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.

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Read's City 1/ Dinner

January 1, 1892

On this menu 51 dishes

currant dumpling
plum dumpling
apple & blackberry pie
Fig Pudding
baked plums
Tapioca
Baked Jam Roll
cold marmalade cake
cold stewed apricots
Custard
cold stewed pears
JELLIES
Roast beef
Boiled Ham
Tomatoes
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Carrots
Potatoes
Chip Potatoes
Ale
Stout
LAGER BEER
bottled cyder
wine
Spirits
Mineral Waters
roast fowl & bacon
boiled fowl & bacon
jugged hare & jelly
Vienna Steak & Fried Onion
minced beef & poached egg
sausages & mashed potatoes
Curried Mutton & Rice
steak & oyster pudding
Stewed Steak & Onion
mutton cutlets & tomato sce.
stewed neck mutton & turnips
chops
Steak
Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pd.
Roast Mutton & Onion Sce.
Boiled Beef & Suet Dumpling
Boiled Mutton, Caper Sce
Boiled Mackerel Parsley Sce
Boiled Cod & Oyster Sce
Fresh Herring & Mustard Sce
Fried Brill
Fried Cod
Fried Turbot
Slice bread