Chowning’s Tavern

Chowning’s Tavern

  • $$
  • Accessible
  • Family Friendly

Cheers to Tradition

Our menu will be offering local favorites Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Sandwiches’, and Salad, along with select beer and soda.

 

Chowning’s Garden Bar: Open for the Season.
Located behind Chowning’s Tavern, the Chowning’s Tavern Garden provides a casual atmosphere for open-air dining.

Chowning’s Cider Stand: Open for the Season 
Come an enjoy some of your favorites:  Cookies, Pasty, Cold Drinks, Ginger Cake, Coke Selections, Powerade, Apple Cider, Root Beer, Ginger Ale

 

JOSIAH CHOWNING
Little is known about Josiah Chowning. When the tavern was reconstructed, Colonial Williamsburg believed it was located on this site, but we now know that a store and dwelling were here and that the tavern was somewhere nearby. Chowning’s business lasted less than two years, but its twentieth-century counterpart has accommodated travelers and locals for over fifty years. Chairs, benches, and tables represent the sturdy furniture found in colonial taverns catering to the middling sort. Excavated fragments show that the blue and yellow peacock on the dinnerware was one of several colorful bird motifs used by early Williamsburg residents. Utilitarian stoneware tableware, plain tin sconces, and simply framed maps and prints accentuate the informality of Chowning’s Tavern.

*ADA Accessible wheelchair lift is available.  Please check in at the front, and our host will escort guests to the lift at the rear of the building. Note this cannot be seen from the street. All profits from Chowning’s Tavern are used for the purposes of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, which operates the Historic Area and educational programs. 

 

 

Grill Menu

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Featuring Chapell Hill Farm Heritage Beef

Menu

  • Randall Line Back Hertiage Hamburger

    $16
  • Foot Long Hot Dog

    $14

Sandwiches

Sandwiches are served with lettuce, tomato, red onion, coleslaw and potato chips

  • Grilled Veggie Sandwich

    $16

Salad

  • Garden Salad

    $12 Add Grilled Chicken - $5.00

Sides

  • Coleslaw

    $4.00
  • French Fries

    $6.00

Children

Includes chips and pickle spear

  • Hamburger

    $12.50
  • Cheeseburger

    $12.50
  • Hot Dog

    $12.50
  • Chicken Tenders

    $12.50

Dining Events

1 Adult
0 Children