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. 24,701French Ice Cream, Strawberry5 menus
  2. 24,702Sago pudding, lemon sauce5 menus
  3. 24,703Fried Codfish Cakes Tom Sce5 menus
  4. 24,704Preserved California Peaches5 menus
  5. 24,705Asparagus in Butter5 menus
  6. 24,706Piel Bros Kapuziner5 menus
  7. 24,707Field, Son & Co, Sloe gin5 menus
  8. 24,708Apple Sauce or Stewed Prunes, Buttered Toast, Coffee5 menus
  9. 24,709Tomates au riz5 menus
  10. 24,710Celestins Vichy Water5 menus
  11. 24,711Squab chicken, half5 menus
  12. 24,712Blue Points cream broiled5 menus
  13. 24,713Blue Points fried5 menus
  14. 24,714Gin Fizz, or Rickey5 menus
  15. 24,715Chicken croquette, creamed carrots5 menus
  16. 24,716Fried corn meal mush, with syrup5 menus
  17. 24,717Halibut, Bearnaise sauce5 menus
  18. 24,718Toke Point Oysters5 menus
  19. 24,719Macaroni a la Genoise5 menus
  20. 24,720St Germain soup5 menus
  21. 24,721Pudding glace, Congress5 menus
  22. 24,722Hot house cauliflower, polonaise5 menus
  23. 24,723Spanish Omelet, with Rice5 menus
  24. 24,724Native bear steak a la bigarade, fried sweet potatoes5 menus
  25. 24,725Soft clams, Poulette5 menus
  26. 24,726Plain lettuce with mayonnaise5 menus
  27. 24,727Assorted meat, salade chiffonnade5 menus
  28. 24,728Eggs, a la creole5 menus
  29. 24,729Stuffed Phila chicken, giblet sauce5 menus
  30. 24,730Brötchen5 menus
  31. 24,731Roast stuffed Philadelphia chicken5 menus
  32. 24,732[Clams] Fry5 menus
  33. 24,733[Clams] Fry with Bacon5 menus
  34. 24,734Eggs (2) a la Benedictine5 menus
  35. 24,735Huckleberry tart5 menus
  36. 24,736Pickled Lamb's Tongue Sandwich5 menus
  37. 24,737Omelet with ham or onions5 menus
  38. 24,738Chocolate blanc mange, vanilla sauce5 menus
  39. 24,739Cold Phila. squab5 menus
  40. 24,740Agurker5 menus
  41. 24,741Salade Waldorf et piments doux5 menus
  42. 24,742Scrambled Eggs, Country Style5 menus
  43. 24,743Haricots verts sautes au beurre5 menus
  44. 24,744Potage Tortue verte claire5 menus
  45. 24,745Lemp's St. Louis Beer, bottle5 menus
  46. 24,746Burnett's Gin5 menus
  47. 24,747Sorrel Soup with Vermicelli5 menus
  48. 24,748Cold Chicken Broth, per cup5 menus
  49. 24,749Fried Eels, Remoulade sauce5 menus
  50. 24,750Bouchee, Jardinette5 menus
  51. 24,751Sweetbread, Porto Rico5 menus
  52. 24,752Sirloin Steak, Mexicaine5 menus
  53. 24,753Soft Clams, Newburg5 menus
  54. 24,754Sorbet Creme de Noyau5 menus
  55. 24,755Crab Meat a la Fraunces' Tavern5 menus
  56. 24,756Pol Roger, 19005 menus
  57. 24,757Ripe American Olives5 menus
  58. 24,758Calf's Feet en Custine5 menus
  59. 24,759Corned Beef Hash, Mark Hanna5 menus
  60. 24,760Cauliflower in Cream au Gratin5 menus
  61. 24,761Sliced Sugar Cured Ham with New York Style Baked Beans5 menus
  62. 24,762Sliced Sugar Cured Ham with Potato Salad5 menus
  63. 24,763Sugar Cured Ham with Boston Style Baked Beans5 menus
  64. 24,764Baked New York Beans with Pork and Boston Brown Bread5 menus
  65. 24,765Baked Pork and Beans with Hot Corn Muffins5 menus
  66. 24,766Italian Style Spaghetti with Cheese5 menus
  67. 24,767Ham and Boston Style Baked Beans5 menus
  68. 24,768Baked Pork and Boston Style Baked Beans5 menus
  69. 24,769Bowl half Cream, half Milk5 menus
  70. 24,770Crackers or Bread with Cream5 menus
  71. 24,771Nut Butter and Lettuce Sandwich5 menus
  72. 24,772Guadarali Coffee in Pot for one5 menus
  73. 24,773Bread Pudding with Raisins5 menus
  74. 24,774Halibut, Remoulade sauce5 menus
  75. 24,775Mutton Chop, Marseillaise5 menus
  76. 24,776Bulgarzoon "Childs Health Drink"5 menus
  77. 24,777Frog's Legs Sauté5 menus
  78. 24,778Cocoa or Chocolate, per Cup5 menus
  79. 24,779Imp. Canton Ginger, preserved5 menus
  80. 24,780Soufflé Potato5 menus
  81. 24,781Fine Colombe (French Apple Brandy) 18935 menus
  82. 24,782Fine Colombe (French Apple Brandy) 19065 menus
  83. 24,783Amontillado Sherry Brut5 menus
  84. 24,784Sherry, 1858 Vintage5 menus
  85. 24,785Mattoni Water (Giesshubler)5 menus
  86. 24,786Muir Sons' Scotch Ale5 menus
  87. 24,787Squab with New Peas5 menus
  88. 24,788Creole Gumbo5 menus
  89. 24,789Peach Basket5 menus
  90. 24,790Cherries Jubilée5 menus
  91. 24,791Gooseberry Cake5 menus
  92. 24,792Weakfish, Caper sauce5 menus
  93. 24,793Capon (roast)5 menus
  94. 24,794Squab (roast)5 menus
  95. 24,795Aspic of Crab Meat5 menus
  96. 24,796Lamb's Feet, Poulette5 menus
  97. 24,797Guinea Hen (half) (broiled)5 menus
  98. 24,798Fillet of Beef, Printanier5 menus
  99. 24,799Egg au Nid5 menus
  100. 24,800Pear Richelieu5 menus