Chowning’s Tavern

Josiah Chowing's Brunswick Stew

A traditional dish from Young Fowl & Beef cooked with sliced onion, tomatoes, limas, grated corn and Irish potatoes seasoned to taste and served up with good bread. Served daily by the cup and by the bowl

To Butter Shrimp

good bread browned, sauce of wine & garlic butter, herbs

Caesar Salet

heart of romaine, shaved parmesan, garlic crouton, Caesar dressing

Welsh Rarebit

A savoury made of Cheddar Cheese and Mustard - Spiced Ale poured over good bread and broiled bubbly with Smithfield Ham

Ploughman's

Tavern meats cured & smoked in the Virginia Fashion, daily cheese, pickled root cellar vegetables, seasonal grain mustard

Slow Cooked Ox Tail

East India curry root vegetable, good bread, currant jelly

Salet of Snipped Greens

Cucumber, tomato, cheddar cheese, hard boiled egg, crouton, choice dressing

Savory Pasty

An 18th-century savory of both meat and vegetable pasties, served with mango chutney

Grid Iron Beef Steak

well-nigh a half pound of the finest beef, aged cheddar, butter lettuce, tomato, apple-smoked bacon served on a potato bun

All Smokehouse Beef Hot Dog

Frankfurters, originating in Germany were well known since the 13th century, served with chili, rarebit, onion

A Trencher of Beef

slowly smoked brisket of beef, caramelized onion, rarebit, horseradish sauce served upon hearth flat bread

Virginia Pork BBQ

Slow smoked Boston butt of pulled pork, potato bun, tavern slaw.

Spice-rubbed Roasted Breast of Yard Bird

Applewood Bacon, Butter Lettuce, Tomato, Caramelized Onion, Sweet N' Spicy BBQ Sauce

A Tasty Meatless Patty

Organic mix of legumes, grains, and vegetables from the griddle with aged cheddar cheese, olive oil crushed avocado, pickled black bean & tomato relish, potato bun

Low Country Shrimp Boil

Carolina Shrimp, fingerling potatoes, sweet corn, Surry sausage, spiced drawn butter, charred good bread

Shepard's Pye

Savory stew of lamb, aromatic vegetables and colcannon potatoes

Seasonal Vegetable Pithivier

Seasonal mélange of vegetables & potato baked beneath flaky tender crust, spring greens salet of pickled vegetables, dijon vinaigrette

Peanut Pie

Eggs are beaten very light and blended with the proper measures of sugar and butter. Poured upon a flakey pie crust and covered with Virginia's Finest Roasted Peanuts and baked nicely with Vanilla Ice Cream

Chowning's Seasonal Ice Cream

Served with Gingersnaps

Cider Cake

Pressed Cider, applesauce and nuts enrich an early American recipe in place of the ordinary liquid with vanilla ice cream

American Heritage Chocolate Cobbler

A rich dish of baked custard and chocolate with a crisp crumb topping served warm with vanilla ice cream

Lemon and Berry

Lemon and Berry Juices with Simple Syrup and Soda Water make this Fizzy Delight

Josiah Chowning's Punch Bowl

Rum, Peach, and Apricot Brandy, Orange and Pineapple

Rummer

black strap rum splashed with apricot and peach brandy

Martha Washington's Rose

Tito's vodka, rose, stone fruit juice

Cucumber Palmer

Rye whiskey, mint tea, cucumber
lemon, pink salt rim

Chowning's Wine Spritz

Sauvignon blanc, St. Germaine citrus syrup, mango seltzer

Witches Revenge

Black Strap & Pineapple Rums, Apricot Brandy, Luxardo Cherry

Settlers Punch

Bacardi rum, peach brandy