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. 43,001Stuffed Mango3 menus
  2. 43,002Nonos a l'Indoustan3 menus
  3. 43,003Broiled Shad Maitre-d'Hotel3 menus
  4. 43,004Fried Whitebait, Sauce Tartare3 menus
  5. 43,005Filet of Sea Bass Amandine3 menus
  6. 43,006Cloche Virginie (Scollops)3 menus
  7. 43,007Moules (Mussels) Mariniere3 menus
  8. 43,008Emince a la Paloise3 menus
  9. 43,009Escalope of Veal Minute3 menus
  10. 43,010Chicken Saute Biarritz3 menus
  11. 43,011Veal Kidney Mexicaine3 menus
  12. 43,012Emince de Volaille (Chicken) a la King3 menus
  13. 43,013Ris-de-Veau (Sweetbread) a la Diane3 menus
  14. 43,014Supreme de Volaille (Chicken) Henri IV3 menus
  15. 43,015Filet Mignon Carmen3 menus
  16. 43,016Coupe de Grapefruit Grenade3 menus
  17. 43,017Spaghetti a la Christine3 menus
  18. 43,018Potatoes Adele3 menus
  19. 43,019Steak Minute with Potatoes Sautees3 menus
  20. 43,020Lamb Chop (each)3 menus
  21. 43,021Fresh Pheasant Roast or Venitienne3 menus
  22. 43,022Milk-Fed Pullet a la Brookfield3 menus
  23. 43,023Milk-Fed Pullet, Broiled or Roast3 menus
  24. 43,024Squab Guinea Hen Venitienne3 menus
  25. 43,025Spring Chicken Beaux-Arts3 menus
  26. 43,026Hearts of Salad3 menus
  27. 43,027All Other Salads in Season3 menus
  28. 43,028Cream, Pitcher3 menus
  29. 43,029Beaux-Arts Gervais with Home-made Jelly (Fresh Daily)3 menus
  30. 43,030Forbidden Fruit Punch3 menus
  31. 43,031Biscuit Glace Favori3 menus
  32. 43,032Riz a l'Ananas3 menus
  33. 43,033Fruits Rafraichis Cardinal3 menus
  34. 43,034Poire Conde3 menus
  35. 43,035Crepes a la Francaise (hot)3 menus
  36. 43,036Peche Flambee aux Liqueurs (hot)3 menus
  37. 43,037Mountain Brook Trout Amandine3 menus
  38. 43,038Sweetbread a la Diane3 menus
  39. 43,039Escalope of Veal a la Minute3 menus
  40. 43,040Chicken Saute Art-Nouveau3 menus
  41. 43,041Noisette of Lamb des Gourmets3 menus
  42. 43,042Spaghetti Beaux-Arts3 menus
  43. 43,043Cold Essence of Tomato in Cup3 menus
  44. 43,044Fried Smelts, Figaro sauce3 menus
  45. 43,045Chicken Gumbo in Cup3 menus
  46. 43,046Syphons of Vichy, Seltzer or Carbonic3 menus
  47. 43,047Domestic Club Soda, Delatour3 menus
  48. 43,048Domestic Sarsaparilla, Delatour3 menus
  49. 43,049Leg of Beef [soup] with Roots3 menus
  50. 43,050Scrodfish, Boston3 menus
  51. 43,051Moet, white seal champagne3 menus
  52. 43,052Mumm, extra dry champagne3 menus
  53. 43,053Celery Knobs Salad3 menus
  54. 43,054Cook's Imperial (native) champagne3 menus
  55. 43,055Fresh Mackerel Maitre d' Hotel3 menus
  56. 43,056Puree of White Beans, Bretonne3 menus
  57. 43,057Cazanove 19043 menus
  58. 43,058Vichy Célestins3 menus
  59. 43,059St. Estèphe3 menus
  60. 43,060Château Carbonnieux3 menus
  61. 43,061Broiled Kennebec salmon steak, maitre d'hotel3 menus
  62. 43,062Codfish balls, Home style, cream sauce, poached egg3 menus
  63. 43,063Rice, with Butter, with Pitcher of Cream3 menus
  64. 43,064Oysters Baked in shell, Casino3 menus
  65. 43,065Creamed Finnan haddie with green peppers on toast3 menus
  66. 43,066Home-made corned beef and cabbage, boiled potatoes3 menus
  67. 43,067Scrambled eggs with Vienna sausages3 menus
  68. 43,068Kingfish Saute, Neptune3 menus
  69. 43,069Sea Food Exquisite3 menus
  70. 43,070Rib Steak Broiled, Julienne Potatoes3 menus
  71. 43,071Wheat, Graham and rye or rolls, with butter3 menus
  72. 43,072Filet of Herring, Mariniere in White Wine with Potato Salad3 menus
  73. 43,073Pitcher of catsup3 menus
  74. 43,074Medium clams3 menus
  75. 43,075Minced clams, Duchesse3 menus
  76. 43,076Squab saute, fine herbs3 menus
  77. 43,077Sweet Potato Flambee with rhum3 menus
  78. 43,078Ravigote3 menus
  79. 43,079Onion gratin soup3 menus
  80. 43,080Potatoes Parisienne, Persillee3 menus
  81. 43,081Young lamb stew with fresh vegetables3 menus
  82. 43,082Du Barry P.Q. *** brandy3 menus
  83. 43,083Pig's knuckle, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes3 menus
  84. 43,084Haricot of spring lamb, Parisienne3 menus
  85. 43,085Creamed chicken patty (1)3 menus
  86. 43,086Fresh home-made apple pie3 menus
  87. 43,087Clams steamed in shell3 menus
  88. 43,088Cream buttermilk3 menus
  89. 43,089Finnan haddie in cream, Epicure au gratin3 menus
  90. 43,090Puree of split peas soup aux croutons3 menus
  91. 43,091Soft clams creamed with celery3 menus
  92. 43,092Little Neck clams (half doz.)3 menus
  93. 43,093Stuffed Potato glace3 menus
  94. 43,094Royal Squab en Casserole3 menus
  95. 43,095Coupe Nelson3 menus
  96. 43,096Sorbet Abricot au Cognac3 menus
  97. 43,097Supreme of Chicken, Mascotte3 menus
  98. 43,098Special Sauterne3 menus
  99. 43,099Special Claret3 menus
  100. 43,100Bananas whole or sliced with cream3 menus