Historic Bars & Restaurants in New York.
In September 2007, when we opened My Urban Sherpa, we wondered how we could keep up with all the restaurant openings in town. Now we are sprinting to keep up with restaurant closings.
New York may be down - but we’ve been down before. And we’ll get up again.
As a tribute to the city’s perseverance, we’d like to bring to your attention several bars and restaurants in town that made it through worse.
Pete’s Tavern 129 East 18th Street @ Irving Place (212) 473-7676
With cafe tables on Irving Place and a cozy wooden bar with character, this neighborhood favorite has been whetting whistles since 1864.
Russ and Daughters 179 East Houston Street @ Allen & Orchard Streets (212) 475-4880
Reputed for their outstanding caviar and smoked salmon, we love them for making the Jewish delicacies our grandmothers no longer can. Russ & Daughters, a 4th generation family run business founded in 1914.
Katz Delicatessen 205 East Houston Street (212) 254-2246
New York’s favorite Jewish delicatessen since 1888.
The Old Homestead - celebrating 137 years in business.
56 9th Avenue @ 14th & 15th Streets (212) 242-9040
And speaking of steak houses,
Peter Luger Steak House, Brooklyn
Peter Luger has been serving steaks since 1887.
178 Broadway (718) 387-7400
Neighborhood bars who’ve made is past 1929 will also make it past 2009 -
The White Horse Tavern Happy 129!
567 Hudson Street @ Perry & West 11th Street (212) 989-3956
Old Town Bar & Restaurant
Gramercy’s favorite since 1892.
45 East 18th Street @ Park Avenue South & Broadway (212) 529-6732
21 West 52nd Street @ 5th & 6th Avenues (212) 582-7200
The 21 Club, shown above, was built and 1871, and survived in style, the prohibition, the Great Depression and the financial joys and sorrows of the years since.
Please pay a visit to your neighborhood bars and restaurants — it is the best to keep their doors open.
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An excellent restaurant to hang out!!
Ok…I know I am a foodie and have travelled quite a bit and been to lot many places but the one city which is always an extension of mine is undoubtedly New York. I am proud to wear my Nike NY cap and cheer my Basketball team without fail. I have been to almost all the food joints, restaurants, pubs and bars located in Manhattan and I must say they all are pretty good considering this age of twittering and Face book wherein if you fail once your name pops up on all the social networking websites with negative comments. This is a welcome change becoz ultimately we the customers become the king as shoddy service or bad quality food can easily land the owners into trouble.
But the one place which has succeeded in amazing me is the newly refurbished Restaurant named Point Break. Formerly named as Nation Restaurant & Bar, Point Break is a new Surf Bar located in the heart of mid-town Manhattan. Now I remember sometime back I had been to this place when it had the old look and feel and I thought ok..seems to be an average place..what’s the big deal? But even during my last visit when it was still in its old shape it served me excellent food and the service was razor sharp. So last Saturday when one of my friend threw a party and told me the venue to be a swanky new outlet which he was speaking so highly about I thought ok..let’s try this one too. When he told me about the address I wasn’t sure it was the same place but when I reached there the whole look and feel from Outside was changed and once I entered in, the earlier known Nation was truly looking like a break from the past and hats off this guy, I don’t remember the name of the owner, but he has rightly renamed it as Point Break!! It appeals to the newer generation guys like me. We had a great time there. The menu featured old classics and new additions. I loved the wheel o’ shots which made me crazy!! I had the fish tacos which was delicious..yummeee and it has got plenty of room for parties, the DJ that they had was great, excellent sound system as well and the drinks were strong and I had a look at the menu and thought the prices were pretty good.
Guys on top of it the next day when I searched this place on the internet, this restaurant has a Face book page too wherein they post photos and updates of recent happenings/parties and upcoming events/parties/offers too. They tweet also which is really nice thinking by the owner.
Anyways not wanting to sound like a paid blogger I would say as a foodie this restaurant is a nice one and I would not hesitate to give my recommendation for it to my guests coming in from out of town. Go and try once and do not hesitate to leave a comment once you are there. I know I am only going to get thumbs up from you all!!!
Ciao…
John Smith, NYC