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. 5,101Fancy Ice Creams25 menus
  2. 5,102Broiled Egg Plant25 menus
  3. 5,103Caviar frais25 menus
  4. 5,104Pommes Bermudes25 menus
  5. 5,105Imported Westphalia Ham25 menus
  6. 5,106Dindonneau Cranberry Sauce25 menus
  7. 5,107G H Mumm & Co Extra Dry25 menus
  8. 5,108Grape fruit marmalade25 menus
  9. 5,109Cocoa or Chocolate25 menus
  10. 5,110O'Brien25 menus
  11. 5,111Harengs de Fecamp25 menus
  12. 5,112Chicken Broth, Bellevue25 menus
  13. 5,113Grape nuts and cream25 menus
  14. 5,114Consomme Double25 menus
  15. 5,115Cornflakes25 menus
  16. 5,116Rose25 menus
  17. 5,117Pommes en Robe des Champs25 menus
  18. 5,118Petit Gruyere25 menus
  19. 5,119Cherry Blossom25 menus
  20. 5,120Beefeater Gin25 menus
  21. 5,121Kraftbruhe mit Ei25 menus
  22. 5,122Potatoes, Baked Idaho25 menus
  23. 5,123Seagram's V. O.25 menus
  24. 5,124Vermouth Cassis25 menus
  25. 5,125English Lamb Chop25 menus
  26. 5,126Brandy Egg Nog25 menus
  27. 5,127Fruit juice25 menus
  28. 5,128Hearts of Lettuce, French Dressing25 menus
  29. 5,129Ice Cream with Wafers25 menus
  30. 5,130Fresh Baked Pie25 menus
  31. 5,131Apple Pie with Cheese25 menus
  32. 5,132Banana Cream Pie25 menus
  33. 5,133Fresh Spinach with Egg25 menus
  34. 5,134Postum, Pot25 menus
  35. 5,135Loin Lamb Chop25 menus
  36. 5,136Italian Spaghetti25 menus
  37. 5,137Fresh Crab Meat Cocktail25 menus
  38. 5,138Minestrone Milanaise25 menus
  39. 5,139Grape Nuts with Milk25 menus
  40. 5,140Buttered Lima Beans25 menus
  41. 5,141Minestrone Soup25 menus
  42. 5,142Old Fashioned Strawberry Short Cake25 menus
  43. 5,143Benedictine and Brandy25 menus
  44. 5,144Smoked Beef Tongue, Potato Salad25 menus
  45. 5,145Oyster Stew with Half and Half25 menus
  46. 5,146Stewed Pineapple25 menus
  47. 5,147Honey Dew25 menus
  48. 5,148Cream Cheese with Bar le Duc Jelly25 menus
  49. 5,149Fresh Apple Sauce25 menus
  50. 5,150Golden Guernsey Certified Milk25 menus
  51. 5,151Fresh Spinach in Cream25 menus
  52. 5,152Sherry Tea25 menus
  53. 5,153Assorted Stewed Fruits25 menus
  54. 5,154Orange Crush25 menus
  55. 5,155Fresh Noodles Polonaise25 menus
  56. 5,156Mixed Green Salad a la Francaise25 menus
  57. 5,157Alligator Pear (1/2)25 menus
  58. 5,158Baked Green Apple with cream25 menus
  59. 5,159Buche McAlpin, Chocolate Sauce25 menus
  60. 5,160Broiled Halibut Mirabeau25 menus
  61. 5,161Egg Punch25 menus
  62. 5,162Busch Extra Dry Ginger Ale25 menus
  63. 5,163Ginger Beer, Imported25 menus
  64. 5,164Schweppe's Ginger Ale, Imported25 menus
  65. 5,165Supreme of English Sole Cecilia25 menus
  66. 5,166Julienne of Sole Saute Mireille25 menus
  67. 5,167Coupe of Chestnuts25 menus
  68. 5,168Loewer's Gambrinus, Light or Dark25 menus
  69. 5,169Sweet Potatoes Cubaine25 menus
  70. 5,170Whole Phila. spring chicken, casserole25 menus
  71. 5,171Chicken a la King in chafing-dish25 menus
  72. 5,172Pineapple sliced au jus25 menus
  73. 5,173Black, mixed or green tea, per cup25 menus
  74. 5,174Manhattan salad25 menus
  75. 5,175Lamb with string bean salad25 menus
  76. 5,176Chicken a la King in chafing dish25 menus
  77. 5,177Oyster Bay asparagus, vinaigrette25 menus
  78. 5,178Perfection Scotch25 menus
  79. 5,179Roast Oil City Duck (half)25 menus
  80. 5,180Coffee Mousse25 menus
  81. 5,181Oil City Duck (half)25 menus
  82. 5,182Two Creamed Eggs on Toast25 menus
  83. 5,183Stuffed boneless squab in jelly25 menus
  84. 5,184Cotuit oyster cocktail25 menus
  85. 5,185Mountain Valley mineral water25 menus
  86. 5,186Cazanove, Extra Dry champagne25 menus
  87. 5,187Pol Roger, Dry Special champagne25 menus
  88. 5,188Soft Clams a la Casino25 menus
  89. 5,189Small marmite25 menus
  90. 5,190Chateau St. Bris25 menus
  91. 5,191Chateau Lafite, 190325 menus
  92. 5,192Assorted French pastry (1)25 menus
  93. 5,193Smoked kippered herring, saute potatoes25 menus
  94. 5,194Chicken consomme with rice25 menus
  95. 5,195Virginia corn muffins with butter25 menus
  96. 5,196Frozen coupe, Mouquin25 menus
  97. 5,197F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.25 menus
  98. 5,198Salade de poisson, Parisienne25 menus
  99. 5,199New cauliflower, cream sauce25 menus
  100. 5,200Deep-dish apple pie with cream25 menus