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. 20,901Martineaus5 menus
  2. 20,902Chicken broth, per cup5 menus
  3. 20,903Farm Sausage5 menus
  4. 20,904Croquettes of sweetbreads5 menus
  5. 20,905Hoot Mon Mush5 menus
  6. 20,906Puree of beans5 menus
  7. 20,907Pommes de Terre a la Creme5 menus
  8. 20,908Omelette a l'Oseille5 menus
  9. 20,909Bunns5 menus
  10. 20,910Tripe Fritters5 menus
  11. 20,911Almonds & Raisins5 menus
  12. 20,912Devilled Kidney5 menus
  13. 20,913Spanish Omelettes5 menus
  14. 20,914Tongues and Sounds5 menus
  15. 20,915Hamburger Steak and Onions5 menus
  16. 20,916Frankfurter Sausages and Sauerkraut5 menus
  17. 20,917Hamburger Steaks5 menus
  18. 20,918Hostetter Bitters5 menus
  19. 20,919Hamburger Steak, Onion Sauce5 menus
  20. 20,920Marchpane pastry5 menus
  21. 20,921Oyster Omelettes5 menus
  22. 20,922Smoked Beef, Stewed in Cream5 menus
  23. 20,923New Potatoes Saute5 menus
  24. 20,924Cornet wafers5 menus
  25. 20,925baked or mashed potatoes5 menus
  26. 20,926Fricassee of veal5 menus
  27. 20,927Fresh English lobster, mayonnaise5 menus
  28. 20,928Carta blanca5 menus
  29. 20,929Pork, Apple Sauce5 menus
  30. 20,930Preserved or Canned Fruits5 menus
  31. 20,9312 Apples5 menus
  32. 20,9322 Bananas5 menus
  33. 20,933Boiled turbot5 menus
  34. 20,934Crovatten5 menus
  35. 20,935Frutas5 menus
  36. 20,936Allsopp's India Pale Ale5 menus
  37. 20,937Sandeman's5 menus
  38. 20,938Mixed Ices5 menus
  39. 20,939Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial5 menus
  40. 20,940Large sirloin5 menus
  41. 20,941Stewed Kidneys, Mushrooms5 menus
  42. 20,942Corn fritters, cream sauce5 menus
  43. 20,943Bass & Co.'s Pale Ale5 menus
  44. 20,944Small steak with fried onions5 menus
  45. 20,945Ice Cold Milk5 menus
  46. 20,946Sweetbreads, tomato sauce5 menus
  47. 20,947Small tenderloin steak a la bearnaise5 menus
  48. 20,948Lobster a la Rochelle5 menus
  49. 20,949with truffles5 menus
  50. 20,950Capri Bianco5 menus
  51. 20,951Chicken croquettes and peas5 menus
  52. 20,952Spring lamb chops, French peas5 menus
  53. 20,953Sauternes, J. Calvet & Co.5 menus
  54. 20,954Chateaubriand (double tenderloin)5 menus
  55. 20,955Double sirloin with onions5 menus
  56. 20,956Haut-Sauterne5 menus
  57. 20,957Schlitz's Milwaukee Beer5 menus
  58. 20,958Scotch High Ball5 menus
  59. 20,959Absinthe Frappee5 menus
  60. 20,960St. Julien, Superior5 menus
  61. 20,961Gibson's5 menus
  62. 20,962Broil5 menus
  63. 20,963Pont Neuf5 menus
  64. 20,964Viennoise5 menus
  65. 20,965Guinness' Extra Stout5 menus
  66. 20,966Lemp's Extra Pale St. Louis5 menus
  67. 20,967Celestine5 menus
  68. 20,968Pommery & Greno, Vin Nature5 menus
  69. 20,969Chicken liver saute au Madere5 menus
  70. 20,970Spring chicken, broiled, half5 menus
  71. 20,971Chicken croquette, with peas5 menus
  72. 20,972Calf's brains a la poulette5 menus
  73. 20,973Duc de Montebello, Extra Dry5 menus
  74. 20,974Delbeck Extra Dry5 menus
  75. 20,975Brut5 menus
  76. 20,976Pate de Fois-Gras5 menus
  77. 20,977Large Pot5 menus
  78. 20,978Buzzards Bays5 menus
  79. 20,979Chicken partridge5 menus
  80. 20,980Iced biscuit5 menus
  81. 20,981Canape of Russian Caviar5 menus
  82. 20,982Regular Dinner5 menus
  83. 20,983Spring Chicken, whole5 menus
  84. 20,984Chicken Croquettes, Cream Sauce5 menus
  85. 20,985Finnan Haddie, in Cream5 menus
  86. 20,986Hungarian Goulash with Macaroni5 menus
  87. 20,987Roast Turkey with Dressing, Cranberry Sauce5 menus
  88. 20,988Gebr. Kucken5 menus
  89. 20,989Soup a la Genevoise5 menus
  90. 20,990Little Necks, fry5 menus
  91. 20,991Lobster, broiled, half5 menus
  92. 20,992Blue-Points, half shell5 menus
  93. 20,993Ribs of beef, Yorkshire pudding5 menus
  94. 20,994Colbert5 menus
  95. 20,995Rice pudding cream sauce5 menus
  96. 20,996Lobster, Plain, Cold5 menus
  97. 20,997Small Sirloin Steak with Tomato Sauce5 menus
  98. 20,998Omelet Fines Herbes5 menus
  99. 20,999Omelet au Kirsch5 menus
  100. 21,000Chateau5 menus