Dishes /
Dish
Calf's liver and onions
Where it shows up on confirmed Upstate menus.
On confirmed menus
Every restaurant whose confirmed menu lists it, with each item’s confirmed date. No prices.
- 2 places in 2 towns: Indian Lake, Warsaw
- Regions: North Country/Adirondacks (1), Western NY (1)
- Menu sections it’s listed under: Entrees (1), Tuesday Specials (1)
Based on 2 confirmed menus out of 20 restaurants whose menus we’ve confirmed, among the 379 places listed on this site. Other places may well serve it; their menus aren’t confirmed yet, so they aren’t listed here.
Fresh: confirmed on the official menu within 30 days (7 days for specials). Aging: up to twice that. Stale: older. Status updates in your browser from the confirmed date.
- Liver and Onions Fresh
- Liver Bacon & Onions Fresh
What it is
From the upstate.lol menu taxonomy.
- Cuisine: American
- Kind of dish: meat entree
- Also listed as: broiled calfs liver, broiled genuine calves liver, calfs liver, calfs liver and bacon, calfs liver and onions, calfs liver broiled, calfs liver fried, calfs liver saute
On old menus
From historical menus indexed for this guide (NYPL What’s on the Menu? and the CIA menu collection).
Earliest dated Upstate menus in the indexed library collections that list it:
- 1880 · “Broiled Calf's Liver” at UNITED STATES HOTEL, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗
- 1900 · “Calf's liver” at UNITED STATES HOTEL, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗
- 1901 · “Calf's Liver and Bacon” at GRAND UNION, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗
Earliest among the menus indexed, not the dish’s first appearance anywhere.
Related dishes
Same kind of dish in the taxonomy, on confirmed menus.