Dobbin House Tavern in Gettysburg, PA
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Dobbin House Tavern Menu in Gettysburg
Main
All served with milk, lemonade, or iced tea. ice cream as dessert
Baked Chicken Dinner
Lightly Breaded and Baked, Boneless Breast of Chicken. Served with Applesauce or Tossed Salad, Potato & Breads
Pasta with Tomato Sauce
Served with Applesauce or Salad & Breads
Baked Shrimp Dinner
Baked, Lightly Breaded Jumbo Shrimp, served with Applesauce or Salad, Potato and Breads
Filet Mignon
Five Ounce Filet Mignon Broiled To Your Liking. Served with Applesauce or Salad, Potato and Breads
New York Strip Steak
Six Ounce Strip Steak Broiled to Your Liking. Served with Applesauce or Salad, Baked Potato and Breads
Dinner Buffet
$20. served in the abigail adams ballroom only. (minimum of 30 guests).
Salad And Bread Bar
lavish 25 item salad bar, fresh baked breads.
Entrees
chicken coq au vin, baked ham with pineapple raisin sauce, stuffed shells and tomato sauce.
Vegetables
rice pilaf, oven roasted red potatoes, buttered dilled carrots, green beans almondine.
Desserts
fudge brownies, blueberry trifle, gingerbread with lemon sauce, colonial pudding cake.
Beverages
coffee, tea, or iced tea.
Special Dinner Buffet
$25. served in the abigail adams ballroom only. (minimum of 30 guests).
Salad And Bread Bar
lavish 25 item salad bar, fresh baked breads.
Entrees
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).
Vegetables
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.
Desserts
select three: chocolate cake, fudge brownies, colonial pudding cake, gingerbread with lemon sauce, fruit tarts, blueberry trifle, cherry crumb pie, chocolate mousse.
Beverages
coffee, tea, or iced tea.
Three Entree Dinners
let your guests have a choice. $29 with entree count, $30 without advance count.
Tossed Salad
with herb dressing.
Home Baked Breads
Entree
choice: baked chicken hunters style, broiled fillet of salmon, primal rib of beef, baked potato, seasonal vegetable.
Dessert
Beverages
coffee, tea, or iced tea.
Good And Plenty Dinners
1 entree choice $21; 2 entree choice with count $22; 3 entree choice with count $23.
Tossed Garden Salad
with homemade dressing
Hot Home Baked Breads
with whipped butter
Entree
choices: broiled flounder with lemon butter; baked chicken with mushrooms, supreme sauce; baked smithfield ham with pineapple raisin sauce.
Extras
baked white potato; seasonal vegetable; chocolate cake; coffee, tea, or iced tea.
Special Company Dinners
includes, salad, homemade breads, one entree, dessert, and beverage.
Appetizers
Cup Of Homemade Soup
$3.5
Salads
select one:
Tossed Garden Salad
with vegetable toppings and homemade herb dressing.
Spinach Salad
with toppings and hot bacon dressing. $1.50 extra.
Caesar Salad
with toppings and caesar dressing. $1.50 extra.
Entrees
two entrees add $1, three entrees add $2. select one:
Baked Chicken
$22
stuffed with cornbread stuffing.
Petite Filet Mignon
$31
served au jus.
Maryland Crab Cakes
$31
two 4 oz. broiled jumbo lump crab cakes.
Filet Mignon And Lobster Tail
$43
6 oz. filet mignon, 6 oz. lobster tail.
Vegetables
Baked Potato
Seasonal Vegetable
Desserts
select one:
Chocolate Mousse
Fruit Tarts
Fudge Brownies
Gingerbread With Lemon Sauce
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Colonial Pudding Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Tea
Tippling Drinks - Dobbin House Drinks
Refreshing & Frosty Tumbler of Draught Beer Or A Flagon Bottle of Beer!
