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Old Town Bar And Restaurant
The Old Town Bar and Restaurant is a bar and restaurant located between Park Avenue and Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway at 45 East 18th Street in the Flatiron District, Manhattan in New York City, one block north of Union Square, Manhattan, Union Square. Originally 45 East 18th Street was constructed in 1901, but the business was started, at 43 E. 18th St., in 1892, by Jacob Burckel, whose name is on the 1896 license behind the bar. Harry W. Viemeister, a saloon and restaurant owner in New York from as early as 1894, moved to 45 E. 18th St. in 1912. As the bar has been in continuous operation since 1901, this makes it one of the oldest bars in the New York City area. During Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition, the 45 E. 18th St. Bar changed its name to ''Craig's Restaurant'' and started serving food in order to operate as a speakeasy. In 1933, 45 E. 18th St., the German-American Lohdens, bought the bar, changing the name to the ''Old Town Bar'', and the neon sign was er ...
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