The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

16,525 menus
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1851–2008

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Westminster Hotel

December 25, 1899

On this menu 50 dishes

BLUE POINTS
Clear green turtle
Radishes
Little Neck clams
Christmas Plum Pudding, Hard Sauce
Apple Pie
Charlotte Chantilly
Mince Pie
Canape Lorenzo
Consomme Palmer
Queen olives
Celery
SALTED ALMONDS
Filet of Striped Bass, Chambord
Pommes Surprise
SLICED CUCUMBERS
Tenderloin of Beef, sauce poivrade
Terrapin, Maryland style
Sweetbread braise en croustade
Broiled Fresh Mushrooms on Toast
Hot-house Tomatoes, stuffed
Ribs of prime beef
Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Suckling pig, apple sauce
Boiled Bermuda Potatoes
Mashed potatoes
BAKED SWEET POTATOES
ASPARAGUS, SAUCE HOLLANDAISE
Onions, Cream Sauce
GREEN PEAS
Stewed tomatoes
Rice
Punch Lalla Rookh
roast quail au cresson
Lettuce Salad
Celery Salad
Tomato Salad
Pumpkin Pie
Champagne Jelly
Fruit Cake
Fancy Form Ice Cream
Assorted fruits
MIXED NUTS
Layer Raisins
Coffee
Brie cheese
Cream Cheese
ROQUEFORT CHEESE
AMERICAN CHEESE
Christmas Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce