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. 43,401aux fines herbes3 menus
  2. 43,402Consomme Garni3 menus
  3. 43,403Gniocchis Romaine3 menus
  4. 43,404Lamballe Soup3 menus
  5. 43,405Ginger Ale Imported, C. & C.3 menus
  6. 43,406Tea, mixed, per cup3 menus
  7. 43,407Boston scrod, persillade3 menus
  8. 43,408Half stuffed Phila chicken, giblet sauce3 menus
  9. 43,409Cup Caruso3 menus
  10. 43,410Veal cutlet breaded, Milanaise3 menus
  11. 43,411English mutton chop, combination3 menus
  12. 43,412Half squab turkey broiled3 menus
  13. 43,413[Clam] Stew3 menus
  14. 43,414Broiled sea trout, Hoteliere3 menus
  15. 43,415Blue Points (Oysters)3 menus
  16. 43,416Clear green turtle soup, Amontillado3 menus
  17. 43,417Sweetbread, Lafayette3 menus
  18. 43,418Broiled Kennebec salmon, St. Germain3 menus
  19. 43,419Fried halibut steak, sauce tartare3 menus
  20. 43,420Fried eels, tartar sauce, Mexican slaw3 menus
  21. 43,421Dill Pickle Relish3 menus
  22. 43,422Phila cream3 menus
  23. 43,423Oysters a la Newburg with oyster crabs3 menus
  24. 43,424Broiled kingfish, St. Germain3 menus
  25. 43,425Filet of salmon, Florentine3 menus
  26. 43,426Fried Green Smelts, Remoulade Sauce3 menus
  27. 43,427Boston oyster simmer3 menus
  28. 43,428Cream of Fresh Mushrooms aux croutons3 menus
  29. 43,429Tee mit Sahne3 menus
  30. 43,430Grape fruit Supreme, Maraschino3 menus
  31. 43,431Crab Meat Salad with Lettuce, Special Dressing3 menus
  32. 43,432Smoked Holland sausage with sour cabbage3 menus
  33. 43,433Prime Beef, baked potatoes3 menus
  34. 43,434Holland fried potatoes3 menus
  35. 43,435Orange Pekoe tea with milk3 menus
  36. 43,436Spring lamb stew, new vegetables3 menus
  37. 43,437Cold Egg, Baltimore3 menus
  38. 43,438Gazpacho Andalouse3 menus
  39. 43,439[Clams] Steamed3 menus
  40. 43,440Ox-tail soup with barley a l'Anglaise3 menus
  41. 43,441Broiled Fresh Mushroom3 menus
  42. 43,442[Oysters] Broil3 menus
  43. 43,443[Oysters] Celery Cream Broil3 menus
  44. 43,444Apple tapioca pudding, fruit sauce3 menus
  45. 43,445Sauterne, DeLuze & Co3 menus
  46. 43,446Roast Spring Turkey (half)3 menus
  47. 43,447Special--Coffee Parisienne in French Pot (for 2)3 menus
  48. 43,448Gervais Cheese with Individual Bar le Duc3 menus
  49. 43,449Château Yquem3 menus
  50. 43,450Anheuser-Busch Budweiser, Glass3 menus
  51. 43,451L Roederer's Dry Sillery3 menus
  52. 43,452Cold Roast Virginia Ham, Potato Salad3 menus
  53. 43,453Jelly Moscovite3 menus
  54. 43,454Royal Consomme3 menus
  55. 43,455Coffee w. Cake3 menus
  56. 43,456Old Fashioned Rice Pudding, with Cream3 menus
  57. 43,457Pamplemousse avec cerises3 menus
  58. 43,458Oranges au marasquin3 menus
  59. 43,459Moet and Chandon3 menus
  60. 43,460Artichoke, Cold3 menus
  61. 43,461physical culture health bread3 menus
  62. 43,462stale white bread3 menus
  63. 43,463Ripe olive3 menus
  64. 43,464Agurkesalat3 menus
  65. 43,465Scallops with bacon (15 min.)3 menus
  66. 43,466Cotuits small (doz.)3 menus
  67. 43,467Cotuits medium (half doz.)3 menus
  68. 43,468Cotuits medium (doz.)3 menus
  69. 43,469Pamplemousses au Marasquin3 menus
  70. 43,470Asperges nouvelles a la Hollandaise3 menus
  71. 43,471Sorbet Grande Chartreuse3 menus
  72. 43,472Coffee and cakes3 menus
  73. 43,473Philadelphia Squab Roasted on Toast3 menus
  74. 43,474Red raspberry jam3 menus
  75. 43,475Tomatoe au Croutons soup3 menus
  76. 43,476Fried Codfish Cakes Tom. Sauce3 menus
  77. 43,477Selle d'agneau du printemps, sauce Colbert3 menus
  78. 43,478Sirloin Steak, Sam Ward3 menus
  79. 43,479Apples (1)3 menus
  80. 43,480Cornichons, Suedoise3 menus
  81. 43,481Soft Shell Crabs, Marine3 menus
  82. 43,482Baked potatoes hashed in cream3 menus
  83. 43,483SPECIAL - Assorted hors d'oeuvre a la Mouquin3 menus
  84. 43,484Corned beef hash, browned with a poached egg3 menus
  85. 43,485Cream, large glass3 menus
  86. 43,486SORBET APRICOTINE3 menus
  87. 43,487Egg a l'Aurore3 menus
  88. 43,488Boiled salt cod, cream sauce3 menus
  89. 43,489Tunny Fish Cocktail3 menus
  90. 43,490Cold Tomato Broth, per cup3 menus
  91. 43,491Cold Clam Broth, per cup3 menus
  92. 43,492Poussin, Mascotte3 menus
  93. 43,493Baked (1) or Boiled (2) Potatoes3 menus
  94. 43,494Milk, large glass3 menus
  95. 43,495Navel Corned Beef and new cabbage3 menus
  96. 43,496Breast of Guinea, Currant Jelly3 menus
  97. 43,497Hominy in Cream3 menus
  98. 43,498Cocoanut Cream Puff3 menus
  99. 43,499Cod-Fish Cakes with Tomato Sauce3 menus
  100. 43,500Freshly-Made Potato Salad3 menus