Rum Bellies Vengeance
The drink of the Dobbin House! An absolutely incredible concoction of the light & dark rums, exotic liqueurs, & fruit juices, the potency of which mandates a limit of two (2) per customer. Truly, a genuine bargain
Don's Derring-Do
We twisted our bartenders arm 'til he divulged his secret recipe for this flavored blend of apricot brandy, orange & pineapple juices, & southern comfort
Philadelphia Fish House Punch
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
Soups
Porridge of the Day
$4.5
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
Baked King's Onion Soup
$6.5
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
Warm Maryland Colony Crab Dip
$13.5
A dobbin house favorite, warm & creamy served with fresh vegetables & crackers
Adams Delight
$13.5
Native fresh fruit of the season, assortment of cheeses accompanied by homemade sweet breads & sweet cheese dip
Date Nut Bread
$4.5
Homemade sweet bread served with cream cheese
Garden Stuff
Layed down on a real china plate. They eat extremely well. And to dress our sallades...Our Homemade Herb Dressing. Bleu Cheese, Ranch, Fat Free French, Thousand Island Dressing or Honey Mustard Dressing. With any Sallade: Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast $3.95, Grilled Salmon $7.95, Char-Grilled Steak $7.95, Broiled Crabcake $7.95
Gill of Porridge & Half Sallade
$10.5
Actually "extraordinary. " A cup of fresh soup, a tureen of greens, garden sallade, spinache sallade or caesear sallade
Spinache Sallade
$9.25
Fresh mushrooms, black olives, croutons, bacon & onion rings in company, served with hot bacon dressing
Fresh Garden Sallade
$9.25
A tureen of fresh greens tossed with cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, bell pepper, tomato and mushrooms with the dressing you prefer. Served with hearth baked roll
Caesar Salad
$9.25
A tureen of romaine, croutons & onion rings in company with a caesear dressing. Served with a hearth baked roll
Half of Sallade & Half of Sandwich
$10.5
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
Gill of Porridge & Half Sandwich
$10.5
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
Salamagundi
$12
Fresh garden greens with the lean of smokehouse ham, turkey, cook'd eggs, swiss & provolone cheese. Served with a hearth baked roll
Springhouse Spread
$12
Fresh Garden greens tossed with nuts and served with smoked turkey, apple, herb dressing, dried cranberries, bleu cheese crumbles and homemade sweet bread.
Specials of the Tavern
Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast Sandwich
$11.5
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
Char-Grilled Steak Sandwich
$15.5
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 sautéed onions, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Spit Roasted Chicken
$17.5
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. Mon. - Fri. and All Day Saturday & Sunday
Maryland Colony Crabcakes
$26.95
More just Crabmeat than you've ever seen! Served with a tossed sallade, baked potato and a hearth baked roll
Char-Grilled Filet Mignon
$27.95
A 7 oz. 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
Dobbin's Filet Mignon & Crabcake
$35.95
A 7 oz. filet grilled to your choice of doneness and a "just crabmeat" crabcake. Served with a tossed salad, baked potato and hearth baked roll
Char-Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast
$17.95
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
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
$26.95
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
Char-Grilled New York Strip Steak & Crabcake
$34.95
10 oz. strip steak cook' d according to the strength of fire you prefer and served up with a tossed sallade, baked potato and a hearth baked roll
Maryland Colony Crabcake Sandwich
$14.5
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
Dobbin's Smoked Bar-B-Qued Ribs
$25.95
A tender slow cook'd rack of pork ribs. Served up hot from the grill
Vegetables
Our Fertile Pennsylvania Countryside Supplies the finest of vegetables. We search the markets for the best and freshest.....Market price
Dobbin's Deli
Choice of hearth white, rye, whole wheat, or hearth roll served with mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
The Mason's Mile High
$14
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
Open-Faced Rueben Sandwich
$11.5
Corned Beef or Turkey Breast served with sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing
Dobbin's Hot Beef Sandwich
$11.5
Tender roast beef piled high on a brioche roll. Served up with its own juices for dipping. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Dobbin's Hamburger with Cheese
$12
Freshly ground hamburger char-grilled to the strength of fire you prefer and served up on a brioche roll with lettuce and tomato. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Dobbin's Hamburger with Mushrooms & Swiss Cheese
$13
Freshly ground hamburger char-grilled to the strength of fire you prefer and served up on a brioche roll with lettuce and tomato. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Dobbin's Hamburger with Bleu Cheese & Bacon
$13.5
Freshly ground hamburger char-grilled to the strength of fire you prefer and served up on a brioche roll with lettuce and tomato. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Black Bean Burger with Pepperjack Cheese
$13.5
Oven roasted black bean burger served on a brioche roll with spinach, avocado, tomato and red onions
Dobbin's Deli - Club Sandwiches
$11.50. With mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato & bacon
Ham & Swiss Cheese
Turkey Breast & Provolone Cheese
Tuna Sallade & Provolone Cheese
Roast Beef & Swiss Cheese
Dobbin's Deli - Foccacia Sandwiches
$11.50. Grilled Italian-style herbed flat bread. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Roast Beef & Sharp Cheese
with lettuce, tomato and Dijon Mayonnaise
Turkey Breast & Swiss Cheese
with spinche, tomato, red onion and Dijon Mayonnaise
Grilled Smokehouse Ham & Swiss Cheese
with romaine, tomato and Dijon Mayonnaise
Dobbin's Deli - Grilled Sandwiches
$11.50. Choice of Potato Sallade, Cole Sla, or Potato Chips
Ham, Spinach, Mushrooms & Sharp Cheese on Whole Wheat
Turkey Breast, Bacon, & Swiss Cheese on Whole Wheat
Tuna Sallade, Bacon & Sharp Cheese on Whole Wheat
Confectionaries
Mrs. Penn's Cheesecake Receipt
After the Best Manner with Cherry or Blueberry topping
Hot Adams Apple Pie
Native pippins between a delicate paste
Warm Colonial Gingerbread
With lemon sauce. The secret of this bread lies in watchful baking in a gentle oven
Fudge Brownie
With ice cream and chocolate sauce
Pecan Pie
A favorite among the colonies!
