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.

Not affiliated with NYPL.

Uncatalogued scans

Page 1

Unknown restaurant

January 5, 1946

On this menu 12 dishes

Potato Salad Plate Served with Finger Samdwiches$0.40
Strained Vegetables Soup
Fruit Salad Bowl Served with Toast$0.35
Cucumber salad
Hot Dinner Roll
Chicken Pot Pie with Vegetables, Mashed Potatoes & Green Peas$0.50
Coffee
Hot Tea
Ice Tea
Apricot Haves in Syrup
Jelly Omelet - Toast, Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans$0.55
Browned Short Ribs of Beef, Fresh Asparagus Tips & Rissole Potatoes$0.55