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Dobbin House Tavern

Item: Dobbin House Tavern
Author: Tawanna Browne Smith

Cuisine: American, Continental

Price Range: $$

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This late 18th century colonial structure, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, houses an elegant candlelit restaurant, superb cuisine, and gracious hospitality. You will experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the Civil War era in the Alexander Dobbin Dining Rooms. The traditional menu features Adam County's fresh duck, William Penn's pork tenderloin with cherries, prime rib, and drunken scallops. Delicious homemade desserts include warm colonial gingerbread. Though casual and cozy, the Dobbin House is the fine dining side of the three restaurants under the establishment's dining umbrella. The Dobbins House Tavern is located adjacent to the Gettystown Inn Bed and Breakfast.

Address:

89 Steinwehr Ave
Gettysburg, PA 17325
717-334-2100

Hours:

Springhouse Tavern: Daily 11:30am-9pm
Dobbin Dining Room: Daily 5pm-9pm

Website:

dobbinhouse.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: Tawanna Browne Smith
Family Travel Expert

Best Restaurants: "While you wait for dinner, check out the upstairs one-room museum."

Recommended as Best Restaurants Because: The Dobbin House Tavern has one of the oldest settings in Gettysburg to enjoy dinner and get lost in time.

Alexander Dobbin Dining Room Menu
- Daily Fare
  
  Garden Stuff
  
  We have created a hofpitality sallade of the freshly picked garden greenstuff. To dreff your sallade, homemade delicately spiced herb, bleu cheese, fat free french, ranch dreffing. Or, you may choose: caesar sallade or spinache sallade with hot bacon dreffing. ($2.50)
  
  Vegetables
  
  Our fertile pennfylvania countryfide supplies the fineft of vegetables we search the markets for the beft and frefhest. Your servant will be happy to defcribe the seasonal favorite prepared for tonight. ($2.50)
- Of Soups & C.
  
  Avacado Louis
  
  Chilled backfin crabmeat difposed in a fanciful manner atop an avacado. Served with sauce louis, a creamy blend of herbs and lemon.
  
  Appetizer of the Day
  
  A generous offering difposed in a fanciful manner to dreff your table. Your servant will gladly defcribe the appetizer and its unique preparation.
  
  Fruit Fancy
  
  Our adams county is one of the leaders in fruit production in the united states. We are proud to provide the seafons beft fruit stuff fixed in the best manner of local receipts. ($6.95)
  
  Baked King's Onion Soup
  
  If you support the caufe of liberty from england as we do, and wish this soup to be re-named "washington's onion soup", so inform your waiter! Freshly made with beef and a variety of cheefes on top, baked in a 'quick' oven to a succulent tenderness, and served up hot and delicious in a tureen. ($6.25)
  
  Porridge of the Day
  
  Freshly homemade soup prepared by carefully boiling over coals with no smoke or dirt therein from stirring the fire. Served up steaming hot and heartily herb'd in a pipkin. ($5.75)
  
  Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
  
  Steamed over a gill of small beer and selected seafonings. Served with a sauce of spicy persuasion. ($13.50)
- Vegetarian Fare
  
  Oven Roasted Vegetables
  
  Carrots, mushrooms, onions, and squash served with pasta & tomato sauce. ($19.95)
  
  Vegetable Sautee'
  
  Broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, and vegetable of the day served with a crumb-topped crown of tomato and potato of the day. ($19.95)
  
  Vegetable Isabella
  
  In the tradition of our "seafood isabella." Fresh vegetables sauteed in a wine sauce & laid to rest on a bed of pasta. ($20.95)
- Of Flesh
  
  Of Flesh and Fish
  
  A favorite among rev. Dobbin's houfe guefts. Vifitors come for miles to enjoy his treat. Includes a 5-6 oz. Lobfter tail and a 5 oz. Filet mignon-thick, tender, and delicious. It eats extremely well. ($39.95)
  
  New York Colony Strip Steak, Carved to Order
  
  Partake of rev. Dobbin's favorite, a flavorful and tender portion of beef steak, carved from the fineft of meats. Cooked to your choice of doneness and served up on a china plate with its own juices. ($28.95)
  
  Hunters Chicken
  
  Rev. Dobbin often afks for a tender, fresh bird perfectly prepared to a dobbin house specialty. Baked boneless breast of chicken topped with tomatoes, mushrooms and brown sauce. ($23.95)
  
  Broiled Filet Mignon
  
  Cooked according to the strength of fire you prefer, and served up hot and on a china plate steeped in its own savory liquor. ($29.95)
  
  Primal Rib of Beef (James')
  
