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. 21,701Meringue Tarts5 menus
  2. 21,702Old Fashioned Molasses Cake5 menus
  3. 21,703Pickled Dutch Herring5 menus
  4. 21,704Consome5 menus
  5. 21,705Jelly Puff5 menus
  6. 21,706Steak a la Russe5 menus
  7. 21,707Liqueurs, Benedictine5 menus
  8. 21,708Liqueurs, Absinthe5 menus
  9. 21,709Pasteles5 menus
  10. 21,710sorbet, benedictine5 menus
  11. 21,711SULTAN PUNCH5 menus
  12. 21,712Omelets, Morels, Tomatoes5 menus
  13. 21,713TENDERLOIN STEAK SPANISH5 menus
  14. 21,714Bavarois au Chocolat5 menus
  15. 21,715Gebackene Eier5 menus
  16. 21,716Coffee Jelly5 menus
  17. 21,717Artischocken5 menus
  18. 21,718Sauce Mousseline5 menus
  19. 21,719G.H. Mumm's Ex. Dry English Market5 menus
  20. 21,720Cravatten5 menus
  21. 21,721Potatoes: Sautees5 menus
  22. 21,722Eggs: Fried5 menus
  23. 21,723Frogs' legs a la Poulette5 menus
  24. 21,724Soup, Green turtle, clear5 menus
  25. 21,725Sirloin Steaks5 menus
  26. 21,726Parmentier Suppe5 menus
  27. 21,727Deviled Ham5 menus
  28. 21,728Apples (2)5 menus
  29. 21,7292d quality Good Bordeaux, (green seal)5 menus
  30. 21,730Whisky Irish5 menus
  31. 21,731Cognac Brandy, Hennessy & Martell5 menus
  32. 21,732Sweet Potatoes Broiled5 menus
  33. 21,733Soft clams fried5 menus
  34. 21,734Chicken, Sardines5 menus
  35. 21,735Haut Sauterne White5 menus
  36. 21,736Hamburg steak with egg5 menus
  37. 21,737Orange glacé5 menus
  38. 21,738Wheat cakes and maple syrup5 menus
  39. 21,739Spring lamb chops (2)5 menus
  40. 21,740King William Scotch Whisky5 menus
  41. 21,741Turkey Cranberry Sauce5 menus
  42. 21,742Cold Sardine5 menus
  43. 21,743Clicquot Brut5 menus
  44. 21,744Monopole5 menus
  45. 21,745Little-Neck clams, roast5 menus
  46. 21,746Bratapfel5 menus
  47. 21,747Roulade of veal5 menus
  48. 21,748Stewed prunes, Apples5 menus
  49. 21,749Bowl of Milk with Bread or Crackers5 menus
  50. 21,750Extra Sirloin, for two5 menus
  51. 21,751Hominy and Buckwheat cake5 menus
  52. 21,752Bremer Zwieback5 menus
  53. 21,753Fried porgies5 menus
  54. 21,754Crackers (all kinds) and milk5 menus
  55. 21,755Asparagus, Mousseline Sauce5 menus
  56. 21,756Stuffed Lobster a la Diable5 menus
  57. 21,757Strawberry Eclairs5 menus
  58. 21,758Pommes Boulette5 menus
  59. 21,759Jambon, Radis, Laitue5 menus
  60. 21,760Taubenbraten5 menus
  61. 21,761Smoked salmon and sturgeon5 menus
  62. 21,762Swiss-cheese5 menus
  63. 21,763Hominy und Oatmeal5 menus
  64. 21,764Fresh White-bread and Pastry5 menus
  65. 21,765Gebratener und gerosteter Schinken und Speck5 menus
  66. 21,766Tea-Ette5 menus
  67. 21,767Herring in Rolls5 menus
  68. 21,768Canned peas5 menus
  69. 21,769Kalt. Roastbeef5 menus
  70. 21,770Presskopf5 menus
  71. 21,771Gerauch. Aal5 menus
  72. 21,772Leg of Mutton a la Bretonne5 menus
  73. 21,773KARTOFFELKLOSSE5 menus
  74. 21,774Stewed tripe a la lyonnaise5 menus
  75. 21,775Rye Whisky5 menus
  76. 21,776Codfish egg sauce5 menus
  77. 21,777Lamb Kidneys, Deviled5 menus
  78. 21,778Broiled Quail, on Toast5 menus
  79. 21,779Cammembert5 menus
  80. 21,780Melange5 menus
  81. 21,781Cheese fritters5 menus
  82. 21,782Mutton chops, a la Provencale5 menus
  83. 21,783Curacoa Punch5 menus
  84. 21,784Pontet Canet, Brandenburg Freres5 menus
  85. 21,785Vanilla Ice Cream and Cake5 menus
  86. 21,786Lettuce and Sliced Tomatoes - French Dressing5 menus
  87. 21,787Romanee, 18815 menus
  88. 21,788Spring chicken, Maryland style, whole5 menus
  89. 21,789Buckwheat5 menus
  90. 21,790Henry Shaw's Port5 menus
  91. 21,791Laflor Superior5 menus
  92. 21,792Guinness's Dublin Stout5 menus
  93. 21,793Hot Rye Whiskey5 menus
  94. 21,794Chicken hash, with green peppers5 menus
  95. 21,795Sauterne Cresta Blanca5 menus
  96. 21,796Bollinger Extra Dry5 menus
  97. 21,797Coates Plymouth5 menus
  98. 21,798Macaroni or spaghetti, Italienne5 menus
  99. 21,799Urbana Gold Seal5 menus
  100. 21,800Hochheimer, Lauteren & Son5 menus