This is a list of notable restaurants in New York City. A restaurant is a business which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with an open account.

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. This list is based on restaurants or restaurant chains that originated in New York City.

Restaurants in New York City

54 Below 54 Below is a cabaret and restaurant in the basement of Studio 54 in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Owned by Broadway producers Steve Baruch, Richard Frankel, Marc Routh and Tom Viertel, 54 Below has hosted shows by such performers as Patt ...

* Bickford's *

BurritoVille BurritoVille is a New York City-based quick-service food chain serving Tex-Mex cuisine, established in 1992. Until 2008, there were 16 locations in Manhattan, one in Westbury, New York on Long Island, and one in Hoboken, NJ. The menu items consis ...

Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc. is a Caribbean Fast casual restaurant operator and manufacturer of Caribbean cuisine including Jamaican food, Jamaican patty, and other baked goods. The parent company is owned by the Hawthorne family, and ...

* Grotta Azzurra *

The Halal Guys The Halal Guys is a halal fast casual restaurant franchise that began as halal carts on the southeast and southwest corners of 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. New locations, both food cart and storefront, are being ad ...

* El Internacional * Jahn's * Jing Fong *

Joe's Shanghai Joe's Shanghai () is a chain of seven Shanghainese restaurants in the United States and Japan. The original location was opened by restaurateur Mei Ping "Barbara" Matsumura and chef Kiu Sang "Joe" Si in 1995 in Flushing, Queens, followed by b ...

* Kennedy Fried Chicken * Lucciola (Italian restaurant) *

Korilla BBQ Korilla BBQ is a New York City-based lunch/dinner truck owned by Eddie Song that specializes in Korean-theme burritos, also known as . They also serve Korean-style tacos. They have been positively reviewed by Antenna Magazine, were listed in The V ...

Max and Mina's Max and Mina's is an ice cream store in New York City, opened in 1997. Owned by brothers Bruce and Mark Becker, it is known for its ever-changing eccentric ice cream flavors, such as Cajun, Lox, Purple Mint Chip, beer, malt, and Isaac Mizrahi. ...

The Meatball Shop The Meatball Shop is a New York City based restaurant owned and operated by native New Yorkers Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow, who met as teenagers when they worked together as delivery boys at the New York vegan restaurant Candle Cafe.Broo ...

Mo Gridder's Mo Gridder's was a barbecue restaurant and auto repair shop in New York City. Both the repair shop and BBQ truck are owned by Fred Donnelly. They have received coverage by many magazines and television shows due to the quality of the food and the u ...

Munson Diner Munson Diner is a historic diner located at Liberty in Sullivan County, New York. It was manufactured in 1945 by the Kullman Dining Car Company of Lebanon, New Jersey. It has a riveted steel frame and exterior of stainless steel and porcelain ...

Old Homestead Steakhouse The Old Homestead Steakhouse is a steakhouse established in 1868 whose flagship location is in Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant is the oldest continuously operating steakhouse in the United States. History In 1868, a German family establi ...

Piccolo Cafe Piccolo Cafe is a chain of fast casual restaurants that serves salads, Panini, Pasta, Gelato and Espresso. It was founded in 2009 in New York City and now has 4 locations throughout New York City. It serves typical food from the Italian city of B ...

Ravagh Persian Grill Ravagh Persian Grill ( fa, رواق, ravagh) is a chain of restaurants serving Iranian cuisine in the New York metropolitan area. The name of the restaurant means "portico" in Farsi. Locations There were five locations, including two in Manhattan, ...

* T.G.I. Friday's – first location opened in 1965 in New York City *

Xi'an Famous Foods Xi'an Famous Foods (西安名吃) is a chain of fast casual restaurants based in New York City that serves Shaanxi cuisine. Xi’an Famous Foods, a family-run business with no outside investors, was founded in 2005. It has been featured in televi ...

Zaro's Bakery Zaro's Family Bakery is an American family-owned bakery, operating in the New York City metropolitan area. History The bakery was founded in The Bronx in 1927, by Joseph Zarubchik, a Polish immigrant, and is now operated by his grandsons, Stu ...

Brooklyn

Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare is a restaurant in New York City with three Michelin stars. It was the first New York City restaurant outside Manhattan to receive 3 Michelin stars. In December 2016, the restaurant was relocated from 200 Schermerhor ...

