Lüchow's
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Lüchow's was a restaurant at 110 East 14th Street at Irving Place in the East Village in Manhattan, New York City, with the property running clear through the block to 13th Street. It was established
Caption from postcard: 80th Anniversary. Renowned for its superb food, imported beers, and fine wines, Luchow's, The Gourmets' Rendezvous Since 1882, continues to be the favorite eating place of the world's celebrities. Open every day except Monday.
Luchow's c. 1902: "Garden" as seen from "Cafe" showing the effect created by skylights added in the extensive 1902 construction. The big arched opening at the rear is actually a mirror. Gaslights are shown. To the left is the door where the headwaiter stood. Within, right, is the office, later a semi-private dining room.
William Steinway has been called the "patron saint" of Lüchow's
Diamond Jim Brady was a habitué of the restaurant ...
Diamond Jim Brady
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James Buchanan Brady, also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman, financier and philanthropist of the Gilded Age.
Lüchow's
…obtained at the St. Louis World's Fair. An oil painting of Bacchus appropriately surveys this scene from the opposite wall." The room was named after Diamond Jim Brady, a voracious eater who was referred to by one New York restaurateur as "the best twenty-five customers I ever had". Brady was not a gangster, as some…
Diamond Jim Brady c. 1900