The Royal Restaurant, the Third-Oldest Restaurant in the DC Area - 109 N. Royal Street in Old Town

[DonRocks]

1 hour ago, lovehockey said:

Thailand on Royal Street was at 835 N. Royal Street, then moved to 801 N. Fairfax and changed its name to Royal Thai and Sushi Bar.  It is permanently closed; I'm not certain when that happened, but the last review on TripAdvisor was in September 2016.

Thanida Thai took over the N. Royal space, maybe a year or so ago?  Not sure if the owners are new or also owned the other restaurant.

Because the word "Royal" wasn't around enough in the neighborhood, there's also The Royal Restaurant at 734 N. St. Asaph, which has a Greek/Italian/diner menu.

Did you know that The Royal Restaurant is the third-oldest in the DC area, having first opened in 1904? 😲

[Marty L.]

8 hours ago, DonRocks said:

Did you know that The Royal Restaurant is the third-oldest in the DC area, having first opened in 1904? 😲

To preempt the inevitable question from curious readers:

1856 - Old Ebbitt Grill (present location since 1983)
1860 - Old Angler's Inn (the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the Washington, DC area)
1904 - Royal Restaurant (present location since 1964)

In fact, it might be fairer to say that Royal is No. 2:  The only things connecting the Old Ebbitt Grill that has been in existence since 1926 to the old bar in the Ebbitt House Hotel (1856-1925) are (i) the word "Ebbitt" and (ii) the bar itself (along with some decorations), which was preserved and incorporated in the new restaurant in 1926.