(35th anniversary) and

(40th anniversary). And all of those are relative newcomers compared to

, which turned fifty in August, and

, which passed ninety in 2011. In celebration of these longtime survivors, we published a list of a

-- and are still in the same family's hands.

Says cowtown:

Everyone likes nostalgia and kitsch, but unfortunately, the food in all of these places sucks.

But wait -- maybe it's Cafe Society that sucks! Because then there's this from heykyleinsf:

Are you covering the Denver scene or the corporate chain scene? What a sad, sell-out disgrace you've become, Westword. Shameful

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Hmm. Perhaps he missed the fact that everything on our list of old-time restaurants was in the founding family's hands -- not Walmart's. What are your favorite, family-owned spot? Old or new?