Civil War Restaurant

[bankerpapaw]

I saw Pickett's Buffet this past summer in Gettysburg but didn't stop in. should I next time?

It was good. Typical buffet.

 

[AndyHall]

Here are some restaurant menus from the 1860s:

http://menus.nypl.org/menus/decade/1860s

Here's one from Willard's, in Washington, that includes "cold slaugh":

 

[BelleBlackburn]

That's a cool menu! Did you happen to have that or was it a google product? Wonder what cold slaugh is? Cole slaw? Most of it seems amazingly familiar.

 

[Cumpston1862]

Yes they do dress period and have special names on the menu but I'm not sure you could call the meals period. I just ate there in the beginning of December.

Thinking back on it your update sounds about the way I remember it. I can't remember for the life of me if the food was good or not.

The low doorways and relic collection in the basement of the building made the biggest impression on me

 

[huskerblitz]

The menu isn't exactly as I thought it would be. But it's an interesting artifact.

 

[AndyHall]

That's a cool menu! Did you happen to have that or was it a google product? Wonder what cold slaugh is? Cole slaw? Most of it seems amazingly familiar.

It's online at the linked site. As fitting the best-known hotel in the Republic's capital, the menu is a nice mix of the plain (hominy, corned beef) and the pretentious (baked pike in a claret sauce).

 

[BelleBlackburn]

It would be very helpful if I would read words on top of the menu but apparently all I saw was the menu. I'm real smart and everything...

 

[AndyHall]

Oh! When we talked about restaurants a long time back, I couldn't find a Delmonico's menu from before the 1880s. But here's one from a special dinner for the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick from 1864.

 

[Northern Light]

Here are some restaurant menus from the 1860s:

http://menus.nypl.org/menus/decade/1860s

Here's one from Willard's, in Washington, that includes "cold slaugh":

Love the gravy stains on the menu, or is that drool over the yummy dishes?

 

[Northern Light]

Oh! When we talked about restaurants a long time back, I couldn't find a Delmonico's menu from before the 1880s. But here's one from a special dinner for the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick from 1864.

Sounds good to me! I love the toast to the United States, "I now pronounce you married!

 

[AndyHall]

The President of the Society, James T. Brady, was the son of Irish immigrants and probably could have been elected to most any office he wanted. He was apparently one helluva lawyer:

http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/pfaffs/p87/

 

[ole]

has anyone ever been to a CW themed restaurant or one that serves period food? I am a chef and my local historical society uses me for their catering which I often do period dinners. I have however, never been to a CW themed restaurant and didn't know if there are any out there. I even had some great names for some of the dishes but wasn't sure if I was beaten to the punch

Sounds like a fun idea, however .... Your location is not likely to draw many CW aficionados. Maybe a special dish once a week on a specified day. I would try your CW authentic CW dinner periodically.

 

[Northern Light]

I sort of thought some places like that dinner theatre would have the 'little Mac and cheese' or the 'Nathan Bedford Black Forrest cake' but that place actually looks really cool

Heh, I bet we could have some fun with this idea!

 

[diane]

You may be on to something! Here's a picture of johnny cakes and salt pork, a Confederate staple:



And the beef stew fed to the Union armies:



The hospital gingerbread doesn't look bad, either:

 

[War Horse]

Thinking back on it your update sounds about the way I remember it. I can't remember for the life of me if the food was good or not.

The low doorways and relic collection in the basement of the building made the biggest impression on me

The food was great and the movie collection in the bar is cool. Tom Barrengers shirt, Sam Elliot's hat. ( I think) all really cool stuff.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Tom Berenger's shirt ???!!!
Who cares for food then?

 

[Northern Light]

Tom Berenger's shirt ???!!!
Who cares for food then?

Still has pieces of that beard stuck to it, too!

 

[War Horse]

Here are some restaurant menus from the 1860s:

http://menus.nypl.org/menus/decade/1860s

Here's one from Willard's, in Washington, that includes "cold slaugh":

Once again an amazing Job Andy!

 

[FarawayFriend]

Still has pieces of that beard stuck to it, too!

As long as the beard is on the shirt and not in the food, it's okay by me. It never had been on his cheeks properly anyway.

 

[War Horse]

It's online at the linked site. As fitting the best-known hotel in the Republic's capital, the menu is a nice mix of the plain (hominy, corned beef) and the pretentious (baked pike in a claret sauce).

This is amazing. The famous people that saw this menu and sat at the tables of Willard's. Does it still stand? I love the story of when Grant checked in and the attendant said something like this. A small man that had the look that his last drink was not far behind him approached me to check in. The man had the stars of a general on his shoulders. I offered him a room on the sixth floor. He accepted it without complaint. I handed him the ledger, it was then that I noticed he signed it U.S Grant and Son. Could it be, I suddenly realized his messy uniform, his sunken eyes were the marks of a battle worn man. I then apologized and offered him a suite on the first floor. The best suite in the house, one that Lincoln himself had stayed in not long before. He smiled and accepted. This is no where near an exact quote but does get the my point across so be kind.