The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300 Years Old

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-oldest-restaurant-in-the-world-just-turned-300-years-old-180987899/

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pwnicholson@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 227d (3 replies)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owariya

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 4 pts · 227d (2 replies)

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

M137@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 227d (1 reply)

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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 1 pts · 227d

Thanks.

ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 227d (3 replies)
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doc@fedia.io · 8 pts · 227d (2 replies)

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

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 226d (1 reply)

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 · 1 pts · 226d

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

Deconceptualist@leminal.space · 10 pts · 227d

Per the article

longest continuously running restaurant on record

confirmed by the Guiness Book of World Records

indig0@pawb.social · 1 pts · 225d

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