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. 34,401Mussels a la Mariniere3 menus
  2. 34,402Roast spring turkey, giblet and cranberry sauce3 menus
  3. 34,403Quakers Oats3 menus
  4. 34,404Cold spring duckling3 menus
  5. 34,405Duck Apple Sauce3 menus
  6. 34,406Broiled King Pompano, Maitre d'Hotel3 menus
  7. 34,407Transparent ice cream3 menus
  8. 34,408Almond table piece3 menus
  9. 34,409NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM AND CAKE3 menus
  10. 34,410Codfish a la Mexicano3 menus
  11. 34,411Chutney Relish3 menus
  12. 34,412Spinat, Grafin Art3 menus
  13. 34,413Creme de Cacoa3 menus
  14. 34,414Spinat a la comtesse3 menus
  15. 34,415Nostiz potatoes3 menus
  16. 34,416Broiled Sweetbreads with Asparagus tips3 menus
  17. 34,417Saddle Rocks, one dozen3 menus
  18. 34,418Soft clam roast3 menus
  19. 34,419Chicken Saute Marengo3 menus
  20. 34,420Fried Tom Cods3 menus
  21. 34,421Grune Erbsensuppe3 menus
  22. 34,422Omelets with onions3 menus
  23. 34,423Tobacco (per 1/4 lb. tin)3 menus
  24. 34,424Milk Pig with Baked Apples3 menus
  25. 34,425Graham cakes3 menus
  26. 34,426Boiled Artichokes3 menus
  27. 34,427Potage Tortue Verte3 menus
  28. 34,428Mayonnaise von Fisch3 menus
  29. 34,429Roastbeef, Junge Erbsen3 menus
  30. 34,430Roast-Beef, Green Peas3 menus
  31. 34,431Curried Beef & Rice3 menus
  32. 34,432Oysters en coquille au gratin3 menus
  33. 34,433Chicken hash en bordure au gratin3 menus
  34. 34,434Scotch cake3 menus
  35. 34,435Sweet Potatoes - Broiled3 menus
  36. 34,436Filet of English sole au vin blanc3 menus
  37. 34,437G.H. Mumm Selected Brut3 menus
  38. 34,438Smoked Ox Tongue & Asparagus3 menus
  39. 34,439Whiskey, Scotch, (Claymore)3 menus
  40. 34,440Whiskey, Scotch, (Dewar's Extra)3 menus
  41. 34,441Budai, Red3 menus
  42. 34,442Chickens Liver on Toast3 menus
  43. 34,443Oyster Crackers3 menus
  44. 34,444Bolen & Byrnes Cap Ginger Ale3 menus
  45. 34,445Red Hand Allsopp's Ale, per bottle3 menus
  46. 34,446Bass's Stout on Draught3 menus
  47. 34,447Coburger Beer, imported, per bottle3 menus
  48. 34,448'Alf and 'Alf, per bottle3 menus
  49. 34,449Gibson's Cabinet Whisky3 menus
  50. 34,450Jordan Monogram Whisky3 menus
  51. 34,451Rhine Wine glass3 menus
  52. 34,452Claret glass3 menus
  53. 34,453Sloe Gin glass3 menus
  54. 34,454New potatoes, browned3 menus
  55. 34,455Old Duncan Whisky3 menus
  56. 34,456Pommery & Greno "Sec"3 menus
  57. 34,457Macon Vieux, J. Calvet & Co.3 menus
  58. 34,458Pommard, Bruninghaus3 menus
  59. 34,459LAMB CHOPS PLAIN3 menus
  60. 34,460VEAL CUTLETS PLAIN3 menus
  61. 34,461Imported Wuerzburger3 menus
  62. 34,462Haut Sauterne, Barton & Guestier3 menus
  63. 34,463Cream Cheese Salad3 menus
  64. 34,464Green Onion Salad3 menus
  65. 34,465Rockaways, Pan Roast3 menus
  66. 34,466Little Neck Clams, Roast in Shell3 menus
  67. 34,467Oysters, dozen3 menus
  68. 34,468Saddle Rock, stew3 menus
  69. 34,469Saddle Rock, fried3 menus
  70. 34,470Saddle Rock, roast3 menus
  71. 34,4713 Poached eggs on Toast3 menus
  72. 34,472Boiled Fowls3 menus
  73. 34,473ROASTED PRIME RIBS OF BEEF AU JUS3 menus
  74. 34,474Gratinierte Seezunge3 menus
  75. 34,475Kalbskopf, Indische Art3 menus
  76. 34,476Krauterbutter3 menus
  77. 34,477Beefsteaks, gerostet & gebraten3 menus
  78. 34,478Potatoes, Hashed, in Cream3 menus
  79. 34,479Marcobrunner, Carl Acker3 menus
  80. 34,480Geraucherter Aal, Buckinge3 menus
  81. 34,481BORDEAUX WINES3 menus
  82. 34,482SHERRY WINES3 menus
  83. 34,483Saumon en Mayonnaise3 menus
  84. 34,484Frozen strawberries3 menus
  85. 34,485Frozen Mint Julep3 menus
  86. 34,486ASPARAGUS, MOUSSELINE3 menus
  87. 34,487Filet of Striped Bass3 menus
  88. 34,488Tenderloin of Beef, Larded, with Mushrooms3 menus
  89. 34,489Saddle Mutton3 menus
  90. 34,490Roquefort and Crackers3 menus
  91. 34,491Banana Fritters, au Cognac3 menus
  92. 34,492Wilson Whiskey, 18783 menus
  93. 34,493Westmoreland Rye and Bourbon (Groomes & Ullrich)3 menus
  94. 34,494Breast of Chicken, Hungarian Fashion3 menus
  95. 34,495Saddle of Mutton, English Style3 menus
  96. 34,496Frische Austern in der Schale3 menus
  97. 34,497Cremeballe3 menus
  98. 34,498Bouchees aux champignons3 menus
  99. 34,499Saumon a la Parisienne3 menus
  100. 34,500Fried Maiden Sole3 menus