Delmonico's Restaurant
26th St & 5th Ave (Madison Square location)
Society & Commerce
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Ward McAllisterMrs. AstorGeorge RussellBertha RussellAgnes van Rhijn
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About This Location
The most celebrated restaurant in Gilded Age New York. Ward McAllister hosted the legendary 'Patriarchs' Balls' dinners here, and Mrs. Astor's inner circle dined at Delmonico's regularly. The dish Lobster Newberg was invented here. Society was made and broken at these tables.
Delmonico's still operates today at its original Beaver Street location in the Financial District — one of the oldest continuously operating restaurants in America, now a landmark steakhouse.
Delmonico's operated at 26th St & 5th Ave from 1876 to 1899 — the premier society dining room during the show's 1882 setting. Exact corner well-documented.
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