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. 18,501Sweetbreads au jus6 menus
  2. 18,502Graves White6 menus
  3. 18,503Potatoes - hashed browned6 menus
  4. 18,504Braised pigeon aux petit pois6 menus
  5. 18,505Chicken broiled6 menus
  6. 18,506Ale, Muir's Scotch6 menus
  7. 18,507Omelet, with peas6 menus
  8. 18,508Huitres sur coquille6 menus
  9. 18,509Souffle of Apricots6 menus
  10. 18,510Windbeutel6 menus
  11. 18,511Ales, Bass'6 menus
  12. 18,512G.H. Mumm's Ex. Dry, English Market6 menus
  13. 18,513Ragout of Mutton6 menus
  14. 18,514Blackberry jelly6 menus
  15. 18,515Potage Dubarry6 menus
  16. 18,516Camembert-kase6 menus
  17. 18,517Frogs Legs6 menus
  18. 18,518Ox-tongue a la polonaise6 menus
  19. 18,519Little Neck Clams Dozen6 menus
  20. 18,520Beefsteak and Kidney Pudding6 menus
  21. 18,521Poultry-Patties6 menus
  22. 18,522Delicatessen Herring6 menus
  23. 18,523Pressed Hog's Head6 menus
  24. 18,524Russian Sardines6 menus
  25. 18,525Pickled walnut6 menus
  26. 18,526Gerauch. Ochsenzunge6 menus
  27. 18,527Strawberry-Ice-Cream6 menus
  28. 18,528Salat: Kartoffel6 menus
  29. 18,529Russ. Sardines6 menus
  30. 18,530Beet6 menus
  31. 18,531Old Tawney6 menus
  32. 18,532Buckwheat Cakes Maple Syrup6 menus
  33. 18,533Rockaway half shell6 menus
  34. 18,534Medoc Superior6 menus
  35. 18,535Montebello Brut6 menus
  36. 18,536Bar-le-duc jelly, pot6 menus
  37. 18,537Piper-Heidsieck6 menus
  38. 18,538Duc Montebello, Brut6 menus
  39. 18,539Broma with cream6 menus
  40. 18,540Bar-le-Duc-jelly6 menus
  41. 18,541St. Julien, B. & G.6 menus
  42. 18,542Vichy in Syphons6 menus
  43. 18,543Voeslauer6 menus
  44. 18,544Budai Cream6 menus
  45. 18,545Neszmelyi Cabinet6 menus
  46. 18,546Somlauer Cabinet6 menus
  47. 18,547Vichy, Celestin6 menus
  48. 18,548Cacao Chouva6 menus
  49. 18,549Cream (CHEESE)6 menus
  50. 18,550Spaghetti Neapolitaine6 menus
  51. 18,551Meringues Chantilly6 menus
  52. 18,552Green Peas in Butter6 menus
  53. 18,553Kraftsuppe6 menus
  54. 18,554Ger. Haringe6 menus
  55. 18,555Frucht Gelee6 menus
  56. 18,556Linsensuppe6 menus
  57. 18,557Stewed prunes and apples6 menus
  58. 18,558Hot Cake6 menus
  59. 18,559Cauliflower, baked6 menus
  60. 18,560California Apricots6 menus
  61. 18,561Tea, per small pot6 menus
  62. 18,562Roast Rib Beef6 menus
  63. 18,563Sherry Flipp6 menus
  64. 18,564GIBIER6 menus
  65. 18,565Tenderloin of Beef with Fresh Mushrooms6 menus
  66. 18,566Jambon a la Gelee6 menus
  67. 18,567Puree of Spinach6 menus
  68. 18,568Succotash with Cream6 menus
  69. 18,569Salad, Cucumbers6 menus
  70. 18,570Cold Capon6 menus
  71. 18,571Mayonnaise de poulet6 menus
  72. 18,572Devilled Ham6 menus
  73. 18,573Eggs, Florentine6 menus
  74. 18,574Cigars: Pygmees6 menus
  75. 18,575Sweetbreads with Truffles6 menus
  76. 18,576Marinirte Heringe6 menus
  77. 18,577Hammelkeule6 menus
  78. 18,578Roast Chicken au Cresson6 menus
  79. 18,579Salad - Romaine6 menus
  80. 18,580Gedunstete Birnen6 menus
  81. 18,581Buchsen Rindfleisch6 menus
  82. 18,582Fried Scrapple6 menus
  83. 18,583Chili6 menus
  84. 18,584"Anheuser-Busch"6 menus
  85. 18,585Chicken stew6 menus
  86. 18,586Kirchwasser6 menus
  87. 18,587Broiled Fresh Haddock6 menus
  88. 18,588Fresh Tomatoes6 menus
  89. 18,589Oysters: broiled6 menus
  90. 18,590Alose sur planche6 menus
  91. 18,591Coates' Plymouth6 menus
  92. 18,592Pommes de Terre Laurette6 menus
  93. 18,593Entremets de Douceur6 menus
  94. 18,594Toasted Biscuits6 menus
  95. 18,595Petersilien Kartoffeln6 menus
  96. 18,596Chantilly6 menus
  97. 18,597Kartoffel-Croquettes6 menus
  98. 18,598Grilled Salmon6 menus
  99. 18,599Chicken giblet6 menus
  100. 18,600Potage Chantilly6 menus