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Came across this list (in order from oldest to 'newest') and wanted to see how many I have tipped a beer glass in.
I have been in: White Horse Tavern; Newport, RI (1673) Horse You Came In On; Baltimore, MD (1775) Bell In Hand; Boston, MA (1795) The Union Hotel (a.k.a. The Allentown Hotel, now DiMattias Restaurant & Lounge); Allentown, NJ (1779) Logan Inn; New Hope, PA (1727) The Oldest Bars In America White Horse Tavern; Newport, RI (1673) The Broad Axe Tavern; Ambler, PA (1681) Old Yarmouth Inn; Yarmouth Port, MA [Cape Cod] (1696) Robert Morris Inn; Oxford, MD (1710) Longfellow’s Wayside Inn; Sudbury, MA (1716) Colt’s Neck Inn; Colts Neck, NJ (1717) [ancestry] Barnsboro Inn; Sewell, NJ (1720) Three Tuns Tavern; Mount Holly, NJ (1723) Jessop’s Tavern; New Castle, DE (1724) Logan Inn; New Hope, PA (1727) Red Fox Inn; Middleburg, VA (1728) White Swan Tavern; Chestertown, MD (1730) General Lafayette Inn & Brewery/recently sold and now Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery; Lafayette Hill, PA (1732) Hanover Tavern; Hanover, VA (1733) Mike’s York Street Bar & Grill; Warminster, PA (1734) [Date from reader, no claim on website.] New Boston Inn; Sandisfield, MA (1737) White Horse Inn; White Horse (Gap), PA (1740) Brittingham’s; Lafayette Hill, PA (1743) Blue Bell Inn; Blue Bell, PA (1743) General Warren Inn; Malvern, PA (1745) Reynolds Tavern; Annapolis, MD (1747) Middleton Tavern, Annapolis, MD (1750) Cranbury Inn, Cranbury, NJ (1750s) The Curtis House Inn, Woodbury, CT (1754) The Old ’76 House; Tappan, NY (1755) [Note: Building built in 1668, but the Tavern Room was built around 1755, so not sure which date should be used.] The Avon Old Farms Inn, Avon, CT (1757) [Seems to be a hotel now.] The Fairfield Inn, Fairfield, PA (1757) The Sun Inn, Bethlehem, PA (1758) Fraunces Tavern, New York, NY (1762) Jean Bonnet Tavern, Bedford, PA (1762) Beekman Arms/originally the Traphagen Tavern, Rheinbeck, NY (1766) Gadsby’s Tavern; Alexandria, VA (1770) [According to Wikipedia, it may not have been a tavern at all times in its history.] The Publick House, Sturbridge, MA (1771) Jean Lafittes Blacksmith Shop; New Orleans, LA (1772) The Red Lion; Stockbridge, MA (1773) Horse You Came In On; Baltimore, MD (1775) Griswold Inn; Essex, CT (1776) The Tavern; Abingdon, VA (1779) The Union Hotel (a.k.a. The Allentown Hotel, now DiMattias Restaurant & Lounge); Allentown, NJ (1779) The Old Talbott Tavern; Bardstown, KY (1779) The Warren Tavern; Charlestown, MA (1780) Michie Tavern; Charlottesville, VA (1784) The Tavern in Old Salem; Winston-Salem, NC (1784) {It may the current tavern was “built in 1816 as an annex to the historic 1784 Tavern.”] Gadsby’s Tavern; Alexandria, VA (1785) Wiggins Tavern; Northampton, MA (1786) [tavern moved from Hopkinton, New Hampshire] Moore’s Tavern; Freehold, NJ (1787) Conestoga Inn; Lancaster, PA (1789) The Hancock Inn; Hancock, NH (1789) Ye Old Tavern; Manchester, VT (1790) The Bridge Cafe; New York, NY (1794) [Appears to have not always been a bar.] Century Inn; Scenery Hill, PA (1794) Bell In Hand; Boston, MA (1795) Dorset Inn; Dorset, MA (1796) |
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| # 1 6/24/2015 11:20:02 AM |
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These 4 bars are the oldest in recorded history, according to Somerset Worskshop Magazine. The gold bar you see was first discovered in 1846 when the San Francisco gold rush first began by a man named James "Grizzly" Adams. The bronze looking one was found in Portugal in 1753 by Felix Herrera, and was astounded by its perfectly crafted form before he even came across it. The bar can be found today in the Lisbon Museum of Science. And yes, I know this forum says oldest bars IN AMERICA, but I still think it's worth sharing.