Ice Cream & Sorbet
George Washington loves it!
Highly Refreshing Beverages
Sparkling Cyder
$3.5
A country drink locally pressed of sustenance from breakfast to bedtime for women, children, farmers, etc. A gesture of hospitality
Coffee
With another if you like
English Tea
With another if you like. For Loyalists
Liberty Herbal Tea
For Patriots
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Lemonade
Milk
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Diet Coke
Coke
Dobbin House Root Beer
Diet Dobbin House Root beer
Deli Luncheon Buffet
$14.75 plus 6% sales tax and 18% gratuity (minimum of 30 guests). buffet served with condiments, chips and pretzels.
Soup And Salad Bar
lavish 25 item salad bar including: soup of the day, fresh salad making, homemade dressings, homemade relish condiments.
Entrees
assorted cold cuts and cheeses, turkey, smokehouse ham, swiss cheese, provolone cheese, pa dutch (ham, green beans and boiled potatoes), bar-b-qued chicken.
Desserts
fudge brownies, chocolate cake, gingerbread with lemon sauce, vanilla pudding.
Beverages
coffee, tea, or iced tea.
Brown Sack Lunch
Brown Sack Lunch
$10
turkey or ham sandwich, potato chips, apple, brownie, water or soda.
Salad & Bread Bar
$18 plus 6% gratuity and 18% service charge. Served in the Abigail Adams Ballroom only. Minimum of 30 Guests
Lavish 25 Item Salad Bar
Fresh Baked Breads
Entrees
Chicken Coq au Vin
Baked Ham
with Pineapple Raisin Sauce
Penne Pasta & Tomato Sauce
Vegetables
Rice Pilaf
Oven Roasted Potatoes
Buttered Dilled Carrots
Green Beans Almondine
Desserts
Fudge Brownies
Blueberry Trifle
Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce
Colonial Pudding Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Dobbin's Special Dinner Buffet
$28 plus 6% sales tax and 18% service charge. Served in the Abigail Adams Ballroom only. Minimum of 30 Guests
Salad & Bread Bar
Lavish 25 Item Salad Bar
Fresh Baked Breads
Entrees
select three- one from each entree choice
Chicken
Hunters Style
Coq au Vin
Garden Style
Cacciatore
Seafood
Diane
Newburg
Creole
Potpourri
Beef Tips
Stroganoff
Diane
Peppered w/ Mushroom
Ham w/ Pineapple Raisin Sauce
Stuffed Shells & Tomato Sauce
Prime Rib Carved
add $8 per person
Vegetables
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 & Cauliflower
with cheese sauce
Seasonal Mixed Vegetables
Desserts
select three
Chocolate Cake
Fudge Brownies
Colonial Pudding Cake
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Fruit Tarts
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Chocolate Mousse
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Dobbin's Special Dinners
Includes, salad, homemade breads, one entree, dessert, and beverage
Appetizers
Cup of Homemade Soup
$4.5
Salads
Tossed Garden Salad
with vegetable toppings and homemade herb dressing
Entrees
Select One, Two Entrees Add $1, Three Entrees Add $2
Baked Chicken
$24
stuffed with cornbread stuffing (Min. 20)
Crab Imperial
$29
Roast Duck Adams County
$37.5
Filet Mignon (7 oz) & Maryland Colony Crabcake (3 oz)
$40
Vegetables
Baked Potato
Seasonal Vegetable
Desserts
Select one
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Mousse
Fruit Tarts
Fudge Brownies
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Colonial Pudding Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Dobbin's Three Entree Dinners
$26 w/ Entree Count, $28 without Advance Count plus 6% sales tax and 18% service charge
Main
Tossed Salad
with herb dressing
Home Baked Breads
Entree Choice
Baked Chicken Hunters Style
Broiled Fillet of Salmon
Primal Rib of Beef
Baked Potato
Seasonal Vegetable
Desserts
Chocolate Cake
Fudge Brownies
Colonial Pudding Cake
Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce
Fruit Tarts
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Chocolate Mousse
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Special Company Dinners
$30 with Entree Count, $34 without Advance Count plus 6% sales tax and 18% service charge
Tossed Garden Salad
With Herb / Blue. Cheese Dressing
Hot Home Baked Breads
Entree Choice
Filet Mignon
Maryland Colony Crabcakes
Chicken Coq au Vin
