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. 18,701Smoked Salmon and Eel6 menus
  2. 18,702Beefsteak fried6 menus
  3. 18,703Cold Pickled Lamb Tongue6 menus
  4. 18,704Preserved Apricot6 menus
  5. 18,705Plum-Pudding6 menus
  6. 18,706Canadian Ale6 menus
  7. 18,707Fried Sardines6 menus
  8. 18,708Vermicelli pudding Vanilla sauce6 menus
  9. 18,709Cocoanut Ice Cream6 menus
  10. 18,710Fried eggplants6 menus
  11. 18,711Veal and ham croquettes6 menus
  12. 18,712Walker's Canadian Club6 menus
  13. 18,713Hawthorn6 menus
  14. 18,714Sausage and Mashed Potatoes6 menus
  15. 18,715Brisket of Beef6 menus
  16. 18,716Smoked Herrings6 menus
  17. 18,717Reis kuchen6 menus
  18. 18,718Mutton Curry & Rice6 menus
  19. 18,719Green turtle soup a l'anglaise6 menus
  20. 18,720Duck, apple sauce6 menus
  21. 18,721Roman Sherbet6 menus
  22. 18,722Pommes de Terre nouvelles6 menus
  23. 18,723Salade coeurs de laitues6 menus
  24. 18,724Fresh Oranges6 menus
  25. 18,725Havana, No. 1 Cigar6 menus
  26. 18,726Englischer Kuchen6 menus
  27. 18,727Ris de veau au nouveau siecle6 menus
  28. 18,728Canard a tete rouge6 menus
  29. 18,729Omelette mit Spargel6 menus
  30. 18,730Farcierte Koteletten6 menus
  31. 18,731Stangenspargel mit Butter6 menus
  32. 18,732Imported and Domestic Cigars and Cigarettes6 menus
  33. 18,733Erdbeer Eiscreme6 menus
  34. 18,734Roast beef, cold sandwich6 menus
  35. 18,735Grillierte Kuken mit Speck6 menus
  36. 18,736Grilled chicken with bacon6 menus
  37. 18,737Ris de Veau aux Pointes d'Asperges6 menus
  38. 18,738Pailles au Parmesan6 menus
  39. 18,739Pan Cakes6 menus
  40. 18,740Homard a la Newburg6 menus
  41. 18,741Filet of Sole, Dieppoise6 menus
  42. 18,742Tomatensuppe mit Reis6 menus
  43. 18,743Tournedos Chasseur6 menus
  44. 18,744Schildkroten-Suppe6 menus
  45. 18,745Broiled Sirloin, Plain6 menus
  46. 18,746Blumenkohlsuppe6 menus
  47. 18,747Celery en Branches6 menus
  48. 18,748Mousse au Citron6 menus
  49. 18,749Prime Ribs of Beef extra cut6 menus
  50. 18,750Kingfish Monte Carlo6 menus
  51. 18,751Homard Mornay6 menus
  52. 18,752Choux-fleurs sauce Hollandaise6 menus
  53. 18,753Fruits de serre - Raisins6 menus
  54. 18,754Rice, Imperatrice6 menus
  55. 18,755brandy - very old6 menus
  56. 18,756Lobster, Mornay6 menus
  57. 18,757Kingfish, Monte Carlo6 menus
  58. 18,758Bisque of Tomato6 menus
  59. 18,759Cigars - Manilla6 menus
  60. 18,760Oeufs au choix6 menus
  61. 18,761Noisettes6 menus
  62. 18,762Flageolets au beurre6 menus
  63. 18,763Fondants6 menus
  64. 18,764Souffle Vanille6 menus
  65. 18,765Puree of Tomato with Rice6 menus
  66. 18,766Cup Cornstarch6 menus
  67. 18,767FRIED SMELTS with tartar sauce6 menus
  68. 18,768Gelee de Groseille6 menus
  69. 18,769Orange Whole6 menus
  70. 18,770Filet of Sole, Normande6 menus
  71. 18,771Bent's Water Biscuit6 menus
  72. 18,772Cold milk fed chicken6 menus
  73. 18,773Isabella salad6 menus
  74. 18,774Canape Madison6 menus
  75. 18,775Isabelle6 menus
  76. 18,776BROILED SCROD6 menus
  77. 18,777Chicken Boullion6 menus
  78. 18,778Cocoa Shells6 menus
  79. 18,779Espagnole6 menus
  80. 18,780Burgundy Port6 menus
  81. 18,781Malta Vita6 menus
  82. 18,782Punch Yvette6 menus
  83. 18,783London Dock Port Wine6 menus
  84. 18,784Orange Pudding, Sherry Wine Sauce6 menus
  85. 18,785Auditorium Cheese6 menus
  86. 18,786Breast of Chicken, Virginia6 menus
  87. 18,787Boeuf Flamande6 menus
  88. 18,788Macedoine de Fruits, p.p.6 menus
  89. 18,789Poulet en casserole, bonne femme6 menus
  90. 18,790Pate de Foie-gras, p.p.6 menus
  91. 18,791Le Pot au Feu de Famille6 menus
  92. 18,792G.H. Mumm's Selected Brut6 menus
  93. 18,793Roast Sirloin Beef6 menus
  94. 18,794Fromages & Fruits6 menus
  95. 18,795Peas, Parisian Style6 menus
  96. 18,796Wheat Bread and Milk6 menus
  97. 18,797Fried Spring Chicken, Cream Sauce6 menus
  98. 18,798Peach Custard Pie6 menus
  99. 18,799Sauterne Wine Jelly6 menus
  100. 18,800Ham and Boston Baked Beans6 menus