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Chowning's Tavern

Date
1951-08-01
Restaurant
Chowning's Tavern
Physical description
29.5x12.5cm folded; 29.5x25cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label, Dry, from Reims. France$4.25 – $8.25
Almaden Brut, from the finest California Grapes$2.75 – $5.00
Gold Seal Brut from New-York$3.00 – $5.25
Sparkling red Burgundy, Great Western, New-York$3.00 – $5.25
Champagne Cocktail (Domestick)$1.10
Sauterne$0.25
Claret$0.25
Black-berry wine$0.25
Elder-berry wine$0.25
Peach wine$0.25
Scuppernong Grape Wine$0.30
Michelob$0.25
Ballantine's XXX Ale$0.25
Cyder from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia$0.25
Hot spiced Punch made from Cyder, Spices & Herbs from an old Williamsburg Receipt$0.25
Orange Fruit-Ade$0.30
Lemonade$0.30
Fruit-Ade topped with floating Claret Wine$0.40

Page 3

Hot Tea$0.15
Coffee$0.15
Clams on the Shell, From the York River$0.50
Iced tea$0.20
Iced coffee$0.20
Pecan Waffles, served hot and new with Maple Syrup & Butter$0.60
Milk$0.20
Oysters on the Shell (in the proper Seasons), From the Chesapeake Bay$0.55
Brunswick Stew$0.90
Welsh Rabbit$0.75
BEER Tidbit Platter - Minc'd Virginia Ham on Crackers, grat'd Cheese Tidbits, some crisp Potato Slices and pickl'd Cucumbers$0.50
Bowl of Shrimps With Sippets$1.25
Butter'd Apple-Pye$0.25
Cheeses of all Sorts (a Portion)$0.45
MIXED green Sallad - Crisp Sallad Greens with hard-cooked Egg & Tomato served in wooden Bowl with Dressing$0.85
Old Virginia Ham Sandwich$0.90
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.75
Boil'd Ham and Cheese Sandwich$0.75
Roast fresh Pork Sandwich$0.60
Smoked Tongue Sandwich$0.60
Boil'd Ham Sandwich$0.60
American Cheese Sandwich$0.50
French Bread & Butter$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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