Mail Steamship Company (1883) · The Menu Museum

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

On this menu 48 dishes

Julienne Soup

Baked halibut wine Sauce

Calves Feet Sauce Piquante

Fillets of Chicken with Mushrooms

Spinach

Corned Pork and cabbage

Mutton Caper Sauce

Poached eggs

Roast beef

Roast Goose Apple Sauce

Lettuce Salad

assorted vegetables

Steamed Apple Pudding Brandy and Hard Sauce

whortleberry pie

Peach Pie

Small pastry

Wine Jelly

Blanc Mange

Assorted fruits

orange sherbet

Coffee

Tea

Cider$0.35

Ginger Ale$0.25

English Ale$0.35

Guinness Stout$0.35

Lager Bier$0.20

Soda Water$0.20

Congress Water$0.30

Citrate of Magnesia$0.35

Apollinaris Water$0.25

Cocktails and other Mixed Drinks$0.20

Piper Heidseck$1.50 – $3.00

Roederer C B$1.75 – $3.50

Sherry$1.50

Madeira$1.50

PORT$1.50

Vermouth$1.50

Sauterne$1.50

Hochheimer$1.50

Hock, California$1.00

Hennessy Brandy$3.00

Cognac$2.00

Holland Gin$1.50

WHISKEY$1.50

Jamaica Rum$1.50

Claret, 1st Quality$0.75 – $1.50

Claret, Ordinaire$0.50 – $1.00