* Childs Restaurants (Coney Island Boardwalk location) *

Childs Restaurants (Surf Avenue location) The Childs Restaurant Building on Surf Avenue is a New York City designated landmark on Surf Avenue at West 12th Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn. It was completed in 1917 for Childs Restaurants, an early restaurant chain and one of the largest ...

Defonte's Defonte's is a sandwich shop in the Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City. It is known for large Italian heroes with ham, provolone, salami, roast beef, mozzarella and fried eggplant. There is also a steak pizzaiola sandwich. History The business b ...

Gargiulo's Italian Restaurant Gargiulo's is an Italian restaurant established in 1907 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. The restaurant was started and run by Gus Gargiulo, and later he was joined by his brother Louis and sisters Tessie and Angelina, with other famil ...

* Junior's Restaurant *

Nathan's Famous Nathan's Famous, Inc. is an American company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants specializing in hot dogs. The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of the B ...

Peter Luger Steak House Peter Luger Steak House is a steakhouse located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York City, with a second location in Great Neck, New York, on Long Island. It was named to the James Beard Foundation's list of "America's Classics" i ...

– Brooklyn location was established in 1887 as "Carl Luger's Café, Billiards and Bowling Alley"

Manhattan

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21 Club The 21 Club, often simply 21, was a traditional American cuisine restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City. Prior to its closure in 2020, the club had been active for 90 years, and it had ...

– American traditional cuisine restaurant and former prohibition-era

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, located at 21 West 52nd Street * Andanada *

Aquagrill Aquagrill was a seafood restaurant located at 210 Spring Street (on the corner of Sixth Avenue), in SoHo in Manhattan, in New York City. It was opened in 1996 by owners Jennifer and Jeremy Marshall and closed in June, 2020, due to the economic ...

* Asiate * Atlantic Grill * Balthazar * Barbetta *

Barney Greengrass Barney Greengrass is a restaurant, Jewish delicatessen, deli, and appetizing store at 541 Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan), Amsterdam Avenue (between West 86th Street (Manhattan), 86th and 87th Streets) on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York C ...

* Le Bernardin * BiCE Ristorante * Blue Hill *

Bouchon A bouchon is a type of restaurant found in Lyon, France, that serves traditional Lyonnaise cuisine, such as sausages, coq-au-vin, "salade lyonnaise" duck pâté or roast pork. Compared to other forms of French cooking such as ''nouvelle cuisi ...

* Bouley * Brasserie Julien *

Brasserie Les Halles Brasserie Les Halles was a French-brasserie-style restaurant located on 15 John Street (between Broadway & Nassau Street; in the Financial District) in Manhattan, New York City. Previous locations were on Park Avenue South in Manhattan, in Tokyo, ...

* Bridge Cafe *

Burger Heaven Burger Heaven was a Family business, family owned diner-style Hamburger, burger restaurant in New York City, established in 1943. It closed its final location in February 2020 citing the increase in "delivery culture". History The chain started ...

* Café Boulud *

Candle Cafe Candle Cafe, Candle West and Candle 79 were fine-dining vegan restaurants in Manhattan, in New York City. Candle Cafe opened in 1994 as a juice bar and health food cafe, and was owned by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza. The Potenzas used $53,000 t ...

* Caravaggio *

Carlyle Restaurant The Carlyle Restaurant, formerly Dumonet at the Carlyle, is a Contemporary American cuisine restaurant located at 35 East 76th Street (at Madison Ave), in the back of the Carlyle Hotel, on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, in New York City. It ...

* Charles' Southern Style Kitchen *

China Grill Management China Grill Management is a restaurant group which owns and operates over 22 restaurants worldwide under 15 concepts worldwide. Headquartered in Florida, the group now has locations in Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago, Atl ...

Cipriani S.A. Cipriani S.A. is an Italian hotel and leisure company domiciled in Luxembourg that owns and operates luxury restaurants and clubs around the world including Harry's Bar in Venice and formerly the Rainbow Room in New York City. It specialises ...

Le Cirque Le Cirque is a French restaurant that has had several locations throughout the New York City borough of Manhattan for more than forty years. It is currently closed, with its future status unknown. New York City history Le Cirque was establish ...

* Clinton Street Baking Company & Restaurant * The Colony * Corton * Daniel *

Delmonico's Delmonico's is the name of a series of restaurants that operated in New York City, with the present version located at 56 Beaver Street in the Financial District of Manhattan. The original version was widely recognized as the United States ...

Dirt Candy Dirt Candy is a vegetarian restaurant in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Chef and owner Amanda Cohen opened the restaurant in a small East Village space in 2008, and moved to its present location in 2015. It has ...

Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant Dorrian's Red Hand, also known simply as Dorrian's, is a famed Irish-American bar located at 1616 Second Avenue at East 84th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Started by Irish immigrant James "Red Dog" Dorrian ...

Eleven Madison Park __NOTOC__ Eleven Madison Park is a New American fine dining restaurant located inside the Metropolitan Life North Building at 11 Madison Avenue in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. It has retained 3 Michelin stars since 2012 ...

Ellen's Stardust Diner Ellen's Stardust Diner is a retro 1950s theme restaurant located at 1650 Broadway on the southeast corner of 51st Street in Theater District, Manhattan, New York City. The diner is regarded as one of the best theme restaurants in New York ow ...

L'Entrecôte Around the world, many restaurants featuring steak dishes use the word ''entrecôte'' as their name or part of their name. In particular, the name L'Entrecôte has come to identify three groups of restaurants owned by two sisters and one brother ...

* El Faro Restaurant * El Quijote *

Ferrara Bakery and Cafe Ferrara Bakery and Cafe, established in 1892 by Antonio Ferrara, claims to be America's first espresso bar. It is located in Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City and offers Italian delicacies. Ferrara has remained a family owned business since ...

The Four Seasons Restaurant The Four Seasons Restaurant (known colloquially as the Four Seasons) was a New American cuisine restaurant in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City from 1959 to 2019. The Four Seasons operated within the Seagram Building at 99 Ea ...

Fraunces Tavern Fraunces Tavern is a museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The location played a prominent role in history before, during, and after th ...

* Gallagher's Steak House *

Gotham Bar and Grill Gotham Bar and Grill is a New American restaurant located at 12 East 12th Street (between Fifth Avenue and University Place), in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, in New York City. It opened in 1984. It closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

* Gramercy Tavern *

Gray's Papaya Gray's Papaya is a hot dog restaurant chain, with its flagship restaurant located at 2090 Broadway at 72nd Street. In June 2020, it had one location operational during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several other locations had closed prior. Gray's Papa ...

* La Grenouille * Guss' Pickles *

H&H Bagels H&H Bagels is a bagel company in New York City that has been described as "classic," "famous," and "iconic." The original store has closed, but five retail locations on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan and at John F. Kennedy I ...

Hallo Berlin Hallo Berlin was a restaurant at 626 Tenth Avenue (Manhattan), Tenth Avenue between West 44th and 45th Streets in the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. It consisted of a beer garden restaurant and a food cart ...

IDT Megabite Cafe IDT Megabite Cafe (also known as IDT Mega Bite Cafe) was a cybercafe and sushi bar in New York City. History IDT Megabite Cafe is located in New York City's Diamond District. Originally the internet café was a kosher cafe and pizza restaur ...

* J.G. Melon *

Jean Georges Jean-Georges is a two-Michelin-star restaurant at 1 Central Park West (between West 60th Street and West 61st Street), on the lobby level of the Trump International Hotel and Tower, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, named afte ...

* Joe Allen (restaurant) * Joe's Pizza *

Julius The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

Katz's Delicatessen Katz's Delicatessen, also known as Katz's of New York City, is a kosher-style delicatessen at 205 East Houston Street, on the southwest corner of Houston and Ludlow Streets on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

* Keens Steakhouse *

Kiev Restaurant The Kiev Restaurant (also known as the Kiev Diner or simply The Kiev) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian restaurant located in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village section of New York City. Founded in 1978 by Soviet emigrant to the United States Mich ...

King's Carriage House King's Carriage House is a New American cuisine restaurant, tea room, and wine bar located at 251 East 82nd Street (between Second Avenue and Third Avenue), on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, in New York City. It opened in 1995. It is owned b ...

Kossar's Bialys Kossar's Bialys (Kossar's Bialystoker Kuchen Bakery) located at 367 Grand Street (and Essex Street), on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York City, is the oldest bialy bakery in the United States. Background The bialy gets its name fro ...

Lindy's Lindy's was two different deli and restaurant chains in Manhattan, New York City. The first chain, founded by Leo "Lindy" Lindemann, operated from 1921 to 1969.("Opening date was Aug. 20, 1921.") In 1979, the Riese Organization determined that ...

* Lusardi's * Magnolia Bakery *

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* Mas *

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* Matsugen *

McSorley's Old Ale House McSorley's Old Ale House, generally known as McSorley's, is the oldest Irish saloon in New York City. Opened in the mid-19th century at 15 East 7th Street, in today's East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, it was one of the last of the "Men ...

