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. 21,501Boiled Turkey5 menus
  2. 21,502Varies5 menus
  3. 21,503Fine Old Brandy5 menus
  4. 21,504Radishes Relish5 menus
  5. 21,505Raspberry sauce5 menus
  6. 21,506Consomme Nivernaise5 menus
  7. 21,507Virginia Corn Bread5 menus
  8. 21,508Green Turtle [soup]5 menus
  9. 21,509Krug Sec5 menus
  10. 21,510Moët et Chandon White Seal5 menus
  11. 21,511Turkish Figs5 menus
  12. 21,512Veal Chop, plain5 menus
  13. 21,513Hennessey ***5 menus
  14. 21,514India Pale Ale5 menus
  15. 21,515White Horse Cellar Scotch5 menus
  16. 21,516Young Pork, Apple Sauce5 menus
  17. 21,517Neirsteiner5 menus
  18. 21,518Cold Lobster, Plain5 menus
  19. 21,519G.H. Mumm's, Ex. Dry American Market5 menus
  20. 21,520Queen Pudding5 menus
  21. 21,521Eggs a la chatelaine5 menus
  22. 21,522still, Rudesneimer and Hochheimer5 menus
  23. 21,523Urbana Wine Co., Gold Seal Special Dry5 menus
  24. 21,524Sweetbread, Jardiniere5 menus
  25. 21,525Spaghetti Neapolitan5 menus
  26. 21,526Asparagus Tips in Cream5 menus
  27. 21,527Macedoine de Fruit5 menus
  28. 21,528Crabes moux5 menus
  29. 21,529Rhine Wine, Half Schoppen5 menus
  30. 21,530Claret, Half Schoppen5 menus
  31. 21,531G.H. Mumm's5 menus
  32. 21,532Supreme de Volaille5 menus
  33. 21,533Omelette, Souffle5 menus
  34. 21,534Seltzer and Lemon5 menus
  35. 21,535Extra sirloin steak with bacon5 menus
  36. 21,536Belfast Ginger Ale (Cantrell & Cochrane)5 menus
  37. 21,537Zinfandel (California)5 menus
  38. 21,538Chateau la Rose, Cruse & Fils Freres5 menus
  39. 21,539Latour Blanche, Cruse & Fils Freres5 menus
  40. 21,540Gelee au marasquin5 menus
  41. 21,541LIQUEURS, Chartreuse, Yellow and Green5 menus
  42. 21,542LIQUEURS, Curacao5 menus
  43. 21,543LIQUEURS, Kummel5 menus
  44. 21,544Sorrel Soup5 menus
  45. 21,545Roast Leg of Mutton, with Jelly5 menus
  46. 21,546Roast Beef, Baked Potatoes5 menus
  47. 21,547Mutton & Currant Jelly5 menus
  48. 21,548Bacon Eggs5 menus
  49. 21,549Scrambled eggs with asparagus5 menus
  50. 21,550BONELESS TURKEY5 menus
  51. 21,551Cigars et Cigarettes5 menus
  52. 21,552Banana Fritters au Rhum5 menus
  53. 21,553Mutton Caper Sauce5 menus
  54. 21,554Parfait glace au moka5 menus
  55. 21,555Potatoes Chassepot5 menus
  56. 21,556Scharzhofberger Auslese5 menus
  57. 21,557Sharzhofberger Auslese5 menus
  58. 21,558Fruhlingssuppe5 menus
  59. 21,559Baked Beans with Pork5 menus
  60. 21,560Zeltinger Berg5 menus
  61. 21,561Wiltinger Auslese5 menus
  62. 21,562Chateau Egri Cabinet5 menus
  63. 21,563Haan's V.O. (Private Stock)5 menus
  64. 21,564Sheeps Head Broth5 menus
  65. 21,565Chablis Superieur5 menus
  66. 21,566Stroh-Kartoffeln5 menus
  67. 21,567G.H. Mumm & Co.5 menus
  68. 21,568Consomme, farina5 menus
  69. 21,569Fruits et Dessert5 menus
  70. 21,570Beef Braise with Noodles5 menus
  71. 21,571Vanille Sauce5 menus
  72. 21,572Coffee, pot, with cream5 menus
  73. 21,573Canned sweet corn5 menus
  74. 21,574Chateau Smith Haut Lafite5 menus
  75. 21,575Saddle of Canada Mutton5 menus
  76. 21,576Gateau, Fruits5 menus
  77. 21,577Hamburger Beefsteak5 menus
  78. 21,578WHISKEY, American Rye, Y.P.M.5 menus
  79. 21,579Vienna Steaks5 menus
  80. 21,580Banana with cream5 menus
  81. 21,581Sunset sauterne5 menus
  82. 21,582"White Rock" Pts.,5 menus
  83. 21,583Tunisian Jelly5 menus
  84. 21,584Little Neck clams, in shell5 menus
  85. 21,585Monongahela Monogram Whiskey, 18655 menus
  86. 21,586Boneless Chicken5 menus
  87. 21,587Currant rolls5 menus
  88. 21,588Cold Corned Beef & Pork5 menus
  89. 21,589Squab broiled5 menus
  90. 21,590Saure Sulze5 menus
  91. 21,591Beurre noir eggs5 menus
  92. 21,592Clams fried5 menus
  93. 21,593Roast Long Island Duck5 menus
  94. 21,594Lettuce with Mayonnaise or French Dressing5 menus
  95. 21,595Schillerlocken5 menus
  96. 21,596kaltes Geflugel5 menus
  97. 21,597Mineral Waters in Syphons5 menus
  98. 21,598Curacao, red or White5 menus
  99. 21,599Cervelles au beurre noir5 menus
  100. 21,600Soft vanilla custard, frozen5 menus