Dobbin House Tavern Menu

We twisted our bartenders arm 'til he divulged his secret recipe for this flavored blend of apricot brandy, orange & pineapple juices, & southern comfort

Rev. Dobbin may well have discovered this comingling of rum, brandy, peach brandy, & fruit juices while hobnobbing with the likes of washington & jefferson at philadelphia city tavern

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

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

A Dobbin House favorite, warm & creamy served with toasted foccacia bread.

Broiled lump crab cake served up hot. Succulently delicious

Steamed over a gill of beer and selected seasonings. Served with cocktail sauce.

Native fresh fruit of the season, assortment of cheeses accompanied by homemade sweet breads & sweet cheese dip

Fresh mushrooms, black olives, croutons, bacon cook'd eggs & onionin company, served with hot bacon dressing

Fresh, crisp romaine lettuce croutons tossed with a creamy caesear dressing, croutons, onions and parmesean cheese.

Fresh garden greens with the lean of smokehouse ham, turkey, cook'd eggs, swiss & provolone cheese. Served with a hearth baked roll

Fresh Garden greens tossed with nuts and served with smoked turkey, apples, herb dressing, dried cranberries, bleu cheese crumbles and homemade sweet bread.

Homemade sweet bread served with cream cheese

Our Fertile Pennsylvania Countryside Supplies the finest of vegetables. We search the markets for the best and freshest. Your servant will be happy to describe the seasonal favorite prepared for today

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 brioche roll with mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato. Choice of Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, or Potato Chips

A flavorful and tender portion of beef steak cook' d according to the strength of fire you prefer, and served up on ciabatta roll with provolone cheese, sautéed onions, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Choice of Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, or Potato Chips

More "just Crabmeat" than you've ever seen! Served up hot on brioche roll with lettuce, tomato and Balsamic mayonnaise. Choice of Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, or Potato Chips

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 in 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 tossed salad, a baked potato and a hearth baked roll.

A generous portion of tender fish steak grilled until done to perfection. Served up with a tossed salad, baked potato and hearth baked roll. Your servant will gladly describe today's selection

Lump Blue Crabmeat at its very best. Gently tossed in hot butter sauce until done to perfection. An agreeable dish.Served with a tossed salad, baked potato and a hearth baked roll

More "just Crabmeat" than you've ever seen! Served with a tossed salad, baked potato and a hearth baked roll

As generous portion of tender shrimp stuffed with Lump Crabmeat and topped with rich cream sauce. Then baked in a slow oven and served up on a pewter plate just right. Served with a tossed salad, baked potato and a hearth baked roll

Tender slow cook'd rack of pork ribs. Served up hot from the grill. Served with a tossed salad, baked potato and a hearth baked roll.

Ham & Swiss Cheese, Turkey Breast & Provolone, Roast Beef & Swiss Cheese

Roast Beef & Swiss Cheese with lettuce, tomato and Dijon Mayonnaise, Turkey Breast & Swiss Cheese with spinach, tomato, red onions and Dijon mayonnaise, or Grilled Smokehouse Ham & Swiss cheese with romaine, tomato and Dijon Mayonnaise

Meats & such piled almost as high as the stone walls of the Dobbin House...but much straighter! Choice of Hearth white, Rye or Whole Wheat, Choice of two: Smokehouse Ham, Roast Beef or Turkey served up with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise

Corned Beef or Turkey Breast served open faced on rye bread with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Thousand island dressing

Tender roast beef piled high on a ciabatta roll. Served up with its own juices for dipping.

Freshly ground hamburger char-grilled to the strength of fire you prefer and served up on a brioche roll with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise

Char-grilled hamburger cook'd to the strength of fire you prefer and served on a brioche roll with lettuce, tomato and sauteed onions

Oven roasted black bean burger served on a brioche roll with spinace, avocado, tomato and red onions.

After the Best Manner with Cherry or Blueberry topping

Native pippins between a delicate paste

With lemon sauce. The secret of this bread lies in watchful baking in a gentle oven

With ice cream and chocolate sauce

A favorite among the colonies!

George Washington loves it!

A country drink locally pressed of sustenance from breakfast to bedtime for women, children, farmers, etc. A gesture of hospitality

With another if you like

With another if you like. For Loyalists

For Patriots

chicken coq au vin, baked ham with pineapple raisin sauce, stuffed shells and tomato sauce.

rice pilaf, oven roasted red potatoes, buttered dilled carrots, green beans almondine.

fudge brownies, blueberry trifle, gingerbread with lemon sauce, colonial pudding cake.

coffee, tea, or iced tea.

lavish 25 item salad bar, fresh baked breads.

select three - one from each (chicken, seafood, beef tips). chicken: hunters style, coq au vin, garden style, cacciatore; seafood: diane, newburg, creole, potpourri, beef tips: stroganoff, diane, peppered with mushroom, garden style; ham with pineapple raisin sauce; prime rib carved (add $6 per person).