– oldest "Irish" tavern in New York City; located at 15 East 7th Street in the East Village neighborhood of

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; one of the last of the "men only" pubs, only admitting women after legally being forced to do so in 1970 *

Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden The Met Fifth Avenue is the primary museum building for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States. The building is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, along the Museum Mile on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan's Upper ...

* Murray's Sturgeon Shop * Numero 28 * One If By Land, Two If By Sea Restaurant * The Original Soup Man *

Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant The Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant is a seafood restaurant located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. History The restaurant space was first opened as the Grand Centr ...

* P. J. Clarke's * The Palm *

Papaya King Papaya King is a fast food take-out restaurant in New York City. It currently has a single location in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, its original location; it has made several attempts to expand to other locations, but these expansions hav ...

* Patsy's * Peanut Butter & Co. *

Per Se Per se may refer to: * '' per se'', a Latin phrase meaning "by itself" or "in itself". * Illegal ''per se'', the legal usage in criminal and antitrust law * Negligence ''per se'', legal use in tort law * Per Se (restaurant), a New York City restaur ...

Pete's Tavern __NOTOC__ Pete's Tavern, located at 129 East 18th Street on the corner of Irving Place in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a pub food restaurant and one of several drinking establishments each claiming to be the olde ...

Pommes Frites French fries (North American English), chips (British English), finger chips (Indian English), french-fried potatoes, or simply fries, are '' batonnet'' or ''allumette''-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium and France. Th ...

* Porter House New York *

Rainbow Room The Rainbow Room is a private event space on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Run by Tishman Speyer, it is among the highest venues in New York City. The Rainbow Room serves cla ...

Rao's Rao's () is a Southern Italian restaurant founded in 1896. It is located at 455 East 114th Street, on the corner of Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, New York City. Rao's has sister restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada. History The re ...

* Ray's Candy Store *

Restaurant Aquavit Aquavit is a Scandinavian restaurant located at 65 East 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. In November 2016, an outpost was launched in London by Philip Hamilton. History Aquavit was created and opened by Håkan Swahn in 1987. and ...

Rolfe's Chop House Rolfe's Chop House is a Manhattan eating establishment located in the Financial District at 90 Fulton Street, established in 1848. Rolfe's Chop House is a memorable piece of the history of New York City. Earlier, the eatery was located in the Dra ...

Russian Tea Room The Russian Tea Room is an Art Deco Russo-Continental restaurant, located at 150 West 57th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), between Carnegie Hall Tower and Metropolitan Tower, in the New York City borough of Manhattan ...

– opened in 1927 by former members of the

Russian Imperial Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet (russian: Балет Мариинского театра) is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russ ...

, as a gathering place for

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s; became famous as a gathering place for those in the entertainment industry *

Salumeria Biellese Salumeria Biellese is a historic Italian deli in Manhattan, New York City, established in 1925. It is located on 8th Avenue and 29th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood. History In 1925, two friends from the Northern Italian Province of B ...

* Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto *

Sardi's Sardi's is a continental restaurant located at 234 West 44th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, in the Theater District of Manhattan, New York City. Sardi's opened at its current location on March 5, 1927. It is known for the carica ...

* Sasabune * Second Avenue Deli * Serendipity 3 * Shopsins *

Shun Lee Palace Shun Lee Palace is a Chinese restaurant located at 155 East 55th Street, between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It claims to be the birthplace of orange beef. It opened in 1971. One year later, Shun Lee ...

Smith & Wollensky Smith & Wollensky is the name of several high-end American steakhouses, with locations in New York, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Houston, Miami Beach, Las Vegas, London, and most recently, Taipei. The first Smith and Wollensky steakhouse was founded ...

Sparks Steak House Sparks Steak House is a steakhouse restaurant in New York City, located at 210 East 46th Street (between Second and Third Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan. History The restaurant was founded by brothers Pasquale (Pat) and Mike Cetta in 1966. In th ...

The Spotted Pig The Spotted Pig was a gastropub located at 314 West 11th Street (at Greenwich Street) in the West Village in Manhattan in New York City. The 100-seat gastropub was owned by Ken Friedman. Mario Batali was a primary investor. The chef was April ...

* Strip House *

Sushi of Gari Sushi of Gari is a Japanese sushi restaurant located at 402 East 78th Street (between First Avenue and York Avenue) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. It is considered to be a hallmark destination for sushi enthusiasts and is al ...

