Mashed potatoes

• 2 places in 2 towns: Indian Lake, Hamilton
• Regions: Central NY (1), North Country/Adirondacks (1)
• How it’s served: dinner at 1 place
• Menu sections it’s listed under: Dinner; Sides (1), Side Items (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.

• Indian Lake Restaurant & Tavern · Indian Lake · North Country/Adirondacks · Confirmed menu
  • Mashed Potatoes Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026
• The Tavern at Colgate Inn · Hamilton · Central NY · Confirmed menu
  • Horseradish Mashed Potatoes Fresh confirmed on the official menu Oct 11, 2026

• Cuisine: American
• Kind of dish: side
• Also listed as: baked mashed potatoes, baked or mashed potatoes, boiled and mashed potatoes, boiled mashed potatoes, boiled or mashed potatoes, browned mashed potatoes, chicken croquette, creamed chicken pattie

Earliest dated Upstate menus in the indexed library collections that list it:

• 1856 · “VEGETABLES. Mashed Potatoes.” at CONGRESS HALL, Saratoga Springs · library record ↗ The New York Public Library
• 1880 · “MASHED POTATOES.” at STANWIX HALL, Albany · library record ↗ The New York Public Library
• 1881 · “Mashed potatoes” at CLIFTON HOUSE, Niagara Falls · library record ↗ The New York Public Library

Upstate historical menus listing it, by decade: 1850s (1 menu), 1880s (5 menus), 1890s (4 menus), 1900s (36 menus), 1910s (5 menus), 1920s (2 menus), 1930s (21 menus).

In the New York Public Library menu collection overall, it first shows up in the 1850s and appears through the 2010s.

Earliest among the menus indexed, not the dish’s first appearance anywhere.

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