  Melt in your mouth standing beef rib, cooked to your choice of doneness in a reflector oven with its own juice steeped therein. The larger portion goes to dobbin's favorite son for being the firft attorney to be admitted to our new county's bar. ($29.95)
  
  Primal Rib of Beef (Smiths')
  
  Melt in your mouth standing beef rib, cooked to your choice of doneness in a reflector oven with its own juice steeped therein. The regular portion goes to dobbin's stepfon who's in trouble becaufe he carved his initials (s.a) On the mantle in the parlor. ($25.95)
  
  Veal Madeira
  
  Tender efcallopes of veal sauteed on a clear brisk fire. Finished with a madeira scented sauce and penna. Mushrooms. A delicious cookery. ($24.95)
  
  Roast Duck Adams County
  
  President adams is proud of this tender 1/2 duckling roafted in our hearth oven with tart adams co. Aples and hard cyder. Served up juft right with a delicious cyder sauce seafoned delicately with citrus herbs. A true taste delight. ($29.95)
  
  Trio of Lamb Chops
  
  Three tender chops broiled to the strength of fire you prefer. Served up with peppered merlot sauce. Succulently delicious. ($29.95)
  
  William Penn's Pork Tenderloin
  
  Agreeably cut pork tenderloin, sufficiently broiled and made ready to difh with an outftanding rafpberry sauce. ($24.95)
- Of Fish
  Broiled Lobster Tail
  
  A splendid delicacy from farther away than we can imagine, tafting admirably well. A 12 oz. Tail with drawn butter.
  
  Fine Fowl with Shrimps
  
  In the 1800's the dobbin house was a station for the 'railroad' which served to efcort thousands of runaway slaves to freedom. Rev. Dobbin is againft slavery, and thus, all of the servants here tonight are merely indentured. They all recommend this boneless breast of chicken with tender shrimp sauteed over a clear brisk fire with a hint of garlic and white wine. ($25.95)
  
  Gettystown Shrimp
  
  A generous portion of tender shrimp topped with lump crabmeat and topped with his majefty's imperial sauce. Then baked in a slow oven and served up on a pewter plate juft right. ($26.95)
  
  Maryland Colony Crabcakes
  
  Rich with natural goodness, broiled and served up hot, containing more 'juft crabmeat' than you've ever seen. ($26.95)
  
  Seafood Isabella
  
  Truly worth coming miles for Rev. Dobbin's firft wife, ifabella, left him this secret family recipe. Made of fresh vegetables with a medley of seafoods in a wine sauce, then simmered over hot ember 'til tender. Dishes up on a bed of pasta. It answers well. ($29.95)
  
  Imperial Crab
  
  Lump crabmeat topped withimperial sauce and his majefty's favorite spices. Baked to a proper brownness. Eats finely done thus. ($26.95)
  
  Seafarers Feast
  A favorite of this area, which rev. Dobbin now calls "gettiftown"! A generous portion of tafty offerings from the sea served up broiled 'til juft tender, as you wish. Orange roughy, fillet of salmon, maryland crabcake, marinated shrimp, deep sea scallops.
  
  $39.95
  
  With 5 - 6 Oz. Rock Lobster Tail: $49.95
  Drunken Scallops
  
  Deep sea scallops sauteed with bacon and herbs, then drowned in chablis. Served directly to you in a succulent sauce. ($29.95)
  
  Crabmeat a La Dobbin
  
  Lump blue crabmeat at its very beft. Gently toffed in hot butter sauce until done to perfection. An agreeable dish.
  
  Fresh Catch of the Day
  
  A generous portion of a tender offering from local streams or diftant seas difposed in a fanciful manner to dreff your table. Your servant will gladly defcribe the catch and its unique preparation. ($26.95)
Springhouse Tavern Menu
- Soups
  Porridge of the Day
  Homemade soup made here by carefully boiling over coals with no smoke or dirt therein from stirring the fire. Served up hot & delicious in a pipkin with sippets.
  
  1 Gill: $3.95
  
  2 Gills: $4.95
  Baked King's Onion Soup
  
  Freshly made with beef and a variety of cheeses on top, baked in a 'quick' oven to succulent tenderness, and served up hot and delicious in a tureen with sippets. ($5.95)
  
  Warm Maryland Colony Crab Dip
  
  A dobbin house favorite, warm & creamy served with fresh vegetables & crackers. ($12.95)
  
  Chicken and Bleu Cheese Dip
  
  Warm & creamy chicken, shallots, bacon and bleu cheese served with toasted french bread. ($10.50)
- Garden Stuff
  Gill of Porridge and Half Sallade
  Actually "extraordinary." A cup of fresh soup, a tureen of greens, garden sallade, spinache sallade or caesear sallade.
  
