Michie Tavern, founded in 1784, is a restaurant located in Charlottesville, Va. The restaurant has served travelers for more than 200 years by providing a place to eat, drink and sleep. Its facilities include assembly room, dining area, ballroom, ladies parlor, general store and resting rooms. It provides a banquet hall for wedding parties, rehearsal dinners, private party, conferences, and travel and school group meetings and birthday parties. It offers buffets and candlelit dinning, and its culinary staff provide a wide variety of cuisine, including fried chicken, hickory smoked pork barbecue, black-eyed peas, stewed tomatoes, green bean salad, potato salad, whole baby beets, coleslaw, homemade biscuits, and beverages and desserts. The restaurant also offers a gift shop that proides apparels, shawls, scarves, hats, handkerchiefs, haversacks, hooked rugs, quilts, jewelry and books. Michie Tavern remains operational throughout the year for its visitors.