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. 43,801Live broiled chicken lobster, drawn butter3 menus
  2. 43,802Marinirte herring, boiled new potato3 menus
  3. 43,803Pot roast sandwich3 menus
  4. 43,804Appetit silts in olive oil3 menus
  5. 43,805Camembert cheese in tins3 menus
  6. 43,806Schnecke3 menus
  7. 43,807Home-made prune cake3 menus
  8. 43,808Poland Water, per pt.3 menus
  9. 43,809Chicken patties (two pieces)3 menus
  10. 43,810Little Neck Clams Shell roast3 menus
  11. 43,8112 eggs poached on toast3 menus
  12. 43,812German pancake with confiture3 menus
  13. 43,813Pancakes with huckleberries3 menus
  14. 43,814Cup of Stollwerck chocolate3 menus
  15. 43,815Pot of Stollwerck chocolate3 menus
  16. 43,816Deutscher Sauerbraten, Kartoffel Kloess3 menus
  17. 43,817Presciutto Italiano3 menus
  18. 43,818Pork and beans, Boston style, hot, jar3 menus
  19. 43,819Pork and beans, Boston style, cold, jar3 menus
  20. 43,820ROMA COCKTAIL3 menus
  21. 43,821JUDGE COCKTAIL3 menus
  22. 43,822Three Feather Old Rye3 menus
  23. 43,823Antediluvian Rye3 menus
  24. 43,824Sloe Gin, Field's3 menus
  25. 43,825De Kuyper3 menus
  26. 43,826Cheese Omelette, American3 menus
  27. 43,827Cheese Omelette, Parmesan3 menus
  28. 43,828Half Roast Spring Chicken, Lettuce Salad, Green Apple Sauce3 menus
  29. 43,829Calf's Brains with Scrambled Eggs3 menus
  30. 43,830Kuemmel, Russian3 menus
  31. 43,831Picon Bitters3 menus
  32. 43,832Affinity Cocktail3 menus
  33. 43,833Absinthe Drip3 menus
  34. 43,834Milk Punch and Egg3 menus
  35. 43,835Sherry with Egg3 menus
  36. 43,836English Shaindegaph3 menus
  37. 43,837Lemonade with White Rock3 menus
  38. 43,838Lemonade with Port Wine3 menus
  39. 43,839[Cold] Sliced chicken3 menus
  40. 43,840[Cold] Prime ribs of beef3 menus
  41. 43,841Hot chocolate, pot3 menus
  42. 43,842Ceylon tea, small pot3 menus
  43. 43,843Old-fashioned Southern waffles with pure maple cream3 menus
  44. 43,844Combination with potato salad3 menus
  45. 43,845Caviar sandwich on toast3 menus
  46. 43,846Frankfurters and Sauerkraut or Cabbage3 menus
  47. 43,847Old-fashioned Short Cake (Crushed California Peaches)3 menus
  48. 43,848Fish, Fried3 menus
  49. 43,849Fried Mush with Ham Gravy3 menus
  50. 43,850Fried Mush with Maple Syrup and Side Order of Fried Ham3 menus
  51. 43,851Fried Mush with Maple Syrup and Side Order of Bacon3 menus
  52. 43,852Fried Mush with Maple Syrup and Side Order of Sausage3 menus
  53. 43,853Corned Beef Hash, Poached Egg, Breakfast Only3 menus
  54. 43,854Old-fashioned Southern Waffles with Pure Strained Honey and Side Order of Ham3 menus
  55. 43,855Old-fashioned Southern Waffles with Pure Strained Honey and Side Order of Bacon3 menus
  56. 43,856Combination Pork Chop, Fried Mush and Fried Egg3 menus
  57. 43,857Combination Fried Ham, Fried Mush and Fried Egg3 menus
  58. 43,858Sliced Ccucmbers3 menus
  59. 43,859Corn Fritters, Cream Gravy3 menus
  60. 43,860Peach Short Cake with Cream3 menus
  61. 43,861Ochsenmaul Salat3 menus
  62. 43,862Fine white squab, broiled3 menus
  63. 43,863Fine white squab, roast3 menus
  64. 43,864Ham and Beans with Brown Bread3 menus
  65. 43,865Pork and Beans with Brown Bread3 menus
  66. 43,866Corned Beef and Beans with Brown Bread3 menus
  67. 43,867Flaked rice, force, shredded wheat, Graham crackers, boiled rice3 menus
  68. 43,868Flaked rice, force, shredded wheat, Graham crackers, boiled rice with pure cream3 menus
  69. 43,869Pound cake (all kinds)3 menus
  70. 43,870Indians3 menus
  71. 43,871Iced tea, large glass3 menus
  72. 43,872Bar-le-Duc, red or white3 menus
  73. 43,873Cold cuts (Kalter Aufschnitt) with lettuce3 menus
  74. 43,874Lynnhavens on half shell3 menus
  75. 43,875Booth's Orange Gin3 menus
  76. 43,876Neufchatel Swiss Wine, White3 menus
  77. 43,877Haut Sauternes, Marceaux3 menus
  78. 43,878Imported Pilsener Beer3 menus
  79. 43,879Muir's Scotch Ale, Jugs3 menus
  80. 43,880Montenegro Bitter3 menus
  81. 43,881Trinchieri Quinated Vermouth3 menus
  82. 43,882Amer Picon Bitter3 menus
  83. 43,883Fernet Bitter3 menus
  84. 43,884Mattoni's Gieshubler Spring Water3 menus
  85. 43,885Luxardo Cherry Cordial3 menus
  86. 43,886Wild Cherry Brandy, our own3 menus
  87. 43,887Medoc, Marceaux3 menus
  88. 43,888Pontet Canet, Marceaux3 menus
  89. 43,889M a B Liqueur Vieille Cure3 menus
  90. 43,890J. & F. Martell, XXX3 menus
  91. 43,891Piesporter, Deinhard3 menus
  92. 43,892Niersteiner, Our Importation3 menus
  93. 43,893Curacao, Cointreau, Extra, Triple Sec3 menus
  94. 43,894Centerba3 menus
  95. 43,895Strega Liquor3 menus
  96. 43,896Bourbon, Green River3 menus
  97. 43,897Scotch, Sanderson's3 menus
  98. 43,898Kummel, Russian or German3 menus
  99. 43,899Ale, Bass's3 menus
  100. 43,900Ale, Evans' Pale3 menus