> MORE: When Robin Sassenberg was Daytonian of the WeekĮstablished as the Liquor Room in the mid-1880s, the bar was named the Trolley Stop between 19 as gentrification transformed the neighborhood. > MORE: Dayton square cut-style pizza served 30 years at local favorite > MORE: Franco’s ‘World Famoso’ Spaghetti wowing diners for 40 years The Oregon Express Bar and Restaurant and Franco's Ristorante Italiano opened in the Oregon District during that same period. “We are not just a place that is a chain with corporate decorations and corporate walls and corporate policies.” Sassenberg said bars take pride in their established date for good reason. The original Newcom's Tavern, the city's oldest standing building, was constructed in 1796 as a two-story home. It became a tavern in 1798 or 1799, when the Newcom family added rooms.
