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Taverns in North America date back to colonial America. Colonial Americans drank a variety of distilled spirits. As the supply of distilled spirits, especially rum, increased, and their price dropped, they became the drink of choice throughout the colonies. [1] In 1770, per capita consumption was 3.7 gallons of distilled spirits per year ...
The cuisine of the antebellum United States characterizes American eating and cooking habits from about 1776 to 1861. During this period different regions of the United States adapted to their surroundings and cultural backgrounds to create specific regional cuisines, modernization of technology led to changes in food consumption, and evolution of taverns into hotels led to the beginnings of ...
A tavern is a type of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging. An inn is a tavern that has a license to put up guests as lodgers. The word derives from the Latin taberna whose original meaning ...
Updated October 16, 2017 at 4:33 PM. America's 14 Oldest Taverns & Inns. When we think about really old restaurants, we tend to gravitate toward the ones that are located in big cities and have ...
The Red Fox Inn & Tavern: Joseph Chinn Middleburg: Virginia: Oldest continuously operating inn and tavern in Virginia [14] 1737 287 Stage House Tavern John Sutton Scotch Plains New Jersey 40.65137N -74.39857W Originally called the Stage House Inn.
Fraunces Tavern is a museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The location played a prominent role in history before, during, and after the American Revolution. At various points in its history, Fraunces Tavern served as a headquarters for ...
The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean 's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina ...
Chemic Tavern (formerly Chemical Tavern), Leeds, West Yorkshire. Named for the workers at the nearby Woodhouse Chemical Works, (C. 1840–1900) it was a beer house on the 1861 census when the licensee was James Lapish. [207] [208] Custom House Tavern, Wisbech: (now closed) named for the local customs post in the port. [3]