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. 43,601Whitefish, Meunière3 menus
  2. 43,602Capon, roast3 menus
  3. 43,603Guinea Hen (half), broiled3 menus
  4. 43,604Chicken (half), broiled3 menus
  5. 43,605Squab Chicken (half), broiled3 menus
  6. 43,606Spring Duckling (half), broiled3 menus
  7. 43,607*Royans, Bordelaise3 menus
  8. 43,608Lobster, Parisienne3 menus
  9. 43,609Chicken Okra soup, cold3 menus
  10. 43,610Half Duckling with Olives3 menus
  11. 43,611Egg, Thomas3 menus
  12. 43,612Special Swiss Cream Cheese (per person)3 menus
  13. 43,613Cottage Cheese (per person)3 menus
  14. 43,614Cream Cheese (per person)3 menus
  15. 43,615Fresh Peach Tartlet3 menus
  16. 43,616Rice Pudding with Apples3 menus
  17. 43,617C H Mumm, Extra Dry3 menus
  18. 43,618Fatimas3 menus
  19. 43,619Fillet of Sole, Demi-deuil3 menus
  20. 43,620Veal Chop Saute, Minute3 menus
  21. 43,621Scrod, Maitre d'Hotel3 menus
  22. 43,622New String Beans, Lyonnaise3 menus
  23. 43,623Tomato, Monegasque3 menus
  24. 43,624J Calvet & Co Graves3 menus
  25. 43,625J Calvet & Co Bordeaux Vieux3 menus
  26. 43,626Hamburg Chicken, Maryland3 menus
  27. 43,627Noisette of Fillet of Beef, Cheron3 menus
  28. 43,628Cream, Crecy Soup3 menus
  29. 43,629Rhum Mousse3 menus
  30. 43,630Egg, Tivoli3 menus
  31. 43,631Gebr Puter3 menus
  32. 43,632Fillet of Sole, Cleonie3 menus
  33. 43,633Imported Cheese and Crackers3 menus
  34. 43,634Canape, Jardinette3 menus
  35. 43,635Broiled Squab Duckling (half)3 menus
  36. 43,636String Beans in Cream3 menus
  37. 43,637Soft clams fricassee with green peppers3 menus
  38. 43,638Cigarettes and Cigars3 menus
  39. 43,639Steamed Soft Shell Clams with Wafers3 menus
  40. 43,640Oyster Stew, made to order3 menus
  41. 43,641Hot Tea Biscuits or Corn Muffins3 menus
  42. 43,642Pommes de terre, Julienne3 menus
  43. 43,643English Beef Stew with Peas3 menus
  44. 43,644Oyster Cocktail with wafers3 menus
  45. 43,645Bowl Pure Cream3 menus
  46. 43,646Daylight Made Spiced Coffee Cake3 menus
  47. 43,647Toasted English Muffin with Fresh Apple Sauce3 menus
  48. 43,648Guadarali Coffee with Cream, cup3 menus
  49. 43,649Lake Champlain Ice Fish, Meuniere3 menus
  50. 43,650Chocolate or Cocoanut Layer Cake3 menus
  51. 43,651Pamplemousse au bar le duc3 menus
  52. 43,652Half portion of the above with pure cream3 menus
  53. 43,653Pera Cigarettes3 menus
  54. 43,654Special Mixed Salad3 menus
  55. 43,655Special Fruit Salad3 menus
  56. 43,656Salted Wafers Served with Cheese3 menus
  57. 43,657Cafe Riche3 menus
  58. 43,658Pigeonneau a la Broche3 menus
  59. 43,659Ris de veau, Nouveau Siecle3 menus
  60. 43,660Salade de chicoree et piments verts3 menus
  61. 43,661Sweetbread, Fulton3 menus
  62. 43,662Green turtle soup, thick or clear3 menus
  63. 43,663Cold boned capon, mixed salad3 menus
  64. 43,664Extra Oyster Fry3 menus
  65. 43,665Crab Ravigote salad3 menus
  66. 43,666Roast Young Vermont Turkey, Cranberry Sauce3 menus
  67. 43,667Navel or Rump Corned Beef and Cabbage3 menus
  68. 43,668Braised Beef with Corn Fritters3 menus
  69. 43,669Sweetbreads Sautes with Mushrooms and Peas on Toast3 menus
  70. 43,670Chicken Patty, Single3 menus
  71. 43,671Minced Tenderloin of Beef with Green Peppers, Sweet Potatoes3 menus
  72. 43,672Fricassee of Veal with Rice and Corn Fritters3 menus
  73. 43,673Fried Honeycomb Tripe Breaded, with Tomato Sauce3 menus
  74. 43,674Chicken Fricassee with Rice and Corn Fritters3 menus
  75. 43,675Chicken Pot Pie with Egg Noodles3 menus
  76. 43,676Minced Chicken on Toast with Green Peppers3 menus
  77. 43,677Artichokes Hollandaise3 menus
  78. 43,678Anheuser Busch, Budweiser beer3 menus
  79. 43,679Soup a la St Germain3 menus
  80. 43,680Asperges a la Polonaise3 menus
  81. 43,681Salad Boulevard3 menus
  82. 43,682Haricots verts a la creme3 menus
  83. 43,683Moet & Chandon, White Seal very dry3 menus
  84. 43,684Saratoga Chip Potatoes3 menus
  85. 43,685Sea bass saute with butter3 menus
  86. 43,686King & Dalton Dry Ginger Ale3 menus
  87. 43,687Baked Beans, Hot3 menus
  88. 43,688Roast Sirloin of beef with mushrooms3 menus
  89. 43,689Laubenheimer, Rhine Wine3 menus
  90. 43,690Trabener, Moselle3 menus
  91. 43,691Erdner Treppchen, Moselle3 menus
  92. 43,692Ingelheimer, Red Rhine Wine3 menus
  93. 43,693Pontet Canet, Red Bordeaux3 menus
  94. 43,694Sauternes, White Bordeaux3 menus
  95. 43,695Spanish Sherry3 menus
  96. 43,696Ruche de miel glacee3 menus
  97. 43,697Maryland Club A3 menus
  98. 43,698Cunningham3 menus
  99. 43,699Jamesons'3 menus
  100. 43,700Field & Son, Orange3 menus