The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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America’s Oldest Tofu Shop
15 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2025 at 4:05 am.
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Ota Tofu in Portland, Oregon is the oldest tofu shop in the United States. Two brothers opened the shop in 1911 and even today their tofu is still made the old-fashioned way, using a labor-intensive process that is difficult to find (even in Japan!).