Union Oyster House

Union Oyster House is a place to eat or drink in Boston, MA, part of the Boston guide. Cost: free.

41 Union St · Boston, MA

Why you should go…

Serving food since 1826, Union Oyster House is the oldest restaurant in the country known to have run continuously, set in a building from around 1716 one block from Faneuil Hall. The oyster bar still sits in its original position, and Daniel Webster was a regular customer there. Before it was a restaurant, the future French king Louis Philippe lived upstairs teaching French, and the building is a National Historic Landmark.

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