5,000 Historic Restaurant Menus from 1880‑1920 Digitized

A project has compiled a large archive of historic restaurant menus. The collection includes roughly 5,000 menus dating from 1880 through 1920. Researchers digitized the menus to preserve culinary and cultural history. The menus reveal pricing, dish names, and dining trends of the era. The archive is hosted on a visual storytelling site. Users can explore the menus online to compare regional cuisines. Historians see the data as a resource for studying food economics. The project aims to make the material accessible for future research.