* Sushi Seki *

Sushi Yasuda Sushi Yasuda is a Japanese sushi restaurant located at 204 East 43rd Street (between Second Avenue and Third Avenue) in the Midtown East area of Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant was founded in 1999 by its former chef, Naomichi Yasuda of ...

* Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem * Taïm *

Tavern on the Green Tavern on the Green is an American cuisine restaurant in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Central Park West and West 66th Street on the Upper West Side. The restaurant, housed in a former sheepfold, has been o ...

– reopened as a restaurant on April 24, 2014, after being used as a public visitors' center and gift shop run by the

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from 2010 to 2012 * Teany *

Tom's Restaurant Tom's Restaurant is a diner located at 2880 Broadway (on the corner of West 112th Street) in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is on the ground floor of Columbia University's Armstrong Hall, home to the Go ...

Tribeca Grill Tribeca Grill is a New American restaurant located at 375 Greenwich Street (at Franklin Street) in Tribeca, Manhattan, in New York City, co-owned by Robert De Niro and Drew Nieporent. Celebrity investors include Bill Murray, Sean Penn, Christophe ...

* Umberto's Clam House *

Union Square Cafe Union Square Cafe is an American restaurant featuring New American cuisine with Italian influences, located at 101 E 19th St (between Park Avenue South and Irving Place), in the Union Square neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York ...

* Veniero's * Veselka *

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– American traditional cuisine restaurant moored on a

barge Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels ...

on the

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at East 30th Street *

West Bank Cafe West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery is a bakery and restaurant, located at 137 East Houston Street (between First Avenue and Second Avenue), in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, that has been selling knishes on the Lower East Side since 1890. Its cu ...

Pizzerias

* Di Fara Pizza *

Grimaldi's Pizzeria Grimaldi's Pizzeria is an American pizzeria chain from the New York City area with several restaurants throughout the United States. Its most famous restaurant is under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn at 1 Front Street, next door to its original ...

* Joe's Pizza * John's of Bleecker Street * Juliana's Pizza * Kesté *

Lombardi's Pizza Lombardi's is a pizzeria located at 32 Spring Street on the corner of Mott Street in the Nolita neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1905, it has been recognized by the Pizza Hall of Fame as the first pizzeria in t ...

* Lucali *

Patsy's Pizzeria Patsy's Pizzeria is a historic coal-oven pizzeria in New York City. Opened in 1933, it was regarded as one of New York's original pizzerias for its use of traditional New York style thin crust pizza. History Patsy's Pizzeria was founded in what ...

– historic coal-oven

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, regarded as one of New York's original pizzerias; known for its traditional New York-style thin crust pizza * Ray's Pizza – "Ray's Pizza", and its many variations such as "Ray's Original Pizza", "Famous Ray's Pizza" and "World-Famous Original Ray's Pizza", are the names of dozens of pizzerias in the

area that are generally completely independent (a few have multiple locations) but may have similar menus, signs, and logos. * Roberta's * Spumoni Gardens – originally conceived as an ice and spumoni stand prior to

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; eventually grew into a full-scale pizzeria known primarily for its

Sicilian pizza Sicilian pizza is pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily, Italy. Sicilian pizza is also known as ''sfincione'' (; scn, sfinciuni ) or focaccia with toppings. This type of pizza became a popular dish in western Sicily by the mid-1 ...

and ices during the mid-1950sAbout Spumoni Gardens
* Totonno's

Defunct restaurants

* Cafe Chambord * Café Nicholson *

Carnegie Deli The Carnegie Deli is a small Jewish delicatessen, formerly a chain, based in New York City. Its main branch, opened in 1937 near Carnegie Hall, was located at 854 7th Avenue (between 54th and 55th Streets) in Midtown Manhattan. It closed on De ...

* The Cattleman * Chelsea Place * Childs Restaurants *

Cloud Club The Cloud Club was a lunch club that occupied the 66th, 67th, and 68th floors of the Chrysler Building in New York City. At one time it was the highest lunch club in the world. It opened in 1930 and closed in 1979. History Texaco, a prospective ten ...

La Côte Basque La Côte Basque was a New York City restaurant. It opened in the late 1950s and operated until it closed on March 7, 2004. In business for 45 years, upon its closing ''The New York Times'' called it a "former high-society temple of French cuisine ...

