Jane Vobe (died c.1789) operated a well-furnished tavern in Williamsburg on Waller Street near the theater, and according to a traveler who had stopped there four years earlier, it was a place “where all the best people resorted” (“French Traveller,” 741). Mrs. Vobe was in business as early as May 1757, when GW first patronized her tavern, and she remained at this location until 1771 (Ledger A, 35). By February 1772, Vobe opened a tavern called the King's Arms, across the street from Raleigh Tavern.