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Sheilds Tavern

Address
422 E Duke Of Gloucester St Williamsburg VA 23185
Phone
(757) 229-2141
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Total Reviews
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(888) 965-7254
Fax
(419) 294-5234

Business Hours

Status: Closes in 23 minutes

Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm
Wednesday
11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm
Thursday
11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm
Friday
11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday
11:00am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm

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With an inviting atmosphere and a home-style menu featuring lunch classics like hot dogs and hamburgers, Shields Tavern offers something to satisfy even the most particular of appetites. Below stairs, the setting is relaxing and intimate with lively characters and music.

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Editorial reviews from the web (4)

Proprietor James Shields served the lesser gentry and upper middling ranks of locals and travelers in the 1740s. Today, the largest of the colonial taverns now serves more than just light fare, though gumbo soup, salads, wrap sandwiches, and pie are still popular. Heartier food includes traditional 18th-century fare such as welsh rarebit (spicy cheese served over toast) and more modern dishes...

Evidently, the powers that be decreed four full-on taverns with a large "Bill of Fayre" to be overkill, so Shields has become a coffeehouse instead. While lamenting the demotion of the magnificently cranky host, James Shields—a scenery-chewing part that allowed actors large portions of ham—one has to admit this is useful (and besides, Shields still makes an appearance). During the day, you sit...

In 1766, Josiah Chowning announced the opening of a tavern "where all who please to favour me with their custom may depend upon the best of entertainment for themselves, servants, and horses, and good pasturage." It's charming, with low-beamed ceilings, raw pine floors, and country-made furnishings. There are two working fireplaces, and at night you dine by candlelight. These days it's once...

With 11 dining rooms and a garden under a trumpet-vine-covered arbor that seats 200, Shields is the largest of the Historic Area's tavern/restaurants. It's named for James Shields who, with his wife, Anne, and family, ran a much-frequented hostelry on this site in the mid-1700s. Based on a room-by-room inventory of Shields' personal effects, the tavern has been furnished with items similar to...

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Average Rating
100

Great periodic entertainment. Authentic delicious fresh meals- recommend the ale potted beef and cheese plate. A step back in time. Comfortable and enjoyable. A special time.

Average Rating
100

Your menu seems to be greatly diminished. Just a suggestion, many years ago you did offer Cornish game hens on your menu. No more now. Maybe restore this item?

Average Rating
20

We made our reservation 2 months ahead of time for New Year's Eve with a group of friends. We arrived and the place was completely out of beer, half of the cocktails, and number of items on the menu. Ridiculous. The server told us it was because they were going to be closing down for January. Not an excuse when you've been completely booked for a holiday for months. Should have been totally...

Average Rating
80

Overall a pleasant dining experience. The only downside was that we were seated in a small, two table room, that was obviously a wait staff station turned into seating space. The wait station was still in use and we we a through space to the kitchen. In spite of the poor seating, we had a nice dinner.

Average Rating
40

I realize that we were the last seating of the evening - but that does not justify the felt irritability we got from the hostess & the hurried service we received from our server

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Drawing influences from every corner of the former British Empire, the cuisine at James Shield's Tavern offers an authentic taste of the cosmopolitan nature of the Colonies in the 18th century. Enjoy sugar, molasses, and rum from the West Indies. Sip wines from Portugal, coffee from Africa, and tea from Asia. Savor unique spice blends from around the world, and sample colonial favorites such as...

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With an inviting atmosphere and a home-style menu featuring lunch classics like hot dogs and hamburgers, Shields Tavern offers something to satisfy even the most particular of appetites. Below stairs, the setting is relaxing and intimate with lively characters and music.

Chowning's Tavern was founded in 2010. Chowning's Tavern specializes in Retail - Tavern (drinking Places).

Chownings Tavern is located at Duke Of Gloucester St, Newport News, VA. This business specializes in Restaurants.

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