The Jacob Wirth Restaurant was a historic
German-American restaurant and bar in
Boston, Massachusetts at 31-39 Stuart Street. Founded in 1868, Jacob Wirth was the second oldest continuously operated restaurant in Boston when it closed in 2018.
The
Greek Revival building housing the restaurant was constructed in 1844. The German style restaurant was founded in 1868 and was the second oldest continuously operating restaurant in the city after the
Union Oyster House
Union Oyster House, open to diners since 1826, is amongst the oldest operating restaurants in the United States, and the oldest known that has been continuously operating since being opened. The building was listed as a National Historic Landmark ...
. The restaurant was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980
and designated a
Boston Landmark in 1977, with interior and exterior protections.
Jacob Wirth was the first distributor of
Anheuser Busch
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (AB InBev), now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple glo ...
products. The Wirth family and Anheuser family are from the same small town in Germany.
In 2010,
Chelsea developer AJ Simboli Real Estate purchased the property for $1.6 million. The restaurant was put up for sale in January 2018
after having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and closed following a fire in June of that year.
As recently as October 2021 there was a restoration effort under way to repair fire damage and reopen the restaurant as it had been prior to its closure.
In March 2022, Julia Sokol (identified as a manager for the Greater Boston Bar Co.),
could reopen by the end of 2022.
Popular culture
The
Tom Cruise and
Cameron Diaz movie ''
Knight and Day'' filmed a wedding scene here.
Jacob Wirth Restaurant was referenced during a meeting in
Andrew Dominik's ''
Killing Them Softly''.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts
*
The Student Prince (restaurant)
The Student Prince Cafe & The Fort Restaurant, commonly referred to as The Student Prince, is a German restaurant, established in 1935, located at the corner of Fort and Main Street in the Metro Center neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusett ...
, historical German restaurant in Springfield, Massachusetts
References
External links
*City of Bosto
Boston Landmarks Commissionhttps://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Jacob%20Wirth%20Buildings%20Study%20Report_tcm3-20201.pdf Jacob Wirth Building Study Report]
Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Restaurants on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Defunct restaurants in Boston
German restaurants in the United States
German-American culture in Massachusetts
1868 establishments in Massachusetts
2018 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Cultural history of Boston
Drinking establishments in Boston
Boston Theater District
Restaurants established in 1868
Restaurants disestablished in 2018
National Register of Historic Places in Boston
Landmarks in Chinatown, Boston
Buildings and structures completed in 1844
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018
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