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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Hotel Pfister

September 23, 1913

On this menu 23 dishes

Canape, moderne
Green sea turtle soup, amoroso
Ripe Olives
Celery
Radishes
Planked lake trout, shirley
Potatoes bordure
noisette of spring lamb, cast
Peas in Cases
Punch "old boys"
Roast young duck, baked apple
Browned new potatoes
COMBINATION SALAD
Ice cream "Ye olde times"
Assorted cakes
Cream Cheese
TOASTED WAFERS
Coffee
Martini Cocktail
G H Mumm & Co, Extra Dry
Cigars
Cigarettes
Apollinaris