* Del Pezzo Restaurant *

Dubrow's Cafeteria Dubrow’s (dubrow’s) was a family owned chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. Dubrow’s was established on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1929 by Benjamin Dubrow (né Mowsoha Bencian Dubrowensky ...

Elaine's Elaine's was a bar and restaurant in New York City that existed from 1963 to 2011. It was frequented by many celebrities, especially actors and authors. It was established, owned by and named after Elaine Kaufman, who was indelibly associated wi ...

Empire Diner The Empire Diner is a restaurant in New York City that launched a vogue for upscale retro diners, and whose art deco exterior became an iconic image in numerous films and television programs. It is located at the corner of Tenth Avenue and 22nd ...

Fashion Cafe Fashion Cafe was an international restaurant chain that was based in New York City that featured celebrity models and had locations in the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Mexico, and Spain.Francesco Buti and Tommaso Buti founded the ...

* The Florent *

Gage and Tollner Gage and Tollner is a restaurant on 372 Fulton Street (Brooklyn), Fulton Street in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. It had been in business since 1879 and in the same location since 1892 until it closed on February 14, 2004. T ...

Horn & Hardart Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. Philadelphia's Joseph Horn (1861–1941) and German-born, New Orleans-raised Fran ...

Jekyll & Hyde Club The Jekyll & Hyde Club was a theme restaurant owned by Eerie World Entertainment in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. The name and theme derive from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 Victorian gothic novel ''Strange Case ...

Jimmy Ryan’s (jazz club) Jimmy Ryan's was a jazz club in New York City, USA, located at 53 West 52nd Street from 1934 to 1962 and 154 West 54th Street from 1962–1983. It was a venue for performances of Dixieland jazz.''Jazz A-Z'', by Peter Clayton & Peter Gammond, Guinn ...

* Jimmy Weston's (jazz club) * LaRue – former nightclub from 1928 to 1968 at 58th and Park Streets *

Loft, Incorporated Loft, Inc. was the world's largest maker and seller of candy in the 1920s. It manufactured its own products and distributed them throughout greater New York City and Newark, New Jersey. Happiness Candy Stores, Inc., was controlled by Loft, Inc. ...

* Longchamps * Lüchow's * Lundy's Restaurant * Lutèce * Manganaro's * Mars 2112 * Maxwell's Plum * Moondance Diner *

Mori Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname, and also a Persian pet name for Morteza. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India. Italian surname *Barbara Mori, Uruguayan-Mexican actress * Camilo Mori, Chilean painter * Cesare ...

* Old London Inc. *

Onyx Club The Onyx Club was a jazz club located on 52nd Street (Manhattan), West 52nd Street in New York City. ...

Penny Cafeteria Penny Cafeteria was a vegetarian restaurant located at 511 Third Avenue (Manhattan) between 34th Street and 35th Street. It opened during the Great Depression, in December 1931. The establishment was opened by the Bernarr MacFadden Foundation, begu ...

Ratner's Ratner's was a famous Jewish kosher dairy (''milkhik'') restaurant on the Lower East Side of New York City. Since it did not serve meat in deference to the kosher prohibition against mixing milk and meat products, it was often regarded as a comp ...

Reuben's Restaurant Reuben's Restaurant and Delicatessen was a restaurant and Jewish deli in Manhattan, New York City founded by Arnold Reuben. History Arnold Reuben was a Jewish-German immigrant who founded Reuben's Restaurant in 1908 at 802 Park Avenue. In 1916 ...

* Rutley's Inc. * Shanley's Restaurants *

Stage Deli The Stage Deli, located on Seventh Avenue just two blocks from Carnegie Hall, was a well-known New York City delicatessen, patronized by numerous celebrities. It was first opened in 1937 by Russian immigrant Max Asnas. The deli was known for Broad ...

* Stock Exchange Luncheon Club – former members-only dining club, on the seventh floor of the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed ...

at 11 Wall Street in

* Stork Club – former

nightclub A nightclub (music club, discothèque, disco club, or simply club) is an entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music. Nightclubs gener ...

from 1929 to 1965 *

Toots Shor's Restaurant Toots Shor's Restaurant was a restaurant and lounge owned and operated by Bernard "Toots" Shor at 51 West 51st Street in Manhattan during the 1940s and 1950s. It was known for its oversized circular bar. It was frequented by celebrities, and toge ...

* Wd~50 *

Windows on the World Windows on the World was a complex of dining, meeting, and entertainment venues on the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower (Building One) of the original World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. It included a restaurant calle ...

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