Posted on 02/08/2022 7:59:48 AM PST by mylife
The restaurant business is a tough one, and the COVID-19 pandemic almost all but destroyed it. Even before closures became mandatory, restaurants came and went with regularity. Statistics on restaurant failure rates vary widely. Oneestimatesuggests that up to 90% of independent eating places close within their first year of operation.
Unmanageable rent increases, changes in customer demographics or consumer tastes, fires or the effects of natural disasters, and the deaths and divorces (or simply retirement) of owners are among the many reasons that even thriving eating places fail.< P>
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I’ve been to Commander’s Palace and Antoine’s in New Orleans.
Now that I know one of them is in Austin, I’ll hit it up next time I’m there.
Is Fraunces Tavern on the list?
Hubby’s aunt’s husband bought beef for the army in OKC. That restaurant got a frequent several times. Took Aunt Flo there for her 99th birthday!
We have the 100 year anniversary T-shirts.
I am wondering about the list as well. And I am no expert on eating places.
Delmonico’s in NYC (opened in 1837)
The Star in Elko NV (hotel opened in 1910) is almost as old as the Columbia. I guess Cuban and Spaniards are the winners in this slightly phony list.
Schwab’s is quite old. Enjoyed it many times when I live in WNY.
https://www.schwabls.com/
I so miss Southern Kitchen!
Tadich Grill in San Fran is wonderful. The interior is a step back in time and all the waiters are (or were) formally dressed and appropriately snobby. Great food. It was one of the very first places I ate at when I arrived in San Fran in August 1973.
There used to be a restaurant called the “Iron Pot” on Montgomery in the Financial District. When my dad visited me around 1974, he said “Let’s go to dinner. I’ll take you to the ‘Iron Pot.’ I ate there during my training on Treasure Island in WW II.” I said “Yeah, sure Dad — it’s probably long gone! That was 30 years ago.” Turns out it WAS still there and it had wonderful Italian food. The Transamerica Pyramid was built across the street in 1972, changing the district forever. Iron Pot moved nearby, but I think it has disappeared — another very old restaurant gone.
thanks for sharing your memories. :)
But it was worth it.
schwabl’s is a bread maker here. pretty good for low end bread, their Italian is good.
Looks wonderful!!
not the best or oldest, but I recommend the Rueben and a frosty mug of spaten optimator
The list isn’t accurate. Just search oldest restaurant in pick state you want to search or even a city. In Los Angeles County there are 4 restaurants still open before 1908 with one in Sagus which opened in 1886. In San Francisco there are 7 other restaurants opened long before 1908 in addition to Taichung which was listed.
Colombia in Tampa is awesome. Live flamenco dancing every night along with a great meal.
SCHILO’S STARTED AS A SALOON IN THE 1900s in Beeville, TX. “Papa” Fritz Schilo moved the saloon and his family to San Antonio, TX in 1914, and Mama Schilo started serving some of her classic German recipes a few years later in 1917. All was well in the world, as Mama and Papa Schilo settled into the hustling, bustling big city of San Antonio as the restaurant and saloon started to build the first generation of happy Schilo’s customers.
Mama Schilo’s timing was perfect - in 1920 prohibition hit America, closing all saloons, but the Schilo’s fortunately didn’t keep all their (deviled) eggs in one basket. While the rest of the country’s establishments shut their doors, at Schilo’s the beer kegs were rolled out of the coolers, and the famous Schilo’s Family Root Beer kegs rolled in and filled the tap lines to quench their patron’s thirst. The frosty mugs stayed frosty, root beer suds ran down their sides, and the Schilo’s family prevailed!
In 1942, Schilo’s moved to its current location which was originally a currency exchange bank. In fact, the original bank vault is now a walk-in cooler. After three generations of Schilos family operation, the Lyons family purchased the establishment in 1980 and has maintained the proud German, family-owned tradition of hard work, good cooking, and having fun. Now, over 100 years old, Schilo’s is the oldest operating restaurant in San Antonio.
Yeah, it’s not very accurate. I know there’s a place in Placerville or Shingle Springs in California that was a stop on the Pony Express back in the day. They overlooked a lot. But I must say Tadich Grill cooked the best pork chops I have ever put in my mouth.
daisy maes in sierra vista az was in an old butterfield stage depot, damn fine mesquite fired steaks, and omg... the pork chop!!
not sure if it still in operation
looks like they moved to what was lil abners in tucson.
not as historic but damn fine
https://daisymaessteakhouse.com/
thanks to all who added and did not whine. ;)
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