Bridge Cafe

Bridge Cafe was a historic restaurant and bar located at 279 Water Street in the South Street Seaport area of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The site was originally home to "a grocery and wine and porter bottler", opened in 1794, and has been home to a series of drinking and eating establishments. In the nineteenth century, the building was described in city directories variously as a grocery, a porterhouse, or a liquor establishment. Despite its name, The Bridge Cafe building existed for almost a century before the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Until its 2012 closure, it was the city's oldest continuous business establishment, though the name and ownership had changed numerous times.