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. 45,101Rice Impératrice3 menus
  2. 45,102Thon aux Câpres3 menus
  3. 45,103Œufs Froids Vivandière3 menus
  4. 45,104Salade de Chicorée aux Chapons3 menus
  5. 45,105Maisocafé et Nescafé Décaféinés3 menus
  6. 45,106Maisocafé without Caffein3 menus
  7. 45,107Terrine de Volaille Truffée3 menus
  8. 45,108Bœuf Fumé aux Epices3 menus
  9. 45,109Côte de Charolais aux Pickles3 menus
  10. 45,110Homard à l'Américaine3 menus
  11. 45,111café cona3 menus
  12. 45,112Epinards à la crème3 menus
  13. 45,113Compote de pêches3 menus
  14. 45,114Chicken à la king3 menus
  15. 45,115Tomate Grillée3 menus
  16. 45,116Macedoine de légumes3 menus
  17. 45,117Poulet rôti3 menus
  18. 45,118New Potatoes Rissolées3 menus
  19. 45,119Terrine de Foie Gras de Nérac3 menus
  20. 45,120Salade Chicorée3 menus
  21. 45,121Crème de Gruyère3 menus
  22. 45,122Roast Spring Chicken, Apple Sauce, Stewed Corn3 menus
  23. 45,123[Trout] Meunière3 menus
  24. 45,124Baked Halibut au Gratin3 menus
  25. 45,125Bordeaux Rouges3 menus
  26. 45,126Coquilles St. Jacques3 menus
  27. 45,127crème fraîche3 menus
  28. 45,128grenouilles fines herbes3 menus
  29. 45,129Langue froide3 menus
  30. 45,130Tête de veau à l'huile3 menus
  31. 45,131Special Raised Squab Duckling3 menus
  32. 45,132Sliced Georgia Peaches and Cream3 menus
  33. 45,133Salade de Scarole aux Œufs3 menus
  34. 45,134Steamed L. N. clams, shore style3 menus
  35. 45,135Romeo and Juliet Perfectos3 menus
  36. 45,136Clam Fritters, Cream Sauce with Bacon3 menus
  37. 45,137Fried or Broiled Sea Bass3 menus
  38. 45,138Saddle English Mutton Chop, Fried Sweet Potatoes3 menus
  39. 45,139Half Roast Spring Chicken, Currant Jelly, Stewed Corn3 menus
  40. 45,140Boiled Ham and Baked Beans, Brown Bread3 menus
  41. 45,141Vanilla Cornstarch with Jelly3 menus
  42. 45,142Mi Rosa Cigar3 menus
  43. 45,143Delaware, Niagara or Concord Grapes3 menus
  44. 45,144Frizzled beef and egg3 menus
  45. 45,145Fried ham and one fried egg3 menus
  46. 45,146Fried bacon and one fried egg3 menus
  47. 45,147Fried English bacon3 menus
  48. 45,148Marshall's kippered herring3 menus
  49. 45,149Ham and Eggs, Beechnut3 menus
  50. 45,150Creamed Finnan haddie, hollandaise3 menus
  51. 45,151Fried filet de sole, tartar sauce3 menus
  52. 45,152Broiled green bluefish, sliced tomato3 menus
  53. 45,153Boiled salt mackerel, boiled potato3 menus
  54. 45,154Broiled or fried chicken halibut steak and green peas3 menus
  55. 45,155Delmonico steak with smothered onions3 menus
  56. 45,156Pork tenderloin breaded, tomato sauce, fried apples3 menus
  57. 45,157Combination pork chop, mush and one egg3 menus
  58. 45,158Hot chicken sandwich, giblet sauce, French fried potatoes3 menus
  59. 45,159Cold prime beef and potato salad3 menus
  60. 45,160Extra cut of prime roast beef with baked stuffed potato3 menus
  61. 45,161Blackberry roly poly3 menus
  62. 45,162Baked weakfish a l'italienne3 menus
  63. 45,163Gefüllte Tauben3 menus
  64. 45,164California Nectarines or Plums3 menus
  65. 45,165Baked Beans, N.Y. or Boston3 menus
  66. 45,166Family porterhouse steak, for three with fried onions3 menus
  67. 45,167Prime ribs of beef, vegetable salad3 menus
  68. 45,168Gâteau Moka3 menus
  69. 45,169Œufs Plat Miroir3 menus
  70. 45,170Cœur de Laitue à la Russe3 menus
  71. 45,171Pâtisseries3 menus
  72. 45,172Œufs à la Coque3 menus
  73. 45,173Little Necks, clam stew3 menus
  74. 45,174Soup with Meat Orders3 menus
  75. 45,175Fried or Broiled Sea Bass with Beechnut Bacon3 menus
  76. 45,176Sardines Imported3 menus
  77. 45,177Family porterhouse steak, for three with mushrooms3 menus
  78. 45,178Bouquetière de Légumes3 menus
  79. 45,179Crème Germiny3 menus
  80. 45,180Crème de Tomate3 menus
  81. 45,181Half Broiled Spring Chicken, Corn Fritter3 menus
  82. 45,182Tetley's celebrated tea3 menus
  83. 45,183Broiled sea bass with beechnut bacon3 menus
  84. 45,184Raspberry Roll, Whipped Cream3 menus
  85. 45,185Crêpes Maxim's3 menus
  86. 45,186Brioche à la Moëlle3 menus
  87. 45,187Oeufs Pochés Bénédictine3 menus
  88. 45,188Pot de Crême3 menus
  89. 45,189Consommé Princesse3 menus
  90. 45,190Oeuf en Gelée3 menus
  91. 45,191Sorbet à l'Orange3 menus
  92. 45,192salade Scarole3 menus
  93. 45,193Crème Pompadour3 menus
  94. 45,194Anchois de Norvège3 menus
  95. 45,195Parfait au Café3 menus
  96. 45,196Cold Jellied Consommé3 menus
  97. 45,197Consommé Florentine3 menus
  98. 45,198Caffè3 menus
  99. 45,199Purée of Tomatoes3 menus
  100. 45,200little neck clams Fry with Bacon3 menus