The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300 Years Old (www.smithsonianmag.com)
from noumenon@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 01:07
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pwnicholson@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 03:38 next collapse

There are multiple restaurants in Japan that are hundreds of years older than this

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owariya

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net on 06 Jan 11:27 collapse

How did Guiness Book of World Records miss that? You should send them an email.

M137@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 12:16 collapse

miss*

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net on 06 Jan 12:48 collapse

Thanks.

ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 03:50 next collapse

i ate at st peters in Salzburg many years ago, it was established year 803, so more than 1200 years old…

doc@fedia.io on 06 Jan 06:17 collapse

Uninterupted? Sounds like this place has never closed, even during war, in 300 years. I presume exceptions for holidays and maintenance.

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 16:41 collapse

Tough to say, but we have a dozen restaurants in the U.S. older than 300 years, so it is plausible since we have only had the civil war on our soil in that time frame. There are multiple pubs in England that date (themselves) to 1200 years ago, too.

Maybe the distinction isn’t just “continuously running” but also under the same name and without major renovations??

village604@adultswim.fan on 06 Jan 21:02 collapse

You can do renovations and still remain open depending on the building layout.

Deconceptualist@leminal.space on 06 Jan 05:48 next collapse

Per the article

longest continuously running restaurant on record

confirmed by the Guiness Book of World Records

indig0@pawb.social on 07 Jan 23:23 collapse

For those curious, the restaurant is “Sobrino de Botín” in Madrid.