Vegetable Pasta
Baked White Potato
Seasonal Vegetable
Desserts
Chocolate Cake
Fudge Brownies
Colonial Pudding Cake
Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce
Fruit Tarts
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Chocolate Mousse
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Banquet Luncheon Suggestions
Served 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Appetizers
Cup of Homemade Soup
$3.5
Entrées
Includes beverage and choice of homemade dessert. Please select from either the Lighter Fare OR the Heartier Fare listings
Lighter Fare
Cup of Homemade Soup
$12
sliced turkey on a Hearth roll with potato chips
Chicken Caesar Salad
$13.5
a classic Caesar Salad Served with grilled marinated chicken
Maryland Crabcake Sandwich
$15
4 oz jumbo Lump crab cake served with potato chips
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich
$13.5
Marinated chicken served with potato chips
Hot Sandwiches
Served on whole wheat bread. Choice of:
Turkey
$12
with Bacon and Swiss cheese
Hot Ham and Swiss Cheese
$12
Reuben on Rye Bread
$12
Heartier Fare
1 Entrée Choice $14.50, Entrée Choice w/ count $15.50, 3 Entrée Choice w/ count $16.50
Tossed Garden Salad
with Homemade Dressing
Home Baked Breads
with Whipped Butter
Baked Chicken
With mushrooms and supreme sauce. Served with a baked potato
Broiled Flounder
with lemon butter Served with a baked potato
Baked Ham
with Pineapple Raisin Sauce Served with a baked potato
PA Dutch Boiled Chicken Pot Pie
minimum of 20 orders
Desserts
Select One
Fudge Brownies
Colonial Pudding Cake
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Chocolate Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Deli Luncheon Buffet
$14.50. Minimum of 30 Guests. Buffet Served with Condiments & Chips
Soup & Salad Bar
Lavish 25 Item Salad Bar. Including:
Soup of the Day
Homemade Dressings
Homemade Relish Condiments
Entrées
Cold Items
Assorted Cold Cuts & Cheeses
Turkey
Smokehouse Ham
Swiss Cheese
Provolone Cheese
Hot Items
Penne Pasta in Tomato Sauce
Barbecued Chicken
Dessert Table
Fudge Brownies
Chocolate Cake
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Breakfast & Brunch Suggestions
Breakfast Buffet
$11.50. Minimum of 30 guests
Main
Fresh Fruit Tray
Assorted Danish
Sweet Breads and Muffins
Entrées
Scrambled Eggs
Belgian Waffles
Bacon
Home Fried Potatoes
Assorted Cold Cereal
Orange Juice, Coffee, Tea
Brunch Buffet
$18. Minimum of 30 guests. Served Sat. and Sun. only 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Main
Tossed Garden Salad
Fresh Fruit and Cheese Tray
Fresh Baked Breads and Muffins
Entrées
Scrambled Eggs
Chicken Coq au Vin
Ham
with Pineapple Raisin Sauce
Seasonal Vegetables
Bacon
Belgian Waffles
Dessert Table
Coffee
Tea
Assorted Juices
Hors d'Oeuvres Ideas
Prices per 50 pieces
Hot
Mushrooms Stuffed
$85
with crabmeat
Swedish Meatballs
$55
Pigs in a Blanket
$55
Quiche Petite
$65
Scallops
$100
with Bacon
Shrimp Egg Rolls
$65
Marinated Chicken Skewers
$70
Barbequed Shrimp in Bacon
$125
Crab Dip
$140
with crackers 3 lbs
Carved Turkey Breast
Price available upon request. Roast Beef or Prime Rib served with rolls
Cold
Jumbo Shrimp Bowl
$100
Assorted Canapés
$65
Deviled Eggs
$45
Assorted Finger Sandwiches
$145
Fresh Fruit Kabobs
$60
Melon
$60
wrapped with Prosciutto
Other
Assorted Cheese Board
$150
with fruits & crackers
Assorted Fresh Vegetable Tray
$85
with dip
Chips & Pretzels
$25
Peanuts 3 lbs
$40
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
$65
Assorted Petite Desserts
$110
Holiday Menu Suggestion
$34.95 per person. Children ages 4-10 $13.50. Offered for private parties & banquets only
Valentine's Brunch
Sunday, February 16, 2020. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Abigail Adams Ballroom
Main
Assortment of Baked Breads
Danishes, Muffins &Fruit Tarts
Cheese / Fruit / Vegetable Tray
Tortellini Salad
Greens
with Fruit and Nuts
Peanut Farro Salad
Roasted Pork Loin
with Cranberry Pineapple Chutney
Atlantic Salmon
with Maple Blueberry Glaze
Wild Mushroom Lasagna
French Toast Croissant Casserole
Carved Bourbon & Brown Sugar Glazed Applewood Smoked Ham
