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[–] pwnicholson@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

How did Guiness Book of World Records miss that? You should send them an email.

[–] ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i ate at st peters in Salzburg many years ago, it was established year 803, so more than 1200 years old...

[–] doc@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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??

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 3 weeks ago

You can do renovations and still remain open depending on the building layout.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 10 points 3 weeks ago

Per the article

longest continuously running restaurant on record

confirmed by the Guiness Book of World Records

[–] indig0@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

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