Posted on 02/08/2022 7:59:48 AM PST by mylife
The restaurant business is a tough one, and the COVID-19 pandemic almost all but destroyed it. Even before closures became mandatory, restaurants came and went with regularity. Statistics on restaurant failure rates vary widely. Oneestimatesuggests that up to 90% of independent eating places close within their first year of operation.
Unmanageable rent increases, changes in customer demographics or consumer tastes, fires or the effects of natural disasters, and the deaths and divorces (or simply retirement) of owners are among the many reasons that even thriving eating places fail.< P>
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ALMOST better than the food, was the decor- specifically the pipes lining the ceiling.
I know it's fashionable to hate Manhattan - and to be fair, many of the locals have earned the hate. However, it IS a cool place, and there is a small but solid underbelly of tradition and conservatism that hadn't been snuffed when I was there last (2020). In a few years, we will see if it's time to put a fork in it.
Cool!
Hi lovely lady.
Good to see your moniker.
Ive taken many people to the Columbia in Tampa and Sand Key.
The pompano is to die for. Great cafe.
Took Laz to the one in Ybor. He was very gracious.
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I had a sales job at one time and our division took some good customers on a trip to the America’s Cup trials for a few days. My two customers wanted to go to the White Horse Tavern. Fantastic dining experience; and the Beef Wellington was fabulous.
I’ve eaten at Peter Luger, Keen’s, The Old Clam House, Tadich....
In fact, I’m going to Tadich later this wee for the cioppino...
I’ve been to Antoine’s in New Orleans and Tadich Grill several times in SF.
Union Oyster House rocks!
No more Anthony’s Pier 5. 8^(
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Bright Star in Bessemer, Alabama is on this list. It’s a nice place.
They made Beef Wellington on the submarine too, very good but I’m sure not as good as the white horse.
I’ve eaten at cattleman’s multiple times
I've been to Sparks and Smith & Wollensky way more often because those are near where I work. Sparks did seem to be going downhill last couple times I went. But I haven't been there in about three years.
Across the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn is the Peter Luger Steakhouse which is also highly recommended and a bucket list destination for any steak lover.
There are others. I'm not sure if it's still there but the Palm II on 2nd Ave was also pretty good and walking distance from my office.
Yes, you can eat dinner in the private room that JFK used to dine in.
You can also sit on Ted Kennedy’s bar stool.
Fraunces Tavern, in the financial district of NYC, has some of the best fish and chips, on both sides of the pond :)
We offer a toast to George and Ben, when there.
It is where (the upstairs room) Gen Geo Washington bid farewell to his Continental Army.
A LOT more history, on this fine place, can be found, here....
https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/history
I ate at Keens about ten years ago. We were there for the Westminster Kennel Club show at the Garden. We were staying at the Hotel Penn right around the corner across from the Garden on 7th ave.
Yes....the pipes are such a wonderful part of Keen’s history.
We’ve sat at the first table, against the left wall.
We did NOT have the mutton chop :-)
The servings are huge!
Looks like it’s not even close to accurate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_restaurants_in_the_United_States
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