Omelets Made to Order
Potato o'Brien
Tomato Basil Risotto
Gold Beet & Brussel Sprouts Amandine
Parmesan Roasted Carrots
Maple Bacon & Cheese Stuffed Sausage
with Grilled Shallots
Desserts
Grand Assortment of Luscious Desserts
A Room for Every Occasion
The Abigail Adams Ballroom (Up to 130 People)
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
The Alexander Dobbin Dining Rooms
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
The Library (10 - 15 People)
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
The Dining Room (15 - 25 People)
Two hundred year old wide board floors and beautiful antique decorations help make this room ideal for festive occasions like a birthday party
The Parlour and Study (12 - 35 People)
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
The Bedrooms (25 - 70 People)
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!
The Spinning Room (6 - 14 People)
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
Don't Forget!
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
Group Planning Procedures
We appreciate the responsibility you have undertaken to lead a group and attempt to satisfy their individual tastes. This web pages are designed to help you plan your meal with us. We will work closely with you on every aspect in advance. Then we will do all the work, worrying and preparations in order that all you have to do is come, relax, enjoy, and accept the praise of your friends!
Call Rick Beamer or Jan Reed for assistance: 717-334-2100
Plan your visit and make arrangements as early as possible
Select the menu suggestions that best suite your group
Fill out and submit the online "Group Information" form
Read carefully this "Planning Procedures" page that establishes reservation policies
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Please note that banquet menus and prices are flexible
They can be adjusted to the season of year and your groups special desires. We will be happy to incorporate your individual ideas
For maximum time efficiency, (especially for bus groups), we suggest all members of your party have the same menu
In order to take advantage of our special group rates, a minimum of 15 people for lunch, 20 people for dinner, and 30 people for buffets are required
For maximum enjoyment, we have found that your group will be happiest if they are informed of the time table and other arrangements
A final guaranteed number of the groups size and food choices must be given 7 days before arrival time
Payment will be due on the date of service
Directions from the National Park Visitors Center
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
Banquet facilities are not always possible on holidays and certain evenings, please inquire as to availability
Bar Options
We can design a bar plan to suit your individual budget. Bar Prices quoted upon request
Cash Bar
Each Guest pays for their beer, wine or cocktail
Open Bar
Host/Hostess pays for all alcohol consumed
Partial Open Bar
Host/Hostess pays for beer, wine or punch. Each Guest pays for their cocktail
Specialties of the House
Holiday drinks available upon request
Dobbins Coffee
Amaretto, Creme de Cacao
Dons Derring Do
Southern Comfort, Apricot Brandy, fruit juices
Rum Bellies Vengence
2 rums, coffee, brandy, fruit juices
Springhouse Punch
Rum, brandy, fruit juices
Mint Julep
(in season) Bourbon, soda, fresh mint
Hot Buttered Rum
Rum, butter, apple cider, sugar, cinnamon
Irish Coffee
Irish Whiskey, whipped cream, cherry
Winter Warmer
Coffee, cocoa, Brandy, Kahlua
Hot Brick Toddy
Whiskey, butter, sugar, cinnamon
Appetizers
Cup Of Homemade Soup
$2.75
Hot Homemade White And Sweet Breads
$1.25
our house specialty! with whipped butter. guaranteed to delight your group.
Entrees
includes beverage and choice of homemade dessert. for those on a timetable, we suggest only one menu choice be selected.
Hot Sandwiches
$13.95
served on whole wheat bread. choice of: turkey with bacon and swiss cheese, hot ham and swiss, reuben on rye bread.
Cup Of Homemade Soup
$13.95
sliced turkey on a hearth baked roll with potato chips.
