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. 6,301Lorette Potatoes20 menus
  2. 6,302Cold: Chicken20 menus
  3. 6,303Swedish Bread20 menus
  4. 6,304Toast Melba20 menus
  5. 6,305Peaches Compote20 menus
  6. 6,306Alexander (Gin)20 menus
  7. 6,307Californian Fruit Salad with Creamed Cottage Cheese20 menus
  8. 6,308French Toast with Syrup20 menus
  9. 6,309DIET COKE20 menus
  10. 6,310Black Horse Ale20 menus
  11. 6,311Fresh Corn on Cob20 menus
  12. 6,312Black and White Scotch20 menus
  13. 6,313SAUER KRAUT JUICE20 menus
  14. 6,314Cutty Sark Scotch Whiskey20 menus
  15. 6,315Corn Mexican20 menus
  16. 6,316Fruits served with Cream20 menus
  17. 6,317Stewed Fresh Pineapple20 menus
  18. 6,318Cold Roast Beef and Potato Salad20 menus
  19. 6,319Fresh Vegetable Luncheon20 menus
  20. 6,320Skoal Bread (Swedish Rye Bread)20 menus
  21. 6,321Cold Tongue with Potato Salad20 menus
  22. 6,322Riz au Kari20 menus
  23. 6,323Pommes Robe20 menus
  24. 6,324Romaine and Grapefruit Salad20 menus
  25. 6,325Demi-Tasse with Cream20 menus
  26. 6,326Broiled Soft Shell Crabs (3)20 menus
  27. 6,327Grapefruit Supreme Ambassador20 menus
  28. 6,328Sirloin of Beef Minute Chez Nous20 menus
  29. 6,329Orange Surprise, Commodore20 menus
  30. 6,330Supreme of English Sole Menagere20 menus
  31. 6,331Brook Trout Veronique20 menus
  32. 6,332Vol au Vent of Chicken Reine20 menus
  33. 6,333Jellied Essence of Beef or Okra20 menus
  34. 6,334Burke's Lime Dry20 menus
  35. 6,335Grape Juice Lemonade20 menus
  36. 6,336Haricots de Lima nouveaux20 menus
  37. 6,337Nabisco wafers20 menus
  38. 6,338Ice cream served with fruit, extra20 menus
  39. 6,339EGGS, boiled [3]20 menus
  40. 6,340Extra Cut20 menus
  41. 6,341Crab Meat, Mornay20 menus
  42. 6,342Sweetbreads en casserole20 menus
  43. 6,343Smiths Island Oysters20 menus
  44. 6,344Chicken Broth, Bellevue, per cup20 menus
  45. 6,345Heart of fresh artichoke, Petrograd20 menus
  46. 6,346Cotuit cocktail20 menus
  47. 6,347Fried Parsnips in Butter20 menus
  48. 6,348Baba au rhum (1)20 menus
  49. 6,349Bran cookies with milk20 menus
  50. 6,350Erdener Treppchen Moselle Wine20 menus
  51. 6,351Loin of lamb20 menus
  52. 6,352Omelette au kirsch, rum20 menus
  53. 6,353Spaghettis Italiens20 menus
  54. 6,354Epinards a l'Anglaise20 menus
  55. 6,355Salade de Vegetables20 menus
  56. 6,356The Sherry20 menus
  57. 6,357New sauerkraut20 menus
  58. 6,358Saumon, sauce Major Handy20 menus
  59. 6,359Salade d'Escarole20 menus
  60. 6,360Salade de Chicoree20 menus
  61. 6,361Palm tree salad20 menus
  62. 6,362Clos Vougeot, 190420 menus
  63. 6,363Major Grey's chutney20 menus
  64. 6,364Fried soft shell crabs on toast, sauce tartare20 menus
  65. 6,365Chicken Broth per cup20 menus
  66. 6,366Striped Bass, Anchovy sauce20 menus
  67. 6,367Roast jumbo squab20 menus
  68. 6,368Beefsteak, Minute20 menus
  69. 6,369Fried Porgies, Tartar sauce20 menus
  70. 6,370Hazelnut Tart20 menus
  71. 6,371Sanderson's20 menus
  72. 6,372Oeufs de Sardines20 menus
  73. 6,373Faisant Anglais20 menus
  74. 6,374Hareng Bismarck20 menus
  75. 6,375Truite20 menus
  76. 6,376Bacon and Eggs (Beechnut)20 menus
  77. 6,377Broiled Special Raised Squab Turkey20 menus
  78. 6,378Thé20 menus
  79. 6,379Cold Salmon, Mayonnaise, Sliced Tomatoes20 menus
  80. 6,380Saumon fumé20 menus
  81. 6,381Germea19 menus
  82. 6,382Curried Lamb and Rice19 menus
  83. 6,383Cornbread19 menus
  84. 6,384Liver-sausage19 menus
  85. 6,385Mount Vernon Whiskey19 menus
  86. 6,386Erdbeeren19 menus
  87. 6,387Ginger Beer19 menus
  88. 6,388Yorkshire ham & bacon19 menus
  89. 6,389Filet Chateaubriand with truffles19 menus
  90. 6,390Mignonette Sauce19 menus
  91. 6,391Stuffed crabs19 menus
  92. 6,392Johannis Lithia19 menus
  93. 6,393Cherry19 menus
  94. 6,394Claret Wine19 menus
  95. 6,395Omelet, with oysters19 menus
  96. 6,396Omelette, with rum19 menus
  97. 6,397Pot of English breakfast tea19 menus
  98. 6,398Chicken, half19 menus
  99. 6,399Broiled Pompano19 menus
  100. 6,400Little Necks, half shell19 menus