Gadsby's Tavern
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robert
N 38° 48.338 W 077° 02.618
18S E 322546 N 4297191
One of many places George Washington ate (and you can eat there, too!)
Waymark Code: WMXZA
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2006
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The site known as Gadsby's Tavern, originally City Tavern, consists of two buildings, a (circa) 1785 tavern & the 1792 City Hotel. Named after Englishman John Gadsby, an entrepreneur who leased the buildings & operated them as tavern keeper from 1796's til 1808, the tavern & hotel were the center of Alexandria's economic, political, & social life in the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
Notable visitors include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison & James Monroe. George Washington recruited for his first command here in 1754, and he used it several times as headquarters during the French and Indian War.
Building - #66000913
Lunch Daily: 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Dinner Nightly: 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday Brunch: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Reservations are recommended Call (703) 548-1288
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