September 12 - 17, 2022
Tavern Week is a celebration of America’s historic taverns that takes place each September at Fraunces Tavern Museum.
Explore the 2022 events below.
In-Person Program
Colonial Drinking Songs
September 13, 2022, 6:30pm
Performance by Anne Enslow and Ridley Enslow
Raise a glass to freedom and sing along to traditional songs from the colonial era performed by Anne Enslow and Ridley Enslow. These songs, performed on authentic 18th-century instruments, would have been heard in taverns across the colonies throughout the colonial era. Join us in singing to the tune of revolution!
This event will take place in person at Fraunces Tavern Museum.
Digital Resources
Samuel Fraunces’ Bill of Fare Zine
This digital zine includes information about the major cultural influences on New York City cuisine, food production and agriculture, and tavern cooking in the colonial era. Learn more about colonial New York food and the people who made it. Host your own tavern dinner with included recipes from Hannah Glasse’s The Art of Cookery!
From the Collection
Tools of the Tavern Digital Collection
Curated by Lisa Goulet and Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli
Explore a selection of pieces of cookware to learn about colonists used these objects to prepare, cook, and serve food in their daily lives.
Samuel Fraunces: Revolutionary Tavernkeeper and Patriot
Revisit Tavern Week 2021 with this digital lecture celebrating Samuel Fraunces, a revolutionary tavernkeeper, and Patriot during the Revolutionary War. Presented by Special Programs and Engagement Manager Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli, the lecture explores the mysteries surrounding his early life, highlight his life in New York City and Philadelphia, and his relationship with General Washington.
On the Blog
The Art of Toasting During the Colonial era
Learn more about raising a glass in the revolutionary era!
Colonial Culinary Resource Database
A collection of research relating to 18th century cuisine, including customs around preparing, presenting, and preserving the food customs of a group of people.
Colonial Cookbook Database
Early cookbooks were compiled as manuscripts with recipes and handed down through each generation. As families expanded, they added new recipes from their family and friends to their manuscripts. Cookbooks are still cornerstones of communicating culinary practices because writing and sharing recipes is essential to a group of people's continuing customs, traditions, and diversity. Recipes in this cookbook are still prepared or adapted for changes in food trends and taste.
