1859 - Brunings Restaurant Opens
The restaurant first opened in 1859, making it one of the oldest (though its run has not been continuous). West End was a very popular resort area in the 1800s and early 1900s. It was a long way out from the populated parts of the city. Going out to West End meant taking a train trip the length of the New Basin Canal. When the canal was closed in, the streetcars stayed, until replaced by buses in the '50s. Bruning's has been a fixture out on West End for well over a century. Source: http://www.yatcom.com/neworl/feature/old/1996/feature_0226.html posted 2002-04-10