  $8.50
  
  With Baked King's Onion Soup: $10.50
  Spinache Sallade
  
  Fresh mushrooms, black olives, croutons, bacon & onion rings in company, served with hot bacon dressing. ($7.50)
  
  Fresh Garden Sallade
  A tureen of fresh greens tossed with cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, bell pepper, tomato and mushrooms with the dreffing you prefer. Served with hearth baked roll.
  
  $7.50
  
  With Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast: $9.95
  Caesar Sallade
  
  A tureen of romaine, croutons & onion rings in company with a caesear dressing. Served with a hearth baked roll. ($7.50)
  
  Half of Sallade and Half of Sandwich
  
  A small sallade & a half dobbin's deli sandwich. Choice of: garden, spinache, or caesar sallade. Choice of: ham, roast beef, or turkey. Choice of: white, whole wheat or rye. ($8.50)
  
  Gill of Porridge and Half Sandwich
  A cup of fresh soup & a half dobbin's deli sandwich. Choice of: ham, roast beef, or turkey. Choice of: potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips.
  
  $8.50
  
  With Baked King's Onion Soup: $10.50
  Gill of Porridge & Half Sallade
  A cup of fresh soup & a small sallade. Choice of: garden, spinache, or caesar sallade.
  
  $8.50
  
  With Baked King's Onion Soup: $10.50
  Adam's Delight
  
  Native fresh fruits of the season, assortment of cheeses, accompanied by homemade sweet bread. ($9.95)
  
  Salamagundi
  
  Fresh garden greens with the lean of smokehouse ham, turkey, cook'd eggs, swiss & provolone cheese. Served with a hearth baked roll. ($9.50)
  
  Springhouse Spread
  
  Fresh garden greens tossed with nuts and served with smoked turkey, apple wedges, honey mustard dip and homemade sweet bread. ($9.50)
- Specials of the Tavern
  
  Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast Sandwich
  
  A tender boneless breast of chicken layed to rest over night in a delicate wine & herb marinade. Then charcoal grilled and served up on a hearth baked roll with mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato. Choice of potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips. ($9.75)
  
  Char-Grilled Steak Sandwich
  
  A flavorful and tender portion of beef steak cook'd according to the strength of fire you prefer, and served up open faced on hearth baked bread with sauteed onions & mushrooms. Choice of potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips. ($13.50)
  
  Spit Roasted Chicken
  
  Half chicken dinner. You'll love our tender, fresh bird skewered to a spit and turned continuously in front of a clear brisk fire until it has a delicate brown and crisp outside, and is moist and tender inside. Basted on its own juices and sprinkled with a special blend of slightly spicy seasonings, this healthy meal is served up hot from the spit with a nice garden sallade, a baked potatoe and a hearth baked roll. Served after 5 p.m. Monday - friday and all day saturday and sunday. ($15.25)
  
  Dobbin's Hot Beef Sandwich
  
  Tender roast beef piled high on a hearth baked roll. Served up with its own juices for dipping. Choice of potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips. ($9.50)
  
  Maryland Colony Crabcakes
  
  More just crabmeat than you've ever seen! Served with a tossed sallade, baked potato and a hearth baked roll. ($24.95)
  
  Char-Grilled Filet Mignon
  
  A 6 0z filet grilled to your choice of doneness and served up in it's own juices. Served with a tossed sallade, baked potato and hearth baked roll. ($24.95)
  
  Dobbin's Filet Mignon and Crabcake
  
  A 6 oz. Filet grilled to your choice of doneness and a just crabmeat crabcake. Served with a tossed salad, baked potato and hearth baked roll. ($29.95)
  
  Char-Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast
  
  A tender & complete boneless breast of chicken layed to rest over night in a delicate wine & herb marinade. Served up with a tossed sallade, potato of the day and a hearth baked roll. ($16.50)
  
  Grilled Catch of the Day
  
  A generous portion of tender fish steak grilled until done to perfection. Served up with a tossed sallade, baked potato and hearth baked roll. Your servant will gladly describe today's selection.
  
