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Smithsonian Magazine
The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300 Years Old
Madrid’s Sobrino de Botín is filled with legends, ghosts and priceless art. The food is pretty good, too
Oldest restaurant in the world, opened in 1725
Sobrino de Botín
Mentioned by Smithsonian Magazine
“Sobrino de Botín is a restaurant in Madrid, Spain. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest in the world, said to have been founded in 1725 by French cook Jean Botín and his Asturian wife and to have been operating continuously ever since. However, the restaurant had to close…”