  5. 14,505Mount Vernon Whisky8 menus
  6. 14,506Filets de Pompano, Vendome8 menus
  7. 14,507Oeufs Bourguignonne8 menus
  8. 14,508Kingfish a la Meduse8 menus
  9. 14,509Matelotte de Bass au vin blanc8 menus
  10. 14,510Goulache au spaghetti8 menus
  11. 14,511Parsnips a la poulette8 menus
  12. 14,512Chicken Casserole, Woodmansten8 menus
  13. 14,513Filet of Sole, Meuniere8 menus
  14. 14,514Bluefish, Fried8 menus
  15. 14,515Filet de boeuf au marsala8 menus
  16. 14,516Water Cresses8 menus
  17. 14,517Bushmills Irish Whiskey8 menus
  18. 14,518Gombo passe en tasse8 menus
  19. 14,519Canape, Moscovite8 menus
  20. 14,520Gorgonzola-Kase8 menus
  21. 14,521Mutton kidneys, deviled8 menus
  22. 14,522Sweetbreads, Financiere8 menus
  23. 14,523Kingfish Meuniere8 menus
  24. 14,524Chicken halibut, broiled8 menus
  25. 14,525Fried Scollops with bacon8 menus
  26. 14,526Bluefish, Maitre d'Hotel8 menus
  27. 14,527Pate de Foie8 menus
  28. 14,528Croute aux Fruits8 menus
  29. 14,529Bermuda Onion, cream sauce (1)8 menus
  30. 14,530Pommes Lyonnaise8 menus
  31. 14,531Compote de Peches8 menus
  32. 14,532Sole Colbert8 menus
  33. 14,533Apricot Ice8 menus
  34. 14,534Halibut steak, Duglere8 menus
  35. 14,535Consomme Chiffonnade8 menus
  36. 14,536Friture de blanchaille8 menus
  37. 14,537Striped bass, shrimp sauce8 menus
  38. 14,538Spiced red cabbage8 menus
  39. 14,539Hot house tomatoes8 menus
  40. 14,540Crabes mous frits8 menus
  41. 14,541Hot-house lamb Capon8 menus
  42. 14,542Fraises aux primeurs Melba8 menus
  43. 14,543Boston Baked Beans, with Corned Beef8 menus
  44. 14,544Oatmeal-croul8 menus
  45. 14,545Mumm's8 menus
  46. 14,546Brandy and Soda8 menus
  47. 14,547Orange Punch8 menus
  48. 14,548Saint-Julien8 menus
  49. 14,549Pickled eels8 menus
  50. 14,550Fried English sole8 menus
  51. 14,551Cold boiled rice with cream8 menus
  52. 14,552Spring chicken broiled8 menus
  53. 14,553Corned Beef (cold)8 menus
  54. 14,554Tongue (cold)8 menus
  55. 14,555Romaine (salad)8 menus
  56. 14,556Clear Green Turtle, au madere8 menus
  57. 14,557Camambert8 menus
  58. 14,558Tutti-frutti parfait8 menus
  59. 14,559Choux de Bruxelles rissoles8 menus
  60. 14,560Sorbet a la menthe8 menus
  61. 14,561Gerost. Kuken8 menus
  62. 14,562Rindsruckensteaks auf Wunsch8 menus
  63. 14,563Canapes Moscovite8 menus
  64. 14,564Omelets: Plain8 menus
  65. 14,565Choux-fleurs Polonaise8 menus
  66. 14,566Celeris a l'Espagnole8 menus
  67. 14,567Double sirloin steak with mushrooms8 menus
  68. 14,568Salsifis frits8 menus
  69. 14,569Iced Cocoa8 menus
  70. 14,570Koenigsbacher8 menus
  71. 14,571Pommes de terre, Chateau8 menus
  72. 14,572Swiss (cheese)8 menus
  73. 14,573Braised lettuce au jus8 menus
  74. 14,574Kleines Geback8 menus
  75. 14,575Petits-Fours8 menus
  76. 14,576Potatoes, sautee8 menus
  77. 14,577German pan-cakes8 menus
  78. 14,578Consomme with Spaghetti8 menus
  79. 14,579Guinness's Dublin Porter8 menus
  80. 14,580Parmesan omelet8 menus
  81. 14,581Münster Cheese8 menus
  82. 14,582Smoked Beeftongue8 menus
  83. 14,583COLD CHICKEN, HALF8 menus
  84. 14,584Yuengling's Lager Beer8 menus
  85. 14,585SOFT CLAMS, ROAST8 menus
  86. 14,586Fine Old Madeira8 menus
  87. 14,587Ojen8 menus
  88. 14,588Bass Ale Dog's Head8 menus
  89. 14,589English Mutton Chop with Kidney8 menus
  90. 14,590Chiffonade Salad, French Dressing8 menus
  91. 14,591Supreme of Chicken8 menus
  92. 14,592Pepper Whiskey8 menus
  93. 14,593Bar-le-duc, red8 menus
  94. 14,594Bar-le-duc, white8 menus
  95. 14,595Petits pois Parisienne8 menus
  96. 14,596Puree, Mongole8 menus
  97. 14,597Punch Romain8 menus
  98. 14,598Boned Capon en Aspic8 menus
  99. 14,599Deer Park, Maryland, Spring Water8 menus
  100. 14,600Prosciutto8 menus