Chicken Caesar Salad
$13.95
a classic caesar salad served with grilled marinated chicken.
Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich
$17.5
4 oz. jumbo lump crab cake served with potato chips.
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich
$14.25
marinated chicken served with potato chips.
Baked Chicken
$14.5
with mushrooms and supreme sauce. served with a baked potato. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.
Broiled Flounder
$15.5
with lemon butter, served with baked potato. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.
Pa Dutch Ham, Green Beans
$14.5
and boiled potatoes. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.
Seafood Newburg
$15.5
(min 20) scallops, shrimp and fish. served with rice. include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.
Pa Dutch Boiled Chicken Pot Pie
$15.5
(min 20) include a tossed salad topped with homemade dressing.
Desserts
select one:
Fudge Brownies
Blueberry Trifle
Gingerbread With Lemon Sauce
Colonial Pudding Cake
Chocolate Cake
Cherry Crumb Pie
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Main
$10.50 Per Person. Minimum of 30 Guests
Fresh Breads and Muffins
Entrees
Orange Juice for all Coffee and Hot Tea for Adults
Scrambled Eggs
Bacon
Home Fried Potatoes
Student Deli Buffet
$13.25 Per Person. Minimum of 30 Guests. Water and Lemonade For Students. Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea for Adults. Buffet Served with Condiments and Chips
Main
Soup and Salad Bar
Entrees
Turkey and Ham Cold Cuts
Swiss and Provolone Cheese
White, Wheat and Rye Bread
Barbequed Chicken
Penne Pasta in Tomato Sauce
Desserts
Fudge Brownies
Chocolate Cake
Vanilla Pudding
Colonial Pudding Cake
Student Dinner (Sit Down)
$17.25 Per Person. Coffee, Tea and Iced Tea for Adults. Water and Lemonade for Students
Home Baked Breads
Tossed Garden Salad
with Ranch Dressing
Baked Chicken
with Supreme Sauce / Baked White Potato
Penne Pasta
with Tomato Sauce
Buttered Corn
Fudge Brownie
Student Dinner Buffet
$17.25 Per Person. Minimum of 30 Guests. Water and Lemonade for Students. Coffee, Hot Tea and Ice Tea for Adults
Main
25 Item Salad Bar
Fresh Baked Breads
Entrees
Chicken Coq Auvin
Baked Ham
with Pineapple Raisin Sauce
Penne Pasta in Tomato Sauce
Vegetables
Rice Pilaf
Oven Roasted Potatoes
Buttered Dill Carrots
Green Beans
Desserts
Fudge Brownies
Blueberry Trifle
Vanilla Pudding
Colonial Pudding Cake
Soup & Salad Bar
Lavish 25 Item Salad Bar Including:
Soup of the Day
Fresh Salad Makings
Homemade Dressings
Homemade Relish Condiments
Entrees
Cold Items
Assorted Cold Cuts & Cheesses
Turkey
Smokehouse Ham
Swiss Cheese
Provolone Cheese
Hot Items
Penne Pasta in Tomato Sauce
Barbecued Chicken
Dessert Table
Fudge Brownies
Chocolate Cake
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Beverages
Orange Juice
Coffee
Tea
Motorcoach Luncheons
Served at your table. Served 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Entrees
Includes beverage and choice of homemade dessert. Please select from either the Lighter Fare OR the Heartier Fare listings
Lighter Fare
$13.50 (entree count needed)
Hot Sandwiches
Served open faced with Potato Chips. Choice of:
Turkey with Bacon and Swiss Cheese
Hot Ham and Swiss Cheese
Reuben on Rye Bread
Heartier Fare
1 Entree Choice $17, 2 Entree Choice w/ count $18, 3 Entree Choice w/ count $19
Tossed Garden Salad
with Homemade Dressing
Home Baked Breads
with Whipped Butter
Baked Chicken
with mushrooms and supreme sauce
Broiled Flounder
with lemon butter served with baked potato
Baked Ham
with pineapple raisin sauce served with baked potato
Desserts
select one
Fudge Brownies
Colonial Pudding Cake