  Char-Grilled New York Strip Steak
  
  Partake of rev. Dobbin's favorite, a flavorful and tender portion of beef steak, carved from the finest meats. Cook'd according to the strength of fire you prefer and served up with a tossed sallade, baked potato and a hearth baked roll. ($23.95)
  
  Maryland Colony Crabcake Sandwich
  
  More just crabmeat than you've ever seen. Served up hot on french bread with dijon balsamic mayonnaise. Choice of potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips. ($13.50)
  
  Vegetables
  
  Our fertile pennsylvania countryside supplies the finest of vegetables. We search the markets for the best and freshest. ($2.50)
- Dobbin's Deli
  The Mason's Mile High
  
  Meats & such piled almost as high as the stone walls of the dobbin house. But much straighter. Choice of hearth white, rye, whole wheat. Choice of two: smokehouse ham, roast beef, or turkey. Served up with mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato. Choice of potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips. ($9.95)
  
  Freshly Ground Dobbin's Hamburgers
  Freshly ground hamburger char-grilled to the strength of fire you prefer and served up on a hearth baked roll with lettuce and tomato. Choice of potato sallade, cole sla, or potato chips.
  
  $9.50
  
  With Sharp Cheese: $9.95
- Dobbin's Deli - Cold Sandwiches
  
  Corned Beef
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Roast Beef
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Roast Beef and Swiss Cheese
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Smokehouse Ham
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Ham and Swiss Cheese
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Turkey Breast
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Turkey Breast and Provolone Cheese
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Tuna Sallade
  
  ($8.50)
- Dobbin's Deli - Clubs
  
  Ham and Swiss Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
  
  Turkey Breast and Provolone Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
  
  Tuna Sallade and Provolone Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
  
  Roast Beef and Swiss Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
- Dobbin's Deli - Flat Bread Sandwiches
  
  Vegetable and Provolone Lettuce
  
  Tomato, red onion, cucumbers and carrots. ($9.50)
  
  Roast Beef and Sharp Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
  
  Ham and Swiss Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
  
  Turkey Breast and Provolone Cheese
  
  ($9.50)
- Dobbin's Deli - Foccacia Sandwiches
  
  Roast Beef and Sharp Cheese
  
  Lettuce, tomato and dijon mayonnaise. ($9.50)
  
  Turkey Breast and Swiss Cheese
  
  Spinache, tomato, red onions and dijon mayonnaise. ($9.50)
  
  Grilled Smokehouse Ham and Swiss Cheese
  
  Romaine, tomato and dijon mayonnaise. ($9.50)
- Grilled Sandwiches
  
  Ham, Spinach, Mushrooms and Sharp Cheese
  
  On whole wheat. ($9.50)
  
  Turkey Breast, Bacon, and Swiss Cheese
  
  On whole wheat. ($9.50)
  
  Tuna Sallade, Bacon and Sharp Cheese
  
  On whole wheat. ($9.50)
Banquet Dinner
- Appetizers
  
  Cup Of Homemade Soup
  
  ($3.50)
- Entrees
  
  Baked Chicken
  
  stuffed with cornbread stuffing. ($22.00)
  
  Petite Filet Mignon
  
  served au jus. ($31.00)
  
  Maryland Crab Cakes
  
  two 4 oz. broiled jumbo lump crab cakes. ($31.00)
  
  Filet Mignon And Lobster Tail
  
  6 oz. filet mignon, 6 oz. lobster tail. ($43.00)
Banquet Luncheon
- Brown Sack Lunch
  
  Brown Sack Lunch
  
  turkey or ham sandwich, potato chips, apple, brownie, water or soda. ($9.25)
Luncheons Menu
- Appetizers
  
  Cup Of Homemade Soup
  
  ($2.75)
  
  Hot Homemade White And Sweet Breads
  
  our house specialty! with whipped butter. guaranteed to delight your group. ($1.25)
- Entrees
  
  Hot Sandwiches
  
  served on whole wheat bread. choice of: turkey with bacon and swiss cheese, hot ham and swiss, reuben on rye bread. ($13.95)
  
  Cup Of Homemade Soup
  
  sliced turkey on a hearth baked roll with potato chips. ($13.95)
  
  Chicken Caesar Salad
  
  a classic caesar salad served with grilled marinated chicken. ($13.95)
  
  Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich
  
  4 oz. jumbo lump crab cake served with potato chips. ($17.50)
  
  Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich
  
  marinated chicken served with potato chips. ($14.25)
  
  Baked Chicken
  
  with mushrooms and supreme sauce. served with a baked potato. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing. ($14.50)
  
  Broiled Flounder
  
  with lemon butter, served with baked potato. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing. ($15.50)
  
  Pa Dutch Ham, Green Beans
  
  and boiled potatoes. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing. ($14.50)
  
  Seafood Newburg
  
  (min 20) scallops, shrimp and fish. served with rice. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing. ($15.50)
  
  Pa Dutch Boiled Chicken Pot Pie
  
  (min 20) include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing. ($15.50)

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