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[–] 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

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

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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??

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    Per the article

    longest continuously running restaurant on record

    confirmed by the Guiness Book of World Records

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

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

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