The Carolina Inn (1940) · The Menu Museum

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

On this menu 37 dishes

Chilled Tomato Juice

Grapefruit Juice

Home made vegetable soup

Concord Grape Juice

Pineapple Juice

Pearl Barley Broth

Roast Breast of Veal, Apple Jelly$0.75

Chicken Giblet Vegetable Stew$0.65

Tenderloin Tips of Beef with Mushrooms$0.65

Poached Haddock with Egg Sauce$0.50

Mashed potatoes

Baked Yellow Squash

New Turnip Greens

Steamed Rice

Candied Carrots

Hot Parkerhouse Rolls

Whole Wheat Bread

Boston Brown Bread

Hot corn muffins

Peach Salad

Lettuce and Tomato Salad

Green Apple Pie

Mince Pie

Potato Custard Pie

Fresh Cherry Pie

Blackberry Pie

Orange Meringue Pie

Pineapple cake

Chocolate Ice Cream

Vanilla ice cream

STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

Pecan Ice Cream

LIME SHERBET

Coffee

Hot Tea

Iced tea

Milk