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. 15,201Acidophilus(Lederle)8 menus
  2. 15,202Pot of tea(p.p.)8 menus
  3. 15,203Buche glacee, Astor8 menus
  4. 15,204Royans Bordelaise8 menus
  5. 15,205Tomato soup aux croutons8 menus
  6. 15,206Shoulder of Lamb, Boulangere8 menus
  7. 15,207Fried Scallops and Bacon, Tartar Sauce8 menus
  8. 15,208Irish Bacon with Fried Apple8 menus
  9. 15,209Southern Style8 menus
  10. 15,210Whole California artichoke, vinaigrette or hollandaise8 menus
  11. 15,211Lobster a la Newburg in chafing-dish8 menus
  12. 15,212English pheasant, bread sauce, currant jelly8 menus
  13. 15,213Macaroni au gratin or spaghetti italienne8 menus
  14. 15,214Raw Virginia ham, potato salad8 menus
  15. 15,215Other fruit fritters8 menus
  16. 15,216Plate of fruit, assorted8 menus
  17. 15,217Fruit salad glace, Mouquin8 menus
  18. 15,218Loganberry Highball8 menus
  19. 15,219Champ Rouge8 menus
  20. 15,220Armour's Red8 menus
  21. 15,221Armour's White8 menus
  22. 15,222Piel's Special8 menus
  23. 15,223Fifty-Fifty8 menus
  24. 15,224Wild Cherry a l'Eau8 menus
  25. 15,225De Latour Lemon Soda8 menus
  26. 15,226Anti-pasti (El Sol)8 menus
  27. 15,227Porterhouse Steak, Family8 menus
  28. 15,228Iced coffee or tea, glass8 menus
  29. 15,229Stewed veal kidney, marchand de vin8 menus
  30. 15,230Sun Ray water8 menus
  31. 15,231Herbert Tareyton London Cigarettes8 menus
  32. 15,232Cherry Stone clams, half doz.8 menus
  33. 15,233Halibut, Parisienne8 menus
  34. 15,234Chair de Crabes en Cocktail8 menus
  35. 15,235Full Cream Camembert8 menus
  36. 15,236a la Vatel8 menus
  37. 15,237Ginger Ale, C & C8 menus
  38. 15,238Honey Dew or Casaba melon8 menus
  39. 15,239Broiled Young Blue8 menus
  40. 15,240Half Broiled Guinea Hen8 menus
  41. 15,241Tea, per person, in pot8 menus
  42. 15,242Half Shell Cherrystones8 menus
  43. 15,243Egg Salad, Mayonaise8 menus
  44. 15,244B. & W. Golden Label8 menus
  45. 15,245Raspberry, Orange or Lemon Ice8 menus
  46. 15,246Steg8 menus
  47. 15,247Tunge8 menus
  48. 15,248Anchiovis8 menus
  49. 15,249Kiks8 menus
  50. 15,250Chicken Gumbo, Printaniere8 menus
  51. 15,251Freshly Baked Beans8 menus
  52. 15,252Chocolat Menier with Pure Whipped Cream8 menus
  53. 15,253Chicken Pie with Hot Tea Biscuits8 menus
  54. 15,254Mocka Tart8 menus
  55. 15,255Naval Oranges each8 menus
  56. 15,256Steak Minute, Duclere8 menus
  57. 15,257Potatoes a la Hollandaise8 menus
  58. 15,258Jerusalem Artichoke8 menus
  59. 15,259Large Broiled Lobster8 menus
  60. 15,260Lettuce (salad)8 menus
  61. 15,261Roquefort (cheese)8 menus
  62. 15,262Smelts a l'Aurore8 menus
  63. 15,263Salmon, Daumont8 menus
  64. 15,264Mussels, Poulette8 menus
  65. 15,265Devilled Stuffed Crab8 menus
  66. 15,266Saumon Bouilli, Sauce Hollandaise8 menus
  67. 15,267Candied sweets [potatoes]8 menus
  68. 15,268Amber Cocktail8 menus
  69. 15,269Schalk's Beer8 menus
  70. 15,270Fried sweetbreads8 menus
  71. 15,271Lettuce and Egg, Mayonnaise salad8 menus
  72. 15,272Half Roast Spring Chicken with Apple Sauce8 menus
  73. 15,273Milk-fed chicken, broiled8 menus
  74. 15,274Deviled whitebait and oyster crabs8 menus
  75. 15,275Lynnhaven, Flat Shell8 menus
  76. 15,276French Fried (to-order)8 menus
  77. 15,277Broiled Spanish mackerel, Hoteliere8 menus
  78. 15,278Macaroni a l'Italienne8 menus
  79. 15,279Mixed or dill pickles8 menus
  80. 15,280Half Shell, Cape Cods8 menus
  81. 15,281Boiled fowl with rice, celery sauce8 menus
  82. 15,282Half Milk and Cream, per Glass8 menus
  83. 15,283Chicken and ham pate [cold] and jelly8 menus
  84. 15,284Phila. pepper pot soup8 menus
  85. 15,285Saumon froid, sauce ravigote8 menus
  86. 15,286Omelet bonne femme8 menus
  87. 15,287Omelet lyonnaise8 menus
  88. 15,288Chicken salad in bowl a la francaise8 menus
  89. 15,289Sweetbreads Saute, French Peas8 menus
  90. 15,290Sweet potatoes - grilled8 menus
  91. 15,291Cold essence of chicken in jelly8 menus
  92. 15,292Extra Sirloin, Fresh Vegetables8 menus
  93. 15,293Extra Sirloin with Mushroom8 menus
  94. 15,294Half chicken and salad8 menus
  95. 15,295Margaux, 19098 menus
  96. 15,296St. Julien, 19098 menus
  97. 15,297Sweet Milk, Bottle8 menus
  98. 15,298Plum Islands oysters8 menus
  99. 15,299Ham with scrambled eggs8 menus
  100. 15,300Chicken, broiled, whole8 menus