Boone Tavern — Berea, Kentucky (1909)
Built in 1909 and still staffed by Berea College students working their way through school, Boone Tavern is famous for one thing above all: spoonbread.
Early 1900s, Kentucky
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Colonial & Revolutionary, Connecticut
The Griswold Inn — Essex, Connecticut (1776)
Founded in 1776 on the Connecticut River, The Gris pairs a storied taproom with one of America’s great maritime art collections.
Colonial & Revolutionary, New York
Fraunces Tavern — New York, New York (1762)
Where Washington said farewell to his officers in 1783 — part museum, part working tavern, all New York history.
Early 1800s, Ohio
The Golden Lamb — Lebanon, Ohio (1803)
Ohio’s oldest continually operating inn has fed presidents, Charles Dickens, and generations of Warren County families since 1803.
Colonial & Revolutionary, Kentucky
The Old Talbott Tavern — Bardstown, Kentucky (1779)
Serving travelers since 1779, Talbott Tavern in Bardstown is the oldest western stagecoach stop in America — and bourbon country’s front porch.