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. 33,401Red Raspberries and Cream3 menus
  2. 33,402Fresh Peaches and Cream3 menus
  3. 33,403Milk glass3 menus
  4. 33,404Crystal Syphons3 menus
  5. 33,405Puree of Split Peas, Faubonne3 menus
  6. 33,406Consomme, Doria3 menus
  7. 33,407Fancy Mixed Cake3 menus
  8. 33,408Spinach in leaves3 menus
  9. 33,409Jelly Rolls3 menus
  10. 33,410Stuffed Green Peppers, Tomato Sauce3 menus
  11. 33,411Pommery (Sec)3 menus
  12. 33,412Puree Tomato3 menus
  13. 33,413Marrow3 menus
  14. 33,414Cheese, &c3 menus
  15. 33,415Potatoes, Brabant3 menus
  16. 33,416Broiled sweetbread with peas3 menus
  17. 33,417Stewed mutton kidneys3 menus
  18. 33,418Potatoes Creamed3 menus
  19. 33,419Okra-Suppe3 menus
  20. 33,420Himbeer Sauce3 menus
  21. 33,421Punch Champagne3 menus
  22. 33,422Hors D'ouvres varies3 menus
  23. 33,423Royal Club Cheese3 menus
  24. 33,424Mutton Brown Potatoes3 menus
  25. 33,425Frozen claret punch3 menus
  26. 33,426Boiled New Zealand Bacon, and Cabbage3 menus
  27. 33,427Pouding a la Reine Marguerite3 menus
  28. 33,428Creme Glace au Caramel3 menus
  29. 33,429Lynnhaven Oysters on Half Shell3 menus
  30. 33,430Yvette sherbet3 menus
  31. 33,431Turkey, stuffed, cranberry sauce3 menus
  32. 33,432Irroy Extra Dry3 menus
  33. 33,433BOILED RICE, PLAIN3 menus
  34. 33,434Tea Biscuit Minced Tongue3 menus
  35. 33,435The above with part Cream3 menus
  36. 33,436Solferino Punch3 menus
  37. 33,437Cold Hard Boiled Egg3 menus
  38. 33,438Cocoanut Wafers3 menus
  39. 33,439Petites Fours3 menus
  40. 33,440Kidneys, Saute, with Mushrooms3 menus
  41. 33,441Leg of Spring Lamb, Mint Sauce3 menus
  42. 33,442Mixed Candies3 menus
  43. 33,443Chablis White3 menus
  44. 33,444Pimento Stuffed Olives3 menus
  45. 33,445Vermouth, Per Glass3 menus
  46. 33,446Haig and Haig3 menus
  47. 33,447Honeysuckle Gin3 menus
  48. 33,448Fillet of Soles, Egg Sauce3 menus
  49. 33,449Smoked Bacon with Sauerkraut3 menus
  50. 33,450Salmon, Sauce Genoise3 menus
  51. 33,451Larded Tenderloin of Beef3 menus
  52. 33,452Baked and Boiled Potatoes3 menus
  53. 33,453G.H. Mumm's, Ex. Dry English Market3 menus
  54. 33,454Peach Marmalade3 menus
  55. 33,455Salz-Kartoffeln3 menus
  56. 33,456Potatoes a la julienne3 menus
  57. 33,457Fried Filets of Sole, Tartar sauce3 menus
  58. 33,458Stout, Guiness's Extra3 menus
  59. 33,459Indian Cakes with Maple Syrup3 menus
  60. 33,460Hot Biscuit with Honey3 menus
  61. 33,461Graves D. B.3 menus
  62. 33,462Fresh Shrimps, Bordelaise3 menus
  63. 33,463Cepes saute3 menus
  64. 33,464Chablis 1889 (white)3 menus
  65. 33,465Liebfraumilch 18933 menus
  66. 33,466Boiled Salmon, Mousseline3 menus
  67. 33,467Otard, Dupuy & Co, One Star3 menus
  68. 33,468Meadville Pa., Distilling Co., "Puryo" Rye3 menus
  69. 33,469Old Pepper Bourbon '933 menus
  70. 33,470Mutton Chops and Chips3 menus
  71. 33,471Fine Old Irish3 menus
  72. 33,472Dry Sloe Gin3 menus
  73. 33,473Lima Beans in Cream3 menus
  74. 33,474Peaches Conde3 menus
  75. 33,475E. & J. Burke Ltd., Bass Ale3 menus
  76. 33,476E. & J. Burke Ltd., Guiness Stout3 menus
  77. 33,477Claret, Schoppen3 menus
  78. 33,478Chicken Croquettes a la Reine3 menus
  79. 33,479Moselle Wine, Schoppen3 menus
  80. 33,480Sarsaparilla, Vartray3 menus
  81. 33,481Seltzer, Vartray Syphon3 menus
  82. 33,482Moselle Wine, Half Schoppen3 menus
  83. 33,483Ribs of prime Beef, Yorkshire Pudding3 menus
  84. 33,484Roast ham3 menus
  85. 33,485Reed Birds en Brochette3 menus
  86. 33,486Blue-Points, half dozen3 menus
  87. 33,487poulet Saute, Bordelaise3 menus
  88. 33,488Silurian Water (Waukesha)3 menus
  89. 33,489Soda Water (Delatour's)3 menus
  90. 33,490Extra Pale Beer (Minneapolis Brewing Co.)3 menus
  91. 33,491Gigot de mouton3 menus
  92. 33,492Porterhouse steak for one3 menus
  93. 33,493Hamm's Excelsior Beer (The Brewery's Own Bottling)3 menus
  94. 33,494De Kuyper Gin3 menus
  95. 33,495Old Sour Mash Whisky3 menus
  96. 33,496Amontillado Sherry (very fine)3 menus
  97. 33,497Burgundy Reserve Stock (California)3 menus
  98. 33,498Broiled ham and egg3 menus
  99. 33,499Dinner Biscuits3 menus
  100. 33,500Eclipse (a very fine and strictly pure Cal. Champagne)3 menus