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. 41,001Pannequet with Currant Jelly3 menus
  2. 41,002Breast of Chicken with Virginia Ham3 menus
  3. 41,003Lobster Ravigotte3 menus
  4. 41,004Buttered Spaghetti3 menus
  5. 41,005Combination Sea Food Cocktail3 menus
  6. 41,006Jellied chicken soup3 menus
  7. 41,007Cottage Cheese with Cream3 menus
  8. 41,008Ice Tea or Coffee3 menus
  9. 41,009Seagram's 5 Crown3 menus
  10. 41,010Deviled Sardines3 menus
  11. 41,011Broiled Bluefish, Butter Hoteliere, Baked Tomato3 menus
  12. 41,012Mignon of Sirloin Steak Bouquetiere3 menus
  13. 41,013Broiled Baby Duckling (Half), Irish Bacon, Sauce Chantilly3 menus
  14. 41,014Escallopines of Veal Saute au Marsala, Garden Spinach3 menus
  15. 41,015Freshly Cooked Garden Vegetable Plate, Poached Egg, Hollandaise3 menus
  16. 41,016Assorted Meat with Chicken, Vegetable Salad3 menus
  17. 41,017Home Cured Corned Beef with Potato Salad3 menus
  18. 41,018Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Tomato Surprise3 menus
  19. 41,019Sugar-cured Ham with Potato Salad, Orange Marmalade3 menus
  20. 41,020Chilled Jumbo Fresh Fruit Plate, Sherbet Center, Honey Dressing3 menus
  21. 41,021Potatoes Parmentier3 menus
  22. 41,022Table Water3 menus
  23. 41,023Spanish Cranshaw Melon3 menus
  24. 41,024Sauce Fraisette3 menus
  25. 41,025Halibut Steak Saute Veronique with Grapes3 menus
  26. 41,026Broiled Split Sea Bass, Shallot Butter3 menus
  27. 41,027Stuffed Boneless Squab Chicken, Primeur3 menus
  28. 41,028Stewed Fresh Fruits (plums, pear)3 menus
  29. 41,029Roast Larded Beef Tenderloin, Sauce Bordelaise3 menus
  30. 41,030Half Fresh-killed Chicken Saute Chasseur, Mushrooms3 menus
  31. 41,031Rack and Loin of Spring Lamb, Persillee, Watercress3 menus
  32. 41,032Lettuce and Pineapple Salad, French Dressing3 menus
  33. 41,033Pannequet, Currant Jelly3 menus
  34. 41,034Fruit Jelly, Whipped Cream3 menus
  35. 41,035Potatoes, Home Fried3 menus
  36. 41,036A Fresh Vegetable Dinner with Poached Egg3 menus
  37. 41,037Breast of Guinea Hen, Under Bell Eugenie3 menus
  38. 41,038Pears Flambee3 menus
  39. 41,039Peaches Flambee3 menus
  40. 41,040Tricolor Parfait Brandy Liqueur3 menus
  41. 41,041Planked Steak for One3 menus
  42. 41,042Ron Rico Cocktail3 menus
  43. 41,043Crown of Vanilla Ice Cream3 menus
  44. 41,044Endive Salad, Roquefort Dressing3 menus
  45. 41,045Flaked Cereals with Cream3 menus
  46. 41,046Sauterne White Bordeaux3 menus
  47. 41,047Margaux Red Bordeaux3 menus
  48. 41,048Heart of Cream Cheese3 menus
  49. 41,049Heart of Cream Cheese with Bar-le-Duc3 menus
  50. 41,050Haricots Verts au Gratin3 menus
  51. 41,051Grilled Milk-Fed Veal Steak, Medaillon of Sweetbreads3 menus
  52. 41,052Broiled Baby Flounder with Lemon Butter3 menus
  53. 41,053Filet of Bluefish Saute Meuniere, Shrimp and Capers3 menus
  54. 41,054Gunther's3 menus
  55. 41,055Chicken Broth with Matzoth Dumplings3 menus
  56. 41,056C & C Imperial Dry3 menus
  57. 41,057Ox-tongue Sandwich3 menus
  58. 41,058Candied Squash3 menus
  59. 41,059Carrots Strips3 menus
  60. 41,060Cocoa or Chocolate with Whipped Cream3 menus
  61. 41,061Grilled Pork Tenderloin3 menus
  62. 41,062Moet & Chandon, White Seal, Very Dry3 menus
  63. 41,063Matzoth Pancake with Green Peas3 menus
  64. 41,064Fried Matzoth Kloesen with Egg3 menus
  65. 41,065Pannequet with Kirsch3 menus
  66. 41,066Pear Cardinale3 menus
  67. 41,067Long Island Duckling, Prune Dressing, Apple Sauce3 menus
  68. 41,068Cold-Fried Disjointed Chicken, Dressing, Sliced Tomatoes, Asparagus Tips3 menus
  69. 41,069Cold-Half Alligator Pear, Chicken Salad, Mayonnaise, Finger Sandwich3 menus
  70. 41,070Chicken Reine in Casserole Primeur3 menus
  71. 41,071Cold Tomato Broth in Jelly3 menus
  72. 41,072New Dill Pickle Salad3 menus
  73. 41,073Sliced Peaches in Cream3 menus
  74. 41,074Assorted Cold Cuts, Vegetable Salad3 menus
  75. 41,075Grilled Sirloin Steak, French Fried Potatoes3 menus
  76. 41,076Fresh Vegetable Dinner, Steamed in Glass with a Poached Egg3 menus
  77. 41,077Post Toasties Cereal3 menus
  78. 41,078Old-Fashioned Bean Soup3 menus
  79. 41,079Spring lamb chops, green peas3 menus
  80. 41,080Consomme with Noodles or Matzo Ball3 menus
  81. 41,081Broiled Red Snapper, Lemon Butter3 menus
  82. 41,082Coupe of Fresh Strawberries Favorite3 menus
  83. 41,083Petite Marmite Vintimille3 menus
  84. 41,084Imported Bismarck Herring3 menus
  85. 41,085Fresh3 menus
  86. 41,086und3 menus
  87. 41,087Haig and Haig *****3 menus
  88. 41,088Split3 menus
  89. 41,089Fresh Stewed Cherries3 menus
  90. 41,090Parfait Pralinee3 menus
  91. 41,091Fresh Mushrooms Omelette3 menus
  92. 41,092Planked Sirloin3 menus
  93. 41,093Tourangelle Salad3 menus
  94. 41,094Beaumont Cheese3 menus
  95. 41,095Iced Fruit Cocktail3 menus
  96. 41,096Pickled Holland Herring3 menus
  97. 41,097Canadian Ham Steak3 menus
  98. 41,098Canadian Cottage Cheese3 menus
  99. 41,099Hotel Vancouver Cream Cheese with Bar-le-Duc Jelly3 menus
  100. 41,100Brown Rolls3 menus