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. 36,301Saddle Kentucky Mutton3 menus
  2. 36,302Mignons de boeuf Chasseur3 menus
  3. 36,303Boiled lake trout, egg sauce3 menus
  4. 36,304Chocoladen-Eis-Creme3 menus
  5. 36,305Schaum-Backwerk3 menus
  6. 36,306Cream-Pastry3 menus
  7. 36,307Scrambled eggs with anchovies3 menus
  8. 36,308Madeira Nuts3 menus
  9. 36,309Kirsch de Zoug3 menus
  10. 36,310Potatoes: Sarah Bernhardt3 menus
  11. 36,311Potatoes: Benedictine3 menus
  12. 36,312Potatoes: O'Brien3 menus
  13. 36,313Frappee3 menus
  14. 36,314Ofner Adelsberger Cabinet3 menus
  15. 36,315Vino Pasto3 menus
  16. 36,316Muscat de Malvoisie3 menus
  17. 36,317Oysters, Newburg3 menus
  18. 36,318J. Calvet & Co. Macon Vieux3 menus
  19. 36,319Parfait Lombard3 menus
  20. 36,320Eggs, Poached plain3 menus
  21. 36,321Consomme, renaissance3 menus
  22. 36,322Imported Pilsner & Culmbacher3 menus
  23. 36,323Gratinee3 menus
  24. 36,324Filet de Boeuf Rossini3 menus
  25. 36,325Les Olives3 menus
  26. 36,326Terrine de foies-gras3 menus
  27. 36,327Beef Tenderloin Larded3 menus
  28. 36,328Daube Glace3 menus
  29. 36,329Vanilla Blancmange3 menus
  30. 36,330Broiled Pompano Maitre d'Hotel3 menus
  31. 36,331Metropolitan Ice Cream3 menus
  32. 36,332Corned Beef Hash, browned, with 2 Poached Eggs3 menus
  33. 36,333Schnittapfel3 menus
  34. 36,334Rye Whiskey, Special Reserve3 menus
  35. 36,335Club Cocktails3 menus
  36. 36,336Lentils3 menus
  37. 36,337Green turtle soup, cup3 menus
  38. 36,338Green turtle soup, Club style3 menus
  39. 36,339Little Neck clams, broth3 menus
  40. 36,340Fruhstucks-Speck, gebraten3 menus
  41. 36,341Gebr. Seezunge3 menus
  42. 36,342Orange Portugaise3 menus
  43. 36,343Fried Scollops and bacon3 menus
  44. 36,344Broiled scollops3 menus
  45. 36,345Chapons braises a la Chevreuse3 menus
  46. 36,346Pineapple salad au kirsch3 menus
  47. 36,347Pommes a la Conde3 menus
  48. 36,348Russische Sardinen3 menus
  49. 36,349Spring Vegetable3 menus
  50. 36,350Crackers & Milk3 menus
  51. 36,351Shredded Wheat & Milk3 menus
  52. 36,352Ladies Fingers3 menus
  53. 36,353Roast pigeons on toast3 menus
  54. 36,354Salt Herrings3 menus
  55. 36,355Green gage3 menus
  56. 36,356Blue points Mignonette sauce3 menus
  57. 36,357Mutton Broth a l'Ecossaise3 menus
  58. 36,358Otard's Old Liqueur Cognac, 18653 menus
  59. 36,359Fried Brook Trout3 menus
  60. 36,360Omelette, a l'espagnole3 menus
  61. 36,361FRIED CODFISH WITH SALT PORK3 menus
  62. 36,362MIGNON OF BEEF, BEARNAISE3 menus
  63. 36,363Minced Chicken, Poached Egg3 menus
  64. 36,364N.A.S.M. Champagne in 1/2 pints3 menus
  65. 36,365Hochheimer Dom Dechaney3 menus
  66. 36,366Kaiserbrunnen (sparkling)3 menus
  67. 36,367Glace a la napolitaine3 menus
  68. 36,368Mousseline Maréchale3 menus
  69. 36,369Chicken pot pie, country style3 menus
  70. 36,370Assorted Bread and Rolls3 menus
  71. 36,371Southern cakes3 menus
  72. 36,372Broiled Bluefish a la Laguipierre3 menus
  73. 36,373Saumon bouilli sauce Riche3 menus
  74. 36,374Asparagus Tips, Melted Butter3 menus
  75. 36,375Miles' Ale, per bottle3 menus
  76. 36,376Tripe in cream3 menus
  77. 36,377"Fleur de Russie," Caravan the3 menus
  78. 36,378Miel Vierges3 menus
  79. 36,379Pains bis de Boston3 menus
  80. 36,380Marmalade a l'orange3 menus
  81. 36,381Escalopes de ris-de-veau3 menus
  82. 36,382Foies de volaille en brochette3 menus
  83. 36,383Bass de mer grille, Maitre d'hotel3 menus
  84. 36,384Omelet aux champignons frais3 menus
  85. 36,385Oeufs au petit sale3 menus
  86. 36,386Potatoes, Grilled Sweet3 menus
  87. 36,387Broiled Phila. Spring Chicken3 menus
  88. 36,388Potatoes Parisian3 menus
  89. 36,389Andrew Usher's Scotch Whisky3 menus
  90. 36,390John Jameson's Irish Whisky3 menus
  91. 36,391cape cod clams3 menus
  92. 36,392Fontange3 menus
  93. 36,393Hamburger Steak with Smothered Onions3 menus
  94. 36,394Nelusko coupe3 menus
  95. 36,395Broiled Sirloin Steak, with Mushrooms3 menus
  96. 36,396Terrapin a la Philadelphia3 menus
  97. 36,397Roast Boston goose, apple sauce3 menus
  98. 36,398Fried spring chicken, breaded, Virginia style3 menus
  99. 36,399Boiled Philadelphia capon, oyster sauce3 menus
  100. 36,400Broiled squab, on toast3 menus