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. 33,501Bowl of half and half with bread3 menus
  2. 33,502Heidsieck & Co., Dry Monopole, Extra3 menus
  3. 33,503Chouxfleurs3 menus
  4. 33,504Omelette ham3 menus
  5. 33,505Omelette cheese3 menus
  6. 33,506Half Cold Chicken3 menus
  7. 33,507Veal Chops (2)3 menus
  8. 33,508Honeycomb Tripe, fried or broiled3 menus
  9. 33,509Pommes Sarah3 menus
  10. 33,510Plombiere Ice Cream3 menus
  11. 33,511Roast English Snipe3 menus
  12. 33,512FANCY GLACE3 menus
  13. 33,513Corned Beef and Vegetables3 menus
  14. 33,514Piper & Co. Heidsieck3 menus
  15. 33,515Napolean3 menus
  16. 33,516Watermelon Sherbet3 menus
  17. 33,517Cheese American3 menus
  18. 33,518Spring cabbage3 menus
  19. 33,519Ris de veau braisé aux petits pois3 menus
  20. 33,520Baked Beans, Tomato Sauce3 menus
  21. 33,521Soft clams and bacon3 menus
  22. 33,522Fried shad roe and bacon3 menus
  23. 33,523Lettuce Salads3 menus
  24. 33,524Consomme Epicurien3 menus
  25. 33,525Broiled Smoked Halibut3 menus
  26. 33,526FRIED SALT PORK3 menus
  27. 33,527Potatoes a la Vauban3 menus
  28. 33,528Eggs a la Soubise3 menus
  29. 33,529Clear Ox Tail3 menus
  30. 33,530Consommé Duchesse3 menus
  31. 33,531Pine Apple Sherbet3 menus
  32. 33,532Quail on Toast au Cresson3 menus
  33. 33,533Eggs--Scrambled3 menus
  34. 33,534Eggs--Fried3 menus
  35. 33,535Hache von Cornedbeef3 menus
  36. 33,536Vauban Kartoffeln3 menus
  37. 33,537Baked Red Snapper3 menus
  38. 33,538Yorker Schinken3 menus
  39. 33,539Ruhrei mit Spargel3 menus
  40. 33,540Eier nach Soubise3 menus
  41. 33,541Céleri à la Moëlle3 menus
  42. 33,542Baked Filet of Sole3 menus
  43. 33,543CORNED BEEF HASH WITH BACON3 menus
  44. 33,544Cream of Tomatoes with Tapioca3 menus
  45. 33,545SUGAR CURED HAM, Champagne Sauce3 menus
  46. 33,546Assmannshaeuser Auslese3 menus
  47. 33,547Fresh Artichoke, Hollandaise3 menus
  48. 33,548OMELET WITH PARSLEY OR JELLY3 menus
  49. 33,549Boeuf braise3 menus
  50. 33,550Baked Sea Trout, Espagnole3 menus
  51. 33,551Schlosskartoffeln3 menus
  52. 33,552Saltine3 menus
  53. 33,553Almond Tablets3 menus
  54. 33,554Oysters, Cape Cod3 menus
  55. 33,555Planked Savannah Shad3 menus
  56. 33,556Pfirsich-Auflauf3 menus
  57. 33,557Saddle Rocks stew3 menus
  58. 33,558Brisket of Beef and Vegetables3 menus
  59. 33,559Cold consomme cup3 menus
  60. 33,560CHAMPAGNE, G.H. Mumm's Ex. Dry American Market3 menus
  61. 33,561Soup, Oyster3 menus
  62. 33,562Eels fried3 menus
  63. 33,563Broiled rock cod3 menus
  64. 33,564Pommes pailles3 menus
  65. 33,565Little-Neck clams stewed3 menus
  66. 33,566Boiled and Baked Potatoes3 menus
  67. 33,567Pineapple Punch3 menus
  68. 33,568Summer Salad3 menus
  69. 33,569Onions boiled3 menus
  70. 33,570Bairisch Kraut3 menus
  71. 33,571Wein Gelee3 menus
  72. 33,572Tomato relish3 menus
  73. 33,573double extra sirloin steak3 menus
  74. 33,574Green Sea Turtle, au Madeira3 menus
  75. 33,575Cigars Served in Sealed Envelopes with Price Marked Thereon3 menus
  76. 33,576Haut Sauterne, Brandenburg Freres3 menus
  77. 33,577Two Oranges3 menus
  78. 33,578Paris Sugar Corn3 menus
  79. 33,579Filet of Beef with Truffles3 menus
  80. 33,580Ice Cream Strawberry3 menus
  81. 33,581Honeycomb tripe, with tomato sauce3 menus
  82. 33,582Little-Neck Clams, half shell3 menus
  83. 33,583Clover Leaf Claret3 menus
  84. 33,584Curried Lentils3 menus
  85. 33,585Calf's Head, A La Vinaigrette3 menus
  86. 33,586Fried Mullets3 menus
  87. 33,587Charlotte au chocolat3 menus
  88. 33,588Eels, a la tartare3 menus
  89. 33,589Boars Head3 menus
  90. 33,590Meringue glacee panachee3 menus
  91. 33,591Cup custard a la vanille3 menus
  92. 33,592Farina Custard3 menus
  93. 33,593Stuffed Hot-House Tomatoes3 menus
  94. 33,594Egyptian3 menus
  95. 33,595Peaches, with Cream3 menus
  96. 33,596Korinthenbrotchen3 menus
  97. 33,597Holland, Old Tom or Plymouth3 menus
  98. 33,598Spaghetti, a la milanaise3 menus
  99. 33,599Roquefort and Camembert3 menus
  100. 33,600New York Ginger Ale, per bottle3 menus