The final two are both metal pipes that were found in England in the 1500s. For all intensive purposes, these two bars are believed to be the very first bars that man came across. Again, not from America, but still important enough where it's worth sharing, in my book. Glad to see I'm not the only one on here with a vibrant interest in historic bars on this site!     |
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| # 2 6/24/2015 11:33:31 AM |
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These 4 bars are the oldest in recorded history, according to Somerset Worskshop Magazine. The gold bar you see was first discovered in 1846 when the San Francisco gold rush first began by a man named James "Grizzly" Adams. The bronze looking one was found in Portugal in 1753 by Felix Herrera, and was astounded by its perfectly crafted form before he even came across it. The bar can be found today in the Lisbon Museum of Science. And yes, I know this forum says oldest bars IN AMERICA, but I still think it's worth sharing. The final two are both metal pipes that were found in England in the 1500s. For all intensive purposes, these two bars are believed to be the very first bars that man came across. Again, not from America, but still important enough where it's worth sharing, in my book. Glad to see I'm not the only one on here with a vibrant interest in historic bars on this site! Jolly joker. |
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| # 3 6/24/2015 12:11:48 PM |
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It looks like Scott S. has a lot of work to do.
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| # 4 6/24/2015 4:17:27 PM |
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I have been to the one in Old Salem a few times.
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| # 5 6/24/2015 6:48:10 PM |
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I have been to the one in Old Salem a few times. Fat Chicks ! |
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| # 6 6/24/2015 7:21:05 PM |
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I have been to the one in Old Salem a few times. Fat Chicks ! I couldn't stop laughing when I passed that store in Old Salem. Who names a store T Bagge? |
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| # 7 6/24/2015 7:26:54 PM |
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So we now need to start a cross referenced list of golf courses closest to the taverns on the list. "The Tavern Tour"
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| # 8 6/24/2015 7:47:57 PM |
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Liquor license #1 in the state of FL was assigned to a well known spot in Miami called Tobacco Road.
I also played Tobacco Road golf club in NC. That's the closest I've come. |
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| # 9 6/24/2015 10:14:36 PM |
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So we now need to start a cross referenced list of golf courses closest to the taverns on the list. "The Tavern Tour" Public or private courses, sounds like a good project for me. |
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| # 10 6/24/2015 10:16:10 PM |
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I have been to the one in Old Salem a few times. Fat Chicks ! I couldn't stop laughing when I passed that store in Old Salem. Who names a store T Bagge? That is a great name for a bar, never know what happens after a few drinks. |
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| # 11 7/17/2015 6:43:57 PM |
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I've had a few drinks at Fraunce's Tavern in lower Manhattan. That's the place where George Washington bide farewell to the Army. Been their a few times, dinner the whole works. Then there's another place in NYC called McSorley's Ale house. That tavern goes back to before Abraham Lincoln. I wonder if Lincoln ever had a drink their. A nice place to have a beer or drink was back in the old days at Bethpage Golf course. A long wood bar with two/three bartenders wearing white aprons. You just don't see that today. Its always nice to sit in a bar that has character.
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| # 12 7/19/2015 12:55:25 AM |
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Going to have to copy this list. Taking a baseball dream trip in August. Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington. Then a little Saturday night at the Races in Bristol TN. Just my pops an me....should be interesting!
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| # 13 7/19/2015 9:20:36 AM |
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The 1798 NJ Penitentiary House has the oldest bars in America.
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| # 14 7/19/2015 1:30:15 PM |
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The Colts Neck Inn and Moore's Tavern . . . . old stomping grounds !!
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| # 15 7/19/2015 3:26:10 PM |
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The Colts Neck Inn and Moore's Tavern . . . . old stomping grounds !! |
