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. 4,101New Boiled Potatoes (2)32 menus
  2. 4,102Rice Custard Pie32 menus
  3. 4,103Meringue glace Panache32 menus
  4. 4,104Special Swiss Cream Cheese32 menus
  5. 4,105Cold Roast Lamb and Potato Salad32 menus
  6. 4,106Family Sirloin, For Three32 menus
  7. 4,107CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER31 menus
  8. 4,108Grilled Mutton Chops31 menus
  9. 4,109Saute31 menus
  10. 4,110Steak31 menus
  11. 4,111Delikatess Haringe31 menus
  12. 4,112Vermicelli Pudding31 menus
  13. 4,113NEW YORK ICE CREAM31 menus
  14. 4,114with bacon31 menus
  15. 4,115Fresh mushrooms, broiled31 menus
  16. 4,116Extra porterhouse31 menus
  17. 4,117Double sirloin with mushrooms31 menus
  18. 4,118Johannisberger31 menus
  19. 4,119Great Western31 menus
  20. 4,120Codfish with Cream31 menus
  21. 4,121Smoked Beef and Cream31 menus
  22. 4,122Sandwich, Chicken31 menus
  23. 4,123Omelette Souffle31 menus
  24. 4,124Little Neck Stew31 menus
  25. 4,125cape cod31 menus
  26. 4,126wine31 menus
  27. 4,127Macaroni, italienne31 menus
  28. 4,128Spaghetti, milanaise31 menus
  29. 4,129Raspberry Pie31 menus
  30. 4,130HARLEQUIN ICE CREAM31 menus
  31. 4,131Kidney Beans31 menus
  32. 4,132Plain Rice Pudding31 menus
  33. 4,133Indian meal mush with milk31 menus
  34. 4,134Tomatoes en surprise31 menus
  35. 4,135Catawba Grapes31 menus
  36. 4,136Bass's Ale, Dog's Head31 menus
  37. 4,137Stewed Kidneys with Mushrooms31 menus
  38. 4,138Curacoa31 menus
  39. 4,139Pure Cream31 menus
  40. 4,140Curried mutton with rice31 menus
  41. 4,141Eggs A la Meyerbeer31 menus
  42. 4,142Broiled Pork Chops31 menus
  43. 4,143Chutney Sauce31 menus
  44. 4,144Roast Quail31 menus
  45. 4,145Haute Sauterne31 menus
  46. 4,146Omelets31 menus
  47. 4,147Tomatoes salad31 menus
  48. 4,148Roast Beef, cold31 menus
  49. 4,149Extra Porterhouse Steak with Mushrooms31 menus
  50. 4,150Mixed Sweet Pickles31 menus
  51. 4,151Cheese, American31 menus
  52. 4,152Maisgriess31 menus
  53. 4,153Fresh milk and cream31 menus
  54. 4,154Kalbsbraten31 menus
  55. 4,155Geraucherter Lachs31 menus
  56. 4,156Chicken Gumbo, Creole31 menus
  57. 4,157Kompott31 menus
  58. 4,158Lamb kidneys, broiled31 menus
  59. 4,159Asperges31 menus
  60. 4,160Peach tart31 menus
  61. 4,161Hot-House Tomato Salad31 menus
  62. 4,162Egg-plant31 menus
  63. 4,163Italian Paste31 menus
  64. 4,164Griddle Cakes, Maple Syrup31 menus
  65. 4,165Pompelmuse31 menus
  66. 4,166Boiled salmon, hollandaise31 menus
  67. 4,167Rice Custard Pudding31 menus
  68. 4,168Rindsrucken-Schnitte31 menus
  69. 4,169Congress-Water31 menus
  70. 4,170Schinken31 menus
  71. 4,171Wiltshire Cheese31 menus
  72. 4,172Pale Dry Sherry31 menus
  73. 4,173filet of beef31 menus
  74. 4,174Iced Celery31 menus
  75. 4,175Peaches in Syrup31 menus
  76. 4,176Josephshofer31 menus
  77. 4,177Geraucherter Schinken31 menus
  78. 4,178Potatoes: Mashed31 menus
  79. 4,179Double sirloin steak31 menus
  80. 4,180Aprikosen31 menus
  81. 4,181Geback. Kartoffeln31 menus
  82. 4,182Three Feathers31 menus
  83. 4,183Tomato Bouillon31 menus
  84. 4,184Fried Yorkshire ham31 menus
  85. 4,185Lobster Salad, Mayonnaise31 menus
  86. 4,186Cigarettes, Egyptian, Small Packages31 menus
  87. 4,187Claret, Light31 menus
  88. 4,188Poached eggs on toast (2)31 menus
  89. 4,189Coulommiers31 menus
  90. 4,190Two Eggs, Boiled31 menus
  91. 4,191Two Eggs, Scrambled31 menus
  92. 4,192Cold Chicken sandwich31 menus
  93. 4,193Chambertin Sparkling31 menus
  94. 4,194Creme de menthe sherbet31 menus
  95. 4,195Gouda31 menus
  96. 4,196Stuffed deviled crab31 menus
  97. 4,197Yankee bean soup31 menus
  98. 4,198American fried potatoes31 menus
  99. 4,199Normandin31 menus
  100. 4,200Ballantine's31 menus