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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Briggs House

Chicago, IL · November 30, 1899

On this menu 20 dishes

Apple Cider
Coffee
CLUSTER RAISINS
Nuts
Bent's Crackers
Imperial Cream Cheese
Pumpkin Pie
Mince Pie
Walnut Short Cake, a la Briggs
English plum pudding, hard and brandy sauce
Punch Romain
Browned Sweet Potatoes
Succotash
Roast Haunch of Mountain Deer, Fried Hominy
Roast young turkey, cranberry sauce
Crab Meat, Maryland, en Petit Casses
Dressed Celery
Consomme, a la Royal
Green Sea Turtle, au Madeira
Pommes Duchesse