A Toast to History: Inside the Oldest Bar in Virginia
While many colonial ordinaries have been lost to time or fire, one legendary establishment in Middleburg has kept its doors open and its hearth burning for nearly 300 years.
The title of the oldest continuously operating tavern in the Commonwealth of Virginia belongs to The Red Fox Inn & Tavern.
The Red Fox Inn & Tavern (Est. 1728)
Location: 2 East Washington Street, Middleburg, VA
Long before the United States was a country, the Red Fox Inn was serving weary travelers. Established in 1728 by Joseph Chinn (originally called “Chinn’s Ordinary”), the tavern sat strategically at the halfway point between the port of Alexandria and the frontier town of Winchester…