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. 36,101Essence de Volaille3 menus
  2. 36,102Mignons of beef, Portugaise3 menus
  3. 36,103Chicken saute, Cannoise3 menus
  4. 36,104Filetbraten3 menus
  5. 36,105Glace au four3 menus
  6. 36,106Cold consomme [glass]3 menus
  7. 36,107Codfish fried, tomato sauce3 menus
  8. 36,108Diamond-back terrapin (on chafing dish)3 menus
  9. 36,109Canned mushrooms, stewed3 menus
  10. 36,110Canned American peas3 menus
  11. 36,111Sole Doria3 menus
  12. 36,112Merlans a l'Anglaise3 menus
  13. 36,113Baked sea bass, Italienne3 menus
  14. 36,114Fried smelts, sauce ravigote3 menus
  15. 36,115Curry of lobster with rice3 menus
  16. 36,116Roast Beef Froid3 menus
  17. 36,117Oysters, fried or stewed3 menus
  18. 36,118COFFEE, TEA ETC.3 menus
  19. 36,119Cutter Old Reserve Whiskey3 menus
  20. 36,120Vol au vent Financière3 menus
  21. 36,121Chop Suey3 menus
  22. 36,122FONDUES3 menus
  23. 36,123STRANDKAAL3 menus
  24. 36,124Soft clams, Fry with bacon3 menus
  25. 36,125Boiled Fowl and Pork3 menus
  26. 36,126Claret Light3 menus
  27. 36,127Coney Island roast3 menus
  28. 36,128Lobster fricassee3 menus
  29. 36,129Finnan Haddie, Caledonian3 menus
  30. 36,130Smelts, broiled3 menus
  31. 36,131Sandwich, Pate de foie-gras3 menus
  32. 36,132Home-Made Pies, per cut3 menus
  33. 36,133Pickles, Assorted3 menus
  34. 36,134Lamb Broth, Scotch Style3 menus
  35. 36,135Sorbet, Imperial3 menus
  36. 36,136Filet de boeuf Parisienne3 menus
  37. 36,137Vanilla Pudding, Cream Sauce3 menus
  38. 36,138Army and Navy Ice Cream3 menus
  39. 36,139Fried Plain Tripe3 menus
  40. 36,140Stewed mutton kidneys with mushrooms3 menus
  41. 36,141Medoc en Carafes3 menus
  42. 36,142John Bull sauce3 menus
  43. 36,143Ham, Corned Beef, Cheese Sandwich3 menus
  44. 36,144Pot of Oolong tea with cream3 menus
  45. 36,145Stewed Tripe, Lyonnaise3 menus
  46. 36,146St. Denis Home-Made Sausages3 menus
  47. 36,147Breakfast-bacon fried3 menus
  48. 36,148Breakfast bacon broiled3 menus
  49. 36,149Yorkshire-ham fried3 menus
  50. 36,150Toasted Bread3 menus
  51. 36,151Cognac, 18583 menus
  52. 36,152Sirloin steak, with fried potatoes3 menus
  53. 36,153Persillees Potatoes3 menus
  54. 36,154Cream of Artichokes3 menus
  55. 36,155Louis Roederer, Sec3 menus
  56. 36,156Henkell & Co. Marcobrunner3 menus
  57. 36,157Pleasant Valley Co. Carte Blanche3 menus
  58. 36,158J. Calvet & Co. Sauternes3 menus
  59. 36,159J. Calvet & Co. Haut Sauternes3 menus
  60. 36,160V.O.P. Sherry3 menus
  61. 36,161YALE ICE CREAM3 menus
  62. 36,162OSTRICHE3 menus
  63. 36,163M & C White Seal3 menus
  64. 36,164Ravanelli3 menus
  65. 36,165SIGARI3 menus
  66. 36,166Chocolate Souffle3 menus
  67. 36,167Planked Delaware Shad3 menus
  68. 36,168Kennebec Salmon, Sauce Tartare3 menus
  69. 36,169Filet of Mignon3 menus
  70. 36,170Little Neck on half shell3 menus
  71. 36,171Russian Caviar Canape3 menus
  72. 36,172Timbales, Renaissance3 menus
  73. 36,173Barbera spumante3 menus
  74. 36,174Fedora cake3 menus
  75. 36,175Gateau Fedora3 menus
  76. 36,176Steamed Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce3 menus
  77. 36,177Old Rye3 menus
  78. 36,178Imperial Water3 menus
  79. 36,179Extra Sirloin Steak Bearnaise3 menus
  80. 36,180Top Sirloin Steak with Onions3 menus
  81. 36,181Omelette, fine herbes3 menus
  82. 36,182Omelette, clams3 menus
  83. 36,183Musty Ale3 menus
  84. 36,184Filet de Boeuf a la Pompadour3 menus
  85. 36,185Pomegranates3 menus
  86. 36,186Macon, C. Mary & Liger-Belair3 menus
  87. 36,187Pommes de terre lorette3 menus
  88. 36,188Salade de laitue aux fines herbes3 menus
  89. 36,189Fricassee of Little Neck Clams on Toast3 menus
  90. 36,190Raw Little Neck Clams3 menus
  91. 36,191Little Neck Clams Minced on Toast3 menus
  92. 36,192LInsen3 menus
  93. 36,193Spring lamb stew with green peas3 menus
  94. 36,194Chicken, apple sauce3 menus
  95. 36,195Parmesan cream soup3 menus
  96. 36,196Bombe Monte Carlo3 menus
  97. 36,197Johannis Natural mineral water3 menus
  98. 36,198Charlotte Russe a la Richelieu3 menus
  99. 36,199Cold Asparagus, Sauce Vinaigrette3 menus
  100. 36,200Ambassador pudding3 menus