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Chocolate Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Salad & Bread Bar
$22. Served in the Abigail Adams Ballroom only. Minimum of 30 guests
Lavish 25 Item Salad Bar
Fresh Baked Breads
Entrees
Chicken Coq au Vin
Baked Ham
with Pineapple Raisin Sauce
Penne Pasta & Tomato Sauce
Vegetables
Rice Pilaf
Oven Roasted Potatoes
Buttered Dilled Carrots
Green Beans Almondine
Desserts
Fudge Brownies
Blueberry Trifle
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Colonial Pudding Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Dobbin's Special Dinner Buffet
$32. Served in the Abigail Adams Ballroom only. Minimum of 30 guests
Salad & Bread Bar
Lavish 25 Item Salad Bar
Fresh Baked Breads
Entrees
select three - one from each column
Chicken
Hunters Style
Coq au Vin
Seafood
Newburg
Creole
Beef Tips
Stroganoff
Peppered with Mushrooms
Vegetables
select four
Rice Pilaf
Buttered Dill Carrots
Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Buttered Corn
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes
O'Brien Potatoes
Broccoli & Cauliflower
w/ cheese sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans Almondine
Squash Medley
Desserts
select three
Chocolate Cake
Blueberry Trifle
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Fruit Tarts
Colonial Pudding Cake
Chocolate Mousse
Fudge Brownies
Cherry Crumb Pie
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Motorcoach Dobbin's Dinners
Served to your table. Includes salad, homemade breads, entree, dessert and beverage
Dobbin's Three Entree Dinners
$31.50 with Entree Count, $33.50 without Advance Count
Main
Tossed Salad
with Herb Dressing
Home Baked Breads
Entree Choice
Baked Chicken Hunters Style
Broiled Fillet of Salmon
Primal Rib of Beef
Baked Potato
Seasonal Vegetable
Dessert
Please select one for your guests
Chocolate Cake
Fruit Tarts
Fudge Brownies
Chocolate Mousse
Gingerbread
with Lemon Sauce
Blueberry Trifle
Cherry Crumb Pie
Colonial Pudding Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Good N' Plenty Dinners
1 Entree Choice - $23.50, 2 Entree Choice w/ count - $24.50, 3 Entree Choice w/ count - $25.50
Main
Tossed Garden Salad
with Homemade Dressing
Hot Home Baked Breads
with Whipped Butter
Baked White Potato
Seasonal Vegetable
Entree Choice
Broiled Flounder
with Lemon Butter
Baked Chicken
with Mushrooms and Supreme Sauce
Baked Smithfield Ham
with Pineapple Raisin Sauce
Dessert
Cocolate Cake
Beverages
Coffee
Tea
Ice Tea
Garden Stuff
We have created a hospitality sallade of the freshly picked garden green stuff. To dress your sallade, homemade delicately spiced herb, bleu cheese, fat free french, ranch dressing. Or, You May Choose:
Caesar Sallade
$2.5
Spinache Sallade
$2.5
with hot bacon dressing
Homemade Breads, All Sorts
A basket of assorted colonial breads passed to your table fresh from our own bakery, served up with a galipot of butter
Homemade Breads, All Sorts
For your complete dining pleasure, our entire menu is prepared from the finest and freshest ingredients. Our servants will be most pleased to describe the delicacies prepared for tonight and to assist you in making your selection
Our Favorite Cocktails
Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry
Dry Sack Sherry
Dubonnet
Taylor Dry Sherry
Taylor Cream Sherry
Champagne Cocktail
Gimlet
Marguerita
Rob Roy
Old Fashioned
Bloody Mary
Bacardi Cocktail
Daiquiri
Wine Spritzer
Pina Colada
Harvey Wallbanger
Singapore Sling
Planters Punch
Tom Collins
Screw Driver
Brandy Alexander
Rusty Nail
Stinger
Vegetables
Vegetables
$2.5
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
Of Soups & C.
For a flavorful beginning!
