The Menu Museum

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

16,525 menus
64,352 scanned pages
1851–2008

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Girard College

Philadelphia [PA] · January 1, 1898

On this menu 29 dishes

Lynn Havens - Half Shell
Celery
Olives
Green Turtle Soup
Planked shad
NEW POTATOES
Cucumbers
Roast Quail
Fresh mushrooms
Truffled Sweetbreads with French Peas
Broiled oysters
Girard Punch
Terrapin a la Wiener
Asparagus salad
Chicken salad
Fancy Ices
Frozen Fruits
Glaced Fruits
Assorted cakes
CAMEMBERT CHEESE
Crackers
Fruits
Bons Bons
Coffee
Apollinaris
Ginger Ale
Cigarettes
Cigars
ROQUEFORT CHEESE