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

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Waldorf Astoria

May 12, 1939

On this menu 16 dishes

Variety of Appetizers
Clear green turtle soup
Olives
Celery
Striped Bass Deauvillaise
Roast Capon, American Dressing
Sweet Potatoes Dixie with Apples
Fresh Asparagus Tips Mimosa
may salad, california dressing
Frozen Melon Trocadero, Melba Sauce
Gourmandises
Mints
Coffee
Aperitifs
Chablis 1926
Waldorf-Astoria, Private Cuvee, Extra Dry