Locke Ober

Locke-Ober, located at 3-4 Winter Place, is the third oldest restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, after the Union Oyster House (1826) and Durgin-Park (1827). Locke-Ober features French cuisine and seafood. The Greek Revival building was constructed in 1832. By 1862 the Boston City Directory lists Adrien Destre as operating a restaurant at 4 Winter Place. By 1868 F.A. Blanc is listed as running the restaurant.By 1879 Boston city records list Luis Ober as the proprietor of a restaurant at number 4 Winter Place of "over twenty year's standing." From the start the restaurant specialized in French food and has been central to the financial, political, and intellectual history of Boston. Luis Ober was born in 1837 in the French department of...