https://americasbars.com/guides/ Guides, rankings, and drinking-history explainers about the oldest bars in America. en-us Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://americasbars.com/guides/10-oldest-bars-in-america/ https://americasbars.com/guides/10-oldest-bars-in-america/ Rankings Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A ranked guide to the ten oldest continuously operating bars in the United States — from a 1668 Dutch tavern outside New York City to the Revolutionary-era public houses of New England. https://americasbars.com/guides/bars-that-survived-prohibition/ https://americasbars.com/guides/bars-that-survived-prohibition/ History Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How Americas oldest taverns made it through the fourteen dry years of Prohibition (19201933) — and which ones are still pouring today. https://americasbars.com/guides/what-continuously-operating-means/ https://americasbars.com/guides/what-continuously-operating-means/ Explainer Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The single phrase that decides which bar is oldest — and the five edge cases (Prohibition, fires, name changes, moves, and ownership) that make it so contested. https://americasbars.com/guides/most-disputed-oldest-bar-claims/ https://americasbars.com/guides/most-disputed-oldest-bar-claims/ Analysis Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT In nearly half of all U.S. states, more than one establishment claims the crown. Here is every genuinely contested oldest-bar title in our survey, with the challengers and the evidence. https://americasbars.com/guides/tavern-saloon-pub-bar-glossary/ https://americasbars.com/guides/tavern-saloon-pub-bar-glossary/ Glossary Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The precise differences between the words we use for a place that serves a drink — tavern, ordinary, inn, pub, saloon, speakeasy, alehouse, roadhouse, and bar — with their historical origins.