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. 44,601Eggplant saute, Provencale3 menus
  2. 44,602Corned Beef, Sliced Tomatoes3 menus
  3. 44,603Small Steak, Plain, Served to One Person Only3 menus
  4. 44,604Mixed Sandwich3 menus
  5. 44,605Stuffed Egg Sandwich3 menus
  6. 44,606Huckleberry Ginger Bread3 menus
  7. 44,607Mocha Puff Filled with Ice Cream3 menus
  8. 44,608Large Pitcher of Half Cream and Milk3 menus
  9. 44,609Sea Bass Saute, Meuniere, Cucumber Salad3 menus
  10. 44,610artichoke, hollandaise or vinaigrette3 menus
  11. 44,611Home=made Cheese Cake3 menus
  12. 44,612Above Soups with Meat Orders3 menus
  13. 44,613Chicken Fricassee, Steamed Rice3 menus
  14. 44,614Braised Sweetbreads en Casserole3 menus
  15. 44,615Devilled Whitebait, Tartar sauce3 menus
  16. 44,616Beach plum jelly3 menus
  17. 44,617Figs au jus3 menus
  18. 44,618Cold Club rice pudding3 menus
  19. 44,619Tournedos of Fillet, Caroza3 menus
  20. 44,620Fresh New Spinach3 menus
  21. 44,621Fresh peach melba3 menus
  22. 44,622Capon, Toulousaine3 menus
  23. 44,623Spaghetti au gratin a la Garret3 menus
  24. 44,624Pig's knuckle en gelee, potato salad3 menus
  25. 44,625Half broiled spring chicken, salad Garret3 menus
  26. 44,626Fried or Poached Eggs3 menus
  27. 44,627Small sirloin, Bordelaise3 menus
  28. 44,628Small sirloin, Bearnaise3 menus
  29. 44,629Pragada Jorn Ham, Potato Salad3 menus
  30. 44,630York Sugar-Cured Ham, Potato Salad3 menus
  31. 44,631Assorted Cold Meat Combination and Salad3 menus
  32. 44,632Large Tenderloin or Sirloin Steak Bordelaise or Bearnaise3 menus
  33. 44,633Eggs, scrambled with cheese3 menus
  34. 44,634Eggs, scrambled a la Du Vivier3 menus
  35. 44,635Eggs, poached, Veron3 menus
  36. 44,636St. Rafael3 menus
  37. 44,637Omelette, with sardines3 menus
  38. 44,638Omelette, with sausages3 menus
  39. 44,639Omelette, international3 menus
  40. 44,640Omelette, Nicoise3 menus
  41. 44,641Omelette, Bayonne3 menus
  42. 44,642Omelette, Zouave3 menus
  43. 44,643Omelette, Portugaise3 menus
  44. 44,644Chicken hash with sweet red peppers3 menus
  45. 44,645Small steak bordelaise3 menus
  46. 44,646Lettuce with Tomatoes salad3 menus
  47. 44,647Deutsche Schnittbohnen3 menus
  48. 44,648Small Tenderloin or Sirloin Steak with Fried Onions3 menus
  49. 44,649Small Tenderloin or Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms3 menus
  50. 44,650Small Tenderloin or Sirloin Steak en Casserole or Stanley3 menus
  51. 44,651Mignon of Lamb, Colbert sauce3 menus
  52. 44,652Perch, Sauvigny3 menus
  53. 44,653Two Egg Omelet with Mushrooms3 menus
  54. 44,654Hot Rice3 menus
  55. 44,655A Prime Veal Cutlet a la Holstein with Egg3 menus
  56. 44,656Fricasseed Joints of Young Chickens with Green Peas3 menus
  57. 44,657A Home-made Stew with Mixed Vegetables3 menus
  58. 44,658Breast of Lamb Breaded, with Macaroni3 menus
  59. 44,659Cold Slaw with Meat Orders3 menus
  60. 44,660Chablis, Private Stock3 menus
  61. 44,661Apple or Banana, each3 menus
  62. 44,662New Green Corn Fritters3 menus
  63. 44,663Cold Home-made Rice Pudding with Whipped or Ice Cream3 menus
  64. 44,664Special-Sardines on Lettuce3 menus
  65. 44,665Short Cake with Cream3 menus
  66. 44,666Short Cake with Ice Cream3 menus
  67. 44,667Fried Ham, Boiled Rice with Gravy3 menus
  68. 44,668Corned Beef Sandwich, White Bread3 menus
  69. 44,669Onions with Steak3 menus
  70. 44,670Duffy's sparkling apple juice (non alcoholic)3 menus
  71. 44,671Sirloin of beef, mushroom sauce3 menus
  72. 44,672Wurzburger on draught3 menus
  73. 44,673Cold minestrone a la milanaise3 menus
  74. 44,674Home-made huckleberry cake3 menus
  75. 44,675Hot imported frankfurter, potato salad3 menus
  76. 44,676Home-made Strawberry Pie3 menus
  77. 44,677Fried Soft Rock Crabs, Tartare sauce3 menus
  78. 44,678Broiled Virginia ham and cepes, Colbert3 menus
  79. 44,679Hot Rice Pudding, Cream Sauce3 menus
  80. 44,680Roast tenderloin of beef with mushrooms3 menus
  81. 44,681Bowl of milk with bread3 menus
  82. 44,682Perles du Nizam Soup3 menus
  83. 44,683potted beef, spaghetti3 menus
  84. 44,684special - chicken salad sandwich, mayonnaise3 menus
  85. 44,685fresh berry pie3 menus
  86. 44,686special - baked country sausage with mashed potatoes3 menus
  87. 44,687G. H. Mumm's Ex. Dry Champagne3 menus
  88. 44,688Banana or Pineapple Short Cake3 menus
  89. 44,689Fillet of Sole, Anna Held3 menus
  90. 44,690Bowl of milk and cream, with crackers or bread3 menus
  91. 44,691Sweetbreads, Broiled on Toast3 menus
  92. 44,692filet de sole, chevaliere3 menus
  93. 44,693Sweetbread, Imperatrice3 menus
  94. 44,694ham or bacon, fried or broiled3 menus
  95. 44,695ham or bacon with two fried eggs3 menus
  96. 44,696Poitrine de pintade a la Hongroise3 menus
  97. 44,697broiled butterfish with bacon3 menus
  98. 44,698Contrefilet, Printanier3 menus
  99. 44,699Egg, Tartare3 menus
  100. 44,700Small Tenderloin Steak en Casserole3 menus