Louis’ Lunch

Louis' Lunch is a hamburger restaurant in that claims to be the first restaurant to serve hamburgers and the oldest continuously operated hamburger restaurant in the United States.
  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Wednesday noon—8:00 PM and Thursday noon—midnight and Friday—Saturday noon—1:00 AM
  • Type: Fast food restaurant
  • Cuisine: burger
  • Description: Restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut
  • Also known as: Louis Lunch” and “Louis‘ Lunch
  • Address: 161,163 Crown Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yale Center for British Art and Shubert Theatre.

Art gallery
Photo: Ragesoss, Public domain.
The at Yale University in central , houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the . is situated 530 feet north of Louis’ Lunch.

Theater building
The is a 1,600-seat theatre located at 247 College Street in . It is currently operated as a non-profit organization by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts. is situated 430 feet east of Louis’ Lunch.

Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in . It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Louis’ Lunch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel Street Historic District and Downtown New Haven.

Neighborhood
Photo: Emporostheoros, Public domain.
The is a 23-acre historic district in the area of the city of . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Neighborhood
is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of , . It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the , and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

is a city in the U.S. state of . It is located on on the northern shore of . With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the , with the metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents.

Louis’ Lunch

Latitude
41.30647° or 41° 18′ 23″ north
Longitude
-72.93041° or 72° 55′ 50″ west
Open location code
87H98349+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2122108492
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fast_food
Open­Street­Map attribute
cuisine=­burger
Wiki­data ID
Q6686356
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In Other Languages

“Louis’ Lunch” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: לואיס לאנץ‘
  • Hebrew: לואיס לאנץ’

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Highlights include Palace Performing Arts Center and College Street Music Hall.

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