Chowning’s Tavern

Basket of House-Made Chips

Rustic hand-cut seasoned potato chips served with a trio of Chowning’s dipping sauces: malt vinegar bleu cheese, rarebit sauce, and gunpowder sauce

(GF) Classic Ploughman’s Platter

Virginia ham, country sausage, sharp white cheddar cheese, boiled egg, pickled onion, gherkins and roasted golden beets and bread.

Crock of Cheese

An 18th-century spread of cheddar-beer cheese served with crackers and fresh fruit.

Josiah Chowning’s Pasty

Taste both our beef and vegetable pasties, served with mango chutney.

Gunpowder Wings

Spicy southern-fried chicken wings tossed in Chowning’s gunpowder sauce, with celery sticks, buttermilk herb dressing, and bleu cheese dressing.

Chowning’s Sampler Platter

Chownings’ favourites: beef pasty, vegetable pasty, gunpowder wings, crock of cheese, fresh fruit, celery, and bread.

(GF) Roasted Corn Chowder

Roasted yellow corn, leeks, golden potatoes, Virginia ham dust.

(GF) White Bean, Kale, and Ham Soup

Ham, leeks, and carrots simmered in a chicken broth.

(GF) A tasting of Soups

A serving of each of our chef’s soups and stews.

(GF) Garden Wedge Salet

Wedge of garden iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, cucumbers, smoked bacon, and crumbled blue cheese, served with malt vinegar peppercorn dressing.

(GF) Chopped Salet

Smoked turkey, bacon, boiled egg, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, and cucumbers on a bed of greens with buttermilk herb dressing.

Bubble and Squeak

Potato croquette with Virginia ham, sautéed cabbage, carrots, and onion,
served with Madeira brown sauce.

Welsh Rarebit

An 18th-century savory of cheddar cheese and mustard-spiced beer sauce over
toasted Sippets.

Virginia BBQ Mop Ribs

A traditional African American dish with a blend of herbs. Created by Afroculinarian Michael Twitty.

(GF) Brunswick Stew

Made with young fowl and fresh garden vegetables and topped with fried okra.

Beef Trencher

Warm beef brisket, caramelized onions, aged cheddar cheese, and beer spread, horseradish sour cream, served on hearth-baked bread.

Hot Smoked Turkey Trencher

Smoked turkey, baby spinach, Swiss cheese, applewood smoked bacon, basil pesto, on hearth-baked bread.

Roasted Vegetable Trencher

Seasonal roasted vegetables tossed with olive oil and fresh herbs on a bed of roasted onions and baby spinach and basil pesto, on hearth-baked bread.

Portabello Sandwich

Pan seared portabello mushroom cap stuffed with spinach and melted Swiss cheese and horseradish crème fraiche, on a brioche roll.

Virginia Pork Barbeque Sandwich

Slow-cooked pork on a brioche roll, served with tavern slaw.

(GF) Shepherd’s Pye

Savory stew of lamb, aromatic vegetables, and smashed colcannon potatoes.

Bangers and Mash

Roasted English sausage with sautéed onions and mushrooms, served with Madeira brown sauce on a bed of whipped colcannon potatoes.

Mr. Chowning’s Crab Cakes

Chesapeake Bay-style crab cakes with tangy remoulade sauce, and two sides.

Chocolate Spoon Cake

Chocolate pudding between two layers of chocolate drenched cake.

Southern Chocolate Pecan Pie

Featuring American Heritage Chocolate.

Williamsburg Ice Creams

Vanilla, chocolate, or raspberry sorbet.

Caramel Apple Pie

Cinnamon-spiced apples baked with a flaky crust with a caramel and butter crumble topping.