As long as there has been society, there have been restaurants. These are America's oldest eateries, which continue to please all across the Union.

Wide shot exterior of an A & W restaurant on a sunny day - teshail/Shutterstock There are over 142,000 chain restaurant businesses in America. Chains, be they fast food, casual dining, fast-casual, or ...

Papa Fritz got started in business with a saloon in nearby Beeville in the early 1900s, before packing up his family for San ...

San Francisco can lay claim to several long-lived eateries, from the oldest restaurant in California (the seafood restaurant Tadich Grill, which started in 1849) to Fior d'Italia, an Italian ...

Tom Sietsema traveled from coast to coast to find the secret sauce behind six of the most enduring restaurants in the country. Fresh seafood and service in the Bay Area Tom Sietsema traveled from ...