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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(?COLONIAL HOTEL?)

Hotel Colonial · January 17, 1901

On this menu 23 dishes

Grapes$0.25
Assorted Fruit$0.25
Oranges$0.20
Sliced Oranges$0.25
Bananas$0.20
Grape fruit$0.25
Baked apples$0.25
Philippine Pineapple$0.25
Stewed prunes$0.15
Orange marmalade$0.20
Bar-le-Duc Jelly$0.40
Vitos Breakfast Wheat$0.20
Malt Breakfast Food$0.20
Boiled rice$0.15
Shredded Wheat Biscuit$0.25
Oatmeal$0.20
Cornmeal Mush$0.20
Clam (cup)$0.20
Beef (cup)$0.20
Chicken (cup)$0.20
Planked shad$0.60
broiled shad$0.50
Frog Legs$0.60