Oldest bars in America

The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point, Baltimore claims to be the oldest saloon in America, and that it has operated continuously even through Prohibition. Open since 1775.

Fun place. Always had that hole in the wall feel.

 

Baltimore still has that dingy working class vibe with enough students to give many of the bar areas, Fells Point, Fed Hill and Canton a good dive bar scene.

 

Are you sure you don't mean The Horse You Rode Inn of Car Talk fame?

 

Knocked a few back at Lafitte's during a weekend in New Orleans. Way at an end of Bourbon Street, it was like a whole different world.

 

I grew up in South Jersey and have been by the Barnsboro Inn many times. I never knew it had any more or less historical significance than any other old building in the region. Honestly, they don't do a good job of marketing it if the Yahoo claim is true.

Same with the place in Ambler, PA. I never frequented Ambler, but I've been to and through the town. I never knew such a place existed. I would've stopped by.

I have admit some skepticism as to the veracity of this list.

 

For such a historic city and such a great drinking city, Charleston does not have a go-to old bar.

 

The only ones I've been to are Ohio Club in Hot Springs, AR and Old Ebbitt in DC.

Ohio Club has a really cool vibe to it, but I don't remember the beer selection or food menu to be anything memorable. Then again, it is Arkansas. Hot Springs is a nice place to spend a weekend visiting.

Counting Old Ebbitt almost feels like cheating. Very good crab cakes and expensive drinks. Luckily, almost evey time I have been to Old Ebbitt, someone else was paying.

 

BUMP.

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The Grand Hotel in Michigan has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. I saw it in a movie (Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour) and told my mom I was going to take her there.