Union Oyster House

Citizen complaint of the day: Is everything OK at the Union Oyster House? One of their letters is dark

By adamg - 12/30/20 - 10:29 pm

A fretful citizen files a 311 complaint about the view tonight:

The "T" on the Union Oyster House sign is not lit up. We can't see it from the Nor h End.

Fire breaks out at Union Oyster House

By adamg - 8/3/17 - 9:47 pm

Union Oyster smoke. Photo by Steph Giunta.

Around 8:30 p.m. at the nation's oldest restaurant, on Union Street. WBZ reports Boston firefighters quickly extinguished the fire.

The longest continuous customer at America's longest continuously operated restaurant

By adamg - 9/14/08 - 5:40 pm

Whalehead King introduces us to Oyster Stew, a Dorchester man who has been tucking into oysters at the Union Oyster House every Wednesday night for 15 years:

... He doesn't take vacations or leave Boston on Wednesdays which means he is the longest continuous customer. He has no business that takes him out of town during the week. ...

Happy birthday, Union Oyster House

By adamg - 8/9/06 - 4:42 pm

Sandouri Dean Bey doesn't like shellfish, but he loves the Union Oyster House, 180 years old today:

... The building was part of a massive building campaign to replace Bostonâ€™s wooden structures with brick following a series of devastating fires during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Its elegant brick faÃ§ade speaks of the architectural revolution that swept through colonial Boston as the port city grew in size and wealth during the first half of the 18th century.