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Appetizers
Tavern Onion Soup
     Caramelized onions finished in a sherry beef broth 
     finished with croutons and Swiss cheese.
$5
* Stuffed Mushrooms
     Stuffed with bacon, parmesan, basil and breadcrumbs.
$9
* Fresh Mozzarella, Prosciutto and Tomato
     Layered, served with cracked black pepper and drizzled
     with olive oil and an orange balsamic reduction.
$10
Brie Cheese
     Baked with honey, brown sugar and toasted almonds.
     Served in a toasted bread bowl.
$10
Escargot
     Escargot baked with a garlic and basil butter topped 
     with puff pastry.
$10
* Shrimp Cocktail
     Jumbo tiger shrimp served with a citrus cocktail sauce
     and lemon.
$10
* Smoked Norwegian Salmon
     Rolled with an herbed cream cheese served on toast 
     points with thinly sliced red onion and capers.
$10
* Oysters Rockefeller
     Baked in a Parmesan cream sauce topped with spinach,
     bacon, and parmesan.
$10
Combination Platters Available for Large Parties
     A combination of four of the asterisked items above.
$10
PER        
PERSON

  Entrees

Beef and Lamb
Surf and Turf
Grilled filet medallion and baked Lobster with thermador sauce (A creamy
sherry mushroom sauce with stone ground mustard & tarragon). Served
with mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus.
$36
 
* Stuffed Filet Mignon (Palermo Style) (complex & mature red wine)
Eight ounce filet with a stuffing of shrimp, bacon, ricotta and herb cream cheese. Breaded and glazed with a Marsala reduction.
$33
 
Black and Bleu Medallions (spicy and fruit forward red wine)
Eight ounces of blackened filet topped with bleu cheese crumbles and port wine reduction.
$32
 
* Filet Medallions (medium to full-bodied red wine)
Eight ounces of filet tenderloin, sliced into medallions and grilled to order.
$30
 
* Prime Rib (medium to full-bodied red wine)
Slow roasted Black Angus ten or fourteen ounce prime rib seasoned to perfection and served with horseradish dill sauce and au jus.
Also available blackened. 
$27
 Ten ounce.    $25

 

Blackened Beef Tip Dinner Salad
Crispy romaine and spring greens with feta cheese, grape tomatoes, dried banana chips, red onion, black beans and blue corn tortilla strips. Choice of Tequila lime vinaigrette or creamy tarragon and poppy seed dressing.
$15
 
Lamb Chops 
Rosemary and garlic crusted Lamb Chops with chimmichurri sauce, served with a white bean and roasted red pepper salad and a sauteed swiss chard and feta cheese crostini.
$34
 
German Dishes
Jagerschnitzel (Hunter's Schnitzel) (spicy and fruit forward red wine)
Pork tenderloin cutlets dredged in flour and pan-fried, finished with a creamy white wine and mushroom thyme demi-glace. Served with spaetzle and red cabbage..
$25
 
* Kassler Rippchen (medium to full-bodied white wine)
Two German smoked pork loins served with spaetzle, beef  mushroom gravy and red cabbage.
$25
 
* Wienerschnitzel (semi-dry to sweet white wine)
Pan-fried, breaded veal cutlets served with spaetzle, beef  mushroom gravy and red cabbage.
$27
 
Poultry
* Chicken Saltimbocca (medium to full-bodied white wine)
Two breaded chicken breasts stuffed with spinach, prosciutto, parmesan, almond and herb puree. Topped with a tarragon bechamel.
$24
 
Roasted Bone in Chicken Breast 
Roasted bone in chicken breast with white wine Dijon sauce and grilled lemon. Served over herb croutons with garlic and herb roasted red potatoes and breen beans.
$24
Seared Duck Breasts 
Seared duck breasts with apricot and sherry vinegar reduction, served with sauteed swiss chard and pan roasted figs with warm goat cheese.
$33
 
Seafood
* Crab Cakes Imperial (medium to full-bodied red wine)
Fresh jumbo lump crabmeat, with onions and peppers, tossed in an imperial sauce. Served with a jalapeno cilantro mayonnaise.
$29
 
Seared Sea Scallops (semi-dry to sweet white wine)
Coriander and caraway crusted seared Sea Scallops with raw apple parsley and radish and an apple cider green cardamon emulsion. Served with braised cabbage and sauteed broccolini.
$28
 
Baked Atlantic Salmon (fruity and dry white wine)
Baked Atlantic Ssalmon with dill creme fraiche and fresh red onion and cucumber relish. Served over sundried tomato and broccolini couscous salad.
$26
 
Ahi Tuna (medium to full-bodied white wine)
Seared #1 Ahi with oven dried tomato vinaigrette, spanish fry bread, citrus fennel slaw, fried chick peas and grilled asparagus.
$30
 

Pasta

Daily Pasta Special 
A daily pasta selection, prepared fresh everyday.
$Priced
Accordingly

Also available vegetarian style.

$18 

 

Salad Dressings
Our salad dressings are all homemade.
You may choose from:

Garlic Parmesan
Honey Dijon
Creamy Bleu Cheese
Orange Balsamic Vinaigrette


After Dinner Drinks
Max's Coffee  $8.00
Bushmill's Irish Whiskey, Bailey's, Kahlua and Coffee

Irish Coffee  $7.50
Bailey's, Irish Whiskey and Coffee

Stagecoach  $7.50
Frangelica, Bailey's and Coffee

Warm Stinger  $7.00
Barenjager (Honey Flavored Liquor) and Lemon Hot Tea

German Brandi/Liquors  $7.00
Kirshwasser Cherry Brandy, Asbach Brandi,
Obstler Apple/Pear Brandy, Apfelkorn Apple Brandy, Baranjager

Port
Sandeman Ruby Port  $5.50
Woodbridge Portocinco  $6.50

Dessert Wine
B.V. Muscat de Beaulieu  $5.50
Williamsburg Late Harvest Vidal  $6.50


All entrees include salad and most include a choice of the
starches of the day or vegetable medley. 
There is a $5.00 split plate charge. 

All items on the menu can be tailored to any individual,
according to taste or dietary  requirements within limits
of the kitchen. Just ask our server.

( * ) We ask that parties of 15 or more limit their selections
        to those entrees marked with an asterisk.

We reserve the right to add gratuity to parties of 6 or more
and parties ten or more to one check only.

All of our entrees are prepared by hand at the time they are
ordered. By doing this, we can serve you a quality product in a
quaint atmosphere. Please allow extra time to accommodate
the kitchen while they prepare your order.

Make sure to hear about our daily specials, and after dinner,
your server will tell you which of our delicious desserts are
available today.

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