Former Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema set out to get a taste of America for the country's 250th birthday. So among these six, very old restaurants, did you have a favorite? And you have these old, old waiters cracking jokes. Like, was there some sort of secret sauce, literally or figuratively, that seemed to help keep these very old restaurants open for - what? SIETSEMA: Yeah.

Source: CNN February 07, 2026 00:30 UTC