Enjoy fine dining in the Kennett Square Inn open for both lunch and dinners or simply enjoy a cool cocktail in our tavern.
 
   The Kennett Square Inn is located in the historic town of Kennett Square "known as the mushroom capital of the world" on settled by William Penn's quakers, the town figured prominently in the battle of the Brandywine. Lord Howe landed his troops at Elkton Maryland and moved to Kennett Square where on the morning of the 9th of Sept. 1776 he split his army of British and Hessian troops - the Hessians under Knyphausen and the British under Lord Howe - to move against Washington at the historic battle of the Brandywine. The battle proved to be a decisive victory for the British and forced Washington to retreat to Valley Forge during the bitter winter of 1776.
 
   The Kennett Inn, originally founded in 1835 was renovated in 1927 as "The Green Gate Tea Room "during the era of prohibition, then in 1976 the Inn was restored with great care to present a formal dining room and colonial tavern with hard wood floors, cherry tables which preserves its history with a friendly small town hospitality.
 
   We welcome you to Kennett Square "our Victorian little town" 1 mile south of Longwood Gardens and trust you will enjoy your visit.