select four: rice pilaf, mashed potatoes, oven roasted red potatoes, glazed sweet potatoes, o'brien potatoes, buttered corn, buttered dill carrots, green beans almondine, broccoli and cauliflower with cheese sauce, seasonal mixed vegetables.

select three: chocolate cake, fudge brownies, colonial pudding cake, gingerbread with lemon sauce, fruit tarts, blueberry trifle, cherry crumb pie, chocolate mousse.

coffee, tea, or iced tea.

with herb dressing.

choice: baked chicken hunters style, broiled fillet of salmon, primal rib of beef, baked potato, seasonal vegetable.

coffee, tea, or iced tea.

with homemade dressing

with whipped butter

choices: broiled flounder with lemon butter; baked chicken with mushrooms, supreme sauce; baked smithfield ham with pineapple raisin sauce.

baked white potato; seasonal vegetable; chocolate cake; coffee, tea, or iced tea.

with vegetable toppings and homemade herb dressing.

with toppings and hot bacon dressing. $1.50 extra.

with toppings and caesar dressing. $1.50 extra.

stuffed with cornbread stuffing.

served au jus.

two 4 oz. broiled jumbo lump crab cakes.

6 oz. filet mignon, 6 oz. lobster tail.

assorted cold cuts and cheeses, turkey, smokehouse ham, swiss cheese, provolone cheese, pa dutch (ham, green beans and boiled potatoes), bar-b-qued chicken.

fudge brownies, chocolate cake, gingerbread with lemon sauce, vanilla pudding.

coffee, tea, or iced tea.

turkey or ham sandwich, potato chips, apple, brownie, water or soda.

with Ranch Dressing

with Supreme Sauce / Baked White Potato

with Tomato Sauce

with Pineapple Raisin Sauce

our house specialty! with whipped butter. guaranteed to delight your group.

served on whole wheat bread. choice of: turkey with bacon and swiss cheese, hot ham and swiss, reuben on rye bread.

sliced turkey on a hearth baked roll with potato chips.

a classic caesar salad served with grilled marinated chicken.

4 oz. jumbo lump crab cake served with potato chips.

marinated chicken served with potato chips.

with mushrooms and supreme sauce. served with a baked potato. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.

with lemon butter, served with baked potato. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.

and boiled potatoes. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.

(min 20) scallops, shrimp and fish. served with rice. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.

(min 20) include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.

with Pineapple Raisin Sauce

with Lemon Sauce

w/ cheese sauce

with Lemon Sauce

with Herb Dressing

with Lemon Sauce

with Homemade Dressing

with Whipped Butter

Seasonal Vegetable

with Lemon Butter

with Mushrooms and Supreme Sauce

with Pineapple Raisin Sauce

with Lemon Sauce

with Homemade Dressing

with Whipped Butter

with mushrooms and supreme sauce

with lemon butter served with baked potato

with pineapple raisin sauce served with baked potato

with Lemon Sauce

with Pineapple Raisin Sauce

add $8 per person

with cheese sauce

with Lemon Sauce

with vegetable toppings and homemade herb dressing

stuffed with cornbread stuffing (Min. 20)

with Lemon Sauce

with herb dressing

With Herb / Blue. Cheese Dressing

sliced turkey on a Hearth roll with potato chips

a classic Caesar Salad Served with grilled marinated chicken

4 oz jumbo Lump crab cake served with potato chips

Marinated chicken served with potato chips

with Bacon and Swiss cheese

with Homemade Dressing

with Whipped Butter

With mushrooms and supreme sauce. Served with a baked potato

with lemon butter Served with a baked potato

with Pineapple Raisin Sauce Served with a baked potato

minimum of 20 orders

with Lemon Sauce

with Lemon Sauce

with Pineapple Raisin Sauce

with crabmeat

with Bacon

with crackers 3 lbs

Price available upon request. Roast Beef or Prime Rib served with rolls

wrapped with Prosciutto

with fruits & crackers

with dip

Danishes, Muffins &Fruit Tarts

with Fruit and Nuts

with Cranberry Pineapple Chutney

with Maple Blueberry Glaze

with Grilled Shallots

A beautiful dining room with all the colonial charm of 3 fireplaces, a log cabin and a large adjacent gift shop. A lovely setting for a wedding reception or large party. The room may be divided for smaller groups

Six cozy historic rooms with authentic colonial decor present the perfect background in our historic town. Ideal for a bus tour on a time schedule. Limitations of some evenings

Your group will love the shelves of old books, warm oriental rug, and glowing fireplace of this completely private room. It's perfect for a club dinner and meeting

Two hundred year old wide board floors and beautiful antique decorations help make this room ideal for festive occasions like a birthday party

Two crackling fireplaces with warm paneling flank this private area. Colonial beauty makes these adjoining rooms just right for a stylish holiday party or anniversary celebration

This large upstairs room is perfect for meetings, wedding receptions, and private affairs. The unusual decor, fashioned after the original rooms purpose from the eighteenth century, allows you to dine in canopy tester beds!

