Oldest Roadfood Places?

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (eruby)

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:36:52 GMT

Totonno's Pizza in Brooklyn is a relative youngster (1924), though I think they were closed for a while due to a fire.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (billyboy)

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:56:37 GMT

How about Ye Olde Pepper Companie in Salem, Massachusetts (across the street from the House of the Seven Gables)? It's a candy shop started in 1806. Gibralters (the first commercially made candy in America), Black Jacks, Horehound and Sassafras Slugs, Molasses Cuts, etc...

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (fishtaco)

Sat, 12 May 2012 10:01:43 GMT

buffetbuster

A few more.....

Indiana
Nick's Kitchen (1908)
St.Elmo's Steakhouse (1902)

Man how did I forget these two Hoosier gems.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (CCinNJ)

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:18:02 GMT

Dyer's in Memphis should get some special credit for 100 years in business...with the same ol'' oil still going strong.

Mc Sorley's in NYC was established in 1854.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (FriedClamFanatic)

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:02:53 GMT

I did some googling.............as accurate as that may be.......but says Faunce's Tavern in NYC is the Oldest in the US......and some place in Spain goes back to 1725.........when I lived in the UK, it seemed some of the pubs I ate in were older than that......at least the food had been around longer than that

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle)

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:00:32 GMT

Saltsman's in NY - 1813
and maybe the record holder (at least for Roadfood-reviewed places), Griswold Inn in CT - 1776.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Tony Bad)

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:53:22 GMT

buffetbuster

Tony, I am curious why you chose the year 1926. That was the year my father was born, but I'm guessing that wasn't the reason.

Hi Cliff...it was because of this http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=697489

I was reading their revised web page and saw this little shack had been there since 1926, which given the changes the area has undergone since then, was rather remarkable to me. It just got me thinking of some of the longer lasting roadfood places.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (buffetbuster)

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:49:37 GMT

Tony, I am curious why you chose the year 1926. That was the year my father was born, but I'm guessing that wasn't the reason.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Ralph Melton)

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:13:22 GMT

Another location: Schwabl's in Buffalo.

I'm not quite sure which date to choose of the many cited in http://www.schwabls.com/menu.pdf .

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Tony Bad)

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:06:22 GMT

This is cool...see I was right...I had no idea!

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (ann peeples)

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:31:36 GMT

Yes-but the WFB location is not associated with Jack's. Its Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn, and was owned by Jack's brother...thats the one started in 1915.Just a clarification!
Funny-just looked at the site you provided, and indeed it says Jack's! Never did before....I am wondering....

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (buffetbuster)

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:19:37 GMT

Ann, one of the Jack Pandl's did close, but the Whitefish Bay location is still open.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (ann peeples)

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:17:43 GMT

Sorry to say Jack Pandl's is closed now....

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (buffetbuster)

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:31:01 GMT

A few more.....

Indiana
Nick's Kitchen (1908)
St.Elmo's Steakhouse (1902)

Utah
Lamb's Grill (1919)
Idle Isle Cafe (1921)

Wisconsin
Jack Pandl's (1915)
White Gull Inn (1896)
Karl Ratzsch's (1904)

West Virginia
Coleman's Fish Market (1914)

Kansas
Cozy Inn (1922)
Brookville Hotel (1915)

Iowa
Breitbach's (1852)
Wilton Candy Kitchen (1910)

Virginia
Doumar's (1904)

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (wanderingjew)

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:30:49 GMT

I thought of some more
The Martin Hotel Winnemuca NV 1898
and
Joe's Stone Crab - Miami Beach FL celebrates 99 years- they opened in 1913

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Foodbme)

Fri, 11 May 2012 04:23:43 GMT

Rock Springs Cafe -1918 - Rock Springs, AZ
http://www.rockspringscafe.com/index.html
Oatman Hotel - 1902 - Oatman, AZ
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-oatmanhotel.html
El Tovar Hotel - 1905 - Grand Canyon, AZ
http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/el-tovar-409.html

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (FriedClamFanatic)

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:04:07 GMT

Union Street Oyster House........Bston..at least 1826

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Glenn1234)

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:50:20 GMT

Goolrick's Pharmacy and Soda Fountain. Fredericksburg, VA. 1863.

