Union Oyster House (previously known as The Old Oyster House and Ye Olde Oyster House) is a restaurant at 41–43 Union Street in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Now part of the Blackstone Block Historic District, it has been open to diners since 1826, making it the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the United States. While not quite as old as the Union Oyster House, the good folks at The Pudding have created an interactive exhibition of the New York Public Library’s collection of American restaurant menus between 1880 and 1920. View the slideshow >

No Name Restaurant Boston 1917 Vintage Men's T-Shirt
Description The No Name Restaurant was founded by Nick Contos in 1917 as a seafood stand meant to serve the fisherman who worked along Boston’s Fish Pier. He never named the restaurant, and while the space evolved and grew over the years, a proper name was never bestowed upon the business, hence how it became simply kn





