1937 First Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101


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The Virginia Inn A Seattle Institution
at First and Virginia

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Lunch Menu
(Served 11:30am - 3pm)

Hors d'Ouevre

Smoked Salmon Plate
8.00
Hot smoked salmon served with cream cheese
Meze Plate
8.00
Tapenade, hummus, roasted peppers, and herbed goat cheese
Brie
8.00
Served with warm apple and walnut
Pate Selection
8.00
Served with cornichons and Dijon mustard
Cakewalk Oysters
8.00
Lightly spiced pan fried oysters served with remoulade
Marinated Olives
5.00
Greena and black olives with cumin, coriander, fennel, and chilies
Frites
5.00
Served with red pepper chipotle aioli
Arisanal Cheese Selection
10.00

Soup/Salad

Soup du Jour
5.00
Mixed Green Salad
6.00
with thyme vinaigrette
Add Oregon blue cheese or goat cheese
8.00
Caesar Salad
8.00
Romain, parmesan, croutons, and Caesar dressing
Add grilled chicken
3.00
Add pan fried oysters
4.00
Add crabmeat
5.00
Escarole and Frisee Salad
8.00
With applewood smoke bacon, Manchego cheese, roast shallot, sherry vinegar and walnut oil vinaigrette
Crab Salad
10.00
Claw meat, frisee, citrus selections and aioli dressing

Sandwiches

Cheeseburger
900
Oregon natural beef with gruyere, mixed greens, red onion, tomato and red pepper chipotle aioli
Grilled Chicken
9.00
Herb marinade, caper mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, and fontina
Sausage
9.00
Italian sausage sauteed with peppers, onions, garlic and tomato, served with fontina
Muffaletta
9.00
Mortadella, salami, prosciutto, provolone, fontina, and olive salad
Veggie Muffaletta
9.00
Artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, pinenut spread, provolone, spinach, Creole mustard, and olive salad
Jambon
9.00
Lightly herbed Italian ham, gruyere, and sweet butter
French Dip
9.00
Herb and pepper rubbed roast beef, au jus

Dinners

Moules
12.00
Mussels steamed with white wine, garlic, shallots, herbs, and butter, served with bread
Dungeness Crabcake
Single 12.00 Double 20.00
The best in town, all crab meat served with chips, slaw, and Dijon aioli
Chicken and Andouille Sausage Gumbo
11.00
A VI Favorite
Quiche and Salad
8.00

Dessert

• Please ask your server about today's desserts •