Glenn

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (joerogo)

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:12:08 GMT

I had lunch at a newbie on Monday. Zorn's, just about 72 years young. Old usually = good/great!

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (wanderingjew)

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:33:18 GMT

Can't forget one of my all time favorite Roadfood Restaurants in Denver
The Buckhorn Exchange 1893

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle)

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:19:35 GMT

In NOLA:
Antoine's, 1840 (gray area re Roadfood)
Tujaque's, 1856

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (fishtaco)

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:45:49 GMT

Shapiros in Indy 1905

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (billyboy)

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:40 GMT

I'd also include:
Dorset Inn (1796) - Vermont
Bidwell Tavern & Cafe (1822) - Coventry, CT
Tadich Grill (1849) - San Francisco, CA
Wilton Candy Kitchen (1860) - Wilton, IA
Cafe du Monde (1862) - NOLA
Southside Market & Barbeque (1882) - Elgin, TX
F.H. Gillingham & Sons (1886) - Vermont
Peter Luger (1887) - Brooklyn, NY
Katz's Delicatessen (1888) - NYC
Hartley's Original Pork Pies (1900) - Massachusetts
Kreuz Market (1900) - Lockhart, TX
Sunseri Bros. aka Pennsylvania Macaroni Co. (1902) - Pittsburgh, PA
Santarpio's (1903) - East Boston, MA
Doumar's Cone & Barbecue (1904) - Norfolk, VA
Galatoire's (1905) - NOLA
Central Grocery (1906) - NOLA
Barney Greengrass (1908) - NYC
Cattlemen's (1910) - Oklahoma
ACME Oyster House (1910) - NOLA
Yonah Schimmel's (1910) - NYC
Sonny Bryan's (1910) - Dallas, TX
Robert Wholey & Co. (1912) - Pittsburgh, PA
Dyer's Burgers (1912) - Memphis, TN

Tony Bad, not sure I'd put Lombardi's on this list as it's not in the original location, doesn't have the original oven and was closed for about 10 years before being "resurrected" by new owners.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (tiki)

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:20:26 GMT

Cant remember the name of the place--but there is a chinese place in Saramento that goes back to gold rush days and is still owned by the same family!--at there--it was good--but cant remember the name!!! Can any of you west coasters help me out with this?
It always surprised me too when a west coast place was really old--then i remember that Spain had missions there LONG AGO--like 1769!
Most of us dont think of California being there till the GOLD was found! :)

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (buffetbuster)

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:53:47 GMT

Just in California I found:

Duarte's Tavern (1894)
Giusti's (1910)
Musso & Frank (1919)
Philippe The Original (1908)
Shields Date Garden (1924)
Swan Oyster Depot (1912)

A few others:
Dew Drop Inn in Alabama (1924)
El Charro in Arizona (1922)

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Tony Bad)

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:11:54 GMT

buffetbuster

Tony, I am really surprised how old some of the places I visited on my recent trip are. Eischen's Bar goes back to 1896, which is pretty impressive considering Oklahoma didn't become a state until 1907. I tend to think of all the really old places being along the east coast, but that just isn't true.

I figured there were lots of other places around the country that had survived for many years that I never saw or heard of. You would certainly be the one who could point them out! Given the nature of the restaurant business and how tastes evolve over time, it is doubly amazing when a food establishment stands the test of time for many, many years.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (buffetbuster)

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:05:47 GMT

Tony, I am really surprised how old some of the places I visited on my recent trip are. Eischen's Bar goes back to 1896, which is pretty impressive considering Oklahoma didn't become a state until 1907. I tend to think of all the really old places being along the east coast, but that just isn't true.

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Tony Bad)

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:55:24 GMT

Completely forgot about those landmarks! Doh.

People from NY are not allowed to think of Boston

(I am actually a Met fan, and by default, root for any enemy of Yankees)

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (buffetbuster)

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:47:39 GMT

Tony, I would look towards Boston's Union Oyster House (1826) and Durgin Park (1827).

Re:Oldest Roadfood Places? (Michael Hoffman)

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:03:32 GMT

Tadich Grill is from 1897 (but opened originally as a coffee stand in 1849).

Cafe Du Monde, 1862. Central Grocery, 1906.