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Chowning's Tavern

Date
1962-03-01
Restaurant
Chowning's Tavern
Physical description
30x13cm folded; 30x26 open; insert measures 25.5x15cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Bowl of Shrimps With Sippets$1.25
Champagne Cocktail (Domestick)$1.10
Chowning's Black Walnut Ice Cream$0.25
Old Cheddar Cheese$0.45
Pecan Waffle served hot with Syrup and Butter$0.65
ROAST Beef served cold with Pot Cheese and Chives and seasonable garnish$1.65
WELSH Rabbit - Melted snappy Cheese blended with Beer & Seasoning on toasted Bread served up hot with Surry County Ham$0.80
CLAMS on the Shell From the Eastern Shore$0.75
OYSTERS on the Shell (in the proper Seafons) From the Chesapeake Bay$0.90
Surry County Ham Sandwich$0.80
BUTTERED Apple-Pye, Made with Apples from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia$0.30
BUTTERED Apple-Pye With Vanilla Ice Cream$0.45
Fruit-Aide topped with floating Claret Wine$0.40
Dish of Fruit of Sorts$0.30
Crock of Old Cheddar with Sippets and Potato Crackers, per person$0.35
Ballantine's XXX Ale on Draught$0.40
Michelob Beer on Draught$0.40
Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label, Dry, from Reims, France$5.50 – $9.75
Almaden Brut, from the finest California Grapes$3.00 – $5.25
Sparkling red Burgundy, Great Western, New York$3.50 – $6.00
Brunswick Stew - Made from a young Fowl with fresh Garden Stuff seasoned to Taste & served up hot$1.00
Steaks - Between Five & NIne-o'Clock in the Evening, Guests may order a fine SIRLOIN Steak, Served with baked Potato and a mixed green Sallad$3.45
CHOWNING'S Good Bread - A fine white Bread made of unbleached flour, water-ground in the Colonial manner$0.15
Beaujolais, Louis Jadot, Vintage$2.25 – $4.00
Liefraumilch (Rheinhessen), Langenbach, Vintage$2.25 – $4.00
Sylvaner (Rhine type), Almaden$0.35 – $2.25
Cabernet (Claret type), Almaden$0.45 – $3.00
Rose (Domestick Pink) Wine$0.35 – $2.25
Blackberry Wine$0.35 – $2.25
Scuppernong Grape Wine$0.35 – $2.25
MIXED green Sallad - Crisp Sallad Greens with hard-cooked Egg & Tomato served in a wooden Bowl with Dressing$0.35 – $0.55
Boiled Ham Sandwich$0.65
American Cheese Sandwich$0.50
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.95
Boiled Ham & Cheese Sandwich$0.75
Chicken Sallad$0.85
Lemon Fruit-Aide$0.30
Orange Fruit-Aide$0.30
Cyder from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia$0.25
Coffee$0.15
Tea$0.15
Milk$0.15

Page 3

Welsh Rabbit
Apple Pie
Hot Spiced Punch
Pecan Waffles
Brunswick Stew

Page 4

Stewed Carps
Broiled eels
Chine of Mutton with Pickles
Spring Pye
Marrow Puddings
Soop Lorain
Turbot boiled with Oysters and Shrimps
Grand Patty
Hen Turkeys with Eggs
Dish of Scotch Collops
Dish of Salmigondin
Fat Chickens and tame Pigeons
Asparagus and Lupins
Tansy and Fritters
Dish of Fruit of Sorts
Dish of fried Soles
Dish of Tarts, Custards, and Cheesecakes

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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