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. 29,901Grapefruit Juice Cocktail4 menus
  2. 29,902Sieved Fresh Seasonable Vegetables cooked to order4 menus
  3. 29,903Sweetbread and Mushroom Patty4 menus
  4. 29,904Seafood Canape4 menus
  5. 29,905Tomato Figaro4 menus
  6. 29,906Pure Apple Juice4 menus
  7. 29,907Baked Filet of Sole with Fresh Tomatoes, Mushrooms Breval4 menus
  8. 29,908Broiled Baby Flounder with Shallot Butter4 menus
  9. 29,909Boiled Breast of Chicken with Curry Sauce, Rice4 menus
  10. 29,910Stuffed Half Lobster Thermidor, Shoe String Potatoes4 menus
  11. 29,911Broiled Calf's Sweetbread on Toast, Sauce Bearnaise4 menus
  12. 29,912Mousse of Capon with Sauce Rebufera, Noodles4 menus
  13. 29,913Roast Larded Sirloin of Beef, Hunter Sauce4 menus
  14. 29,914Cup Custard with Crushed Strawberries4 menus
  15. 29,915Up-side-down Pineapple Cake4 menus
  16. 29,916Rice Pudding, with Cream4 menus
  17. 29,917Alligator Pear Salad (half)4 menus
  18. 29,918Filet of Sole, Bonne-Femme4 menus
  19. 29,919Fresh Plums (3)4 menus
  20. 29,920Tomato Surprise with Chicken Salad4 menus
  21. 29,921Combination Sea Food Salad4 menus
  22. 29,922Olives, Queen4 menus
  23. 29,923Vanilla Ice Cream with Caramel Sauce4 menus
  24. 29,924Fancy Green Peas4 menus
  25. 29,925Assorted Home-made Pies4 menus
  26. 29,926Barsac White Bordeaux4 menus
  27. 29,927New Potatoes Persillade4 menus
  28. 29,928Minute Steak, French Fried Potatoes4 menus
  29. 29,929PURE PINEAPPLE JUICE4 menus
  30. 29,930The 20th Century Salad bowl, Ry-Krisp4 menus
  31. 29,931Milk per Bottle4 menus
  32. 29,932Chocolate Blamange4 menus
  33. 29,933Green Turtle Soup Xeres4 menus
  34. 29,934Dainty Hot Appetizers4 menus
  35. 29,935Stuffed tomato Frascatti4 menus
  36. 29,9361/2 Langouste Mayonnaise4 menus
  37. 29,937Gaslever en croute4 menus
  38. 29,938Terrine de Gibier4 menus
  39. 29,939Chablis 19264 menus
  40. 29,940Aiguillette of Sole Amandine4 menus
  41. 29,941Chablis 19294 menus
  42. 29,942Pommard 19294 menus
  43. 29,943Indian Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup4 menus
  44. 29,944Vanilla Ice Cream, Melba Sauce4 menus
  45. 29,945Iced Honey Dew4 menus
  46. 29,946Fruit Cup, Florida4 menus
  47. 29,947Moselle, Ziltinger, 19294 menus
  48. 29,948Pommery & Greno, Nature4 menus
  49. 29,949Louis Roederer, Demi-Sec4 menus
  50. 29,950Bollinger, Extra Quality, Brut, 19294 menus
  51. 29,951Chianti, Bertoli4 menus
  52. 29,952Sausages and Bacon4 menus
  53. 29,953Pineapple Juice Cocktail4 menus
  54. 29,954Primula Cheese4 menus
  55. 29,955Malted Milk, any Flavor4 menus
  56. 29,956Tit-bits4 menus
  57. 29,957Hothouse rhubarb4 menus
  58. 29,958John Jameson *** Irish Whiskey4 menus
  59. 29,959Oxtail Soup Printaniere4 menus
  60. 29,960Cantaloupe on Ice, Half4 menus
  61. 29,961Galentine of Capon4 menus
  62. 29,962Cold Sugar Cured Ham4 menus
  63. 29,963Roast Capon, American Dressing4 menus
  64. 29,964May Salad4 menus
  65. 29,965Roast Prime Ribs of Beef with Natural Gravy4 menus
  66. 29,966Hamburger Steak, Rice or Potatoes and Gravy4 menus
  67. 29,967Bock Panetelas4 menus
  68. 29,968Lamb Chop with French Fried Potatoes4 menus
  69. 29,969Celery Broth4 menus
  70. 29,970Mint Julep Mixed Drink4 menus
  71. 29,971Strawberry Sliced Alaska4 menus
  72. 29,972Open Apricot Pie, Whipped Cream4 menus
  73. 29,973Fresh Gulf Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail4 menus
  74. 29,974Antipasto Lexington4 menus
  75. 29,975Genuine Turtle Soup4 menus
  76. 29,976Barbarossa4 menus
  77. 29,977Fresh Mountain Brook Trout Saute Belle Meuniere, Cucumber Vernon4 menus
  78. 29,978Broiled Baby Turkey (Half For Two Persons), Canadian Bacon, Cranberry Jelly4 menus
  79. 29,979Alligator Pear Stuffed with Crab Meat Salad, Asparagus Tips4 menus
  80. 29,980Peach Layer Chantilly4 menus
  81. 29,981Deep-dish Blueberry Pie4 menus
  82. 29,982Whole Baby Flounder Saute with Grapes4 menus
  83. 29,983Fresh Pineapple Sundae4 menus
  84. 29,984Cold Vichyssoise Soup4 menus
  85. 29,985Broiled Lake Erie Whitefish, Escoffier Butter4 menus
  86. 29,986Roast Quarter of Spring Lamb, Pan Gravy4 menus
  87. 29,987Hawaiian Dish: Moa Oma Me Leko Me Palaoa, Rice4 menus
  88. 29,988Paprika Veal Schnitzel, Hungarian Style4 menus
  89. 29,989Canape of Deviled Crabmeat4 menus
  90. 29,990Pure Sweet Apple Juice4 menus
  91. 29,991Choice of Cold Soup4 menus
  92. 29,992Boiled Loin of Fresh Pork, Stewed Cabbage with Potatoes4 menus
  93. 29,993Asparagus, Vinaigrette Salad4 menus
  94. 29,994Celestine Vichy Mineral Water4 menus
  95. 29,995Fresh Fruit in Season with Cream4 menus
  96. 29,996Fried Fresh Haddock4 menus
  97. 29,997India Tea (pot)4 menus
  98. 29,998Mixed Garden Greens with Chef's Dressing4 menus
  99. 29,999Kona Hawaiian Coffee4 menus
  100. 30,000Cherries Flambee4 menus