A spinning wheel, oak beams, century old coverlets, and other antiques create a romantic and private place for that special occasion such as a wedding rehearsal dinner or bridge club night

Along with our charming historic rooms and our famous cuisine, our service is reminiscent of the days when colonial aristocratic society entertained: friendly, prompt, and with a personal attention to detail that makes you are your guests feel like royalty. We invite you to visit and choose the room you like best

They can be adjusted to the season of year and your groups special desires. We will be happy to incorporate your individual ideas

Payment will be due on the date of service

Drive north on Rt. 134 to the stop sign at Steinwehr Ave. Turn right onto Steinwehr Ave. The Dobbin House is the third building on the left. Unload passengers in front of parking lot. Park bus in parking lot to the right of the building

Each Guest pays for their beer, wine or cocktail

Host/Hostess pays for all alcohol consumed

Host/Hostess pays for beer, wine or punch. Each Guest pays for their cocktail

Amaretto, Creme de Cacao

Southern Comfort, Apricot Brandy, fruit juices

2 rums, coffee, brandy, fruit juices

Rum, brandy, fruit juices

(in season) Bourbon, soda, fresh mint

Rum, butter, apple cider, sugar, cinnamon

Irish Whiskey, whipped cream, cherry

Coffee, cocoa, Brandy, Kahlua

Whiskey, butter, sugar, cinnamon

Served with Applesauce or Salad & Breads

Baked, Lightly Breaded Jumbo Shrimp, served with Applesauce or Salad, Potato and Breads

with hot bacon dressing

Our fertile pennsylvania countryside supplies the finest of vegetables. We search the markets for the best and freshest. Your servant will be happy to describe the seasonal favorite prepared for tonight.

Steamed over a gill of small beer and selected seasonings. Served with a sauce of spicy persuasion

Chilled backfin crabmeat disposed in a fanciful manner atop an avocado. Served with sauce Louis, a creamy blend of herbs and lemon.

Broiled lump crabcake served up hot containing more "just crabmeat" than you've ever seen. Succulently delicious.

If you support the cause 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 cheeses on top, baked in a 'quick' oven to a succulent tenderness, and served up hot and delicious in a tureen.

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

in the tradition of our "Seafood Isabella." Fresh vegetables sauteed in a wine sauce & laid to rest on a bed of pasta

Rev. Dobbin often asks for a tender, fresh bird perfectly prepared to a Dobbin House Specialty. Baked boneless breast of chicken topped with tomatoes, mushrooms and brown sauce

Melt in your mouth standing beef rib, cooked to your choice of doneness in a reflector oven with its own juice steeped therein.

Tender escallopes of veal sauteed on a clear brisk fire. Finished with a madeira scented sauce and Penna. mushrooms. A delicious cookery!

Two tender porterhouse lamb chops broiled to the strength of fire you prefer. Served up with peppered Merlot sauce. Succulently delicious

Agreeably cut pork tenderloin, sufficiently broiled and made ready to dish with an outstanding raspberry sauce

President Adams is proud of this tender 1/2 duckling roasted in our hearth oven with tart Adams Co. Apples and hard cyder. Served up just right with a delicious cyder sauce seasoned delicately with citrus herbs. A true taste delight

Gently smothered in butter, chablis & herbs

A splendid delicacy from farther away than we can imagine, tasting admirably well. A 6 oz tail with drawn butter. 1 Tail or 2 Tails

In the 1800's the Dobbin House was a station for the' railroad' which served to escort thousands of runaway slaves to freedom. Rev. Dobbin is against 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

A generous portion of tender shrimp topped with Lump Crabmeat and topped with His Majesty's imperial sauce. Then baked in a slow oven and served up on a pewter plate just right

Rich with natural goodness, broiled and served up hot, containing more 'just crabmeat' than you've ever seen!

Truly worth coming miles for ... Rev. Dobbin's first wife, Isabella, left him this secret family recipe. Made of fresh vegetables with a medley of scallops, shrimp and crabmeat in a wine sauce, then simmered over hot embers 'til tender. Dishes up on a bed of pasta. It answers well

A favorite among Rev. Dobbin's house guests. Visitors come for miles to enjoy this treat. Includes a 6 oz. Lobster Tail and a 7 oz. Filet Mignon-thick, tender, and delicious. It eats extremely well

Deep sea scallops sauteed with bacon and herbs, then drowned in Chablis. Served directly to you in a succulent sauce

Lump Blue Crabmeat at its very best. Gently tossed in hot butter sauce until done to perfection. An agreeable dish

Lump Crabmeat topped with imperial sauce and His Majesty's favorite spices. Baked to a proper brownness. Eats finely done thus

A generous portion of a tender offering from local streams or distant seas disposed in a fanciful manner to dress your table. Your servant will gladly describe the catch and its unique preparation

A country drink locally pressed of sustenance from breakfast to bedtime for women, children, farmers, etc. A gesture of hospitality.