Lunch at Hanover Tavern is served on the veranda. This is a sunny porch on the rear of the building. It is light and bright and charming. We arrived at about 2:00 p.m. on Halloween and joined the others who were enjoying their meal.
The lunch menu is simple. They offer a soup of the day, a sandwich of the day and a blue plate special. Their menu is available online, other than the soup and the blue plate special you will be able to see what they have to offer. A selection of soups, salads, and sandwiches round out the offerings.
I ordered the Virginia Peanut Chopped Salad with the addition of grilled shrimp, my husband ordered the braised beef Rueben. You have a choice of side one of which is their hand cut fries. We had water to drink which was served immediately. The wait for our meals to arrive was short and even if it had been longer, the food was good enough to warrant the wait.
The chopped salad was romaine lettuce, beets, Virginia peanuts, chopped country ham and of course the grilled jumbo shrimp, all six of them. It was dressed with a creamy bacon dressing. It was, a very good salad and the size was generous but not huge.
The braised beef Rueben was phenomenal. Juicy beef with sauerkraut, dressing, and cheese on very good, thick cut, rye bread. The hand-cut French fries, however, were the star of the show. They really are fresh potatoes and they are seasoned with salt and pepper perfectly. It is worth coming here just to have those fries and had I known how truly good they were, I would have ordered a sandwich instead of the salad. Luckily, my husband likes to share.
For dessert, we shared an orange and pumpkin crème brulee. It was the perfect seasonal dessert. The spicing was subtle but there was no question that it was pumpkin. My guess is that the orange was in the sugar top.
The service was friendly and efficient and this is a restaurant that I would not hesitate to recommend. As a matter of fact, it was recommended to me by a docent at Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown and I am very grateful.
If you are looking for a lovely meal in a historic location, Hanover Tavern is the perfect destination for lunch, dinner or Sunday brunch.
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