Oldest bars in America

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Neat feature on the oldest bars in each state.

Wanna guess which state has the oldest bar in the country?

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-oldest-bar-in-every-state-in-america-98176755662.html


I want to learn more about Kings Tavern in Mississippi.

What’s worse than tearing out a wall during a renovation and finding a dead body? Tearing out said wall and finding THREE dead bodies, plus a jeweled dagger, all of which date back a good 160 years. That’s exactly what happened in the 1930s when workers uncovered what they suspected to be the remains of original owner Richard King’s mistress, along with two unidentified males.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Not sure how accurate some of this is .. W.Va lists the Three Gables Club (been there). But I don't think so. I know of at least one bar that's been around since 1899.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I got ripped as a young man at Boston's Green Dragon Tavern, est. 1714.
The Sons of Liberty met there, Boston Tea Party was plotted there.
Worth a visit.

 

[Vombatus]

I would have preferred the list be the longest continuously serving bars, allowing for the Prohibition interruption.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Been to the Griswold Inn in Essex, Conn., many times. Awesome place. Mrs. Corky and I also went to the White Horse Tavern in Rhode Island a few years ago and it was great. Nice, big fireplaces on a cold winter's day.

 

[User 1019]

Had many, many beers in King's Tavern. Wonderful place, although I think Natchez has fallen on harder times since I left.

 

[User 1019]

Had a few in The Brick in Rosalyn as well.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Not sure how accurate some of this is.

I call BS on Virginia's entry. Gadsby's Tavern in Old Town Alexandria opened nine years before the one they listed.

 

[Vombatus]

Yeah, me too on VA. Abington is in the sticks of SW VA. NTTAWWT.

 

[playthrough]

Good one in Fernandina Beach, Fla. That entire town is a great escape from Jacksonville.

 

[X-Hack]

It was called Fernandina at the time. My grandparents grew up there and my great uncle, a local lawyer, banker, judge and real estate developer suggested in the 1950s that it be renamed Fernandina Beach (to generate business - sounds more resortlike and less like the sleepy Southern town that it was)

 

[heyabbott]

The Raliegh Taverrn in Historic Williamsburg, Va opened in 1717 destroyed by fire in 1859 and reopened. Same place, different structure. Older than the Abington.

Been to the Middeton Tavern in Annapolis, often. Nice place, not as touristy as you'd think considering in is at the town dock. Best Crab cakes? hardly. But if you're not from the area they are good.

 

[Vombatus]

The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point, Baltimore claims to be the oldest saloon in America, and that it has operated continuously even through Prohibition. Open since 1775.

Fun place. Always had that hole in the wall feel.

 

[heyabbott]

The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point, Baltimore claims to be the oldest saloon in America, and that it has operated continuously even through Prohibition. Open since 1775.

Fun place. Always had that hole in the wall feel.

Baltimore still has that dingy working class vibe with enough students to give many of the bar areas, Fells Point, Fed Hill and Canton a good dive bar scene.

 

[joe king]

The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point, Baltimore claims to be the oldest saloon in America, and that it has operated continuously even through Prohibition. Open since 1775.

Fun place. Always had that hole in the wall feel.

Are you sure you don't mean The Horse You Rode Inn of Car Talk fame?

 

[bumpy mcgee]

Knocked a few back at Lafitte's during a weekend in New Orleans. Way at an end of Bourbon Street, it was like a whole different world.

 

[Buck]

I grew up in South Jersey and have been by the Barnsboro Inn many times. I never knew it had any more or less historical significance than any other old building in the region. Honestly, they don't do a good job of marketing it if the Yahoo claim is true.

Same with the place in Ambler, PA. I never frequented Ambler, but I've been to and through the town. I never knew such a place existed. I would've stopped by.

I have admit some skepticism as to the veracity of this list.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

For such a historic city and such a great drinking city, Charleston does not have a go-to old bar.

 

[ucacm]

The only ones I've been to are Ohio Club in Hot Springs, AR and Old Ebbitt in DC.

Ohio Club has a really cool vibe to it, but I don't remember the beer selection or food menu to be anything memorable. Then again, it is Arkansas. Hot Springs is a nice place to spend a weekend visiting.

Counting Old Ebbitt almost feels like cheating. Very good crab cakes and expensive drinks. Luckily, almost evey time I have been to Old Ebbitt, someone else was paying.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

BUMP.

Best Hotels by state ... A lot of cool places to stay!

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-coolest-hotel-in-every-state-100097968767.html

The Grand Hotel in Michigan has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. I saw it in a movie (Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour) and told my mom I was going to take her there.