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

16,301Russian Cake7 menus
16,302Artichokes, Hollandaise Sauce7 menus
16,303Napoleon slices7 menus
16,304Erbsensuppe7 menus
16,305Grits7 menus
16,306Souffle au Parmesan7 menus
16,307Cauliflower a la Polonaise7 menus
16,308Lammbraten7 menus
16,309Indian meal7 menus
16,310Columbia Ice Cream7 menus
16,311Linzer Backwerk7 menus
16,312Linz Pastry7 menus
16,313Chicken with Okra soup7 menus
16,314Piper Heidsieck, Brut Extra7 menus
16,315Mushroom Ketchup7 menus
16,316Cold plain lobster7 menus
16,317Asperges nouvelles, Hollandaise7 menus
16,318Iced Beef Tea7 menus
16,319Pineapple Sorbet7 menus
16,320Whisky, Canadian Club7 menus
16,321Cigarettes, Caporal7 menus
16,322Cold, Roast Beef7 menus
16,323Sirloin steak plain7 menus
16,324Ham or bacon with fried eggs7 menus
16,325Consomme with barley7 menus
16,326Oysters Fry7 menus
16,327Kalt Sulze7 menus
16,328Rock Cakes7 menus
16,329Bremer Zwiebacke7 menus
16,330Salz-Makrele7 menus
16,331Roast Pork with Apple Sauce7 menus
16,332Mutton chops broiled7 menus
16,333Calf's Liver and Onions7 menus
16,334Gedunstete Pflaumen & Prunellen7 menus
16,335Gosling7 menus
16,336Curry Giblet Rice7 menus
16,337FIlet of beef, aux champignons7 menus
16,338Sweet Bread Patties7 menus
16,339Pineapple Tarts7 menus
16,340Cabinet Pudding, Vanilla Sauce7 menus
16,341Sally Lunn7 menus
16,342New Potatoes with Cream7 menus
16,343Consomme Profiterolles7 menus
16,344Sheep's head broth7 menus
16,345Lemon Tart7 menus
16,346Salate7 menus
16,347Zwetschen Kompott7 menus
16,348Graves White Bordeaux7 menus
16,349Dewar's Extra Scotch7 menus
16,350Pear ice cream7 menus
16,351Lynnhaven Bay Oysters7 menus
16,352Bombay Duck7 menus
16,353Snap beans7 menus
16,354Cosmopolitan salad7 menus
16,355Assmannshauser Auslese7 menus
16,356Green Apple Sauce7 menus
16,357Selle d'agneau, sauce Colbert7 menus
16,358Worcester7 menus
16,359Hamburger Beefsteak mit Zwiebeln7 menus
16,360Lettuce and Tomatoes, French Dressing7 menus
16,361Hamburg Beefsteak with Onions7 menus
16,362Water Melons7 menus
16,363Durchgestrichene Erbsen-Suppe7 menus
16,364Cream-cheese7 menus
16,365Ruhreier mit Sardellen7 menus
16,366Gebratene Makrele7 menus
16,367Partridges7 menus
16,368Veuve Clicquot Champagne7 menus
16,369Duc de Montebello Champagne7 menus
16,370Mirabellen-Kompott7 menus
16,371Roast Plover7 menus
16,372Potatoes Marquise7 menus
16,373Apricosen7 menus
16,374POMMERY & GRENO Champagne, Sec7 menus
16,375Vanille-Rahmeis7 menus
16,376Apfelpfannkuchen7 menus
16,377Pineapple crust7 menus
16,378Krauter-Anchovis7 menus
16,379Liberty Cake7 menus
16,380Paul Jones Rye Whiskey7 menus
16,381FANCY CREAMS7 menus
16,382Patisserie Parisienne7 menus
16,383Peas & carrots7 menus
16,384Blumenkohl au gratin7 menus
16,385Victoria tartlets7 menus
16,386Lamballe7 menus
16,387Celeris a la moelle7 menus
16,388Chocolate souffle pudding7 menus
16,389Frogs' legs, fine herbs7 menus
16,390Baltimore oyster broil7 menus
16,391Garlic7 menus
16,392Rice Griddle Cakes7 menus
16,393Chartreuse liqueur7 menus
16,394Roast Spring Lamb, Mint Jelly7 menus
16,395Consomme Vermicelle7 menus
16,396Asperges nouvelles7 menus
16,397Extra sirloin steak (for 3)7 menus
16,398Chicken, egg sauce7 menus
16,399Dry Fruit7 menus
16,400Creamed Cabbage7 menus