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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Waldorf Astoria

January 1, 1915

On this menu 29 dishes

California Cherries$0.50
Sliced Peaches$0.40
California Cantaloupe$0.35
Orange or Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20
Raspberries, Blackberries, or Blueberries$0.35
Bananas$0.20
California Orange$0.15
Sliced pineapple$0.25
large glass$0.35
Baked Apple$0.25
Fresh Plums$0.45
peaches$0.45
Fresh rhubarb$0.25
PRUNES$0.25
Pear$0.30
(cream 10 cents extra)
Preserved Stewed Fruits$0.25
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Pineapple, Grapefruit or Orange Marmalade$0.20
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Satsuma Plums$0.35
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Blackberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, Damson, Apricot or Peach Jam$0.20
Pineapple, Pear, Peach, Fig, Strawberry or Quince Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple or Currant Jelly$0.25
Individual Grape or Guava Jelly$0.30
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Pickled Peach$0.30
Brandied Peach, Pineapple, Pear, Cherries or Figs$0.30