The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

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. 26,201Havana4 menus
  2. 26,202Baked beefsteak pie4 menus
  3. 26,203Saratoga Chipped Potatoes4 menus
  4. 26,204Chateau Germainville4 menus
  5. 26,205Devilled Sardines on Toast4 menus
  6. 26,206Rice a la Vanille4 menus
  7. 26,207Apfelsauce4 menus
  8. 26,208Tongue and Beans4 menus
  9. 26,209Table Water from "Seneca Springs," Salamanca, N.Y.4 menus
  10. 26,210Old London Dock, White4 menus
  11. 26,211Gin, Holland, Old Tom or Plymouth4 menus
  12. 26,212Moselle, Still, Zeltinger4 menus
  13. 26,213CHICKEN MULLAGATAWNY4 menus
  14. 26,214Rüdesheimer, Carl Acker4 menus
  15. 26,215Omelette with smoked beef4 menus
  16. 26,216Cervelat Sandwich4 menus
  17. 26,217Eier mit schwarzer Butter4 menus
  18. 26,218Curry Egg Rice4 menus
  19. 26,219Stewed prunes, prunelloes4 menus
  20. 26,220Fried sweetbread, cream sauce4 menus
  21. 26,221Pineapple Custard Pie4 menus
  22. 26,222Strassburger Ganseleber Pastete4 menus
  23. 26,223Micked pickles4 menus
  24. 26,224Lemp's Extra Pale4 menus
  25. 26,225Lemon ice-cream4 menus
  26. 26,226Chicken fricassee, with mushrooms4 menus
  27. 26,227Chicken croquettes, plain4 menus
  28. 26,228Printanier soup4 menus
  29. 26,229Roast Turkey, oyster dressing, cranberry sauce4 menus
  30. 26,230Absinthe Pernod4 menus
  31. 26,231Fried Pigs Feet4 menus
  32. 26,232double4 menus
  33. 26,233HUITRES A LA POULETTE4 menus
  34. 26,234Oysters, panned4 menus
  35. 26,235Rahm4 menus
  36. 26,236Ruhr-Eier mit Petersilie4 menus
  37. 26,237Langouste Mayonnaise4 menus
  38. 26,238Bovril4 menus
  39. 26,239Rice and Buckwheat cake4 menus
  40. 26,240Sangria4 menus
  41. 26,241Indian Cakes, maple syrup4 menus
  42. 26,242Chicken Club sandwich4 menus
  43. 26,243Evan's Ale4 menus
  44. 26,244Ale and Porter4 menus
  45. 26,245Charlotte de Russe4 menus
  46. 26,246Cold farina pudding4 menus
  47. 26,247Brown Bread and Butter4 menus
  48. 26,248Farina jelly4 menus
  49. 26,249Wafer crackers4 menus
  50. 26,250Pilot bread4 menus
  51. 26,251Pot for one4 menus
  52. 26,252Claret Cups4 menus
  53. 26,253Steamed soft shell clams4 menus
  54. 26,254BANBURY CAKES4 menus
  55. 26,255Eggs poached, on toast4 menus
  56. 26,256Oyster patties, Bechamel4 menus
  57. 26,257Anchovy Paste4 menus
  58. 26,258Bass's Ale, White Label, nips4 menus
  59. 26,259Peppermint Drops4 menus
  60. 26,260Chocolate Caramels4 menus
  61. 26,261Oyster Gumbo4 menus
  62. 26,262Dark Beer, Special Brew4 menus
  63. 26,263Rum Ice Cream4 menus
  64. 26,264Native Corn on Cob4 menus
  65. 26,265Pepper4 menus
  66. 26,266Fried Black Bass4 menus
  67. 26,267Sweetbread Croquettes, Green Peas4 menus
  68. 26,268Graves, White Bordeaux4 menus
  69. 26,269Haut Sauterne, White Bordeaux4 menus
  70. 26,270G.H. Mumm's Ex. Dry American Market4 menus
  71. 26,271Roast Young Turkey, Dressing4 menus
  72. 26,272Brook trout sauté, Meunière4 menus
  73. 26,273Lamb tongue, pickled4 menus
  74. 26,274Celery Mayonaise4 menus
  75. 26,275Monongahela Monogram Whisky, 18654 menus
  76. 26,276Monongahela Monogram Whisky, 18694 menus
  77. 26,277APRICOTS A LA CONDE4 menus
  78. 26,278Apollinaris, half pint4 menus
  79. 26,279Tartar4 menus
  80. 26,280Tenderloin of Beef aux Champignons4 menus
  81. 26,281Ralston Health Food4 menus
  82. 26,282Braised Beef a la Benoist4 menus
  83. 26,283London Braised Beef4 menus
  84. 26,284Roast Sucking Pig4 menus
  85. 26,285Yorkshire Brawn4 menus
  86. 26,286Stewed Dried Plums and Peaches4 menus
  87. 26,287Clovis4 menus
  88. 26,288Pork Cutlets, Spanish Sauce4 menus
  89. 26,289Haricot vert4 menus
  90. 26,290POTATOES -- Baked4 menus
  91. 26,291Kreuzbrodchen4 menus
  92. 26,292Eier a l'aurore4 menus
  93. 26,293Omelette soufflée au kirsch4 menus
  94. 26,294Ham, broiled, with eggs4 menus
  95. 26,295W. A. Blanck's Dairy goblet of milk4 menus
  96. 26,296Sliced oranges with cream4 menus
  97. 26,297Egg puffs4 menus
  98. 26,298Porterhouse with onions4 menus
  99. 26,299Omelet, au Rhum4 menus
  100. 26,300Sweetbread patties, Toulouse4 menus