(2018) The Black Powder Tavern is a restaurant whose history is rooted before the formation of the United States of America. The building in which the tavern is housed was built in 1746, and operated as a respite for travelers and then a rendezvous point for George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, and more leaders of the American Revolution. The Black Powder Tavern offers a menu with craft American fare, with beer-baked pretzel sticks, chicken wings, loaded potato chips, chicken pot pie, and more.