This timeline pays homage to them.
Some represent the stories of immigrants bringing their foods to America and building livelihoods. All recount the ambitions and passions to create something successful, memorable and delicious.
This list of also recalls beloved restaurants and places gone but not forgotten. Those are part of each of our individual histories and memories.
The state s oldest restaurants were established long ago as taverns. Yes, it seems George Washington did sleep, and eat, here.
A timeline of Rhode Island s restaurants:
1673:
The White Horse Tavern begins serving guests. The business claims to be the “oldest operating restaurant in the U.S.” and the 10th-oldest in the world. In 2014, a Newport-based group acquired the property and became the ninth owner in the more than 350-year history of the tavern.