Rise and ShineHEARTY FAVORITESThe Hotel Plate $10A great way to start the day! 2 eggs* made your way, choice of bacon or sausage with home fries & a biscuit.

Sausage Gravy & Biscuits $7An open face buttermilk biscuit smothered with our chef’s own creamy sausage gravy

The Biscuit Sandwich $61 egg* choice of country ham, bacon or sausage with American cheese

Rueger’s Omelette $11Spinach, green peppers, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. Served with a side of fresh fruit. Add bacon, sausage or ham $2

Belgian Waffl e $9Fresh off the iron topped with your choice of berries & whipped cream or creamery butter and breakfast syrup

Chicken & Waffl e Biscuit $9Our chef’s favorite! Tender fried chicken on a fl aky buttermilk biscuit, smothered in his homemade maple chicken gravy. Yum!

Breakfast Bowl $9Biscuit, sausage gravy, potatoes, eggs (cooked to order)

Side of Bacon, Sausage or Turkey Sausage $4

BEVERAGESFreshly Brewed Coffee $3Regular or decaf

Luzianne Brewed Ice Tea $3

Assorted Hot Teas $3A selection of Bigelow favorites

Assorted Juices Small $3 Large $4Apple, cranberry, orange or tomato

Whole Milk $3

Soft Drinks $3Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Pibb Xtra, Fanta Orange, Ginger Ale

LIGHTER OPTIONSThe Healthy Start $7Yogurt and Granola Parfait

Yogurt $3Chobani Greek Yogurt, vanilla, strawberry or blueberry

Fresh Fruit Bowl $7Blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, honey dew, and grapes

Cereal or Granola $4Choice of Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, Honey Nut Cheerios or Granola

Grits $4White stone-ground Byrd Mill Grits

Oatmeal $4Steel cut. Served with creme, raisons and brown sugar.

Rueger’s Cinnamon Roll $5Hot and fresh from the oven

Breakfast Bread $4Ask about today’s fresh assortment

Toast $3Wheatberry or thick-cut white, served with assorted jelly and creamery butter

Muffi n $3Chocolate chip, blueberry or banana nut

Bagel $3Ask about today’s selection. Served with cream cheese

Biscuit $3Hot buttermilk biscuit served with assorted jelly and creamery butter

*These items may be served raw or under cooked. Consuming raw or under-cooked meats, seafood or eggs may cause foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.

HISTORY OF RUEGER’SIn 1842, Louis Rueger emigrated from Germany to Richmond, opening a saloon and café on Broad Street. In 1846 he moved his establishment to this location at 9th and Bank Street. His business thrived until the Civil War, when martial law was declared and his building was seized, to be used as the Commodore of the Confederate Navy’s headquarters. Rueger traveled back to his native Germany during the war, returning to Richmond after fi ve years to fi nd his beloved Rueger’s destroyed, a casualty of the great fi re of 1865.

Rueger was not deterred, and rebuilt bigger and better than before. Over time he added boarding rooms for intoxicated clientele. The demand for rooms to rent grew, and by 1901 the Rueger family had acquired the surrounding buildings and opened a 24-room hotel, the fi rst Hotel Rueger. On July 24, 1901 the Richmond Times newspaper declared, “Mr. Rueger has fi tted up the buildings adjoining his restaurant on Bank Street in a style of magnifi cence that insures every comfort and luxury.”

Rueger’s son, William, had even bigger dreams. In 1912 he announced plans for what was to become the new Hotel Rueger. On November 5, 1913, the hotel you are sitting in today opened for the fi rst time. It then boasted 136 bedrooms, of which 80 percent had private baths. The restaurant could seat 200 guests, there were eight private dining rooms which accommodated up to 36 diners, a basement level grill room for businessmen, and a roof garden above the 10th fl oor.

Hotel Rueger remained one of the top lodging establishments in Richmond for decades. In the 1950’s, with a change of ownership came a change of name, to Hotel Raleigh. At this time the roof garden was enclosed and an 11th fl oor of guestrooms added. In 1982 Fredericksburg developer Larry Silver saw the potential of this historic building. After purchasing the property, he gutted what was then a 123 room hotel to create 59 very spacious one and two room suites. Mr. Silver christened the establishment the Commonwealth Park Suites Hotel.

In 2004, an affi liate of SMI Hotel Group purchased the property, and with our recent renovations are proud to reintroduce The Commonwealth to our guests. As you dine with us today, take a moment to remember our history, represented by the photographs on our Gallery Wall:

1. Broad Street at nightdate unknown

2. Triple Crossing (only place in North America where 3 Class I railroads cross at different levels)1926

3. Hofheimer’s Shoe Store3rd and Broad Streetcirca 1940

4. Military Parade on Broad Street1944

5. George Washington Equestrian MonumentCapitol Squarecompleted 1869

6. Kanawha CanalHaxall Flour Mill Ruins from the Evacuation Fire of 1865

7. Aerial view of Richmond looking across James Riverdate unknown

8. Emrick Chevroletcorner of Adams and Brook Roadscirca 1925

9. Byrd Theater2908 W. Cary Street1941

10. Final Run for Richmond’s electric streetcars1949

11. Hotel Raleigh901 Bank Streetcirca 1952

12. The original Hotel Rueger901 Bank Streetcirca 1901

13. Byrd Theater2908 W. Cary Streetopening night for “Down Argentine Way”1940

14. Drawbridge over Kanawha Canalearly 1900’s

15. Hotel Rueger901 Bank Streetcirca 1920

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