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.

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Uncatalogued scans

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Congress Square Hotel

February 22, 1918

On this menu 16 dishes

TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY,"TOMATO BISQUE
"PLANTATION" OLIVES
"BETSY ROSS" PICKLES
"LIBERTY BELL" BROILED SCROD, A LA MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
"CANNOT TELL A LIE" PUNCH
"REVOLUTION" SALAD
"CANNON BALL" BISCUITS
"MARTHA WASHINGTON" ICE CREAM
"LITTLE GEORGE'S BIRTHDAY HATCHET" CAKE
"OLD DOMINION" COFFEE
"GEORGE WASHINGTON" CRACKERS
AUX CHERRY TREE CROUTONS
Old Virginia turkey
Widow Custis cranberry sauce
King George III squash
Aunt Dinah's mashed potatoes