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. 42,001*Egg, extra3 menus
  2. 42,002Armour's Red Grape Juice3 menus
  3. 42,003Pineapple slice au jus3 menus
  4. 42,004Condax Straw Tips cigarettes3 menus
  5. 42,005Mogul, Plain Tips cigarettes3 menus
  6. 42,006Philip Morris & Co. cigarettes3 menus
  7. 42,007Liptoi3 menus
  8. 42,008A.M.&C. Champagne3 menus
  9. 42,009Theonet's Spking Grape Juice3 menus
  10. 42,010Fried Fillets of Flounder, Tartar Sauce3 menus
  11. 42,011Colwa White3 menus
  12. 42,012Phez's Loganberry, Concet'd3 menus
  13. 42,013Piel's Light or Dark, on draught3 menus
  14. 42,014Fried Oysters, Cold Slaw3 menus
  15. 42,015Round Bone Veal Cutlet Broiled3 menus
  16. 42,016Spring Lamb Stew with Vegetables3 menus
  17. 42,017Flor de Mouquin Ideals3 menus
  18. 42,018Vencedora Casadores3 menus
  19. 42,019Romeo y Julieta, Perfectos3 menus
  20. 42,020Gumbo, strained3 menus
  21. 42,021Lettuce with Boiled Egg3 menus
  22. 42,022Stewed Carrots and Peas3 menus
  23. 42,023Oysters or clams with cocktail sauce, 10c extra3 menus
  24. 42,024Theonet's Spklng Grape Juice3 menus
  25. 42,025Cold Sliced Ham3 menus
  26. 42,026Eden Perfectos3 menus
  27. 42,027OMELET, with chicken livers or kidneys3 menus
  28. 42,028Creamed Crabmeat3 menus
  29. 42,029Deviled Fresh Crabs3 menus
  30. 42,030Grill Room Cocktail3 menus
  31. 42,031Sardine Cocktail3 menus
  32. 42,032Codfish Balls with Egg Sauce and Lemon Salad3 menus
  33. 42,033Creamed Codfish with Hard-boiled Egg and Baked Potato3 menus
  34. 42,034Fried Shrimps with Fried Sweet Potatoes3 menus
  35. 42,035Green Pepper Stuffed with Cabbage Relish3 menus
  36. 42,036Cream Beau Rivage aux Profiterolles3 menus
  37. 42,037Raisin Pickles3 menus
  38. 42,038Ripe Cucumber Relish3 menus
  39. 42,039Home-made Chutney3 menus
  40. 42,040Home-made Piccalilli3 menus
  41. 42,041Combination Vegetable Luncheon3 menus
  42. 42,042Curry of Salmon with Rice3 menus
  43. 42,043Casserole of Chicken Livers with Vegetables3 menus
  44. 42,044Combination Scallops and Oyster Fry3 menus
  45. 42,045Chipped Dried Beef in Cream Sauce with Baked Potato3 menus
  46. 42,046New England Fried Salt Pork in Cream Gravy with Baked Potato3 menus
  47. 42,047Combination of Sea Foods3 menus
  48. 42,048Crabmeat in Cream3 menus
  49. 42,049Mohegan Farm Milk3 menus
  50. 42,050Coffee Cream Puff3 menus
  51. 42,051Broiled Little Neck Clams, Doz.3 menus
  52. 42,052Egyptian Straights3 menus
  53. 42,053Lamb Fries Breaded with Tomato Sauce3 menus
  54. 42,054MILO3 menus
  55. 42,055Single Soft Shell Crab3 menus
  56. 42,056Between the Acts [Little Cigars]3 menus
  57. 42,057Planked Porterhouse for two3 menus
  58. 42,058Baked English Mutton Chop for two3 menus
  59. 42,059Pork Chops, (two) Breaded3 menus
  60. 42,060Plain Lobster, Cold, Half3 menus
  61. 42,061Home-made Vegetable Soup, Strained3 menus
  62. 42,062Whitefish Chowder3 menus
  63. 42,063Chicken with Rice or Noodles3 menus
  64. 42,064Shirred Eggs in Tomato Sauce3 menus
  65. 42,065Scrambled Eggs in Cream3 menus
  66. 42,066"Four Minute" Eggs3 menus
  67. 42,067Baked Eggs (Three)3 menus
  68. 42,068Poached Egg with Caviar Border3 menus
  69. 42,069Bacon and Poached Eggs3 menus
  70. 42,070Plain Rice with Milk3 menus
  71. 42,071Toasted Cornflakes with Milk3 menus
  72. 42,072Toasted Cornflakes with Cream3 menus
  73. 42,073White Corn Meal Mush with Butter or Cream3 menus
  74. 42,074Hominy Grits with Butter3 menus
  75. 42,075Grilled Stuffed Lobster3 menus
  76. 42,076Broiled Whitefish with Piccalilli3 menus
  77. 42,077Planked Whitefish with Drawn Butter3 menus
  78. 42,078Planked Lake Trout3 menus
  79. 42,079Broiled Milk-fed Spring Chicken3 menus
  80. 42,080Sirloin Steak with Grilled Potatoes3 menus
  81. 42,081Small Sirloin Steak with Fresh Mushrooms3 menus
  82. 42,082Double Beef Tenderloin with Grilled Sweet Peppers3 menus
  83. 42,083Double Beef Tenderloin with Grilled Sliced Tomatoes and Tomato Sauce3 menus
  84. 42,084Planked Double Beef Tenderloin3 menus
  85. 42,085Single Beef Tenderloin3 menus
  86. 42,086Grilled Sliced Ham3 menus
  87. 42,087Fried Southern Ham with Baked Potato3 menus
  88. 42,088Slice of Ham with Two Eggs3 menus
  89. 42,089Grilled Lamb Chops with Mint Jelly3 menus
  90. 42,090Grilled Lamb Chops with French Peas3 menus
  91. 42,091Grilled Calves' Liver with Bacon3 menus
  92. 42,092Grilled Bacon with Two Eggs3 menus
  93. 42,093Grill Room Minced Chicken3 menus
  94. 42,094Scrambled Eggs with Chipped Ham3 menus
  95. 42,095Grill Room Spaghetti3 menus
  96. 42,096Cold Sardines with Potato Salad3 menus
  97. 42,0972 Poached Eggs with Rolls3 menus
  98. 42,098Asparagus Tips, Au Gratin3 menus
  99. 42,099Chicken Salad with Mayonaise3 menus
  100. 42,100Shrimp Salad with Mayonaise3 menus