Avocado Louis
Chilled backfin crabmeat disposed in a fanciful manner atop an avocado. Served with sauce louis, a creamy blend of herbs and lemon
Appetizer of the Day
A generous offering disposed in a fanciful manner to dress your table. Your servant will gladly describe the appetizer and its unique preparation
Fruit Fancy
$6.95
Our Adams County is one of the leaders in fruit production in the United States. We are proud to provide the seasons best fruit stuff fixed in the best manner of local receipts
Baked King's Onion Soup
$6.5
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
Porridge of the Day
$5.75
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
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
$13.5
Steamed over a gill of small beer and selected seasonings. Served with a sauce of spicy persuasion
Vegetable Isabella
$20.95
in the tradition of our "Seafood Isabella. " Fresh vegetables sauteed in a wine sauce & laid to rest on a bed of pasta
Vegetarian Fare
On days when the hunt was not successful, Mrs. Dobbin often prepared delicious suppers with fresh Adams County Vegetables. This evening's selections include:
Oven Roasted Vegetables
$19.95
Carrots, mushrooms, onions, and squash served with pasta & tomato sauce
Vegetable Sautee'
$19.95
Broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, and vegetable of the day served with a crumb-topped crown of tomato and potato of the day
Of Flesh
As our land has progressed from a 'wilderness' to a 'farm', our larder has changed from wild game to domestic beef, pork, and poultry. Currently, we have 14 head of cattle which now sell for $0.07 a pound! Add a Maryland Colony Crabcake $12.95
Of Flesh and Fish
$42.95
A favorite among Rev. Dobbin's house guests. Visitors come for miles to enjoy his treat. Includes a 5-6 oz. Lobster Tail and a 5 oz. Filet Mignon-thick, tender, and delicious. It eats extremely well
New York Colony Strip Steak, Carved to Order
$29.95
Partake of Rev. Dobbin's favorite, a flavorful and tender portion of beef steak, carved from the finest of meats. Cooked to your choice of doneness and served up on a china plate with its own juices
Hunters Chicken
$23.95
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
Broiled Filet Mignon
$29.95
Cooked according to the strength of fire you prefer, and served up hot and on a china plate steeped in its own savory liquor
Of Flesh - Rev. Dobbin Suggests
Fresh Button Mushrooms gently smothered in butter, chablis, & tarragon sauce. $2.50
Primal Rib of Beef
$30.95
Melt in your mouth standing beef rib, cooked to your choice of doneness in a reflector oven with its own juice steeped therein. James': The larger portion goes to Dobbin's favorite son for being the first attorney to be admitted to our new county's bar. Smiths': The regular portion goes to Dobbin's stepson who's in trouble because he carved his initials (S.A) on the mantle in the parlor
Veal Madeira
$24.95
Tender escallopes of veal sauteed on a clear brisk fire. Finished with a madeira scented sauce and Penna. mushrooms. A delicious cookery!
Roast Duck Adams County
$31.95
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
Trio of Lamb Chops
$34.95
Three tender chops broiled to the strength of fire you prefer. Served up with peppered Merlot sauce. Succulently delicious
William Penn's Pork Tenderloin
$24.95
Agreeably cut pork tenderloin, sufficiently broiled and made ready to dish with an outstanding raspberry sauce
Of Fish
Reverend Dobbin often journeys to Philadelphia for Synod Meetings. He delights in returning with sea animals that Mrs. Dobbin loves to broil over a clear brisk fire for family and friends just like you
Broiled Lobster Tail
A splendid delicacy from farther away than we can imagine, tasting admirably well. A 12 oz. Tail with drawn butter
Fine Fowl with Shrimps
$25.95
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
Gettystown Shrimp
$27.95
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
Maryland Colony Crabcakes
$27.95
Rich with natural goodness, broiled and served up hot, containing more 'juft crabmeat' than you've ever seen!
Seafood Isabella
$29.95
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 seafoods in a wine sauce, then simmered over hot ember' til tender. Dishes up on a bed of pasta. It answers well
Imperial Crab
$26.95
Lump Crabmeat topped with imperial sauce and His Majefty's favorite spices. Baked to a proper brownness. Eats finely done thus
Seafarers Feast
$42.95
A favorite of this area, which Rev. Dobbin now calls "Gettistown" ! A generous portion of tasty offerings from the sea served up broiled 'til just tender, as you wish. Orange Roughy, Fillet of Salmon, Maryland Crabcake, Marinated Shrimp, Deep Sea Scallops
Drunken Scallops
$32.95
Deep sea scallops sauteed with bacon and herbs, then drowned in Chablis. Served directly to you in a succulent sauce
Crabmeat a la Dobbin
Lump Blue Crabmeat at its very best. Gently tossed in hot butter sauce until done to perfection. An agreeable dish
Fresh Catch of the Day
$26.95
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
Of Homemade Confectionaries & C.
Desserts
The deliciousness of the homemade desserts set forth below will, by reference to our confectionaries pamphlet, more full appear
Ice Cream
Sorbet
Gulielma Penn's Cheesecake
Receipt After the Best Manner
Mrs. Dobbin's Dessert of the Day
Pecan Pye
Adams County Apple Pye
Of Health Drinking
Ask your servant to see our Tea Chest!
Sparkling Cyder
A country drink locally pressed of sustenance from breakfast to bedtime for women, children, farmers, & c. A gesture of hospitality. Glass or Bottle
Coffee
Brewed Decaffeinated
English Tea (for Loyalists)
Lemonade
Iced Tea
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Diet Coke
Coke
Milk
IBC Root Beer
American Rebellion Teas
To drink these "Liberty Teas" is a sign of defiance of the Crown and its proliferating taxes and duties!